7-letter words starting with H
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter H. This section showcases how H at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with H, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| husband | 13 | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | - |
| himself | 15 | An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; used as a subject usually with he; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case. | he himself will bear the blame as it is himself who saved himself |
| history | 13 | a record or narrative description of past events | a history of France |
| hundred | 12 | ten 10s | - |
| however | 16 | despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it |
| holding | 12 | the act of retaining something | - |
| herself | 13 | An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; used as a subject with she; | she herself will bear the blame |
| helping | 13 | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | the helpings were all small |
| hanging | 12 | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window | the cold castle walls were covered with hangings |
| hearing | 11 | the act of hearing attentively | they make good music--you should give them a hearing |
| healthy | 16 | promoting health; healthful | a healthy diet |
| heading | 12 | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | - |
| holiday | 14 | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure | we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico |
| hitting | 11 | the act of contacting one thing with another | repeated hitting raised a large bruise |
| hunting | 11 | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | - |
| hurting | 11 | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | - |
| highway | 20 | a major road for any form of motor transport | - |
| hostage | 11 | a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms | - |
| happily | 17 | in a joyous manner | they shouted happily |
| heavens | 13 | the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | - |
| heavily | 16 | slowly as if burdened by much weight | - |
| happier | 14 | - | - |
| heather | 13 | common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere | - |
| helpful | 15 | providing assistance or serving a useful function | - |
| halfway | 19 | equally distant from the extremes | - |
| honored | 11 | having an illustrious reputation; respected | - |
| harmony | 15 | agreement of opinions | - |
| harvest | 13 | gather, as of natural products | harvest the grapes |
| humming | 15 | a humming noise | - |
| haircut | 12 | the act of cutting the hair | - |
| honesty | 13 | the quality of being honest | - |
| haunted | 11 | having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle |
| handled | 12 | having a usually specified type of handle | pearl-handled revolver |
| heights | 14 | a high place | he doesn't like heights |
| holland | 11 | a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level | - |
| hostile | 10 | very unfavorable to life or growth | a hostile climate |
| hallway | 16 | an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | - |
| healing | 11 | tending to cure or restore to health | her gentle healing hand |
| housing | 11 | structures collectively in which people are housed | - |
| handful | 14 | a small number or amount | only a handful of responses were received |
| heroine | 10 | a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds | - |
| hearted | 11 | - | - |
| horizon | 19 | the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth | - |
| howling | 14 | extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | a howling success |
| hottest | 10 | - | - |
| hideous | 11 | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying | a hideous scar |
| heating | 11 | utility to warm a building | the heating system wasn't working |
| hissing | 11 | a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience |
| hostess | 10 | a woman steward on an airplane | - |
| hugging | 13 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| handbag | 14 | a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | - |
| heavier | 13 | - | - |
| hideout | 11 | a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | - |
| hamster | 12 | short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches | - |
| hamburg | 15 | a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League | - |
| harbour | 12 | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | - |
| hygiene | 14 | the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health | - |
| hacking | 17 | - | - |
