9-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- outhandle — to handle or operate in a superior way to: That car outhandles all others in its class.
- outhustle — (US, sports) To do a better job of hustling than (the other team).
- overchill — to make too cold
- overflush — too flush
- overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
- overlight — a strong light
- overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- peep-hole — a small hole or opening through which to peep or look, as in a door.
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- pewholder — a person who leases or is the owner of a pew or an area of seats in a church
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
- phenetole — a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phenolion — phelonion.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- philomela — the nightingale.
- philopena — a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
- phonolite — a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
- photocell — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- playhouse — a theater.
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- poachable — able to be poached
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- polyphone — a polyphonic letter or symbol.
- polythene — polyethylene.
- post-hole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- pot-holed — A pot-holed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.