9-letter words containing t, o, h, l, e
- homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hostlesse — inhospitable
- hot metal — metallic type and printing elements produced by a casting machine; foundry type.
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- hotelling — (in office management) a practice in which desk space must be booked in advance by an employee as required
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hydrolyte — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hyetology — the branch of meteorology dealing with precipitation.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- knotholes — Plural form of knothole.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leptophos — a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- 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
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- logothete — (in the Byzantine Empire and later in Sicily) a chancellor
- love-hate — characterized simultaneously by feelings of love and hate
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- 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.
- monoethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single ethyl group in a molecule.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- moth-hole — a hole in a piece of material or item clothing caused by a moth eating it
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- mouthfeel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.