English Words Starting With H

• haulier

  nounC1
  /ˈhɔːliə/A person or company that transports goods by road.
• haulm

  nounLow
  /hɔːm/The stems or stalks of cultivated plants, especially of peas, beans, potatoes, or grain, after the crop has been gathered.
• haunch

  nounC1/C2 (Low Frequency in everyday language)
  /hɔːntʃ/The hip, buttock, and upper thigh region of a human or animal body; especially the fleshy part of the body between the last rib and the thigh.
• haunch bone

  nounLow
  /hɔːntʃ bəʊn/The large bone forming the upper part of the pelvis in many mammals, especially the femur or the ilium; the hip bone.
• haunt

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
  /hɔːnt/to visit or inhabit a place repeatedly, especially as a ghost, or to cause persistent distress.
• haunting

  adjectivenounB2
  /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/Evoking a strong emotional response, especially a sense of sadness, nostalgia, or unease, often because it is beautiful yet melancholy or difficult to forget.
• hauppauge

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhɒp.ɔːɡ/A proper noun, primarily the name of a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, USA.
• hauptmann

  nounLow-frequency in English contexts; medium-frequency as a borrowed/recognized term in military historical or German cultural discussions.
  /ˈhaʊptmən/The German word for 'captain', specifically a military rank equivalent to army captain, or historically a leader or headman in various contexts.
• hauraki gulf

  nounLow
  /haʊˈrɑːki ɡʌlf/A large coastal bay on the north-eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island.
• hausa

  nounLow
  /ˈhaʊsə/A member of a predominantly Muslim people of northern Nigeria and adjacent parts of Niger, or the Chadic language of this people, which is widely used as a lingua franca in West Africa.
• hausdorff space

  nounC2
  /ˈhaʊsdɔːf speɪs/A topological space in which any two distinct points have disjoint neighbourhoods.
• hausen

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈkævɪɑː/A highly processed, purified preparation of fish eggs (primarily sturgeon roe), served as a gourmet delicacy.
• hausfrau

  nounC2
  /ˈhaʊsˌfraʊ/A German or Austrian housewife or homemaker, traditionally responsible for domestic duties and household management.
• haushofer

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhaʊsˌhəʊfə/A proper noun referring to a German surname, most notably associated with Karl Haushofer (1869–1946), a German general, geographer, and geopolitician whose ideas influenced Nazi expansionist policy.
• haussmann

  nounC2
  /ˈɔːsmən/A proper noun: the surname of Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809–1891), the French civic planner.
• haustellum

  nounVery Low
  /hɔːˈstɛləm/A specialised, tube-like, sucking mouthpart found in certain insects (e.g., butterflies, moths, true bugs) used for piercing and drawing up liquids.
• haustorium

  nounVery Low (C2)
  /hɔːˈstɔːrɪəm/A specialized organ or structure in certain parasitic plants and fungi that penetrates the tissues of a host plant to absorb nutrients and water.
• haut monde

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊ ˈmɒ̃d/High society; the fashionable, wealthy, and socially elite class.
• haut-rhin

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊ ˈræ̃/A department in the Alsace region of eastern France, its name meaning 'Upper Rhine'.
• hautbois

  nounC1
  /ˈhəʊbɔɪ/A double-reed woodwind musical instrument with a conical bore and a piercing, nasal tone.

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