5-letter words containing h
- hecks — Plural form of heck.
- heder — (especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- hedge — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- hedgy — abounding in hedges.
- hedin — Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- hedon — (economics) A unit of pleasure used to theoretically weigh people's happiness.
- heeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heed.
- heedy — (obsolete) Heedful; attentive.
- heels — Plural form of heel.
- heerd — Dialectical form of heard.
- heere — Obsolete spelling of hear.
- hefei — a province in E China. 54,015 sq. mi. (139,899 sq. km). Capital: Hefei.
- hefts — Plural form of heft.
- hefty — heavy; weighty: a hefty book.
- hegel — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- hegge — Obsolete form of hedge.
- heian — of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- heiau — An ancient Hawaiian temple or sacred site.
- heidi — a female given name.
- heigh — Expressing encouragement or inquiry.
- heine — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- heinz — H(enry) J(ohn) 1844–1919, U.S. businessman: founder of food-processing company.
- heire — Archaic spelling of heir.
- heirs — Plural form of heir.
- heiss — Carol E(lizabeth) born 1940, U.S. figure skater.
- heist — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- hejab — Alternative spelling of hijab.
- hejaz — a region in Saudi Arabia bordering on the Red Sea, formerly an independent kingdom: contains the Islamic holy cities of Medina and Mecca. About 150,000 sq. mi. (388,500 sq. km). Capital: Mecca.
- hekla — an active volcano in SW Iceland. 4892 feet (1491 meters).
- helas — alas
- helen — Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- helga — a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- helgi — the son of Hjorvard and Svava, a Valkyrie.
- heli- — helicopter
- helio — a heliogram.
- helix — a spiral.
- hella — very; extremely: Those pictures were hella good.
- helle — a daughter of King Athamas, who was borne away with her brother Phrixus on the golden winged ram. She fell from its back and was drowned in the Hellespont
- hello — hello, world
- hells — Plural form of hell.
- helms — Plural form of helm.
- heloc — home equity line of credit: a loan in which the borrower receives a line of credit and uses the equity in a home as collateral.
- helos — helicopter.
- helot — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- helpe — Obsolete spelling of help.
- helps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of help.
- helpt — Simple past tense and past participle of help.
- helth — Obsolete form of health.
- helve — the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- hema- — hemo-