7-letter words starting with he
- hektare — a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- helcoid — Of or pertaining to an ulcer; ulcerous.
- helenin — A stearoptene from Inula helenium; it is used as an internal and external antiseptic.
- heliast — a court judge in ancient Greece
- helibus — a helicopter with the capacity to carry many passengers
- helical — pertaining to or having the form of a helix; spiral.
- heliced — decorated with spirals.
- helices — a native or inhabitant of Corinth.
- helico- — spiral or helical
- helicon — a mountain in S central Greece. 5738 feet (1749 meters): regarded by ancient Greeks as the abode of Apollo and the Muses.
- heliman — a helicopter pilot
- helipad — a takeoff and landing area for helicopters, usually without commercial facilities.
- hellbox — hell (def 9).
- hellcat — a bad-tempered, spiteful, woman; shrew.
- hellene — a Greek.
- helleri — a brightly colored, playful topminnow that is a hybrid of Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus, bred for aquariums.
- hellery — wild or mischievous behaviour
- hellier — (obsolete) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
- hellion — a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
- hellish — of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war.
- hellman — Lillian Florence, 1905–84, U.S. playwright.
- helluva — (colloquial) hell of a; extreme.
- helmand — a river in S Asia, flowing SW from E Afghanistan to a lake in E Iran. 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- helmets — Plural form of helmet.
- helming — Also, heaume. Also called great helm. a medieval helmet, typically formed as a single cylindrical piece with a flat or raised top, completely enclosing the head.
- helmont — Jan Baptista van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn] /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.
- heloise — 1101?–64, French abbess: pupil of and secretly married to Pierre Abélard. Compare Abélard.
- helotry — serfdom; slavery.
- helpers — Plural form of helper.
- helpeth — Archaic third-person singular form of help.
- helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- helping — the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- helprin — Mark, born 1947, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- hematal — hemal (def 1).
- hematic — of or relating to blood; hemic.
- hematin — Biochemistry. heme.
- hemato- — blood
- hemiola — a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
- hemline — the bottom edge of a coat, dress, skirt, etc.
- hemlock — a poisonous plant, Conium maculatum, of the parsley family, having purple-spotted stems, finely divided leaves, and umbels of small white flowers, used medicinally as a powerful sedative.
- hemming — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- hemodia — hypersensitivity of the teeth.
- hen run — an enclosure for hens, esp one made of chicken wire
- henbane — an Old World plant, Hyoscyamus niger, of the nightshade family, having sticky, hairy fetid foliage and greenish-yellow flowers, and possessing narcotic and poisonous properties especially destructive to domestic fowls.
- henbits — Plural form of henbit.
- hencoop — a large cage or coop for housing poultry.
- hending — Present participle of hend.
- hendrix — Jimi [jim-ee] /ˈdʒɪm i/ (Show IPA), 1942–70, U.S. rock guitarist and songwriter.
- hengelo — a city in the E Netherlands.
- hengist — died a.d. 488? chief of the Jutes: with his brother Horsa led the Teutonic invasion of southern Britain c440.