9-letter words containing h, o, l, t, e
- facecloth — washcloth.
- flesh out — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- forecloth — a cloth hung over the front of something, esp an altar
- frothless — without froth
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- hailstone — a pellet of hail.
- half note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half tone — semitone.
- half-note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- halothane — a colorless liquid, C 2 HBrClF 3 , used as an inhalant for general anesthesia.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- hariolate — to practise divination or to prophesy
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- heat loss — the loss of heat from something such as a building
- heelposts — Plural form of heelpost.
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
- helipilot — a helicopter pilot
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helistops — Plural form of helistop.
- hellbroth — a magical broth prepared for an evil purpose, as in black magic.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- helmholtz — Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von [her-mahn loot-vik fer-di-nahnt fuh n] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈlut vɪk ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt fən/ (Show IPA), 1821–94, German physiologist and physicist.
- helophyte — any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- hold true — If a general statement holds true in particular circumstances, or if your previous statement holds true in different circumstances, it is true or valid in those circumstances.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- hollister — a town in W California.
- hollowest — Superlative form of hollow.
- holophote — an apparatus by which practically all the light from a lighthouse lamp or the like is thrown in a desired direction.
- holophyte — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotypes — Plural form of holotype.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- holy tide — a time or season for special religious observance
- holystone — a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- homeliest — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homestall — Dialect. a farmyard.
- homestyle — simple and unpretentious, evoking the comforts of home: homestyle cooking; home-style hospitality.