5-letter words containing H
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter H. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate H within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| there | 8 | to or toward that place; away from the speaker | go there around noon! |
| right | 9 | make right or correct | - |
| think | 12 | judge or regard; look upon; judge | I think he is very smart |
| where | 11 | - | - |
| thank | 12 | express gratitude or show appreciation to | - |
| these | 8 | - | - |
| thing | 9 | a vaguely specified concern | things are going well |
| their | 8 | - | - |
| other | 8 | belonging to the distant past | in other times |
| night | 9 | the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | - |
| hello | 8 | an expression of greeting | every morning they exchanged polite hellos |
| those | 8 | - | - |
| house | 8 | provide housing for | The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town |
| which | 16 | - | - |
| three | 8 | being one more than two | - |
| might | 11 | physical strength | - |
| happy | 15 | marked by good fortune | a happy outcome |
| heard | 9 | detected or perceived by the sense of hearing | a conversation heard through the wall |
| haven | 11 | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | - |
| whole | 11 | not injured or harmed | - |
| while | 11 | a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | he was here for a little while |
| heart | 8 | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
| watch | 13 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
| phone | 10 | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | - |
| death | 9 | the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | she stayed until his death |
| check | 16 | an appraisal of the state of affairs | a check on its dependability under stress |
| hands | 9 | the force of workers available | - |
| hurry | 11 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | - |
| child | 11 | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age | they had three children |
| fight | 12 | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Siblings are always fighting |
| bitch | 12 | informal terms for objecting | - |
| shall | 8 | - | - |
| honey | 11 | a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | - |
| truth | 8 | the quality of being near to the true value | the lawyer questioned the truth of my account |
| hours | 8 | an indefinite period of time | they talked for hours |
| light | 9 | the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | - |
| shoot | 8 | make a film or photograph of something | shoot a movie |
| ahead | 9 | having the leading position or higher score in a contest | he is ahead by a pawn |
| touch | 10 | a distinguishing style | this room needs a woman's touch |
| white | 11 | a Caucasian | - |
| human | 10 | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | - |
| earth | 8 | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | - |
| catch | 12 | reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | - |
| mouth | 10 | express in speech | - |
| month | 10 | one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year | he paid the bill last month |
| throw | 11 | cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | throw the lever |
| worth | 11 | French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895) | - |
| short | 8 | of insufficient quantity to meet a need | money is short |
| hotel | 8 | a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | - |
| eight | 9 | one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face | - |
| teach | 10 | impart skills or knowledge to | - |
| lunch | 10 | a midday meal | - |
| chief | 13 | a person who is in charge | - |
| laugh | 9 | produce laughter | - |
| tough | 9 | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | - |
| horse | 8 | a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) | - |
| third | 9 | coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | - |
| share | 8 | the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | they all did their share of the work |
| shoes | 8 | a particular situation | - |
| honor | 8 | the state of being honored | - |
| reach | 10 | move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense | Government reaches out to the people |
| north | 8 | British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) | - |
| south | 8 | the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | - |
| whose | 11 | The possessive case of who or which. | - |
| match | 12 | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | - |
| harry | 11 | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | - |
| heavy | 14 | slowly as if burdened by much weight | time hung heavy on their hands |
| faith | 11 | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | he lost his faith but not his morality |
| fresh | 11 | original and of a kind not seen before | - |
| tight | 9 | very drunk | - |
| ghost | 9 | haunt like a ghost; pursue | - |
| beach | 12 | an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake | - |
| shirt | 8 | a garment worn on the upper half of the body | - |
| bunch | 12 | an informal body of friends | - |
| coach | 12 | teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | She is coaching the crew |
| photo | 10 | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | - |
| shame | 10 | a state of dishonor | one mistake brought shame to all his family |
