5-letter words containing h
- aight — (AAVE, slang) All right.
- airth — a direction.
- aisha — ?613–678 ad, the favourite wife of Mohammed; daughter of Abu Bekr
- aitch — the letter h or the sound represented by it
- aleph — the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet (א) articulated as a glottal stop and transliterated with a superior comma (')
- alish — Resembling or characteristic of ale.
- allah — Allah is the name of God in Islam.
- almah — an Egyptian dancing girl or singer, who entertains or mourns professionally
- almeh — Alternative form of almah.
- aloha — hello
- alpha — the first letter in the Greek alphabet (Α, α), a vowel transliterated as a
- altho — (informal, chiefly, US) alternative spelling of although.
- alvah — a masculine name: var. ˈAlvan (ˈælvən ) ; alˈvən)
- amahs — Plural form of amah.
- amish — The Amish are members of a Protestant sect whose rural way of life is simple and strict.
- amlah — (India, historical) A court official in India.
- ancho — a Poblano chilli pepper that has been dried and turned a dark-red or black colour
- anhui — a province of E China, crossed by the Yangtze River. Capital: Hefei. Pop: 64 100 000 (2003 est). Area: 139 860 sq km (54 000 sq miles)
- anigh — near, close
- ankhs — Plural form of ankh.
- aphid — Aphids are very small insects which live on plants and suck their juices.
- aphis — any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly
- apish — stupid; foolish
- arch- — Arch- combines with nouns referring to people to form new nouns that refer to people who are extreme examples of something. For example, your arch-rival is the rival you most want to beat.
- archy — a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arhat — a Buddhist, esp a monk who has achieved enlightenment and at death passes to nirvana
- arhus — a city and port in Denmark, in E Jutland. Pop: 228 547 (2004 est)
- aroha — love, compassion, or affectionate regard
- arrah — an exclamation expressing emotion or excitement
- aruhe — the edible root of a fern
- asham — (Caribbean) A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
- ashed — Simple past tense and past participle of ash.
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- asher — the son of Jacob and ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel
- ashes — ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning
- ashet — a shallow oval dish or large plate
- ashur — the chief deity, god of war and empire
- atcha — Eye dialect of at you.
- athan — Alternative spelling of azan.
- athar — attar (def 1).
- athel — a male given name.
- athol — a city in central Massachusetts.
- athos — Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- aught — anything at all; anything whatever (esp in the phrase for aught I know)
- awash — If the ground or a floor is awash, it is covered in water, often because of heavy rain or as the result of an accident.
- ayahs — Plural form of ayah.
- azoth — the alchemical name for mercury, esp when regarded as the first principle of all metals
- b.th. — Bachelor of Theology
- baath — a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
- bacha — a child or a young person