5 Letter Words That Start With H

hefty

Adjective : Heavy, weighing a lot.

Adjective : With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive

Adjective : (of a number or amount) Large, healthy.

heavy

Adjective : (of any physical thing) Having great weight.

Adjective : (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.

Adjective : (of a topic) Serious, somber.

heave

Verb : (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

Verb : (transitive) To throw, cast.

Verb : (intransitive) To rise and fall.

honor

Noun : (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.

Noun : (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.

hoary

Adjective : White or grey with age.

Adjective : (figurative) Old or old-fashioned; trite.

Adjective : White, whitish, or greyish-white.

heady

Adjective : Exhilarating.

Adjective : Intoxicating or stupefying.

Adjective : Tending to upset the mind or senses.

hence

Verb : (conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.

Verb : (of a length of time) In the future from now.

Verb : (archaic) From here, from this place, away.

horny

Adjective : (slang) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.

Adjective : (slang) Sexually arousing.

Adjective : (of males, obsolete) In a state of physical sexual arousal: experiencing tentigo, tumescence of the penis as a result of sexual arousal.

haven

Noun : A safe place.

Noun : A peaceful or tranquil place.

Noun : (literal, dated) A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.

hoist

Verb : (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

Verb : (transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

Verb : (intransitive) To be lifted up.

havoc

Noun : Widespread devastation and destruction.

Noun : Mayhem.

Verb : To cause havoc.

harsh

Adjective : Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.

Adjective : Severe or cruel.

Verb : (ambitransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.

hussy

Noun : A sexually immoral woman.

Noun : A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behavior.

Noun : (obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.

haunt

Verb : (transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

Verb : (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.

Noun : A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.

hover

Verb : (intransitive) To remain stationary or float in the air.

Verb : (transitive) To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.

Verb : (intransitive) (figuratively) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.

hitch

Noun : (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.

Noun : A sudden pull.

Noun : A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

happy

Adjective : Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

Adjective : (of people) Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.

Adjective : Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

haste

Noun : Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

Noun : (obsolete) Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To move with haste.

human

Adjective : (not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

Adjective : (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

Noun : (strictly, biology) A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).

husky

Noun : Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Adjective : (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.

Adjective : (US, euphemistic) Burly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.

habit

Noun : An action performed on a regular basis.

Noun : An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

Noun : An addiction.

heart

Noun : (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

Noun : (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.

Noun : The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

honey

Noun : (uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

Noun : (countable) A variety of this substance.

Noun : (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.

hound

Noun : A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

Noun : Any canine animal.

Noun : (by extension) Someone who seeks something.

horde

Noun : A large number of people or things.

Noun : A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

Verb : to travel en masse, to flock

hovel

Noun : (derogatory) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Noun : An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

Noun : In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

hasty

Adjective : Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.

Adjective : Characterized by undue quickness of action, and thus lacking careful thought or consideration; rash, precipitate.

Adjective : Eager or impatient to act or get something done.

house

Noun : A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

Noun : (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate.

Noun : A container; a thing which houses another.

horse

Noun : A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

Noun : Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

Noun : (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.

hedge

Noun : (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).

Verb : (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.

Verb : (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.

harpy

Noun : (mythology) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.

Noun : (derogatory) A shrewish woman.

Noun : One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

hatch

Noun : A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

Noun : A trapdoor.

Noun : An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

hydra

Noun : (fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.

Noun : (figurative) A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be easily and rapidly solved.

Noun : (biology) Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.

hurry

Verb : (intransitive) To do things quickly.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.

Verb : (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.

helix

Noun : (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.

Noun : (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.

Noun : (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.

heath

Noun : A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

Noun : Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

Noun : (countable) Any butterfly or moth of species:

hoard

Verb : (transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

Noun : A hidden supply or fund.

Noun : (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

harem

Noun : A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.

Noun : The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.

Noun : (uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.

hullo

Noun : (UK) Alternative form of hello. ["Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.]

Verb : (UK) Alternative form of hello. [(transitive) To greet with "hello".]

homer

Noun : (US, baseball) A home run.

Verb : (US, baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.

Noun : (US, colloquial) Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”).

hardy

Adjective : Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.

Adjective : (botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.

Adjective : Brave and resolute.

humid

Adjective : Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

honky

Noun : (US, Canada, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.

Noun : (US, obsolete) A factory hand or general unskilled worker.

haply

Verb : Perhaps; by chance.

Verb : By accident or luck.

haint

Noun : (US, dialectal) A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt.

Verb : (US, dialectal) Alternative form of haunt. [(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).]

hymen

Noun : (anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.

Noun : (figurative) Marriage.

Noun : (Greek mythology) The god of marriage and marriage ceremonies.

hades

Noun : (Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.

Noun : Hell.

Noun : (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.

hunch

Noun : A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.

Noun : A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.

Verb : (intransitive) To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.

hinge

Noun : A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.

Noun : A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.

Verb : (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.

hazel

Noun : (countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

Noun : (countable) The nut of the hazel tree.

Noun : (countable and uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.

handy

Adjective : Easy to use, useful.

Adjective : Nearby, within reach.

Adjective : Dexterous, skilful. (of a person)

haiku

Noun : A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Noun : A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Noun : A village in the census-designated place of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, United States.

helot

Noun : (historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.

