4-letter words starting with h
- herb — a male given name, form of Herbert.
- herd — a herdsman (usually used in combination): a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.
- here — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- herl — a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- herm — a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- hern — heron.
- hero — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
- herp — (colloquial) a reptile or amphibian.
- herr — the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- 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.