9-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- trochlear — Anatomy. of, relating to, or connected with a trochlea.
- trothless — faithless or disloyal
- turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- unclothed — to strip of clothes.
- unhopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- unhostile — not hostile
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- waterhole — A depression in which water collects, especially one from which animals regularly drink.
- weep hole — a hole in a sill, retaining wall, or the like for draining off accumulated moisture, as from condensation or seepage.
- well-hole — the shaft of a well.
- well-shod — a simple past tense and past participle of shoe.
- wellhouse — wellhead (def 2).
- welsh cob — any of a breed of medium-sized riding horse, developed in Wales, with a thickset body and relatively short legs
- whale oil — oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles.
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
- whalebone — an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
- wheelwork — a train of gears, as in a timepiece.
- whirlbone — Alternative form of whirl-bone.
- white owl — snowy owl
- whole hog — the whole or total extent (esp in the phrase go the whole hog)
- whole-hog — complete and thorough; wholehearted.
- wholefood — food with little or no refining or processing and containing no artificial additives or preservatives; natural or organic food.
- wholemeal — whole-wheat.
- wholeness — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- wholesale — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wholesome — conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial: wholesome recreation; wholesome environment.
- wholetime — full-time.
- wormholes — Plural form of wormhole.
- worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
- xenoliths — Plural form of xenolith.
- xenophile — a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xylophage — any insect or organism that eats wood
- xylophone — A musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more small wooden or plastic mallets.
- yellowish — somewhat yellow; tinged with yellow; yellowy.
- youthless — the condition of being young.