9-letter words containing eli
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- helictite — A speleothem found in limestone caves that changes its axis from the vertical at one or more stages during its growth.
- helidecks — Plural form of helideck.
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- heliology — the study of the sun
- heliopsis — a genus of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
- heliozoan — a protozoan of the order Heliozoa, having a spherical body and radiating pseudopods.
- heliozoic — denoting or relating to a heliozoan
- helipilot — a helicopter pilot
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helistops — Plural form of helistop.
- helium ii — liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- homeliest — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- houseline — light cordage used for seizing.
- in relief — carved or molded so as to project from a surface
- indelible — making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like: indelible ink.
- indelibly — making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like: indelible ink.
- infidelic — Religion. a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, especially a Muslim. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kafir (def 2).
- israelite — a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- judgelike — Resembling a judge or some aspect of one.
- kerneling — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- lifelines — Plural form of lifeline.
- likeliest — probably or apparently destined (usually followed by an infinitive): something not likely to happen.
- limelight — Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
- liveliest — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
- loneliest — Superlative form of lonely.
- loveliest — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- maplelike — Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- meliority — superiority.
- melismata — Plural form of melisma.
- melitopol — a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.
- mendelian — of or relating to Gregor Mendel or to his laws of heredity.
- mendelism — the theories of heredity advanced by Gregor Mendel.