9-letter words containing o, l, d, s, h
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- holinshed — Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- household — the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- hydrosols — Plural form of hydrosol.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.
- lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- 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.
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- schoolkid — a child who attends school
- seldshown — seldom shown
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- sheepfold — an enclosure for sheep.
- should've — Should've is the usual spoken form of 'should have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- shouldn't — Shouldn't is the usual spoken form of 'should not'.
- slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- southland — a southern area.
- stokehold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- syphiloid — resembling syphilis.
- the lords — the House of Lords in the British Parliament
- the wolds — a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary
- threshold — the sill of a doorway.
- tool shed — a small building where tools are stored, often in the backyard of a house.
- wash load — a load of washing which is put in a washing machine
- well-shod — a simple past tense and past participle of shoe.
- withholds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of withhold.