9-letter words containing a, h, o, l, e
- half note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half tone — semitone.
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- half-hose — socks
- half-note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-sole — to repair or renew (a shoe) by putting on a new half sole.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- halloween — the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
- halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- halothane — a colorless liquid, C 2 HBrClF 3 , used as an inhalant for general anesthesia.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- hariolate — to practise divination or to prophesy
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- head cold — a form of the common cold characterized especially by nasal congestion and sneezing.
- head-load — baggage or goods arranged so as to be carried on the heads of African porters
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- heat loss — the loss of heat from something such as a building
- heavy oil — a hydrocarbon mixture, heavier than water, distilled from coal tar
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- heliozoan — a protozoan of the order Heliozoa, having a spherical body and radiating pseudopods.
- hell of a — (intensifier)
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- hexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hexapodal — of or relating to the hexapods
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- holidayed — Simple past tense and past participle of holiday.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).