5-Letter Words with H: page 3

All 1,204 five-letter words with H: page 3 of 4

P

• phage11n. A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
• phane10n. Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.
• phara10n. A traditional steamed dumpling made from rice flour and lentil filling...
• phare10n. Beacon.
• pharm12n. A site where organisms are produced for the creation of medicine or...
• pharo10n. A pharos; a lighthouse.
• phase10n. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
• phats10n. Phat pants.
• phial10n. A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such...
• phile10n. A pedophile.
• phish13v. To engage in phishing.
• phlox17n. Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
• phobe12n. A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).
• phoca12n. A seal.
• phone10n. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time...
• phony13adj. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
• photo10n. A photograph.
• phuck16v. Filter-avoidance spelling of fuck.
• physa13n. Any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the family...
• phyto13n. A phytosanitary certificate.
• pichi12n. A small armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), native to Argentina, which is the...
• pilch12n. A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
• pinch12v. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• pitch12n. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
• pitha10n. A snack food from the Indian subcontinent resembling a pancake...
• pithy13adj. Concise and meaningful.
• plash10n. A small pool of standing water; a marshy pond; also, a puddle...
• plush10adj. Very extravagant.
• poach12v. To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water...
• pocho12n. Spanglish.
• pooch12n. A dog.
• porch12n. A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and...
• posho10adj. Posh.
• potch12n. A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
• pouch12n. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
• pough11n. A bag.
• pshaw13interj. Indicating contempt, disgust, irritation, impatience, or disbelief.
• pssht10interj. Synonym of pshaw.
• psych15n. A psychiatric hospital or other treatment facility; also, a psychiatric...
• punch12n. A hit or strike with one's fist.
• pushy13adj. Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.

Q

• quash17v. To defeat decisively, to suppress.
• quoth17v. Said.

R

• rajah15n. A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
• rakhi12n. An ornamental cotton wristband tied by a girl or woman on to the wrist...
• ralph10v. To vomit.
• ranch10n. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
• raphe10n. A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other...
• rashi8n. A zodiac sign.
• rashy11adj. Exhibiting a rash.
• ratch10n. A ratchet wheel.
• rathe8adj. Ripening or blooming early.
• reach10v. To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in...
• rehab10n. Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
• rehat8v. To redeploy troops with different hats, uniforms, etc.
• retch10v. To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or...
• rhein8n. An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.
• rhema10n. A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as...
• rheum10n. Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or...
• rhine8n. A watercourse; a ditch for water.
• rhino8n. A rhinoceros.
• rhomb12n. A rhombus.
• rhone8n. A horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof.
• rhumb12n. A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.
• rhyme13n. Rhyming verse (poetic form).
• rhyne11n. A kind of Russian hemp.
• right9adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one...
• rishi8n. A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with...
• roach10n. Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially.
• roche10n. One of various types of rock or geological strata.
• rohan8n. An East Indian timber tree.
• roshi8n. An elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
• rothe8n. A kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike...
• rough9adj. Not smooth; uneven.
• routh8n. Plenty, abundance.
• ruach10n. One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to emotion and...
• ruche10n. A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
• rushy11adj. Abounding in rushes.