Noun : A serf; a slave.

hadal

Adjective : Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean.

hunky

Adjective : (informal) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.

Adjective : (US, slang) All right; in good condition.

Adjective : Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.

halle

Noun : An independent city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Noun : A female given name, alternative spelling of Hallie. popularized by american actress Halle Berry

hollo

Verb : To cry "hollo"

Noun : A cry of "hollo"

hinky

Adjective : Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.

Adjective : Suspicious (of something).

Adjective : Dishonest; sketchy; shady

hutch

Noun : A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.

Noun : A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).

Noun : A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.

huffy

Adjective : (informal) Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.

Adjective : (informal) Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy.

Adjective : (informal) Haughty, arrogant.

hammy

Adjective : Amateurish; characterized by overacting.

Noun : (US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) The hamstring.

Noun : (US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) A hamstring injury.

humpy

Adjective : Characterised by humps, uneven.

Adjective : Muscular; hunky.

Adjective : Hunched, bent over.

hough

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A neighbourhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Noun : A village and civil parish (served by Hough and Chorlton Parish Council) south of Crewe, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7150).

hallo

Noun : The cry "hallo!"

Verb : (intransitive) To shout, or to call with a loud voice.

Verb : (transitive) To cry "hallo" (to someone).

horae

Noun : (Greek mythology) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.

hexer

Noun : One who casts a hex, or curse.

heyre

Noun : Obsolete form of heir. [Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.]

harry

Verb : To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

Verb : To make repeated attacks on an enemy.

Verb : To plunder, pillage, assault.

houri

Noun : (Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.

Noun : (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.

heaps

Noun : A large amount.

Verb : (colloquial) Very much, a lot

Noun : (Australia, slang) Indicating a large amount or number.

heels

Noun : High-heeled shoes.

haoma

Noun : (Zoroastrianism) A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.

Noun : (Zoroastrianism) Hypostatic divinity of the haoma plant.

hoser

Noun : (Canada, slang) A clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.

Noun : (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.

Noun : (Canada, slang) A person who hoses down a lake after a game of hockey, to return it to a smooth state.

haute

Adjective : high (especially in terms of fashion, cookery or anything considered to be typically French)

Adjective : Obsolete spelling of haut and haught (“high; haughty”).

hecht

Noun : united states writer of stories and plays (1894-1946

hissy

Adjective : Childish or petulant.

Noun : (US) A tantrum, a fit.

Adjective : Making a hissing sound.

horry

Adjective : (now chiefly dialectal) impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Horace.

hit it

Verb : (informal, usually imperative) To start performing; start playing a song, etc.

Verb : (slang) To have sex.

Verb : (slang) To leave, to hit the road.

helpe

Noun : Obsolete spelling of help. [(uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.]

Verb : Obsolete spelling of help. [(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).]

hyper

Adjective : (slang) Energetic; overly diligent.

Noun : (countable, paraphilia, informal) A character or an individual with large body parts, usually the erogenous zones, with extremely exaggerated sizes, as the object of paraphilic arousal.

Noun : (uncountable, paraphilia, informal) A paraphilia involving large, exaggerated body parts, or excessive amount of expelled substances, like bodily fluids.

helen

Noun : (Greek mythology) The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : A place in the United States:

howdy

Verb : (transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"

Noun : (Scotland) A wife.

Noun : (Scotland) A midwife.

hubby

Noun : (informal, endearing) Husband.

Adjective : (US) Full of hubs or protuberances.

heads

Noun : One side of a coin:

Noun : (usually) The side that bears the picture of the head of state or other national symbol.

Noun : (nautical) That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.

helve

Noun : The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.

Verb : (transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

Noun : A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

hyrax

Noun : Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.

hokum

Noun : (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.

Noun : (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.

Noun : (countable, informal) A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.

humph

Verb : (intransitive) To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Humphrey.

hexed

Adjective : Cursed; afflicted with bad luck.

horsy

Adjective : Of, relating to, or similar to horses.

Adjective : (of a person or people) Involved in breeding or riding horses.

Noun : (childish or endearing) A child's term or name for a horse.

hythe

Noun : (obsolete) A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.

Noun : A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1634).

Noun : A town in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4207).

honed

Adjective : Made sharp.

Adjective : Made more accurate or precise.

hopei

Noun : Obsolete spelling of Hebei. [A province in northern China. Capital: Shijiazhuang.]

hangs

Verb : (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

Verb : (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.

Verb : (intransitive) To veer in one direction.

halse

Verb : (dialectal) To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace.

Verb : (transitive) To greet; salute; hail.

Verb : (transitive) To beseech; adjure.

holon

Noun : (philosophy) Something that is both a part and a whole.

Noun : (particle physics) One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.

homie

Noun : (African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.

Noun : (African-American Vernacular) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.

Noun : (African-American Vernacular) An inner-city youth.

hylic

Adjective : Having to do with, or of the nature of, matter.

Noun : (Gnosticism) The basest type of man in the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.

himbo

Noun : (sometimes derogatory, slang) A physically attractive man who lacks intelligence; the male equivalent of a bimbo.

hygge

Noun : (chiefly UK) Cosiness, comfort, contentment, conviviality.

Adjective : (chiefly UK) Cosy, convivial.

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