4-letter words starting with h
- h.d. — Hilda ("H.D") 1886–1961, U.S. poet.
- h1n1 — any of various strains of influenza virus including those that most commonly cause influenza in humans; specif., a pandemic strain originating in North America in 2009 and containing genes from swine, bird, and human influenza viruses
- h5n1 — a highly contagious, often deadly type of bird flu virus that is found mainly in birds and occasionally in other animals and humans
- haaf — deep-sea fishing grounds off the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
- haag — Den [den] /dɛn/ (Show IPA) a Dutch name of The Hague.
- haar — a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- haas — Jacob, 1872–1937, English Zionist leader, in U.S. after 1902.
- hab. — Habakkuk
- haba — Alois [ah-lois] /ˈɑ lɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1893–1972, Czech composer.
- habs — Plural form of hab.
- habu — a large venomous snake, Trimeresurus flavoviridis, of Okinawa and other Ryukyu Islands: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- hack — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- hade — Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- hadj — the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.
- haed — have.
- haem — The component of haemoglobin responsible for binding oxygen, consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- haet — a little bit; a whit.
- hafe — Eye dialect of have.
- haff — a pool or lake of water that is fresh, not very deep, and is situated at the mouth of a river
- haft — a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
- hags — Plural form of hag.
- haha — sunk fence.
- hahn — Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- haid — of or relating to a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska
- haig — Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- haik — an oblong cloth used as an outer garment by the Arabs.
- hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- hain — to save, leave off, or forbear
- hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- haji — hajji.
- hajj — the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.
- haka — a ceremonial Maori war dance that involves chanting.
- hake — any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, especially M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast.
- hako — Pawnee Indian ceremony celebrating the union of Earth and Heaven and the genesis of life.
- haku — (in Hawaii) a crown of fresh flowers.
- hal- — halo-
- hale — free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
- half — one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder.
- halk — (obsolete) A nook; a corner.
- hall — Asaph [ey-suh f] /ˈeɪ səf/ (Show IPA), 1829–1907, U.S. astronomer: discovered the satellites of Mars.
- halm — stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.
- halo — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- halp — (nonstandard, humorous) alternative spelling of help.
- hals — a male given name, form of Harold.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- hama — a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River.
- hame — either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- hamm — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.
- hams — the second son of Noah, Gen. 10:1.
- hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
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