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5-Letter Words Containing: L,H,O,S

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There are 21 5 letter words, 0 5 letter phrases and 0 5 letter abbr's with L,H,O,S in.

Best Scoring 5 Letter Words With: L,H,O,S

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kohls5
12 nounn
noun

• a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids

holks5
12 nounn
Valid word for Scrabble US
howls5
11 verbv
noun

• a long loud emotional utterance

• the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf

• a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound

verb

• emit long loud cries

• cry loudly, as of animals

• make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

• laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

lochs5
10 nounn
noun

• a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

• Scottish word for a lake

holms5
10 nounn
noun

• (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly.

• A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

• An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.

• (chiefly West Yorkshire) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.

• Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.

holds5
9 verbv
noun

• the act of grasping

• understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

• power by which something or someone is affected or dominated

• time during which some action is awaited

• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

• a stronghold

• a cell in a jail or prison

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo

verb

• cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity

• have or hold in one's hands or grip

• organize or be responsible for

• have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

• keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

• maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• secure and keep for possible future use or application

• have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• contain or hold; have within

• have room for; hold without crowding

• remain in a certain state, position, or condition

• support or hold in a certain manner

• be valid, applicable, or true

• assert or affirm

• have as a major characteristic

• be capable of holding or containing

• arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

• protect against a challenge or attack

• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• hold the attention of

• remain committed to

• resist or confront with resistance

• be pertinent or relevant or applicable

• stop dealing with

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• keep from departing

• take and maintain control over, often by violent means

• cause to come to an abrupt stop

• cover as for protection against noise or smell

• drink alcohol without showing ill effects

• aim, point, or direct

• declare to be

• be in accord; be in agreement

• keep from exhaling or expelling

sloth5
8 nounn
noun

• a disinclination to work or exert yourself

• any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits

• apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

shoal5
8 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

• a stretch of shallow water

• a large group of fish

verb

• make shallow

• become shallow

slosh5
8 verbv
verb

• make a splashing sound

• walk through mud or mire

• spill or splash copiously or clumsily

hosel5
8 nounn
noun

• The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches.

• (slang) A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work.

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