S

• sabha10n. A public meeting, assembly, or organized group.
• sadhu9n. An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of...
• sahib10n. A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial...
• sahih11adj. Authentic: said of a hadith that has been preserved and transmitted...
• sahwa11n. A series of political purges in the late 15th and 16th centuries...
• salah8adj. Wrong, incorrect.
• sawah11n. A rice paddy.
• schiz19n. An insane person.
• schwa13n. An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented...
• seekh12n. Seekh kebab.
• selah8interj. A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew...
• shabu10n. Methedrine; methamphetamine.
• shack14n. A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
• shade9n. Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
• shady12adj. Abounding in shades.
• shaft11n. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
• shahi11n. A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran.
• shail8v. To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
• shaka12n. A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended...
• shake12v. To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions...
• shako12n. A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a...
• shaku12n. The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10...
• shaky15adj. Shaking or trembling.
• shale8n. A shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.
• shall8v. Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first...
• shaly11adj. Pertaining to or resembling shale.
• shama10n. Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of...
• shame10n. An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness...
• shand9n. Shame; scandal; disgrace.
• shang9n. A Chinese unit of land area equivalent to 15 mu or about one hectare.
• shank12n. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
• shant8n. A drink, usually a pint.
• shape10n. The status or condition of something.
• shard9n. A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an...
• share8n. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to...
• shari8n. Dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
• shark12n. Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a...
• sharm10n. Self-harm.
• sharn8n. The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
• sharp10adj. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce...
• shash11n. The scarf of a turban.
• shave11v. To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a...
• shawl11n. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head...
• shawm13n. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
• shaws11n. Stalks or leaves of root vegetables.
• sheaf11n. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound...
• shear8v. To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
• sheat8n. A sheatfish.
• sheen8n. Splendor; radiance; shininess.
• sheep10n. A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
• sheer8adj. Very thin or transparent.
• sheet8n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over...
• shelf11n. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a...
• shell8n. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans...
• sheng9n. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or...
• sherm10n. The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
• shero8n. A female hero.
• sheth11n. The bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect...
• shian8n. A magical fairy mound.
• shide9n. A piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off)...
• shido9n. A minor penalty in judo.
• shiel8n. A shepherd's hut or shieling.
• shift11n. A movement to do something, a beginning.
• shifu11n. Synonym of sifu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• shiko12n. One of the basic sumo exercises, in which the rikishi raises a leg high...
• shill8n. A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
• shine8v. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
• shiny11adj. Reflecting light.
• shiok12adj. Delightful, pleasurable.
• shire8n. An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th...
• shirk12v. To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
• shiro8n. A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is...
• shirt8n. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body...
• shish11interj. Used to request quiet; similar to shh.
• shiso8n. Any of several varieties of the herb Perilla frutescens, related to...
• shiur8n. A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.
• shiva11n. A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
• shive11n. A slice, especially of bread.
• shmoo10n. A fictional animal created by cartoonist Al Capp, shaped like a smooth...
• shmup12n. A shoot-'em-up, particularly a two-dimensional shooter themed around...
• shoah11n. A mass murder.
• shoal8n. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
• shoat8n. A weaned piglet; any piglet.
• shobe10n. The youngest sister.
• shock14n. A sudden, heavy impact.
• shodo9n. Japanese calligraphy.
• shoey11n. A shoe.
• shogi9n. Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and...
• shoji15n. A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper...
• shojo15n. A style of anime and manga intended for young women.
• shola8n. A wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam...
• shole8n. A wooden block plank fixed beneath an object, such as the rudder of a...
• shook12n. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
• shool8v. To move materials with a shovel.
• shoop10n. The fruit of the rose; rosehip.
• shoot8v. To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
• shorb10n. A shorebird.
• shore8n. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or...
• shorn8adj. Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
• short8adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either...
• shota8n. Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring...
• shoto8n. In the Street Fighter series, either of the playable characters Ryu and...
• shout8n. A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry...
• shove11v. To push, especially roughly or with force.
• showy14adj. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
• shoyu11n. A dark form of soy sauce.
• shram10v. To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to numb.
• shred9n. A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
• shrew11n. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the...
• shrub10n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from...
• shrug9n. A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of...
• shtum10adj. Silent; speechless; dumb.
• shuck14n. The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g....
• shuka12n. A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
• shunk12v. To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade...
• shunt8v. To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a...
• shura8n. A body that provides counsel to a leader.
• shush11v. To be quiet; to keep quiet.
• shute8n. A steep road through a cleft in a hill.
• shuwa11n. A dish from Oman consisting of lamb or goat slow-cooked for hours...
• shyer11n. A horse that shies.
• shyly14adv. In a shy manner.
• sidhe9n. A fairy in Gaelic folklore (a member of the Sidhe).
• sight9n. The sense or faculty by which objects are perceived through the agency...
• sitch10n. A brook; an occasional small waterway: a ditch, a gutter or drain; a...
• sithe8v. To sigh.
• sixth15adj. The ordinal form of the number six.
• slash8n. A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon...
• slosh8v. To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
• sloth8n. Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a...
• slush8n. Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
• smash10n. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
• smith10n. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and...
• smush10n. A beaten or pulverized mass.
• sohan8n. A traditional Persian brittle toffee made with saffron.
• sokha12n. Russian ard (a type of wooden plough with high, horizontal draft-poles...
• sooth8n. Truth.
• sophi10n. Wise men; sages.
• sophy13n. Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy.
• sotah8n. An ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine...
• sough9v. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
• south8n. The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing...
• spath10n. Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum of peace lilies.
• spesh10adj. Special.
• staph10n. Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.
• stash8n. A collection, sometimes hidden.
• stich10n. A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the...
• stith8n. An anvil; a stithy.
• stosh8n. Fish offal.
• subah10n. A province of the Mughal Empire.
• surah8n. Soft twilled silk.
• susah8adj. Difficult.
• sushi8n. A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored...
• swash11n. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
• swath11n. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
• swish11adj. Sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
• swith11adj. Strong; vehement.
• sylph13n. An invisible being of the air.
• synth11n. A musical synthesizer.
• syrah11n. A dark-skinned variety of grape, used to produce red wines.