| teeth | 8 | the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | - |
| birth | 10 | the process of giving birth | - |
| sight | 9 | the ability to see; the visual faculty | - |
| henry | 11 | English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836) | - |
| whore | 11 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | - |
| heads | 9 | - | - |
| cheap | 12 | tastelessly showy | - |
| threw | 11 | - | - |
| shake | 12 | move back and forth or sideways | - |
| china | 10 | a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong | - |
| chair | 10 | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | She chaired the department for many years |
| thief | 11 | a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | - |
| shape | 10 | the visual appearance of something or someone | - |
| chest | 10 | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | - |
| ought | 9 | - | - |
| chick | 16 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
| crash | 10 | the act of colliding with something | his crash through the window |
| rough | 9 | unpleasantly stern | the nomad life is rough and hazardous |
| chose | 10 | - | - |
| shock | 14 | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | the armies met in the shock of battle |
| youth | 11 | an early period of development | during the youth of the project |
| hired | 9 | hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | - |
| chase | 10 | cut a furrow into a columns | - |
| punch | 12 | a tool for making holes or indentations | - |
| sharp | 10 | (of something seen or heard) clearly defined | a sharp photographic image |
| trash | 8 | worthless material that is to be disposed of | - |
| march | 12 | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | England marches with Scotland |
| hated | 9 | treated with dislike or contempt | - |
| chuck | 16 | informal terms for a meal | - |
| shout | 8 | utter a sudden loud cry | - |
| cheat | 10 | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | - |
| flesh | 11 | alternative names for the body of a human being | the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| chain | 10 | British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) | - |
| shift | 11 | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | - |
| wheel | 11 | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | - |
| witch | 13 | a female sorcerer or magician | - |
| cheer | 10 | cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful | She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee |
| chill | 10 | coldness due to a cold environment | - |
| shine | 8 | be bright by reflecting or casting light | - |
| shark | 12 | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | - |
| thick | 14 | hard to pass through because of dense growth | thick woods |
| fetch | 13 | be sold for a certain price | The old print fetched a high price at the auction |
| shore | 8 | arrive on shore | - |
| flash | 11 | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | - |
| sheep | 10 | a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision | his students followed him like sheep |
| shown | 11 | - | - |
| smith | 10 | Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790) | - |
| crush | 10 | temporary love of an adolescent | - |
| couch | 12 | formulate in a particular style or language | - |
| fifth | 14 | coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position | - |
| forth | 11 | forward in time or order or degree | from that time forth |
| habit | 10 | an established custom | it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening |
| chaos | 10 | a state of extreme confusion and disorder | - |
| hills | 8 | - | - |
| charm | 12 | attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | - |
| chips | 12 | strips of potato fried in deep fat | - |
| champ | 14 | chew noisily | - |
| tooth | 8 | a means of enforcement | - |
| brush | 10 | the act of brushing your teeth | the dentist recommended two brushes a day |
| pitch | 12 | set the level or character of | She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience |
| shell | 8 | remove the husks from | - |
| theme | 10 | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition | the theme is announced in the first measures |
| sixth | 15 | coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position | - |
| holly | 11 | United States rock star (1936-1959) | - |
| dough | 10 | informal terms for money | - |
| humor | 10 | the quality of being funny | I fail to see the humor in it |
| horny | 11 | feeling great sexual desire | feeling horny |
| shave | 11 | cut closely | - |
| dutch | 11 | the people of the Netherlands | - |
| alpha | 10 | early testing stage of a software or hardware product | alpha version |
| phase | 10 | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | - |
| patch | 12 | a small contrasting part of something | a patch of clouds |
| smash | 10 | hit hard | He smashed a 3-run homer |
| whale | 11 | a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | - |
| thumb | 12 | look through a book or other written material | He thumbed through the report |
| harsh | 11 | unpleasantly stern | wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus |
| mitch | 12 | - | - |
| sheet | 8 | paper used for writing or printing | - |
| shove | 11 | come into rough contact with while moving | - |
| cloth | 10 | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC |
| booth | 10 | United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) | - |
| chang | 11 | the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai | - |
| ralph | 10 | - | - |
| cheek | 14 | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | - |
| bench | 12 | persons who administer justice | - |
| handy | 12 | United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) | - |
| theft | 11 | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | - |
| hobby | 15 | a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride | - |
| ranch | 10 | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | - |
| ditch | 11 | sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly | - |
| chess | 10 | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | - |
| flush | 11 | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | - |
| depth | 11 | the extent downward or backward or inward | the depth of the water |
| cough | 11 | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis | - |
| whack | 17 | hit hard | The teacher whacked the boy |
| ching | 11 | - | - |
| shiny | 11 | having a shiny surface or coating | - |
| hatch | 13 | shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | - |
| choir | 10 | a family of similar musical instrument playing together | - |
| weigh | 12 | show consideration for; take into account | - |
| hairy | 11 | having or covered with hair | Jacob was a hairy man |
| hence | 10 | (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory |
| shade | 9 | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted |
| sushi | 8 | rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed | - |
| torch | 10 | a small portable battery-powered electric lamp | - |
| paths | 10 | - | - |
| howdy | 15 | an expression of greeting | - |
| choke | 14 | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | - |
| shelf | 11 | a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | - |
| pinch | 12 | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear | the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back |
| rehab | 10 | - | - |
| shaft | 11 | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | she threw shafts of sarcasm |
| chart | 10 | represent by means of a graph | chart the data |
| ninth | 8 | coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position | - |
| porch | 12 | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance | - |
| shawn | 11 | United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) | - |
| shook | 12 | a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment | - |
| chili | 10 | very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | - |
| fishy | 14 | not as expected | there was something fishy about the accident |
| homer | 10 | pigeon trained to return home | - |
| peach | 12 | a very attractive or seductive looking woman | - |
| filth | 11 | an offensive or indecent word or phrase | - |
| sheer | 8 | not mixed with extraneous elements | sheer wine |
| wheat | 11 | grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour | - |
| butch | 12 | (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine | - |
| shiva | 11 | (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative | the family is sitting shiva |
| hunch | 13 | an impression that something might be the case | - |
| pasha | 10 | a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | - |
| bathe | 10 | cleanse the entire body | bathe daily |
| tenth | 8 | coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position | - |
| hallo | 8 | - | - |
| hubby | 15 | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | - |
| chile | 10 | a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast | - |
| cohen | 10 | - | - |
| macho | 12 | used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | - |
| stash | 8 | save up as for future use | - |
| yacht | 13 | an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing | - |
| wrath | 11 | belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| lynch | 13 | kill without legal sanction | The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child |
| phony | 13 | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | - |
| slash | 8 | beat severely with a whip or rod | - |
| chico | 12 | United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961) | - |
| shack | 14 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| thigh | 12 | the upper joint of the leg of a fowl | - |
| chops | 12 | - | - |
| haunt | 8 | haunt like a ghost; pursue | Fear of illness haunts her |
| leash | 8 | a figurative restraint | kept a tight leash on his emotions |
| chalk | 14 | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | - |
| hitch | 13 | a period of time spent in military service | - |
| rhyme | 13 | a piece of poetry | - |
| shalt | 8 | - | - |
| haste | 8 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | in his haste to leave he forgot his book |
| batch | 12 | a collection of things or persons to be handled together | - |
| finch | 13 | any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds | - |
| hardy | 12 | United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957) | - |
| hooks | 12 | large strong hand (as of a fighter) | wait till I get my hooks on him |
| aloha | 8 | an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) | - |
| whoop | 13 | cough spasmodically | - |
| psych | 15 | - | - |
| shady | 12 | not as expected | a shady deal |
| notch | 10 | a small cut | - |