| hopeful | 15 | an ambitious and aspiring young person | two executive hopefuls joined the firm |
| habitat | 12 | the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs | a marine habitat |
| harness | 10 | put a harness | harness the horse |
| harmful | 15 | causing or capable of causing harm | too much sun is harmful to the skin |
| hooking | 15 | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | he took lessons to cure his hooking |
| hippies | 14 | a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | - |
| hormone | 12 | the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | - |
| hawking | 18 | English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) | - |
| hopping | 15 | - | - |
| herring | 11 | commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | - |
| hustler | 10 | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | - |
| hotshot | 13 | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | - |
| homeboy | 17 | a fellow male member of a youth gang | - |
| horrors | 10 | - | - |
| hateful | 13 | characterized by malice | a hateful thing to do |
| hurried | 11 | moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste | a hurried trip to the store |
| handler | 11 | (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | - |
| hatchet | 15 | weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | - |
| hauling | 11 | the activity of transporting goods by truck | - |
| heinous | 10 | extremely wicked, deeply criminal | heinous accusations |
| hotline | 10 | - | - |
| hammock | 20 | a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily | - |
| hatched | 16 | shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines | - |
| hearsay | 13 | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | - |
| hashish | 16 | purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | - |
| hellish | 13 | extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | hellish torture |
| hanuman | 12 | langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | - |
| hangman | 13 | an executioner who hangs the condemned person | - |
| haywire | 16 | not functioning properly | has gone completely haywire |
| honours | 10 | a university degree with honors | - |
| harshly | 16 | in a harsh and grating manner | - |
| holster | 10 | a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools | - |
| hurtful | 13 | harmful to living things | - |
| hoodlum | 13 | an aggressive and violent young criminal | - |
| heroism | 12 | the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | he showed great heroism in battle |
| heathen | 13 | a person who does not acknowledge your god | - |
| hatcher | 15 | - | - |
| heiress | 10 | a female heir | - |
| heretic | 12 | a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| humbled | 15 | subdued or brought low in condition or status | - |
| handgun | 12 | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | - |
| hurdles | 11 | a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | - |
| headset | 11 | receiver consisting of a pair of headphones | - |
| huddled | 13 | crowded or massed together | give me...your huddled masses |
| heroics | 12 | ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct | heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood |
| helluva | 13 | - | - |
| hisself | 13 | - | - |
| hothead | 14 | a belligerent grouch | - |
| holiest | 10 | - | - |
| hospice | 14 | a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) | - |
| humanly | 15 | in the manner of human beings | humanly possible |
| hayride | 14 | - | - |
| harpoon | 12 | a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it | - |
| hairpin | 12 | a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place | - |
| hangout | 11 | a frequently visited place | - |
| harping | 13 | - | - |
| hydrant | 14 | a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | - |
| halibut | 12 | marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes | - |
| hogwash | 17 | unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | - |
| hurling | 11 | a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each | - |
| hickory | 19 | American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts | - |
| hastily | 13 | in a hurried or hasty manner | hastily, he scanned the headlines |
| hogging | 13 | - | - |
| heaving | 14 | the act of lifting something with great effort | - |
| hilltop | 12 | the peak of a hill | - |
| headway | 17 | vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | - |
| haughty | 17 | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | haughty aristocrats |
| halfwit | 16 | - | - |
