6-letter words containing l, a, h
- herald — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herbal — of, relating to, or consisting of herbs.
- hiatal — a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- hiemal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hilary — Hilarius, Saint.
- holard — (dated) The total water content of a sample of soil.
- holloa — Alternative form of hollo.
- holman — Nathan ("Nat") 1896–1995, U.S. basketball player and coach.
- holmia — the oxide of holmium
- hoopla — bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- huelva — a seaport in SW Spain, near the Gulf of Cádiz.
- hyalin — Also, hyalin, H04/H0454500 hahy-uh-lin, ˈhaɪ ə lɪn. Biochemistry. a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin. a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
- hyalo- — of, relating to, or resembling glass
- hyetal — of or relating to rain or rainfall.
- hymnal — Also called hymnbook [him-boo k] /ˈhɪmˌbʊk/ (Show IPA). a book of hymns for use in a religious service.
- hyphal — Of or pertaining to hyphae.
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- imphal — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- inhale — to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.
- inhaul — any of various lines for hauling a sail, spar, etc., inward or inboard in order to stow it after use.
- kalakh — an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris River, founded 1274 b.c. and destroyed by the Medes 612 b.c.: its ruins are at Nimrud near Mosul in northern Iraq.
- kaliph — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- keblah — kiblah.
- khalid — (Khalid ibn Abdul-Aziz al Saud) 1913–82, king of Saudi Arabia 1975–82 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- khalif — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- khalsa — a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.
- khayal — a kind of Indian classical vocal music
- khelat — a region in S Baluchistan, in SW Pakistan.
- khilat — (in India and the Middle East) a ceremonial robe or other gift given to someone by a superior as a mark of honour
- khulna — a city in S Bangladesh, on the delta of the Ganges.
- kiblah — the point toward which Muslims turn to pray, especially the Kaʿba, or House of God, at Mecca.
- klatch — a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation: a sewing klatsch.
- klesha — any of the five hindrances to enlightenment, which are ignorance or avidya, egocentricity, attachments, aversions, and the instinctive will to live.
- labneh — a Mediterranean soft cheese produced by straining yogurt
- laches — failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- ladakh — a region in Jammu and Kashmir, India, on the borders of China (Tibet) and Pakistan. 45,762 sq. mi. (118,524 sq. km).
- 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.
- lahnda — a language or group of dialects of Pakistan, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Punjabi
- lahore — a former province in NW British India: now divided between India and Pakistan.
- lakish — similar to the poetry of the Lake poets
- lamech — the son of Enoch, and the father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain. Gen. 4:18.
- lamedh — The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- lamish — Somewhat lame.
- lapith — a member of a people in Thessaly who at the wedding of their king, Pirithoüs, fought the drunken centaurs
- 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.