| hound | 9 | any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears | - |
| hicks | 14 | - | - |
| maths | 10 | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | - |
| shite | 8 | obscene terms for feces | - |
| hajji | 22 | an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca | - |
| chant | 10 | recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | The rabbi chanted a prayer |
| baths | 10 | - | - |
| itchy | 13 | nervous and unable to relax | - |
| nacho | 10 | a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled | - |
| hasty | 11 | done with very great haste and without due deliberation | hasty marriage seldom proveth well |
| marsh | 10 | low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | thousands of acres of marshland |
| rhino | 8 | massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout | - |
| homey | 13 | having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | a homey little inn |
| sahib | 10 | formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name | - |
| shush | 11 | silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | - |
| thong | 9 | leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip | - |
| ahold | 9 | - | - |
| heave | 11 | the act of lifting something with great effort | - |
| clash | 10 | be incompatible; be or come into conflict | These colors clash |
| thorn | 8 | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | - |
| chunk | 14 | group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | - |
| shred | 9 | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | - |
| yahoo | 11 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| heist | 8 | commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | - |
| havoc | 13 | violent and needless disturbance | - |
| chump | 14 | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | - |
| blush | 10 | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by |
| chimp | 14 | intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests | - |
| hutch | 13 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| chaps | 12 | - | - |
| shaky | 15 | not secure; beset with difficulties | a shaky marriage |
| hanks | 12 | United States film actor (born in 1956) | - |
| rishi | 8 | - | - |
| thump | 12 | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | a bible-thumping Southern Baptist |
| hazel | 17 | Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts | - |
| chino | 10 | a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms | - |
| torah | 8 | the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit | - |
| broth | 10 | liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces | - |
| chevy | 16 | annoy continually or chronically | - |
| roach | 10 | street names for flunitrazepan | - |
| whine | 11 | make a high-pitched, screeching noise | - |
| chord | 11 | bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | - |
| thine | 8 | - | - |
| garth | 9 | - | - |
| chute | 10 | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | - |
| vouch | 13 | give surety or assume responsibility | I vouch for the quality of my products |
| honda | 9 | - | - |
| horst | 8 | a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land | - |
| henna | 8 | apply henna to one's hair | She hennas her hair every month |
| welsh | 11 | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | - |
| johns | 15 | United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930) | - |
| heath | 11 | a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | - |
| hippo | 12 | an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria | - |
| choco | 12 | - | - |
| hades | 9 | (religion) the world of the dead | - |
| hogan | 9 | United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997) | - |
| pushy | 13 | marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative | - |
| hoops | 10 | a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | - |
| hoist | 8 | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car |
| cholo | 10 | - | - |
| hedge | 10 | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement | - |
| perch | 12 | sit, as on a branch | The birds perched high in the tree |
| ether | 8 | a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic | - |
| hippy | 15 | someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | - |
| leech | 10 | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | - |
| pouch | 12 | swell or protrude outwards | - |
| shone | 8 | - | - |
| whiff | 17 | a short light gust of air | - |
| width | 12 | the extent of something from side to side | - |
| jihad | 16 | a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | - |
| chime | 12 | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | - |
| wench | 13 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
| latch | 10 | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key | - |
| hyena | 11 | doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion | - |
| birch | 12 | a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment | my father never spared the birch |
| saheb | 10 | - | - |
| shawl | 11 | cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders | - |
| hunts | 8 | - | - |
| hover | 11 | move to and fro | - |
| munch | 12 | chew noisily | - |
| graph | 11 | represent by means of a graph | - |
| harem | 10 | living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | - |
| mushy | 13 | effusively or insincerely emotional | mushy effusiveness |
| pooch | 12 | round one's lips as if intending to kiss | - |
