9-letter words containing l, e, s, h, o
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lee shore — a shore toward which the wind blows.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- leptophos — a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- loopholes — Plural form of loophole.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- low heels — shoes which have relatively low heels
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- molehills — Plural form of molehill.
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- mousehole — the burrow of a mouse.
- mouthless — Without a mouth.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- mushmelon — muskmelon.
- nanoshell — A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell.
- nineholes — a game in which the ground, or another object, is drilled with nine holes, each with its own scoring value, and a ball is rolled into them
- nosewheel — the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- oil shale — a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
- oil sheik — a sheik who is involved in or who controls the supply of petroleum from Arab countries to other countries
- old welsh — the Welsh language of the period before c1150 a.d.
- on wheels — Something on wheels has wheels attached to the bottom, so that it can be moved easily.
- outhustle — (US, sports) To do a better job of hustling than (the other team).
- overflush — too flush
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile