5-letter words containing l, h
- lechy — (informal) Like a lech; lecherous, tawdrily lustful.
- leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
- lehar — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- lehua — Also called ohia lehua. a tree, Metrosideros villosa, of the Hawaiian islands, yielding a hard wood.
- leigh — Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- leish — active or athletic
- leith — a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- leshy — (Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.
- letch — a lecherous desire or craving.
- letha — a female given name.
- lethe — Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- lh-rh — luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
- lharc — (compression, algorithm) A compression program developed by Rahul Dhesi. LHARC was later replaced with LHA, which produces files with extension ".lzh".
- lhasa — Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- lichi — Alternative spelling of lychee.
- licht — light1
- lieth — Archaic third-person singular form of lie.
- light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- linch — A ledge; a right-angled projection.
- lith. — Lithuania(n)
- lithe — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- litho — lithography.
- lithy — lithe; supple; flexible.
- loach — any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- loath — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- loche — the North American burbot.
- lochs — Plural form of loch.
- looch — A medicine taken by licking; a lambative.
- lotah — Alternative spelling of lota (Indian water-pot).
- lough — a lake.
- louhi — a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- louth — a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
- lowth — (UK dialectal, Northern England) Lowness.
- luach — a calendar that shows the dates of festivals and, usually, the times of start and finish of the Sabbath
- lunch — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- lurch — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- lushy — drunk; tipsy.
- luth. — Lutheran
- lyeth — Archaic third-person singular form of lye.
- lymph — Anatomy, Physiology. a clear yellowish, slightly alkaline, coagulable fluid, containing white blood cells in a liquid resembling blood plasma, that is derived from the tissues of the body and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels.
- lynch — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lythe — (obsolete) soft; flexible.
- mahal — a palace or mansion. See also Taj Mahal.
- mehul — Étienne Nicolas [ey-tyen nee-kaw-lah] /eɪˈtyɛn ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), or Étienne Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1763–1817, French composer.
- milch — (of a domestic animal) yielding milk; kept or suitable for milk production.
- mohel — the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
- mphil — degree: Master of Philosophy
- muhly — an American ornamental grass, Muhlenbergia capillaries, with delicate purple flowers
- mulch — a covering, as of straw, compost, or plastic sheeting, spread on the ground around plants to prevent excessive evaporation or erosion, enrich the soil, inhibit weed growth, etc.
- nahal — (in Israel) a military youth organization