6-letter words containing h, a
- aphony — Dated form of aphonia.
- aphtha — a small ulceration on a mucous membrane, as in thrush, caused by a fungal infection
- aranha — Oswaldo [aws-wahl-daw] /ɔsˈwɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1960, Brazilian politician.
- archbp — archbishop
- archd. — archdeacon
- arched — An arched roof, window, or doorway is curved at the top.
- archer — An archer is someone who shoots arrows using a bow.
- arches — Obsolete. a person who is preeminent; a chief.
- archet — Lb musical instruments violin box.
- archi- — chief, first
- archie — Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- archil — orchil
- archly — in an arch manner; pertly and mischievously
- archon — (in ancient Athens) one of the nine chief magistrates
- arcsch — (mathematics) The area hyperbolic cosecant function, i.e., the inverse hyperbolic cosecant function.
- areach — to reach
- arghan — any of various plants of the genus Agave and of the family Agavaceae, which are native to tropical America and have tall flower stalks rising from a massive, often armed, rosette of thick fleshy leaves
- arhant — a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
- arhats — Plural form of arhat.
- aright — correctly; rightly; properly
- armagh — a historical county of S Northern Ireland: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Armagh and Craigavon. Area: 1326 sq km (512 sq miles)
- arnhem — a city in the E Netherlands, capital of Gelderland province, on the Rhine: site of a World War II battle. Pop: 142 000 (2003 est)
- arrish — corn stubble
- arshin — a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- arthur — a legendary king of the Britons in the sixth century ad, who led Celtic resistance against the Saxons: possibly based on a historical figure; represented as leader of the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
- arusha — a city in N Tanganyika, in Tanzania.
- as how — that
- ascham — Roger. ?1515–68, English humanist writer and classical scholar: tutor to Queen Elizabeth I
- ashake — in a shaking manner
- ashame — to cause to feel ashamed
- ashbin — Ashcan.
- ashcan — a large can for ashes and trash
- ashdod — a town in central Israel, on the Mediterranean coast: an important city in the Philistine Empire, with its artificial harbour (1961) it is now a major port. Pop: 192 000 (2003 est)
- ashery — a manufacturing place where pearlash and potash are produced from ashes
- ashier — Comparative form of ashy.
- ashine — in a shining manner
- ashkey — the winged fruit of the ash
- ashlar — a block of hewn stone with straight edges for use in building
- ashler — Masonry. a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints. such stones collectively. masonry made of them.
- ashley — Jack, Baron. 1922–2012, British Labour politician and campaigner for deaf and disabled people
- ashman — dustman
- ashore — Someone or something that comes ashore comes from the sea onto the shore.
- ashpit — a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- ashram — a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives
- ashton — Catherine. Baroness. born 1956, British Labour politician; High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union (2009–2014)
- ashura — a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 ah (680 ad)
- asketh — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ask.
- aslosh — submerged or deluged with or as with water
- aspish — relating to asps
- asshur — Ashur1