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9-letter words containing h, o, l, i, g

  • philogyny — love of or liking for women.
  • philology — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
  • photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
  • ploughing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
  • potholing — exploring caves
  • rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
  • rhigolene — a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
  • rhinology — the science dealing with the nose and its diseases.
  • roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
  • schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
  • shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
  • show girl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
  • sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
  • slingshot — a Y -shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.
  • sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
  • spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • stoplight — traffic light.
  • theologic — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • voguishly — in a voguish manner
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