9-letter words containing o, l, d, h
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- harold ii — 1022?–66, king of England 1066: defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings (son of Earl Godwin).
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- head cold — a form of the common cold characterized especially by nasal congestion and sneezing.
- head-load — baggage or goods arranged so as to be carried on the heads of African porters
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- helicoids — Plural form of helicoid.
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- hellbound — Bound for Hell; damned.
- hellhound — a mythical watchdog of hell.
- hemolyzed — to subject (red blood cells) to hemolysis.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hexapodal — of or relating to the hexapods
- hideously — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hideyhole — Alternative spelling of hidey-hole.
- hidy-hole — a hiding place
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- hold good — apply, remain true
- hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold sway — have influence
- hold true — If a general statement holds true in particular circumstances, or if your previous statement holds true in different circumstances, it is true or valid in those circumstances.
- hold with — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- holidayed — Simple past tense and past participle of holiday.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- holinshed — Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- hollandia — former name of Jayapura.
- hollywood — the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
- holohedry — The condition of a crystal whose point group is identical to that of its lattice.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- holy land — Palestine (def 1).
- holy rood — the cross on which Jesus died.
- holy tide — a time or season for special religious observance
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- homicidal — of or relating to homicide.