5-letter words that end in h
- hotch — to fidget; shift one's weight from one foot to the other.
- hough — Emerson, 1857–1923, U.S. novelist.
- humph — Used to express slightly scornful doubt or dissatisfaction.
- hunch — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- hupeh — Older Spelling. Hubei.
- hutch — a pen or enclosed coop for small animals: rabbit hutch.
- illth — a condition of poverty or misery
- irish — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its inhabitants, or their language.
- joash — a king of Judah, reigned 837?–800? b.c., successor of Athaliah. II Kings 13:10–13.
- jonah — a Minor Prophet who, for his impiety, was thrown overboard from his ship and swallowed by a large fish, remaining in its belly for three days before being cast up onto the shore unharmed.
- judah — the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:35.
- kaneh — an ancient Hebrew measure of six cubits
- karsh — Yousuf [yoh-suh f,, yoo-] /ˈyoʊ səf,, ˈyu-/ (Show IPA), 1908–2002, Armenian-Canadian photographer, born in Turkey.
- kauch — kiaugh.
- kedah — a state in Malaysia, on the W central Malay Peninsula. 3660 sq. mi. (9480 sq. km). Capital: Alor Star.
- keech — (obsolete) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
- keesh — Alternative form of kish.
- keith — Sir Arthur, 1866–1955, Scottish anthropologist.
- kench — a deep bin in which animal skins and fish are salted.
- kerch — a seaport in E Crimea, in S Ukraine, on Kerch Strait.
- ketch — a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
- kheth — het
- knish — a fried or baked turnover or roll of dough with a filling, as of meat, kasha, or potato, often eaten as an appetizer or snack.
- knuth — /knooth/ 1. Donald Knuth. 2. ["The Art of Computer Programming", Donald E. Knuth] Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about data structures or algorithms. A safe answer when you do not know: "I think you can find that in Knuth." Contrast literature. See also bible.
- korah — a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- kotch — to vomit
- kovsh — A Russian ladle or drinking bowl.
- krogh — (Schack) Auguste (Steenberg) [shahk ou-goo st steen-barg] /ˈʃɑk ˈaʊ gʊst ˈstin bærg/ (Show IPA), 1874–1949, Danish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1920.
- kusch — Polykarp [pol-i-kahrp;; German poh-ly-kahrp] /ˈpɒl ɪˌkɑrp;; German ˌpoʊ lüˈkɑrp/ (Show IPA), 1911–1993, U.S. physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize 1955.
- kutch — a former state in W India, now part of Gujarat state.
- laigh — a small valley or hollow.
- laith — loath.
- lanch — (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
- larch — any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- latah — a pattern of neurotic behavior, usually induced by a startle, first discovered in Malaya, and characterized by the compulsive imitation of the actions and words of others.
- latch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- leach — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leash — a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
- leigh — Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- leish — active or athletic
- leith — a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- letch — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lh-rh — luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
- lieth — Archaic third-person singular form of lie.
- linch — A ledge; a right-angled projection.
- loach — any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- loath — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- looch — A medicine taken by licking; a lambative.