6-letter words starting with h
- halutz — a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.
- halvah — a sweet, candylike confection of Turkish origin, consisting chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey.
- halved — Simple past tense and past participle of halve.
- halver — A fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide.
- halves — plural of half.
- ham up — an actor or performer who overacts.
- hamada — a desert terrain that consists of a flat and rocky area mainly devoid of sand
- hamals — Plural form of hamal.
- hamate — hook-shaped.
- hamble — (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
- hamden — a town in S Connecticut.
- hameln — a city in N central Germany, on the Weser River: scene of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
- hametz — a food forbidden for use by Jews during the festival of Passover, especially a baked food, as bread or cake, made with leaven or a leavening agent.
- hamill — Dorothy (Stuart) born 1956, U.S. figure skater.
- hamish — haimish
- hamite — a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- hamlet — (italics) a tragedy (first printed 1603) by Shakespeare.
- hamlin — Hannibal, 1809–91, U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1861–65.
- hamlyn — Baron Paul. 1926–2001, British businessman and publisher
- hammal — (in some Muslim countries) a porter.
- hammam — (in Islamic countries) a communal bathhouse, usually with separate baths for men and women.
- hammed — an actor or performer who overacts.
- hammer — Armand, 1898–1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
- hammon — Jupiter, c1720–c1800, American poet.
- hamose — (botany) Having the end hooked or curved.
- hamous — Alternative form of hamose.
- hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hamsun — Knut [knoot] /knut/ (Show IPA), 1859–1952, Norwegian novelist: Nobel Prize 1920.
- hamuli — Plural form of hamulus.
- hamzas — Plural form of hamza.
- han yu — (Han Wen-kung; Han Wengong) a.d. 768–824, Chinese writer, poet, and philosopher.
- hanafi — one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by Abu Hanifa.
- hanami — The Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, usually cherry blossoms or plum blossoms, also known as \"flower viewing\".
- handan — a city in SW Hebei province, China.
- handed — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- handel — George Frideric [free-der-ik,, -drik] /ˈfri dər ɪk,, -drɪk/ (Show IPA), (Georg Friedrich Händel) 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
- hander — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handly — Of or pertaining to the hand; manual.
- handsy — (informal) prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially inappropriately.
- hangar — a shed or shelter.
- hanged — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanger — a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
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- hangry — feeling irritable or irrationally angry as a result of being hungry.
- hangul — the Korean alphabetic writing system, introduced in the 15th century, containing 14 consonants and 11 vowels.
- hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- haniwa — any of the terra-cotta models of people, animals, and houses from the Yayoi period of Japanese culture.
- hanked — a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- hanker — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).