9-letter words containing l, a, s, h
- lampshell — Alternative form of lamp shell.
- landshark — a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land
- lanthorns — Plural form of lanthorn.
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- lash rail — a rail, solidly fixed to the bulwarks of a vessel, to which objects on deck can be lashed.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- lavishing — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leachates — Plural form of leachate.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- leash law — a local ordinance requiring that dogs be leashed when not on their owners' property.
- less than — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lithiasis — the formation or presence of stony concretions, as calculi, in the body.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- 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.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- localhost — (computing) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- lustihead — lustiness
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaler — (computing) A mechanism for marshalling data.
- marshalls — Plural form of marshall.
- marshland — a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- mashallah — Lb Arabic English God willed it.
- matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
- matchlist — a list of names, telephone numbers, and related information compiled to help people find others who are willing to share a resource or service, as a car pool.
- mathusala — Methuselah (def 1).
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds