6-letter words containing h, a, s
- hussar — (originally) one of a body of Hungarian light cavalry formed during the 15th century.
- 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.
- hydras — Plural form of hydra.
- hyenas — Plural form of hyena.
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- isaiah — Also called Isaiah of Jerusalem. a Major Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ischia — an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- ishtar — the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- jadish — (of a horse) Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade.
- jarash — Jerash.
- jascha — a male given name, Russian form of Jacob or James.
- jerash — a town in N Jordan, N of Amman: Roman ruins.
- jhansi — a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in central India.
- jihads — Plural form of jihad.
- joshua — the successor of Moses as leader of the Israelites. Deut. 31:14, 23; 34:9.
- josiah — Also, Douay Bible, Josias [joh-sahy-uh s] /dʒoʊˈsaɪ əs/ (Show IPA). a king of Judah, reigned 640?–609? b.c. II Kings 22.
- kadesh — oasis in the desert, south of Palestine: Gen. 14:7, 16:14; Num. 32:8; Deut. 1:46, 2:14
- kaishu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- kasbah — the older, native Arab quarter of a North African city, especially Algiers.
- kasher — kosher.
- kashim — a building used by Eskimos as a community gathering place or as a place where men congregate and socialize.
- khakis — Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers/pants.
- khalsa — a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.
- khanas — Plural form of khana.
- kishka — Also called stuffed derma. Jewish Cookery. a beef or fowl intestine stuffed with a mixture, as of flour, fat, onion, and seasonings, and roasted.
- kiswah — a decorative veil draped over the walls of the Kaʿba, now made of black brocade embroidered in gold with inscriptions from the Koran.
- klesha — any of the five hindrances to enlightenment, which are ignorance or avidya, egocentricity, attachments, aversions, and the instinctive will to live.
- laches — failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- lagash — an ancient Sumerian city between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, at the modern village of Telloh in SE Iraq: a palace, statuary, and inscribed clay tablets unearthed here.
- lahars — Plural form of lahar.
- lakish — similar to the poetry of the Lake poets
- lamish — Somewhat lame.
- lashed — having lashes or eyelashes, especially of a specified kind or description (usually used in combination): long-lashed blue eyes.
- lasher — One who whips or lashes.
- lashes — Plural form of lash.
- lashio — a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- lashup — a hastily made or arranged device, organization, etc.
- lathes — Plural form of lathe.
- lathis — Plural form of lathi.
- latish — somewhat or rather late.
- laughs — Plural form of laugh.
- lavash — a large, leavened flatbread from Armenia.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- maches — corn salad.
- machos — Machismo.
- mahoes — Plural form of mahoe.
- marish — a marsh.
- marsha — a female given name.
- marshy — like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.
- masham — a crossbreed of large sheep having a black and white face and a long curly fleece: kept for lamb production