| theta | 8 | the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
| mocha | 12 | a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia | - |
| usher | 8 | someone employed to conduct others | - |
| niche | 10 | a small concavity | - |
| humid | 11 | containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor | humid air |
| nymph | 15 | a voluptuously beautiful young woman | - |
| whips | 13 | - | - |
| wharf | 14 | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | - |
| holla | 8 | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | - |
| whirl | 11 | cause to spin | - |
| welch | 13 | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | - |
| hanky | 15 | a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | - |
| heaps | 10 | a large number or amount | - |
| winch | 13 | lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | - |
| honky | 15 | (slang) offensive names for a White man | - |
| bough | 11 | any of the larger branches of a tree | - |
| chink | 14 | make cracks or chinks in | - |
| fitch | 13 | dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | - |
| hefty | 14 | large in amount or extent or degree | received a hefty bonus |
| ethic | 10 | the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group | the Puritan ethic |
| hater | 8 | a person who hates | - |
| hakim | 14 | a Muslim physician | - |
| chore | 10 | a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | the farmer's morning chores |
| berth | 10 | a job in an organization | - |
| sheik | 12 | a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | - |
| slush | 8 | make a splashing sound | - |
| hussy | 11 | a woman adulterer | - |
| chirp | 12 | make high-pitched sounds | the birds were chirping in the bushes |
| shire | 8 | British breed of large heavy draft horse | - |
| hooky | 15 | failure to attend (especially school) | - |
| horde | 9 | a moving crowd | - |
| lurch | 10 | loiter about, with no apparent aim | - |
| husky | 15 | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky |
| synth | 11 | - | - |
| sloth | 8 | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| hives | 11 | an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs | - |
| hocus | 10 | - | - |
| chard | 11 | beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks | - |
| sheen | 8 | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | - |
| swish | 11 | elegant and fashionable | a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac |
| whiny | 14 | habitually complaining | a whiny child |
| morph | 12 | cause to change shape in a computer animation | The computer programmer morphed the image |
| cache | 12 | (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics | - |
| zilch | 19 | a quantity of no importance | I didn't hear zilch about it |
| hadji | 16 | an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca | - |
| khaki | 16 | a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms | - |
| chasm | 12 | a deep opening in the earth's surface | - |
| awash | 11 | covered with water | the main deck was afloat (or awash) |
| plush | 10 | characterized by extravagance and profusion | - |
| shank | 12 | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | - |
| hunky | 15 | - | - |
| hooch | 13 | an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | - |
| heron | 8 | Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) | - |
| cinch | 12 | stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | - |
| aught | 9 | a quantity of no importance | it was all for naught |
| rajah | 15 | a prince or king in India | - |
| shrew | 11 | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | - |
| heady | 12 | extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic | - |
| chewy | 16 | (of a consistency) requiring chewing | chewy caramels |
| haiku | 12 | an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines | - |
| hoses | 8 | - | - |
| hydra | 12 | a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer | - |
| hoots | 8 | - | - |
| bushy | 13 | used of hair; thick and poorly groomed | bushy locks |
| oaths | 8 | - | - |
| hydro | 12 | - | - |
| hymen | 13 | a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin | - |
| cushy | 13 | not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship | what a cushy job! |
| shoal | 8 | a large group of fish | - |
| epoch | 12 | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event | - |
| hammy | 15 | affectedly dramatic; overacted | - |
| huffy | 17 | roused to anger | stayed huffy a good while |
| larch | 10 | any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves | - |
| chock | 16 | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | - |
| vichy | 16 | a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II | - |
| hinge | 9 | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other | - |
| dishy | 12 | (informal British) sexually attractive | a dishy blonde |
| roshi | 8 | - | - |
| whisk | 15 | a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes | - |
| humph | 15 | - | - |
| hurst | 8 | - | - |
| beech | 12 | any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions | - |
| shear | 8 | shear the wool from | shear sheep |
| thyme | 13 | any of various mints of the genus Thymus | - |
| churn | 10 | be agitated | the sea was churning in the storm |
| belch | 12 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| sadhu | 9 | (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man | - |
