9-letter words containing t, h, e, l
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clutchest — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- cochleate — shaped like a snail's shell; spirally twisted
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- deathbell — Alternative form of death bell.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- deathless — immortal, esp because of greatness; everlasting
- deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- delighted — If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something.
- delighter — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
- depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.
- dithelete — a person who believes Christ had two wills, human and divine
- dithelism — the belief that Christ had two wills, human and divine
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- dolphinet — a female dolphin
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- earthfall — a fall of earth or a landslide
- earthlike — Of a planet, resembling the Earth.
- earthling — an inhabitant of earth; mortal.
- eastleigh — a borough in Hampshire, S England.
- echelette — a diffraction grating designed to reflect infrared radiation.
- eightball — (in pool) the black ball, marked with the number eight
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- elenchtic — Alternative form of elenctic.
- elephants — Plural form of elephant.
- eleutheri — a fictitious secret society of free thinkers
- eleuthero — (informal) The shrub Eleutherococcus senticosus, used in traditional medicine.
- elisabeth — a feminine name
- elizabeth — a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay. Pop: 123 215 (2003 est)
- ellsworth — Lincoln1880-1951; U.S. polar explorer
- emmenthal — a hard Swiss cheese with holes in it, similar to Gruyère
- enlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of enlight.
- enlighten — Give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation.
- enshelter — to shelter
- entelechy — The realization of potential.
- enthraled — (rare) Simple past tense and past participle of enthral.
- enthralls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthrall.
- ephialtes — (obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare.
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epilithic — (of plants) growing on the surface of rock