9-letter words containing p, h, l
- halazepam — a derivative of benzodiazepine, C 17 H 12 ClF 3 N 2 O, used for management of anxiety disorders.
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-pace — a small stage on which something stands
- half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
- half-pike — spontoon.
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-pipe — a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.
- half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- hall pass — permit to leave classroom
- halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- hand-play — the practice of fighting with fists
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handplant — (skateboarding) A move in which the skater balances on his hand after skating up to the top of a halfpipe.
- haplessly — In a hapless manner.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- harp seal — a northern earless seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, with pale-yellow fur darkening to gray with age, of coasts, drifting ice, and seas of the North Atlantic Ocean, hunted for its fur.
- harpylike — resembling a harpy
- headlamps — Plural form of headlamp.
- heat lamp — a lamp fitted with an infrared bulb to supply heat especially as part of physical therapy.
- heelpiece — Shoemaking. a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like. such a piece used in repairing a heel.
- heelplate — a small metal plate attached to the heel of a shoe to protect it against excessive wear.
- heelposts — Plural form of heelpost.
- heliopsis — a genus of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
- heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
- helipilot — a helicopter pilot
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helistops — Plural form of helistop.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- helophyte — any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface
- help desk — A help desk is a special service that you can telephone or e-mail in order to get information about a particular product or subject.
- help menu — the place on a computer where you can get help and advice
- helpfully — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- helplines — Plural form of helpline.
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- helpmeets — Plural form of helpmeet.
- hemolymph — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hemophile — a hemophiliac.