English Words Starting With H

• hanson

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhænsən/A four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage, sometimes with a retractable hood, used historically for hire, characterized by having the driver seated at the rear, elevated above the passengers.
• hant

  verb-ambitransitiveVery Low
  /hɑːnt/A dialectal or colloquial variant of 'haunt', meaning to frequent a place or to be persistently present.
• hantavirus

  nounC2 (Very Rare)
  /ˌhantəˈvʌɪrəs/A family of viruses primarily carried by rodents and capable of causing serious, often fatal, respiratory diseases in humans.
• hants

  abbreviationnounC1
  /hænts/An abbreviation for 'Hampshire,' a county in southern England.
• hanukiah

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌhɑːnʊˈkiːə/A nine-branched candelabrum used during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
• hanukkah

  nounLow-Medium
  /ˈhænʊkə/An eight-day Jewish festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BCE.
• hanuman

  nounLow frequency
  /ˈhʌnʊˌmɑːn/A deity from Hindu mythology, a divine monkey god renowned for his immense strength, loyalty, and devotion to Lord Rama.
• hanyang

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhæn.jæŋ/Proper noun, historical: Refers to one of the three historic cities (alongside Hankou and Hanyang) that merged to form modern Wuhan, China, located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Han Rivers.
• hao

  nounC2 (Very Low)
  /haʊ/An exclamation of triumph, satisfaction, or amusement; a laugh.
• haole

  nounLow (Predominantly used in Hawaiʻi and surrounding contexts)
  /ˈhaʊ.li/A person who is not a native Hawaiian, especially one of Caucasian ancestry.
• haoma

  nounRare
  /ˈhaʊmə/A sacred plant and its intoxicating juice used in Zoroastrian ritual; also, the ancient Iranian deity personifying that plant.
• haori

  nounRare
  /ˈhaʊ.ri/A traditional Japanese hip-length jacket worn over a kimono.
• hap

  nounverbverb-intransitiveVery Low / Archaic
  /hap/A chance occurrence or event; luck, fortune (especially good fortune).
• hapa

  nounC2
  /ˈhæpə/Relating to or characteristic of people of mixed racial or ethnic background, especially in East Africa.
• hapai

  adjectiveverb-transitiveC1 (rare, dialect-specific)
  N/A (not a British English word)In Hawaiian Pidgin, means 'pregnant' or 'to carry a pregnancy'.
• hapax legomenon

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌhæpæks lɪˈɡɒmɪnɒn/A word or form of a word that occurs only once in a given corpus, text, or an author's collected works.
• haphazard

  adjectiveadverbnounC1
  /ˌhæpˈhæz.əd/Lacking any obvious principle of organization; random, unplanned.
• haphazardry

  nounVery Low (Archaising/Literary)
  /hæpˈhæz.əd.ri/the quality or state of being disorganized, random, or lacking any clear plan or system; a random or chaotic manner of doing things.
• haphephobia

  nounVery Low
  /ˌhæfɪˈfəʊbiə/An extreme, irrational, and persistent fear of being touched.
• haphsiba

  nounExtremely Low / Obscure
  /hæfˈsiːbə/A proper name, likely of Hebrew origin, with no established meaning as a common English word.

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