T

• tache10n. Moustache, mustache.
• tachi10n. A pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with...
• tachy13n. Tachycardia.
• tahan8v. To endure; to bear.
• tahor8adj. Ritually clean or pure.
• takht12n. Throne or seat of authority (typically in South Asia or the former...
• tanha8n. Cravings; desires.
• teach10v. To pass on knowledge to.
• techy13adj. Technical, of or related to technology.
• teeth8n. The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
• tench10n. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
• tenth8adj. The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is...
• thaat8n. One of the basic musical scales or modes used by classical Hindustani...
• thack14v. To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
• thali8n. A round metal platter used to serve food in India.
• thall8n. A style of progressive metal music related to djent, with particular...
• thame10pron. Them.
• thana8n. A military outpost.
• thane8n. A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
• thang9n. The buttocks.
• thank12v. To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
• thats8pron. Whose, of which.
• thebe10n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a pula.
• theca10n. The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
• theed9n. Language.
• theek12n. Thatch.
• theft11n. The act of stealing property.
• their8det. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
• theke12n. The theca of a lichen.
• thema10n. A subject or theme.
• theme10n. A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
• there8adv. In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated)...
• therm10n. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in...
• theta8n. The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ...
• thick14adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its...
• thief11n. One who carries out a theft.
• thigh12n. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
• thill8n. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between...
• thine8det. Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal...
• thing9n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality...
• think12v. To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
• thiol8n. A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen...
• third9adj. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
• thish11n. A self-reference to the current issue of a periodical.
• thizz26n. MDMA; Ecstasy.
• thobe10n. An ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and...
• thole8v. To suffer.
• thone8adj. Damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.
• thong9n. A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or...
• thorn8n. A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
• thorp10n. A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
• thors8pron. Theirs.
• thran8adj. Stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded.
• three8n. The digit/figure 3.
• thrid9v. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find...
• thrip10n. Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.
• throb10v. To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
• throe8n. A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the...
• throw11v. To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an...
• thrum10n. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
• thuja15n. A tree of the genus Thuja.
• thula8n. A kind of ancient poem in Germanic languages, consisting of metrical...
• thumb12n. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the...
• thump12n. A blow that produces a muffled sound.
• thunk12interj. Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking...
• thurl8n. Either of the rear hip joints where the hip connects to the upper leg...
• thwap13interj. The sound of a heavy smack.
• thyme13n. Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus...
• tight9adj. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
• tilth8n. Agricultural labour; husbandry.
• titch10n. A very small person; a small child.
• tithe8n. The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and...
• tithi8n. The lunar date based on the Hindu calendar. There are 30 tithis in each...
• toosh8n. A light Tibetan shawl; a shahtoosh.
• tooth8n. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate...
• torch10n. A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked...
• touch10v. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part...
• tough9adj. Of a material, strong and resilient; sturdy.
• trach10n. A tracheotomy or tracheostomy.
• trash8n. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
• trich10n. Trichomoniasis.
• troth8n. An oath, pledge, plight, or promise.
• truth8n. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
• tuath8n. A tribe or group of people in Ireland, having a loose voluntary system...
• tumah10n. A state of ritual impurity arising from contact with corpses, the...

U

• uhlan8n. A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit...
• uhuru8n. Freedom.
• ummah12n. The worldwide Muslim community.
• umrah10n. A minor hajj, a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca, other than at the time of...
• unhip10adj. Not hip; uncool, unfashionable.
• usher8n. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

V

• veche13n. A popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries.
• vetch13n. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as...
• vinho11n. Portuguese wine.
• vouch13v. To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.

W

• wahey14interj. Expressing exhilaration or delight.
• wahoo11n. Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
• warsh11v. Appalachia, Midland, Ozarks, and Northern Ireland form of wash.
• warth11n. A ford.
• washi11n. A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
• washy14adj. Watery; damp; soft.
• watch13n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
• waugh12adj. Insipid; tasteless.
• wecht13n. A form of sieve used to winnow grain; the weight of its contents.
• weigh12v. To determine the weight of an object.
• welch13n. A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
• welsh11v. To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a...
• wench13n. A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
• whack17n. The sound of a heavy strike.
• whale11n. Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and...
• whang12v. To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
• whare11n. A Maori house or other building.
• wharf14n. An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
• wheal11n. A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from...
• wheat11n. Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields...
• wheel11n. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating...
• wheen11n. A little; a small number.
• whelk15n. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of...
• whelm13n. A surge of water.
• whelp13n. A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid...
• where11adv. In, at or to what place.
• which16det. What, of those mentioned or implied.
• whiff17n. A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
• while11n. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
• whine11n. A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
• whiny14adj. Whining; tending to whine or complain.
• whirl11v. To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
• whirr11v. To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
• whish14n. A sibilant sound, especially that of rapid movement through the air.
• whisk15n. A quick, light sweeping motion.
• whist11n. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
• white11adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies...
• whity14adj. Close to white in colour.
• whole11adj. Entire, undivided.
• whomp15v. To hit extremely hard.
• whoof14interj. The sound of a dog barking.
• whoop13n. A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
• whoot11v. To hoot.
• whorl11n. Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles...
• whose11det. Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
• whoso11pron. Whosoever, whatever person.
• whump15n. A soft thumping sound.
• whyyy20adv. Elongated form of why.
• width12n. The state of being wide.
• wight12n. A supernatural being, often used in compounds such as the land-vættr...
• winch13n. A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet...
• witch13n. A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar...
• withe11n. A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or...
• withy14n. An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
• worth11adj. Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
• wrath11n. Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
• wroth11adj. Full of anger; wrathful.
• wushu11n. Any Chinese martial art.
• wythe14n. A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness.

Y

• yacht13n. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water...
• yahoo11n. A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and...
• yeesh11interj. Expressing exasperation or impatience.
• yehey14interj. Used to express joy or elation.
• youth11n. The quality or state of being young.
• yusho11n. The top-ranking position at the end of a basho; the championship.

Z

• zahid18n. An ascetic.
• zahir17n. The external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an.

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