4-letter words containing h
- hers — Slang. a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?
- hery — to glorify; praise
- hesc — human embryonic stem cell
- hesp — (Scotland) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.
- hess — Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- hest — behest.
- heta — The Ancient Greek letter eta, or variants of it, when used in their original function of denoting the consonant /h/.
- heth — the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hetp — a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hets — Plural form of het.
- hewe — (obsolete) A domestic; a servant or retainer.
- hewn — felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs.
- hews — to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- hext — (obsolete, or, dialectal) Highest.
- heya — (sumo) the so-called \"stable\" of rikishi who train under the instruction of a particular shisho; the place where this group lives and trains.
- heys — Plural form of hey.
- hfea — Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority
- hfmd — hand, foot, and mouth disease
- hgwy — highway
- hhoj — (chat) ha ha only joking. Contrast ha ha only serious.
- hhok — ha ha only kidding. See ha ha only serious.
- hhos — ha ha only serious
- hiba — A Japanese conifer with evergreen scalelike leaves that form flattened sprays of foliage, widely planted as an ornamental and yielding durable timber.
- hick — an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- hidy — (rare) Of or pertaining to hides.
- hied — to hasten; speed; go in haste.
- hies — to hasten; speed; go in haste.
- high — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- higz — High Level Interface to Graphics and Zebra. Part of the PAW system.
- hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
- hila — Botany. the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta. the nucleus of a granule of starch.
- hile — (botany) hilum.
- hili — An indentation in the surface of a kidney, spleen, or other organ, where blood vessels, ducts, nerve fibers, etc., enter or leave it.
- hill — the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
- hilo — a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- hilt — the handle of a sword or dagger.
- hims — Informal. a male: Is the new baby a her or a him?
- hind — situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal.
- hing — (IRC) Fortuitous typo for "hint", now in wide intentional use among players of initgame. Compare newsfroup, filk.
- hink — (obsolete) A reaping hook.
- hint — an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- hioi — a New Zealand plant, Mentha cunninghamii, of the mint family
- hipe — (wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.
- hips — Plural form of hip.
- hird — (historical) In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
- hire — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hirn — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Corner; nook; hiding-place.
- hisn — (obsolete, outside, British, and, American dialects, especially, Appalachian) His.
- hiss — to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.