6-letter words containing h, e, a
- athene — Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus. Compare Minerva.
- athens — the capital of Greece, in the southeast near the Saronic Gulf: became capital after independence in 1834; ancient city-state, most powerful in the 5th century bc; contains the hill citadel of the Acropolis. Pop: 3 238 000 (2005 est)
- aweigh — (of an anchor) no longer hooked into the bottom; hanging by its rode
- awheel — on wheels
- awhile — Awhile means for a short time. It is more commonly spelled 'a while', which is considered more correct, especially in British English.
- axhead — Alternative spelling of axe head.
- ayesha — Aisha
- bached — Simple past tense and past participle of bach.
- bahaei — a religion founded in Iran in 1863 by Husayn ʿAlī (called Bahaullah), teaching the essential worth of all religions, the unity of all peoples, and the equality of the sexes.
- balche — (among the Yucatec Maya) a drink made from the bark of a leguminous tree, Lonchocarpus violaceus, which is soaked in honey and water and fermented.
- barthe — Richmond, 1901–1989, U.S. sculptor.
- bashed — to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- basher — to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- bashes — to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- bathed — If someone is bathed in sweat, they are sweating a great deal.
- bather — A bather is a person who is swimming in the sea, or in a river or lake.
- bathes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bathe.
- beachy — covered with gentle sandy slopes
- bechar — a city in NW Algeria: an oasis. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)
- bedash — to dash against (something), as for example waves dash against rocks
- beenah — understanding; insight
- behalf — interest, part, benefit, or respect (only in the phrases on (someone's) behalf, on or US and Canadian in behalf of, in this (or that) behalf)
- behave — The way that you behave is the way that you do and say things, and the things that you do and say.
- behead — If someone is beheaded, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.
- bertha — a wide deep capelike collar, often of lace, usually to cover up a low neckline
- betcha — I bet you
- beulah — the land of Israel (Isaiah 62:4)
- bleach — If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- breath — Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
- cached — Simple past tense and past participle of cache.
- cacher — One who caches.
- caches — Plural form of cache.
- cachet — an official seal on a document, letter, etc
- cacheu — a port in NW Guinea-Bissau.
- cahier — a notebook
- cameth — (hypercorrect, archaic) alternative third person singular past tense form of come.
- cashed — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- casher — One who cashes (a cheque, etc.).
- cashes — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- cashew — A cashew or a cashew nut is a curved nut that you can eat.
- cathed — Past participle of cath.
- cather — Willa (Sibert). 1873–1947, US novelist, whose works include O Pioneers! (1913) and My Ántonia (1918)
- cathie — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- chaeta — any of the chitinous bristles on the body of such annelids as the earthworm and the lugworm: used in locomotion; a seta
- chafed — to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
- chafer — any of various scarabaeid beetles, such as the cockchafer and rose chafer
- chafes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chafe.
- chaine — (in dancing) relating to the movement in which a full rotation is made for every two steps taken
- chaise — a light open horse-drawn carriage, esp one with two wheels designed for two passengers