5-letter words containing l, a, h
- latah — a pattern of neurotic behavior, usually induced by a startle, first discovered in Malaya, and characterized by the compulsive imitation of the actions and words of others.
- latch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lathe — a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lathi — a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- laths — Plural form of lath.
- lathy — lathlike; long and thin.
- laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- leach — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leahy — William Daniel, 1875–1959, U.S. admiral and diplomat.
- leash — a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- lehar — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- lehua — Also called ohia lehua. a tree, Metrosideros villosa, of the Hawaiian islands, yielding a hard wood.
- letha — a female given name.
- lharc — (compression, algorithm) A compression program developed by Rahul Dhesi. LHARC was later replaced with LHA, which produces files with extension ".lzh".
- lhasa — Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- loach — any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- loath — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- lotah — Alternative spelling of lota (Indian water-pot).
- luach — a calendar that shows the dates of festivals and, usually, the times of start and finish of the Sabbath
- mahal — a palace or mansion. See also Taj Mahal.
- nahal — (in Israel) a military youth organization
- omlah — the body of staff in a courthouse in India
- phial — vial.
- phyla — plural of phylum.
- planh — a Provençal elegiac poem.
- plash — a gentle splash.
- plath — Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- ralph — to vomit.
- sahel — the arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad.
- salah — salat.
- selah — an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- shale — a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- shall — used to make a suggestion
- shalt — 2nd person singular of shall.
- shaly — of, like, or containing shale
- shaul — a wooden scoop made for winnowing corn
- shawl — a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
- sheal — a shell or pod
- shoal — any large number of persons or things.
- shola — a high-altitude evergreen forest in southern India
- shula — Donald Francis ("Don") born 1930, U.S. football coach.
- slash — to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
- stahl — Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- thali — a meal consisting of several small meat or vegetable dishes accompanied by rice, bread, etc, and sometimes by a starter or a sweet
- uhlan — one of a group of lancers in a light-cavalry unit, first appearing in Europe in the Polish army.
- vlach — a member of a people living in scattered communities in the Balkans.
- walsh — Courtney (Andrew). born 1962, West Indian cricketer, born in Jamaica: a fast bowler, he took 519 wickets in 132 test matches (1984–2001)
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- whall — A light colour of the iris in horses; the state of being walleyed.
- wheal — a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.