| abhor | 10 | find repugnant | She abhors cats |
| shrug | 9 | a gesture involving the shoulders | - |
| froth | 11 | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid | - |
| hoyle | 11 | English writer on card games (1672-1769) | - |
| hokey | 15 | artificially formal | - |
| shirk | 12 | avoid (one's assigned duties) | The derelict soldier shirked his duties |
| thunk | 12 | a dull hollow sound | the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim |
| hoard | 9 | save up as for future use | - |
| shogi | 9 | a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces | - |
| haole | 8 | - | - |
| lymph | 15 | a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels | - |
| halal | 8 | conforming to dietary laws | halal meat |
| rhine | 8 | a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea | - |
| ghoul | 9 | someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection | - |
| neigh | 9 | make a characteristic sound, of a horse | - |
| brash | 10 | offensively bold | a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club |
| shoji | 15 | a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper | - |
| wahoo | 11 | upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas | - |
| washy | 14 | overly diluted; thin and insipid | washy coffee |
| bodhi | 11 | - | - |
| mooch | 12 | ask for and get free; be a parasite | - |
| chomp | 14 | chew noisily | The boy chomped his sandwich |
| wight | 12 | a human being; `wight' is an archaic term | - |
| hunks | 12 | - | - |
| hovel | 11 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| neath | 8 | - | - |
| pacha | 12 | a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | - |
| whish | 14 | make a sibilant sound | - |
| cheep | 12 | the short weak cry of a young bird | - |
| shard | 9 | a broken piece of a brittle artifact | - |
| hamza | 19 | - | - |
| helix | 15 | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | - |
| mirth | 10 | great merriment | - |
| chaff | 16 | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | - |
| showy | 14 | (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | - |
| sophy | 13 | - | - |
| hertz | 17 | the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz) | - |
| dacha | 11 | Russian country house | - |
| chook | 14 | - | - |
| conch | 12 | any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip | - |
| oomph | 12 | attractiveness to the opposite sex | - |
| girth | 9 | stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | - |
| horsy | 11 | - | - |
| letch | 10 | man with strong sexual desires | - |
| dhoti | 9 | a long loincloth worn by Hindu men | - |
| ashen | 8 | anemic looking from illness or emotion | a face turned ashen |
| throb | 10 | expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | - |
| lohan | 8 | a Buddhist who has attained nirvana | - |
| myrrh | 13 | aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume | - |
| ethos | 8 | (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era | the Greek ethos |
| harpy | 13 | large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America | - |
| lathe | 8 | machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool | - |
| mutch | 12 | - | - |
| thrip | 10 | any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive | - |
| ortho | 8 | - | - |
| whelp | 13 | give birth to (a puppy) | the dog whelped |
| filch | 13 | make off with belongings of others | - |
| hullo | 8 | an expression of greeting | - |
| botch | 12 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | I botched the dinner and we had to eat out |
| poach | 12 | cook in a simmering liquid | poached apricots |
| shunt | 8 | a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | - |
| shyly | 14 | in a shy or timid or bashful manner | he smiled shyly |
| tushy | 11 | - | - |
| hilly | 11 | having hills and crags | hilly terrain |
| heres | 8 | - | - |
| hooey | 11 | senseless talk | - |
| loach | 10 | slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | - |
| leach | 10 | permeate or penetrate gradually | the fertilizer leached into the ground |
| chafe | 13 | become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | - |
| phlox | 17 | any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers | - |
| rhone | 8 | a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles | - |
| shrub | 10 | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | - |
| whist | 11 | a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six | - |
| hecht | 13 | United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946) | - |
| shuck | 14 | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | - |
| whizz | 29 | move along very quickly | - |
| hamal | 10 | - | - |
| hiker | 12 | a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | - |
| quash | 17 | put down by force or intimidation | The government quashes any attempt of an uprising |
| halve | 11 | divide by two; divide into halves | - |
| waugh | 12 | English author of satirical novels (1903-1966) | - |
| gushy | 12 | extravagantly demonstrative | write unrestrained and gushy poetry |
| chaya | 13 | - | - |
| cooch | 12 | - | - |
| glyph | 14 | glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | - |
| hajis | 15 | - | - |
| hadst | 9 | - | - |
| heros | 8 | - | - |
| herry | 11 | - | - |
| hexed | 16 | (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune | - |
| khadi | 13 | a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India | - |
