9-letter words containing s, h, i, l
- 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.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- ispaghula — dietary fibre derived from the seed husks of Plantago orata and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jewelfish — a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.
- joshingly — In a joshing manner; teasingly.
- 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.
- killifish — any of several small, oviparous cyprinodont fishes, especially of the genus Fundulus, found in salt, brackish, and fresh waters.
- kiswahili — Swahili (def 2).
- klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- 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.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- lash rail — a rail, solidly fixed to the bulwarks of a vessel, to which objects on deck can be lashed.
- 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.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- lavishing — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightings — Plural form of lighting.
- lightless — without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lightship — a ship anchored in a specific location and displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships, as in avoiding dangerous areas. Abbreviation: LS.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- like this — You weren't supposed to follow that link, it was just an example of what a link looks like.
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- linchpins — Plural form of linchpin.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- linishing — an object or surface which has been made smooth and polished through the process of linishing
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- liquorish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- listeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of listen.
- litheness — The property of being lithe.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithiasis — the formation or presence of stony concretions, as calculi, in the body.
- lithistid — a sponge, of the group Lithistida, consisting of small spikes which form a skeletal structure
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- 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.