7-letter words containing ah
- mahouts — Plural form of mahout.
- mahseer — any of various large freshwater Indian cyprinid fishes, such as Barbus tor
- mahuang — a Chinese shrub, Ephedra sinica, that is a source of ephedrine.
- masorah — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- mccahon — Colin. 1919–87, influential New Zealand painter; noted esp for landscapes and bold abstract paintings, many featuring lettering and Christian imagery
- mcmahon — Sir William. 1908–88, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1971–72)
- megahit — an enterprise, as a movie, that is outstandingly successful.
- menorah — a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- messiah — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- mezuzah — a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deut. 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorpost of the home.
- mikvahs — Plural form of mikvah.
- minchah — the daily Jewish religious service conducted in the afternoon.
- mishnah — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mitsvah — mitzvah.
- mitzvah — any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
- moollah — Archaic form of mullah.
- mujahid — (Islam) A Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.
- mullahs — Plural form of mullah.
- nahuatl — a member of any of various peoples of ancient origin ranging from southeastern Mexico to parts of Central America and including the Aztecs.
- nkrumah — Kwame [kwah-mee] /ˈkwɑ mi/ (Show IPA), 1909–72, president of Ghana 1960–66.
- nullahs — Plural form of nullah.
- obadiah — a Minor Prophet.
- paducah — a city in W Kentucky, at the junction of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers.
- pahlavi — the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to the 10th centuries.
- pahouin — Fang (def 1).
- perahia — Murray, born 1947, U.S. pianist.
- qabalah — Alternative spelling of Kabballah.
- quahaug — An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, Venus mercenaria.
- quahogs — Plural form of quahog.
- rah-rah — marked by or expressive of ardently enthusiastic spirit: a group of rah-rah undergraduates; a rah-rah attitude.
- rebekah — the sister of Laban, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob. Gen. 24–27.
- saharan — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- sahiwal — a breed of cattle in India
- seahawk — a twin-engine, four-seat U.S. Navy helicopter used for surveillance, targeting, and antisubmarine warfare.
- shahada — Islam. the Islamic profession of faith, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger”: the first of the Pillars of Islam.
- shaheed — (in Islam) a deceased person who has lived a life in accordance with the will of Allah
- shariah — law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
- sheelah — a female given name.
- shittah — a tree, said to be an acacia, probably Acacia seyal, that yielded the shittim wood of the Old Testament.
- swahili — a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
- tahltan — a member of a North American Indian people inhabiting NW British Columbia
- taqiyah — the practice of denying one's religion, permissible when one is faced with persecution, especially by Sunnites: regarded as a means of protecting the religion.
- tariqah — a system of rites for the spiritual training of a Sufi order.
- taziyah — a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali and Fatima, on the tenth of Muharram, a.d. 680.
- terefah — tref.
- wah-wah — producing a muted, bawling sound like that of a trumpet with the hand moved momentarily over the bell: a wah-wah effect on a synthesizer; a guitar with a wah-wah pedal.
- wahhabi — a follower of ʿAbd al-Wahhab (1703–1792), who stringently opposed all practices not sanctioned by the Koran. The Wahhabis, founded in the 18th century, are the most conservative Muslim group and are today found mainly in Saudi Arabia.
- wahiawa — a city on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- wahines — Plural form of wahine.
- waipahu — a city in Hawaii, on S Oahu.