9-letter words containing h, o, l, i
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- joshingly — In a joshing manner; teasingly.
- kill shot — a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- laccolith — a mass of igneous rock formed from magma that did not find its way to the surface but spread laterally into a lenticular body, forcing overlying strata to bulge upward.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lexophile — A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, palindromes, etc.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination.
- light out — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lightfoot — (poetic) Light-footed.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
- 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.
- lindy hop — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- liquorish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- lithology — Geology. (loosely) petrology. the physical characteristics of a rock or stratigraphic unit.
- 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
- lithotomy — surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- logogriph — an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
- logophile — a lover of words.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- loin chop — a small piece of meat cut from the loin
- loincloth — a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- lopoliths — Plural form of lopolith.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.
- lothair i — a.d. 795?–855, king of Germany 840–843; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 840–855 (son of Louis I).
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- lovechild — A child born to parents who aren't married to one another.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
- lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried