9-letter words containing i, n, h
- light pen — a handheld light-sensitive device used for pointing at characters or objects on a CRT in order to make or modify drawings or to indicate functions to be performed.
- lightened — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lightener — That which lightens.
- lightings — Plural form of lighting.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lightning — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- linchpins — Plural form of linchpin.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lindy hop — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- line-haul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- linewidth — (physics) a measure of the width of the band of frequencies of radiation emitted or absorbed in an atomic or molecular transition; a result of the uncertainty principle.
- lingereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- linishing — an object or surface which has been made smooth and polished through the process of linishing
- lintwhite — the linnet, Carduelis cannabina.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- listeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of listen.
- litheness — The property of being lithe.
- 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.
- lithuania — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic: an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,174 sq. mi. (65,200 sq. km). Capital: Vilnius.
- 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.
- 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.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- machinima — the process of making real-time animated films by utilizing the 3D graphics technology of computer games.
- machining — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- maharanis — Plural form of maharani.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.