9-letter words containing l, h, o, s
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- mobbishly — in a mobbish, chaotic or turbulent manner
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- molehills — Plural form of molehill.
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- monohulls — Plural form of monohull.
- monoliths — Plural form of monolith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mousehole — the burrow of a mouse.
- mouthfuls — Plural form of mouthful.
- mouthless — Without a mouth.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- mushmelon — muskmelon.
- nanoshell — A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- 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
- noirishly — In a noirish manner.
- nonschool — not relating to school
- nosewheel — the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- ohm's law — the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.
- 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
- oily fish — any variety of fish, such as the sardine, mackerel, salmon or trout; that has oils throughout its body rather than stored solely in the liver
- old irish — the Irish language before c900. Abbreviation: OIr.
- old south — the U.S. South before the Civil War.
- old welsh — the Welsh language of the period before c1150 a.d.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- on wheels — Something on wheels has wheels attached to the bottom, so that it can be moved easily.
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- 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
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- playhouse — a theater.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.