9-letter words containing o, t, l, i, h
- inhalator — an apparatus designed to mix carbon dioxide and oxygen, especially for use in artificial respiration.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- kill shot — a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- laccolith — a mass of igneous rock formed from magma that did not find its way to the surface but spread laterally into a lenticular body, forcing overlying strata to bulge upward.
- light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination.
- light out — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lightfoot — (poetic) Light-footed.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- lithology — Geology. (loosely) petrology. the physical characteristics of a rock or stratigraphic unit.
- lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- lithotomy — surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- loincloth — a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.
- lopoliths — Plural form of lopolith.
- lothair i — a.d. 795?–855, king of Germany 840–843; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 840–855 (son of Louis I).
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
- millionth — coming last in a series of a million.
- monoliths — Plural form of monolith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- monthling — a baby or a thing that is one month old
- moonlight — the light of the moon.
- mouthlike — Resembling a mouth or some aspect of one.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.