6-letter words containing h, i
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- berith — the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- besigh — to sigh for or over
- bhakti — loving devotion to God leading to nirvana
- bhangi — a Hindu scavenger who belongs to one of the untouchable castes.
- bhikhu — a fully ordained Buddhist monk
- bhikku — a monk.
- bhilai — a city in S Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
- bhindi — the okra as used in Indian cooking: its green pods are eaten as vegetables
- bhisho — a town in S South Africa, on the Buffalo River adjacent to King Williams Town; the capital of Eastern Cape, it was formerly the capital of the Ciskei Bantu homeland: it is the centre of a sheep and cattle ranching area with various industries
- bhungi — bhangi.
- bichat — Marie François Xavier [ma-ree frahn-swa gza-vyey] /maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1802, French physician.
- bichir — an African freshwater fish with an elongated body
- bigtha — one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- bihari — a member of an Indian people living chiefly in Bihar but also in other parts of NW India and Bangladesh
- bihzad — Kamal ad-Din [key-mahl ahd-deen] /ˈkeɪ mɑl ɑdˈdin/ (Show IPA), c1440–c1527, Persian painter and calligrapher.
- bilhah — the mother of Dan and Naphtali. Gen. 30:1–8.
- bilith — a prehistoric structure consisting of a horizontal stone slab supported by an upright stone.
- binchy — Maeve (meɪˈɪv). 1940–2012, Irish novelist and journalist; her bestselling novels include Circle of Friends (1990) and Quentins (2002)
- binghi — an Aboriginal person
- binhex — (file format) A Macintosh format for representing a binary file using only printable characters. The file is converted to lines of letters, numbers and punctuation. Because BinHex files are simply text they can be sent through most electronic mail systems and stored on most computers. However the conversion to text makes the file larger, so it takes longer to transmit a file in BinHex format than if the file was represented some other way. See also BinHex 4.0, uuencode.
- bishop — A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches.
- bitchy — If someone is being bitchy or is making bitchy remarks, they are saying unkind things about someone.
- biztha — one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- blight — You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
- blithe — You use blithe to indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful thought.
- bluish — Something that is bluish is slightly blue in colour.
- bo hai — arm of the Yellow Sea, north of Shandong peninsula in NE China: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
- bohica — (humour) /bo-hee-ka/ Bend Over, Here It Comes Again.
- boyish — If you describe a man as boyish, you mean that he is like a boy in his appearance or behaviour, and you find this characteristic quite attractive.
- brahmi — a script of India that was probably adapted from the Aramaic alphabet about the 7th century b.c., and from which most of the later Indian scripts developed.
- brahui — a language spoken in Pakistan, forming an isolated branch of the Dravidian family
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- buddhi — intellect, seen as an intuitive faculty giving increased spiritual awareness.
- bushie — a supporter of US President George W. Bush or a member of his administration
- cahier — a notebook
- cahill — an artificial fly having a quill body, golden tag, tan-spotted wings and tail, and gray hackle.
- caliph — A Caliph was a Muslim ruler.
- canthi — the angle or corner on each side of the eye, formed by the junction of the upper and lower lids.
- cathie — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- ceriph — a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- ch'ing — See under Manchu (def 1).
- chadic — a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, spoken in an area west and south of Lake Chad, the chief member of which is Hausa
- chadri — a shroud which covers the body from head to foot, usually worn by females in Islamic countries
- chaine — (in dancing) relating to the movement in which a full rotation is made for every two steps taken
- chains — Plural form of chain.
- chairs — Plural form of chair.
- chaise — a light open horse-drawn carriage, esp one with two wheels designed for two passengers
- chania — the chief port of Crete, on the NW coast. Pop: 82 000 (2005 est)
- charis — Shari.