7-letter words starting with he
- hermann — (Hermann) 17? b.c.–a.d. 21, Germanic hero who defeated Roman army a.d. 9.
- hermite — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
- hermits — Plural form of hermit.
- herndon — William Henry, 1818–91, U.S. law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln.
- hernial — the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- hernias — Plural form of hernia.
- heroics — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- heroise — to make a hero of: a war film that heroizes the warrior.
- heroism — the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine: He showed great heroism in battle.
- heroize — to make a hero of: a war film that heroizes the warrior.
- heronry — a place where a colony of herons breeds.
- herrera — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), ("el Viejo") 1576–1656, Spanish painter and etcher.
- herrick — Robert, 1591–1674, English poet.
- herring — an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
- herriot — Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- hersall — a rehearsal
- herself — See myself.
- hershey — Alfred Day, 1908–97, U.S. biologist: helped lay the foundation of modern molecular genetics; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.
- hership — the act of plundering
- hertzog — James Barry Munnik [mœn-uh k] /ˈmœn ək/ (Show IPA). South African statesman and general: prime minister 1924–39.
- heshvan — the second month of the Jewish calendar.
- hesione — daughter of King Laomedon, rescued by Hercules from a sea monster
- hespere — one of the Hesperides.
- hessian — of or relating to the state of Hesse or its inhabitants.
- hessite — a rare mineral, silver telluride, Ag 2 Te, found in silver ores: sometimes contains gold.
- hetaera — a highly cultured courtesan or concubine, especially in ancient Greece.
- hetaira — hetaera.
- hetero- — other, another, or different
- heteros — Chemistry. of or relating to an atom other than carbon, particularly in a cyclic compound.
- hetmans — Plural form of hetman.
- heurism — the educational principle of acquiring knowledge through empirical study and practical experience
- hevenly — Obsolete form of heavenly.
- hewable — capable of being hewed
- hewlett — Maurice Henry, 1861–1923, English novelist, poet, and essayist.
- hexadic — (rare) Pertaining to a hexad; hexagonal.
- hexagon — a polygon having six angles and six sides.
- hexamer — An oligomer having six subunits.
- hexapla — an edition of a book, especially the Old Testament, containing six versions or texts in parallel columns, especially the edition compiled by Origen.
- hexapod — a six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta (formerly Hexapoda); an insect.
- hexarch — (of a plant) having six veins in the vascular tissue
- hexerei — witchcraft
- hexosan — any of a group of hemicelluloses that hydrolyze to hexoses.
- hexoses — Plural form of hexose.
- hexylic — of or relating to hexyl
- heydays — Plural form of heyday.
- heyduck — one of a class of mercenary soldiers in 16th-century Hungary.
- heymans — Corneille [kawr-ne-yuh] /kɔrˈnɛ yə/ (Show IPA), 1892–1968, Belgian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1938.
- heysham — a port in NW England, in NW Lancashire. Pop (with Morecambe): 16 136 (2001)
- heyward — DuBose [duh-bohz] /dəˈboʊz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1940, U.S. playwright, novelist, and poet.