9-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- lamp-hole — a hole in the ground for lowering a lamp down into a sewer
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lee shore — a shore toward which the wind blows.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- leptophos — a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- lexophile — A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, palindromes, etc.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- logophile — a lover of words.
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- logothete — (in the Byzantine Empire and later in Sicily) a chancellor
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- lone hand — Cards. a person who holds a hand so strong that he or she can play a deal without the hand of his or her partner. the hand played by such a person.
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- look here — used when raising an objection
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- loopholed — Simple past tense and past participle of loophole.
- loopholes — Plural form of loophole.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- love-hate — characterized simultaneously by feelings of love and hate
- lovechild — A child born to parents who aren't married to one another.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- low heels — shoes which have relatively low heels
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.