9-letter words containing l, a, h, n
- leviathan — (often initial capital letter) Bible. a sea monster.
- lexiphane — One who uses words pretentiously.
- line-haul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- 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.
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- 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.
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lone hand — Cards. a person who holds a hand so strong that he or she can play a deal without the hand of his or her partner. the hand played by such a person.
- long haul — journey: long-distance
- long-haul — line-haul.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- manhandle — to handle roughly.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- marchland — borderland.
- marshland — a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds
- meanwhile — meantime.
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- monarchal — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nahuatlan — Nahuatl in all its dialects, often taken as a group of languages, spoken in large areas of central Mexico and El Salvador and in various small, widely dispersed areas throughout southern Mexico and Central America.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- nanoshell — A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- nathanael — a disciple of Jesus, possibly Bartholomew. John 1:45–51.
- nathaniel — Bartholomew (def 1).
- natheless — nevertheless.
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- 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.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.