9-letter words containing s, e, l, a, h
- hazelnuts — Plural form of hazelnut.
- headlamps — Plural form of headlamp.
- headlands — Plural form of headland.
- headlease — the main lease between a tenant and a landlord
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- headsails — Plural form of headsail.
- headstall — that part of a bridle or halter that encompasses the head of an animal.
- healthism — The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health.
- heartless — unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.
- heat loss — the loss of heat from something such as a building
- heat slug — (hardware, processor) A metal plate that helps dissipate heat away from the silicon core of a processor to the packaging or heat-sink.
- heat-seal — to wrap in clear plastic and make airtight by applying heat to seal the edges.
- heathless — Without a heath.
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hellwards — towards hell
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hexastyle — having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
- hillsdale — a town in NE New Jersey.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- homestall — Dialect. a farmyard.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hymeneals — (plurale tantum) Nuptials.
- isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- karlsruhe — a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden.
- keelhauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhaul.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- lampshade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshell — Alternative form of lamp shell.
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.