| handout | 11 | an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation | - |
| haggard | 13 | British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) | - |
| hosanna | 10 | a cry of praise or adoration (to God) | - |
| hotness | 10 | a state of sexual arousal | - |
| hayward | 17 | - | - |
| hunched | 16 | having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | - |
| hotspot | 12 | a lively entertainment spot | - |
| huffing | 17 | an act of forcible exhalation | - |
| hacksaw | 19 | saw used with one hand for cutting metal | - |
| harelip | 12 | a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | - |
| humdrum | 15 | not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | - |
| hoedown | 14 | - | - |
| hominid | 13 | characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures | - |
| huskies | 14 | - | - |
| hapless | 12 | deserving or inciting pity | a hapless victim |
| hemlock | 18 | large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous | - |
| hydrate | 14 | any compound that contains water of crystallization | - |
| horsing | 11 | - | - |
| hidalgo | 12 | - | - |
| hackney | 19 | a carriage for hire | - |
| headman | 13 | the head of a tribe or clan | - |
| hairier | 10 | - | - |
| hemming | 15 | - | - |
| hairnet | 10 | a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place | - |
| handset | 11 | telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle | - |
| humerus | 12 | bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow | - |
| heckler | 16 | someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections | - |
| halting | 11 | disabled in the feet or legs | - |
| haddock | 18 | important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller | - |
| hackman | 18 | - | - |
| harried | 11 | troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | a harried expression |
| hipster | 12 | someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | - |
| handoff | 17 | (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate | - |
| hagfish | 17 | eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies | - |
| hepatic | 14 | any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses | - |
| honkies | 14 | - | - |
| hexagon | 18 | a six-sided polygon | - |
| halyard | 14 | a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag | - |
| hellcat | 12 | a malicious woman with a fierce temper | - |
| hocking | 17 | - | - |
| halogen | 11 | any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | - |
| helipad | 13 | - | - |
| hedging | 13 | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement | when you say `maybe' you are just hedging |
| hayloft | 16 | a loft in a barn where hay is stored | - |
| hypoxic | 24 | - | - |
| hornier | 10 | - | - |
| handsaw | 14 | a saw used with one hand for cutting wood | - |
| hemline | 12 | the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat | - |
| hayseed | 14 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| hophead | 16 | - | - |
| heparin | 12 | a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery | - |
| hardtop | 13 | a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top | - |
| honeyed | 14 | with honey added | - |
| humored | 13 | - | - |
| hypoxia | 22 | oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency | - |
| horrify | 16 | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | - |
| haggler | 12 | an intense bargainer | - |
| halcyon | 15 | marked by peace and prosperity | the halcyon days of the clipper trade |
| handier | 11 | - | - |
| heavies | 13 | - | - |
| hectare | 12 | (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters) | - |
| henbane | 12 | poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine | - |
| heaping | 13 | - | - |
| haulage | 11 | the act of drawing or hauling something | - |
| hibachi | 17 | a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking | - |
| hitcher | 15 | - | - |
| hillock | 16 | a small natural hill | - |
| hippest | 14 | - | - |
| helicon | 12 | a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician | - |
| hellion | 10 | a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) | he chased the young hellions out of his yard |
| hearken | 14 | listen; used mostly in the imperative | - |
| hipbone | 14 | large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis | - |
| hushing | 14 | a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | - |
| hotfoot | 13 | move hurridly | - |
| hangdog | 13 | showing a sense of guilt | the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy |
| handily | 14 | in a convenient manner | - |
| hearten | 10 | give encouragement to | - |
| hencoop | 14 | a farm building for housing poultry | - |
| harrier | 10 | a persistent attacker | - |
| hauteur | 10 | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | - |
| holdall | 11 | a capacious bag or basket | - |
| holdout | 11 | a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms | their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks |
| hoofing | 14 | dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures | - |
| homonym | 17 | two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | - |
| hessian | 10 | (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | - |
| hotting | 11 | - | - |
| hulking | 15 | of great size and bulk | a hulking figure of a man |
| hardhat | 14 | - | - |
| heftier | 13 | - | - |
| helical | 12 | in the shape of a coil | - |
| herbage | 13 | succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land | - |
| harpist | 12 | someone who plays the harp | - |
| hogtied | 12 | - | - |
| homburg | 15 | a hat made of felt with a creased crown | - |
| hydroxy | 24 | being or containing a hydroxyl group | - |
| hotcake | 16 | a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | - |
| hosiery | 13 | socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) | - |
| humbler | 14 | - | - |
| humidor | 13 | - | - |
| humeral | 12 | - | - |
| hambone | 14 | - | - |
| hackles | 16 | a feeling of anger and animosity | having one's hackles or dander up |
| habited | 13 | dressed in a habit | the habited men of the monastery |
| heister | 10 | - | - |
| heeling | 11 | - | - |
| hashing | 14 | - | - |
| hatless | 10 | not wearing a hat | stood hatless in the rain with water dripping down his neck |
| hardily | 14 | - | - |
| hobbler | 14 | someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait | - |
| hernias | 10 | - | - |
| hoarder | 11 | a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use | - |
| hotspur | 12 | English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403) | - |
| hakaris | 14 | - | - |
| hashtag | 14 | - | - |
| haulout | 10 | - | - |
| hautest | 10 | - | - |
| hayiest | 13 | - | - |
| hayrake | 17 | - | - |
| heckuva | 19 | - | - |
| hedarim | 13 | - | - |
| heedier | 11 | - | - |
| harshes | 13 | - | - |
| harshed | 14 | - | - |
| haliers | 10 | - | - |
| hamatsa | 12 | - | - |
| hamfats | 15 | - | - |
| hammies | 14 | - | - |
| handaxe | 18 | - | - |
| handjob | 20 | - | - |
| hanguls | 11 | - | - |
| haniwas | 13 | - | - |
| heelbar | 12 | - | - |
| heiducs | 13 | - | - |
| heliski | 14 | - | - |
| hubless | 12 | - | - |
| hucking | 17 | - | - |
| huckled | 17 | - | - |
| hupiros | 12 | - | - |
| huppoth | 17 | - | - |
| hyperer | 15 | - | - |
| hyphies | 18 | - | - |
| hypoids | 16 | - | - |
| horsies | 10 | - | - |
| horndog | 12 | - | - |
| hencher | 15 | - | - |
| hetties | 10 | - | - |
| hickest | 16 | - | - |
| hikings | 15 | - | - |
| hominin | 12 | - | - |
| hooning | 11 | - | - |
| hooroos | 10 | - | - |
| horking | 15 | - | - |
| hairily | 13 | - | - |
| hallian | 10 | - | - |
| halling | 11 | - | - |
| hallion | 10 | - | - |
| halloas | 10 | - | - |
| halloed | 11 | - | - |
| halloes | 10 | - | - |
| halloos | 10 | - | - |
| halloth | 13 | - | - |
| hallels | 10 | - | - |
| hallans | 10 | - | - |
| halides | 11 | - | - |
| halidom | 13 | - | - |
| halimot | 12 | - | - |
| halites | 10 | - | - |
| halitus | 10 | exhaled breath | - |
| hallahs | 13 | - | - |
| hallali | 10 | - | - |
| hallals | 10 | - | - |
| hallows | 13 | - | - |
| hallyon | 13 | - | - |
| halvers | 13 | - | - |
| halving | 14 | - | - |
| hamadas | 13 | - | - |
| hamates | 12 | - | - |
| hamauls | 12 | - | - |
| hambled | 15 | - | - |
| hambles | 14 | - | - |
| halvahs | 16 | - | - |
| haloids | 11 | - | - |
| haloing | 11 | - | - |
| haloumi | 12 | - | - |
| halsers | 10 | - | - |
| halsing | 11 | - | - |
| haltere | 10 | either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight | - |
| halters | 10 | - | - |
| haiduks | 15 | - | - |
| hailers | 10 | - | - |
| hailier | 10 | - | - |
| hailing | 11 | - | - |
| haimish | 15 | - | - |
| haining | 11 | - | - |
| haiques | 19 | - | - |
| haircap | 14 | - | - |
| hahnium | 15 | a transuranic element | - |
| hagrode | 12 | - | - |
| hagging | 13 | - | - |
| haggish | 15 | - | - |
| haggled | 13 | - | - |
| haggles | 12 | - | - |
| haglets | 11 | - | - |
| haglike | 15 | - | - |
| hagride | 12 | - | - |
| hairdos | 11 | - | - |
| halakic | 16 | - | - |
| halalah | 13 | - | - |
| halalas | 10 | - | - |
| halavah | 16 | - | - |
| halberd | 13 | a pike fitted with an ax head | - |
| halbert | 12 | - | - |
| halflin | 13 | - | - |
| halakha | 17 | - | - |
