9-letter words containing n, s, h, e, l
- hellenism — ancient Greek culture or ideals.
- hellenist — a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- helminths — Plural form of helminth.
- helplines — Plural form of helpline.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- helsingør — a port in NE Denmark, in NE Zealand: site of Kronborg Castle (16th century), famous as the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Pop: 35 002 (2004 est)
- hemolysin — a substance, as an antibody, that in cooperation with complement causes dissolution of red blood cells.
- hennishly — in a hennish manner
- heseltine — Michael (Ray Dibden) Baron. born 1933, British Conservative politician; secretary of state for defence (1983–86); secretary of state for the environment (1990–92); secretary of state for trade and industry (1992–95); deputy prime minister (1995–97)
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hilliness — The property of being hilly or having hills.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- holinesse — Obsolete spelling of holiness.
- holinshed — Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.
- holystone — a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- honeyless — without any honey
- honorless — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- houseline — light cordage used for seizing.
- hymeneals — (plurale tantum) Nuptials.
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- kneeholes — Plural form of kneehole.
- knotholes — Plural form of knothole.
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lengthens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lengthen.
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- less than — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- listeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of listen.
- litheness — The property of being lithe.
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- mushmelon — muskmelon.
- nanoshell — A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.