English Words Starting With H

• hawke bay

  nounLow
  /ˌhɔːk ˈbeɪ/A large bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.
• hawker

  nounC1
  /ˈhɔːkə/A person who travels from place to place selling goods, typically in the street or at markets.
• hawkes

  nounVery low
  /hɔːks/English surname, also plural or possessive form of 'hawk' (bird of prey).
• hawkeye

  nounC2
  /ˈhɔːkʌɪ/An eagle eye, or one who sees with great sharpness and keen perception.
• hawkeye state

  nounLow (mostly used in official or historical contexts, or within Iowa)
  /ˈhɔːkʌɪ steɪt/A nickname for the U.S. state of Iowa.
• hawking

  nounC1
  /ˈhɔːkɪŋ/The act of peddling goods or offering something for sale, especially by calling out or moving from place to place.
• hawking radiation

  nounC2
  /ˈhɔːkɪŋ ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/A theoretical emission of particles and energy from the region just outside a black hole's event horizon, caused by quantum effects and resulting in the black hole's gradual loss of mass.
• hawkins

  nounC2
  /ˈhɔːkɪnz/A common English surname; also used in the phrase "Hawkins is coming" referencing a tradition in British naval history.
• hawknose

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
  /ˈhɔːk.nəʊz/A nose with a prominent, high-arched bridge, often with a downward curve at the tip, resembling the beak of a hawk.
• hawks

  nounC1
  /hɔːks/Birds of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae, characterised by sharp talons, keen eyesight, and hooked beaks, often hunting small animals.
• hawksbill turtle

  nounC2
  /ˈhɔːksbɪl ˈtɜːtl/A critically endangered sea turtle with a distinctive hooked beak and beautiful overlapping plates (scutes) on its carapace, historically hunted for its shell (tortoiseshell).
• hawkshaw

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhɔːk.ʃɔː/A detective, especially a private or amateur one.
• hawksmoor

  nounLow
  /ˈhɔːksmɔː/A surname of English origin, most famously associated with Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736), a prominent English Baroque architect.
• hawkweed

  nounLow
  /ˈhɔːkwiːd/A common name for various plants in the genus Hieracium, typically with yellow or orange dandelion-like flowers and often considered a weed.
• hawkyns

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhɔːkɪnz/A proper noun; a surname of English origin, most famously borne by Sir John Hawkins, a 16th-century English naval commander, privateer, and slave trader.
• haworth

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhɔː.wəθ/A village in West Yorkshire, England, famous as the home of the Brontë sisters.
• haworthia

  nounLow
  /həˈwɔːθiə/A genus of small, perennial, succulent plants native to Southern Africa, characterized by rosettes of fleshy leaves, often with distinctive patterns, stripes, or translucent 'windows'.
• hawse

  nounverbverb-intransitiveVery low (obscure/technical)
  /hɔːz/The part of a ship's bows where the hawseholes are located; the space between a ship's bow and its anchor cable when the ship is riding at anchor.
• hawsehole

  nounRare
  /ˈhɔːzhəʊl/A hole in the bow of a ship through which a cable (hawser) or anchor chain passes.
• hawsepipe

  nounC2
  /ˈhɔːz.paɪp/The cylindrical steel pipe or tube in a ship's bow through which the anchor chain passes.

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