| halakah | 17 | Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures | - |
| hairifs | 13 | - | - |
| hairing | 11 | - | - |
| hairsts | 10 | - | - |
| hajjahs | 27 | - | - |
| hakeems | 16 | - | - |
| halacha | 15 | Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures | - |
| hangmen | 13 | - | - |
| hantles | 10 | - | - |
| hapaxes | 19 | - | - |
| hapkido | 17 | - | - |
| haplite | 12 | - | - |
| haploid | 13 | of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | - |
| haplont | 12 | - | - |
| hanting | 11 | - | - |
| hansoms | 12 | - | - |
| hangtag | 12 | - | - |
| hangups | 13 | - | - |
| hanjars | 17 | - | - |
| hankers | 14 | - | - |
| hankies | 14 | - | - |
| hanking | 15 | - | - |
| hansels | 10 | - | - |
| happens | 14 | - | - |
| happied | 15 | - | - |
| harbors | 12 | - | - |
| hardass | 11 | - | - |
| hardbag | 14 | - | - |
| hardens | 11 | - | - |
| hardest | 11 | - | - |
| hardier | 11 | - | - |
| haramdi | 13 | - | - |
| haramda | 13 | - | - |
| happies | 14 | - | - |
| happing | 15 | - | - |
| haptene | 12 | - | - |
| haptens | 12 | - | - |
| haptics | 14 | - | - |
| hapukas | 16 | - | - |
| hapukus | 16 | - | - |
| hardies | 11 | - | - |
| hamular | 12 | - | - |
| hamulus | 12 | - | - |
| hamzahs | 24 | - | - |
| hanaper | 12 | - | - |
| hanched | 16 | - | - |
| hanches | 15 | - | - |
| hampers | 14 | - | - |
| hamlets | 12 | - | - |
| hammada | 15 | - | - |
| hammals | 14 | - | - |
| hammams | 16 | - | - |
| hammers | 14 | - | - |
| hammier | 14 | - | - |
| hammily | 17 | - | - |
| hamming | 15 | poor acting by a ham actor | - |
| handcar | 13 | a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor | - |
| handers | 11 | - | - |
| handfed | 15 | - | - |
| handsel | 11 | - | - |
| hangars | 11 | - | - |
| hangers | 11 | - | - |
| handles | 11 | - | - |
| handing | 12 | - | - |
| handism | 13 | - | - |
| handjar | 18 | - | - |
| haggada | 13 | Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition | - |
| hackies | 16 | - | - |
| hadaway | 17 | - | - |
| haddest | 12 | - | - |
| haddies | 12 | - | - |
| hadding | 13 | - | - |
| hadedah | 15 | - | - |
| hadiths | 14 | - | - |
| hadjees | 18 | - | - |
| hadarim | 13 | - | - |
| hackled | 17 | - | - |
| hackler | 16 | - | - |
| hacklet | 16 | - | - |
| hackmen | 18 | - | - |
| hadrome | 13 | - | - |
| hadrons | 11 | - | - |
| haemins | 12 | - | - |
| hagadic | 14 | - | - |
| hagbolt | 13 | - | - |
| hagborn | 13 | - | - |
| hagbush | 16 | - | - |
| hagbuts | 13 | - | - |
| hagdens | 12 | - | - |
| hagdons | 12 | - | - |
| hagdown | 15 | - | - |
| hafting | 14 | - | - |
| hafters | 13 | - | - |
| haemoid | 13 | - | - |
| haemony | 15 | - | - |
| haffets | 16 | - | - |
| haffits | 16 | - | - |
| hafflin | 16 | - | - |
| hafizes | 22 | - | - |
| hafnium | 15 | a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons | - |
| haftara | 13 | - | - |
| hackery | 19 | - | - |
| habitue | 12 | a regular patron | an habitue of the racetrack |
| habitus | 12 | constitution of the human body | - |
| haboobs | 14 | - | - |
| hachure | 15 | shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | - |
| hackbut | 18 | an obsolete firearm with a long barrel | - |
| hackees | 16 | - | - |
| habitan | 12 | - | - |
| habdabs | 15 | - | - |
| hackers | 16 | - | - |
| heeltap | 12 | - | - |
| heifers | 13 | - | - |
| heighth | 17 | - | - |
| heiling | 11 | - | - |
| heimish | 15 | - | - |
| heinies | 10 | - | - |
| heirdom | 13 | - | - |
| hegumen | 13 | - | - |
| hegiras | 11 | - | - |
| heezies | 19 | - | - |
| heezing | 20 | - | - |
| hefters | 13 | - | - |
| heftily | 16 | - | - |
| hefting | 14 | - | - |
| hegaris | 11 | - | - |
| hegemon | 13 | a leading or paramount power | - |
| heiring | 11 | - | - |
| heisted | 11 | - | - |
| heliman | 12 | - | - |
| helimen | 12 | - | - |
| heliums | 12 | - | - |
| helixes | 17 | - | - |
| hellbox | 19 | - | - |
| helleri | 10 | freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | - |
| helices | 12 | - | - |
| heitiki | 14 | - | - |
| hejiras | 17 | - | - |
| hektare | 14 | - | - |
| helcoid | 13 | - | - |
| heliast | 10 | - | - |
| helibus | 12 | - | - |
| hellers | 10 | - | - |
| heaumes | 12 | - | - |
| heavers | 13 | - | - |
| hearsed | 11 | - | - |
| hearses | 10 | - | - |
| hearths | 13 | - | - |
| heartly | 13 | - | - |
| heastes | 10 | - | - |
| heaters | 10 | - | - |
| hebenon | 12 | - | - |
| hebetic | 14 | - | - |
| hebonas | 12 | - | - |
| hedgers | 12 | - | - |
| hedgier | 12 | - | - |
| hedonic | 13 | devoted to pleasure | a hedonic thrill |
| heeders | 11 | - | - |
| heedful | 14 | cautiously attentive | heedful of his father's advice |
| heeding | 12 | - | - |
