5-letter words that end in h
- bligh — William. 1754–1817, British admiral; Governor of New South Wales (1806–9), deposed by the New South Wales Corps: as a captain, commander of H.M.S. Bounty when the crew mutinied in 1789
- bloch — Ernest. 1880–1959, US composer, born in Switzerland, who found inspiration in Jewish liturgical and folk music: his works include the symphonies Israel (1916) and America (1926)
- blush — When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.
- blyth — a port in N England, in SE Northumberland, on the North Sea. Pop: 35 691 (2001)
- booth — A booth is a small area separated from a larger public area by screens or thin walls where, for example, people can make a telephone call or vote in private.
- borah — William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- bosch — Carl. 1874–1940, German chemist, who adapted the Haber process to produce ammonia for industrial use. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry 1931
- botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- bough — A bough is a large branch of a tree.
- brach — a bitch hound
- brash — If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
- brith — the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- broch — (in Scotland) a circular dry-stone tower large enough to serve as a fortified home; they date from the Iron Age and are found esp in the north and the islands
- broth — Broth is a kind of soup. It usually has vegetables or rice in it.
- bruch — Max (maks). 1838–1920, German composer, noted chiefly for his three violin concertos
- brugh — a mansion or large house
- brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
- bumph — alt. spelling of bumf
- bunch — A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
- burgh — (in Scotland) a town, esp one incorporated by charter, that enjoyed a degree of self-government until the local-government reorganization of 1975
- busch — Adolf Georg Wilhelm [German gey-awrk] /German geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1952, Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer, born in Germany.
- butch — If you describe a woman as butch, you mean that she behaves or dresses in a masculine way. This use could cause offence.
- calah — Biblical name of Kalakh.
- caneh — a Hebrew unit of length, consisting of 6 cubits
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- cheth — het
- chich — (botany) The chickpea.
- cinch — If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
- clach — a stone
- clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- cloth — Cloth is fabric which is made by weaving or knitting a substance such as cotton, wool, silk, or nylon. Cloth is used especially for making clothes.
- coach — A coach is someone who trains a person or team of people in a particular sport.
- conch — A conch is a shellfish with a large shell rather like a snail's. A conch or a conch shell is the shell of this creature.
- cooch — a vagina
- cotch — Eye dialect of catch.
- couch — A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
- cough — When you cough, you force air out of your throat with a sudden, harsh noise. You often cough when you are ill, or when you are nervous or want to attract someone's attention.
- couth — If you say that someone has couth, you mean that they have good manners and sophistication.
- crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- crith — a unit of weight for gases, equal to the weight of one litre of hydrogen at standard pressure and temperature (0.09 grams)
- crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- cruth — Alternative form of crwth.
- crwth — an ancient stringed instrument of Celtic origin similar to the cithara but bowed in later types
- cuish — a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- culch — a mass of broken stones, shells, and gravel that forms the basis of an oyster bed
- curch — a woman's plain cap or kerchief
- cutch — Kutch
- cwlth — Commonwealth
- cwtch — (Wales) A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.
- czech — Czech means belonging or relating to the Czech Republic, or to its people, language, or culture.