5-letter words starting with h
- h-bar — an I-beam having flanges the same width as its web, or connecting vertical section.
- h.261 — (networking, standard) A video compression standard developed by ITU-T before 1992 to work with integrated service digital network. Data is compressed at the rate of 64P kilobits per second, where P can range from 1 to 30 depending on the number of ISDN channels used. This standard was developed primarily to support video phones and video conferencing. See also ivs.
- h.264 — (video, standard) (Or Advanced Video Coding, AVC) A low bit rate visual communication standard used in video conferencing. H.264 was developed by MPEG and ITU-T VCEG to replace H.263.
- h.323 — (communications, standard) The ITU-T standard for sending voice (audio) and video using IP on a LAN without QoS. H.323 includes Q.931 for call setup, H.225 for call signalling, H.245 for exchanging terminal capabilities, RTP/RTCP for packet streaming, G.711/G.712 for CODECs, and several other protcols, many of which need to be negotiated to setup a simple voice call. The complexity of H.323 has lead to the IETF proposing the simpler alternatives SIP and MGCP/Megaco.
- ha ha — laugh
- ha-ha — sunk fence.
- haars — Plural form of haar.
- haber — Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- habit — an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
- hable — Obsolete form of habile.
- habor — Khabur.
- hacek — a diacritical mark (ˇ) placed over a letter in some languages, as Czech and Lithuanian, and in some systems of phonetic transcription, especially to indicate that a sound is palatalized.
- hacks — Plural form of hack.
- hacky — Like a hack; amateurish.
- hadal — of or relating to the greatest ocean depths, below approximately 20,000 feet (6500 meters).
- hadar — a fossil site in the Afar triangle of eastern Ethiopia where Australopithecus afarensis was found.
- hadas — Moses, 1900–66, U.S. classical scholar, teacher, and author.
- haded — Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- haden — Charles (Edward). born 1937, US jazz bassist, esp. noted for his collaborations with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett
- hades — Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- hadid — Dame Zaha (Mohammad). 1950–2016, Iraqi-British architect, born in Baghdad; her buildings include the MAXXI in Rome (Stirling Prize, 2010) and the Evelyn Grace Academy in London (Stirling Prize, 2011)
- hadje — Archaic form of hajji.
- hadji — hajji.
- hadna — (nonstandard, or, dialectal) hadn't.
- hadst — a 2nd person singular simple past tense of have.
- haemo — (informal) haemodialysis.
- haets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haet.
- hafiz — (Shams ud-din Mohammed) c1320–89? Persian poet.
- hafta — (colloquial) eye dialect of have to Be required to; must.
- hafts — The handle of a knife, ax, or spear.
- hafun — Cape, a promontory in N Somalia, on the Indian Ocean: easternmost point in Africa.
- hagar — the mother of Ishmael. Gen. 16.
- hagen — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- hague — Cape, a cape in NW France, in the English Channel near Cherbourg: the NW extremity of the Cotentin Peninsula.
- haida — a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- haifa — a seaport in NW Israel.
- haiks — Plural form of haik.
- haiku — a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
- haill — Obsolete spelling of hail.
- hails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hail.
- haily — relating to or comprising hail
- haint — (US, dialectal) Alternative form of haunt.
- haire — Obsolete spelling of hair.
- hairs — Plural form of hair.
- hairy — covered with hair; having much hair.
- haith — a curse or a profanity
- haiti — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- hajis — Plural form of haji.
- hajji — a Muslim who has gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
- hakam — a wise and learned person; sage.
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