5-letter words containing a, h, n
- hance — (transitive, obsolete) To raise, to elevate.
- hanch — Alternative form of hance.
- hand- — Hand- combines with past participles to indicate that something has been made by someone using their hands or using tools rather than by machines.
- hande — Archaic spelling of hand.
- handi — A deep, narrow-mouthed vessel used in north Indian, Pakistani and Bengali cooking.
- hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handy — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
- hangi — (New Zealand) A traditional M\u0101ori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.
- hangs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hang.
- hanif — (Islam) Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.
- hanks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hanky — a handkerchief.
- hanna — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
- hanno — Carthaginian statesman, fl. 3rd century b.c.
- hanoi — Towers of Hanoi
- hansa — a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- hanse — Hansa.
- hants — Hampshire (def 1).
- hasan — (al-Hasan) a.d. 624?–669? Arabian caliph: son of Ali and Fatima (brother of Hussein).
- hasna — Eye dialect of hasn't.
- haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
- havan — A ritual burning of offerings such as grains and ghee, which is held to mark births, marriages, and other special occasions.
- haven — a harbor or port.
- haydn — Franz Joseph [franz joh-zuh f,, -suh f,, frants;; German frahnts yoh-zef] /frænz ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf,, frænts;; German frɑnts ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1732–1809, Austrian composer.
- hazan — a cantor of a synagogue.
- hearn — Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- heian — of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- heman — Misspelling of he-man.
- henan — a province in E China. 64,479 sq. mi. (167,000 sq. km). Capital: Zhengzhou.
- henna — an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- hensa — Higher Education National Software Archive
- hiant — gaping, wide
- hinau — a tall New Zealand tree, Elaeocarpus dentatus, with white flowers and purple fruit
- hoban — James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.
- hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- hokan — a proposed genetic grouping of American Indian languages comprising otherwise unclassified language families and isolates of California, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico, including Yana, Pomo, Chumash, and Yuman.
- honan — Wade-Giles. Henan.
- honda — an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- hotan — an oasis in W China, in SW Xinjiang.
- huang — river in N China, flowing from Tibet into the Gulf of Bo Hai: c. 3,395 mi (5,464 km)
- hudna — a truce or ceasefire for a fixed duration
- human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- hunan — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in S China. 81,274 sq. mi. (210,500 sq. km). Capital: Changsha.
- hyena — a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hyman — a male given name.
- jhana — any of four elevated states of mind possible as a result of meditation.
- jonah — a Minor Prophet who, for his impiety, was thrown overboard from his ship and swallowed by a large fish, remaining in its belly for three days before being cast up onto the shore unharmed.
- kaneh — an ancient Hebrew measure of six cubits
- khana — (India, Pakistan) food, a meal.
- khans — Plural form of khan.