6-letter words containing a, d, h, e
- hailed — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- haired — having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination): dark-haired; long-haired.
- halide — a chemical compound in which one of the elements is a halogen.
- haloed — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- halted — Simple past tense and past participle of halt.
- halved — Simple past tense and past participle of halve.
- hamden — a town in S Connecticut.
- hammed — an actor or performer who overacts.
- handed — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- handel — George Frideric [free-der-ik,, -drik] /ˈfri dər ɪk,, -drɪk/ (Show IPA), (Georg Friedrich Händel) 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
- hander — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hanged — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanked — a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- happed — a comforter or quilt.
- harden — to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
- harder — Comparative form of hard.
- hardie — (James) Keir (kɪə). 1856–1915, British Labour leader and politician, born in Scotland; the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party
- hareld — The long-tailed duck, or oldsquaw.
- harked — to listen attentively; hearken.
- harmed — physical injury or mental damage; hurt: to do him bodily harm.
- harped — Simple past tense and past participle of harp.
- hashed — Simple past tense and past participle of hash.
- hasped — Simple past tense and past participle of hasp.
- hasted — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- hatted — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- hauled — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- hawked — a noisy effort to clear the throat.
- hayden — Melissa (Mildred Herman) 1923–2006, Canadian ballerina in the U.S.
- headed — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- header — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- headly — (archaic) Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly.
- healed — to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- heaped — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- heared — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of hear.
- heated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- heaved — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- hedera — (gardening) Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera.
- hedjaz — a region in Saudi Arabia bordering on the Red Sea, formerly an independent kingdom: contains the Islamic holy cities of Medina and Mecca. About 150,000 sq. mi. (388,500 sq. km). Capital: Mecca.
- hendra — a virus that affects humans and horses, causing a fatal, influenza-like illness
- heptad — the number seven.
- herald — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- hexade — A series of six numbers.
- heyday — the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime: the heyday of the vaudeville stars.
- hidage — (formerly) a land tax based on the number of hides
- hoared — (obsolete) moldy; musty.
- hoaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of hoax.
- hstead — Homestead.
- hyades — Astronomy. a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun.