9-letter words containing h, o, p, e, l
- 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.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hexapodal — of or relating to the hexapods
- holeproof — (of fabric or an article of clothing) designed or made so as to prevent holes.
- 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.
- home help — A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homophile — a homosexual.
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- iodophile — taking an intense iodine stain
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- lamp-hole — a hole in the ground for lowering a lamp down into a sewer
- leptophos — a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.
- lexophile — A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, palindromes, etc.
- 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.
- logophile — a lover of words.
- loopholed — Simple past tense and past participle of loophole.
- loopholes — Plural form of loophole.
- lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- nephology — The study or contemplation of clouds.
- oenophile — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- ophiolite — an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.