5 Letter Words That Start With H

hefty

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

Adjective : Strong; bulky.

Adjective : (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.

heavy

Adjective : (of a physical object) Having great weight.

Adjective : (of a topic) Serious, somber.

Adjective : Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

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, whitish, or greyish-white.

Adjective : White or grey with age.

Adjective : (zoology) Of a pale silvery grey.

heady

Adjective : Intoxicating or stupefying.

Adjective : Tending to upset the mind or senses.

Adjective : Exhilarating.

hence

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

Verb : (archaic, figuratively) From the living or from this world.

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

horny

Adjective : Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

Adjective : Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.

Adjective : Having horns.

haven

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

Noun : (by extension) A place of safety.

Noun : (by extension) A peaceful place.

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 : (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.

havoc

Noun : Widespread devastation and destruction.

Noun : Mayhem.

Verb : To pillage.

harsh

Adjective : Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.

Adjective : Severe or cruel.

Verb : (ambitransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.

hussy

Noun : (obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.

Noun : A sexually immoral woman.

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

haunt

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

Verb : (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.

Verb : (transitive) To stalk; to follow.

hover

Verb : (transitive)

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

Verb : Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).

hitch

Noun : A sudden pull.

Noun : Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

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 : Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

Adjective : (archaic) Elect or saved after death, blessed.

haste

Noun : Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

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

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To urge onward; to hasten.

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) The most abundant of the primates; Homo sapiens.

husky

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.

Adjective : Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

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 : (rare) Nectar.

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 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.

Noun : A large number of people or things.

Verb : to travel en masse, to flock

hovel

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

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

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

hasty

Adjective : Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States.

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 : A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

Noun : A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.

Noun : (UK, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.

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 : (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.

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

hurry

Noun : Rushed action.

Noun : Urgency.

Noun : (American football) an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

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

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

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 : in Erica spp.

hoard

Noun : A hidden supply or fund.

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

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

harem

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

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

Noun : A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals (including elephant seals), sea lions, and baboons.

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 : (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels.

Noun : (historical units of measure) Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.

Noun : (US, baseball) A home run.

hardy

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

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

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 : By accident or luck.

Verb : Perhaps; by chance.

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 god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.

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

Noun : In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.

hunch

Noun : A hump; a protuberance.

Noun : A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.

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

hinge

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

Noun : A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.

Noun : A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.

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 : (uncountable) The wood of a hazelnut tree.

handy

Adjective : Easy to use, useful.

Adjective : Nearby, within reach.

Adjective : Dexterous, skilful. (of a person)

haiku

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 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 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 : Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.

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

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

Noun : A cry of "hollo"

Verb : To cry "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 : Resembling or characteristic of ham.

Adjective : Amateurish; characterized by overacting.

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

humpy

Adjective : Characterised by humps, uneven.

Adjective : Muscular; hunky.

Adjective : Hunched, bent over.

hough

Noun : A surname.

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).

Noun : A hamlet near Alderley Edge, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8578).

hallo

Noun : The cry "hallo!"

Noun : A shout of exultation.

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

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 plunder, pillage, assault.

Verb : To make repeated attacks on an enemy.

Verb : To strip, lay waste, ravage.

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.

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

Verb : (colloquial) Very much, a lot

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 : One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.

Noun : (slang) One that hoses, i.e. hurts (someone) badly.

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

haute

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

Adjective : Obsolete spelling of haut: haught (“high; haughty”). [(obsolete) Haughty.]

hecht

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

hissy

Adjective : Accompanied with hisses.

Adjective : Making a hissing sound.

Adjective : Childish or petulant.

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 leave, to hit the road.

Verb : (slang) To have sex.

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

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.

Verb : (transitive, photography) To subject (a film or plate) to photographic hypersensitization, chiefly as a technique in astrophotography.

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 : (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.

Noun : One side of a coin:

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

helve

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

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

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

hyrax

Noun : Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of 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 or relating to horses.

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

Adjective : (of a graphic design or typographical treatment) Clumsy, clunky, bulky, inelegant, or unrefined.

hythe

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

Noun : A hamlet in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta, Canada, named after Hythe , Kent.

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

Noun : (anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.

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

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

holon

Noun : (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.

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

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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