5-letter words containing l, h
- howls — Plural form of howl.
- hoyle — Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- hp-gl — Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
- hplot — A graphical output facility for HBOOK.
- hrolf — Rollo (def 1).
- hubel — David, 1926–2013, U.S. neuroscientist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize 1981.
- hubli — a city in W India, in NW Mysore: incorporated with Dharwar in 1961; educational and trading centre. Pop (with Dharwar): 786 018 (2001)
- hugel — Baron Friedrich von, 1852–1925, English theologian and writer.
- hugli — a river in NE India, in W Bengal: the westernmost channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. 160 miles (258 km) long.
- huila — Mount, a volcano in central Colombia. 18,700 feet (5700 meters).
- hulas — Plural form of hula.
- hulks — Plural form of hulk.
- hulky — hulking.
- hullo — (UK) Alternative form of hello (Greeting.).
- hulls — Plural form of hull.
- hully — having hulls or husks
- hulme — T(homas) E(rnest). 1883–1917, English literary critic and poet; a proponent of imagism
- hulse — Russell Alan, born 1950, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1993.
- hurls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hurl.
- hurly — commotion; hurly-burly.
- hyleg — the dominant planet when someone is born which is said to determine the length of their life
- hylic — of or relating to matter; material or solid, having a physical form
- hylo- — indicating matter (as distinguished from spirit)
- illth — a condition of poverty or misery
- jahel — Jael.
- jehol — a region and former province in NE China: incorporated into Manchukuo by the Japanese 1932–45. 74,297 sq. mi. (192,429 sq. km).
- jhala — (in Hindu music) the fast-paced climax of a classical composition
- jheel — (India) A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.
- kahal — a Jewish agricultural cooperative community
- kahlo — Frida [free-duh] /ˈfri də/ (Show IPA), 1907–54, Mexican painter (wife of Diego Rivera).
- kohls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kohl.
- l0pht — (security) /loft/ An Internet security organisation that merged with @stake in January 2000.
- lahar — a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
- lahti — a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- laigh — a small valley or hollow.
- laith — loath.
- lakhs — Plural form of lakh.
- lanch — (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
- larch — any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- 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.
- leche — Archaic form of lechwe.