6-letter words starting with he
- heeder — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
- heehaw — the braying sound made by a donkey.
- heeled — provided with a heel or heels.
- heeler — a person who heels shoes.
- heelys — a brand of training shoes with wheels fitted in the heel to allow them to be used like in-line skates
- heezie — a lift; heave
- hefted — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
- hegang — a city in Heilongjiang province, NE China.
- hegari — a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- hegira — Islam. Hijra.
- heiden — Eric, born 1958, U.S. speed skater.
- heiduc — one of a class of mercenary soldiers in 16th-century Hungary.
- heifer — a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
- height — extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.
- heigth — Misspelling of height.
- heinie — the buttocks.
- heired — a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- heires — Plural form of heire.
- heishi — a type of Native American shell jewellery
- heists — Plural form of heist.
- hejira — Hegira (def 2).
- hekate — a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- hekto- — hecto-
- helena — Joseph, Jr ("Joe") born 1956, U.S. football player.
- helene — a female given name, form of Helen.
- heliac — pertaining to or occurring near the sun, especially applied to such risings and settings of a star as are most nearly coincident with those of the sun while yet visible.
- heling — Present participle of hele.
- helio- — indicating the sun
- helion — (physics) The nucleus of a helium-3 atom.
- helios — the ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens; identified by the Romans with Sol.
- helium — liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.
- hellas — ancient Greek name of Greece.
- hellen — (in Greek legend) a Thessalian king and eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes
- heller — Joseph, 1923–99, U.S. novelist.
- helles — Cape, a cape in European Turkey at the S end of Gallipoli Peninsula.
- hellos — Plural form of hello.
- helmed — 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.
- helmer — A film director.
- helmet — any of various forms of protective head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, divers, cyclists, etc.
- helots — Plural form of helot.
- helped — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- helper — a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- helply — (UK dialectal) Aiding; assisting; ready to help; helpful.
- helter — (northern England, obsolete) alternative spelling of halter (rope, cord, or similar thing that fastens around the neck). (15th and 16th century).
- helved — the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- helves — the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- hemans — Felicia Dorothea (Browne) 1793–1835, English poet.
- hemat- — hemato-
- hemina — an ancient liquid measure equal to about a half pint