Words that Start with H

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Interesting notes about the letter H:

The letter H is the eighth letter of the English alphabet. It is a consonant.
It makes two sounds, a hard \ h \ as in hawk, or it is silent, as in hour.
When next to g, it can make an \ f \ sound as in enough or be silent, as in highfalutin.
Next to the letter p, it makes an \ f \ sound as in graph.
The letter H was “Heth” was a guttural sound used by the Phoenicians in 500 B.C. or so.
The Greeks used it as their vowel eta (H), and then the Romans updated it to H.

The following are a couple of examples of words starting with H.

Hawk: diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- In the Middle East, my friend has a hawk that hunts small animals for him.
Heron: grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
- Some herons have beatiful blue feathers.
Hamster: short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
- My mom has a phobia of all rodents, including hamsters.

Highway: a major road for any form of motor transport
- In the old days, carriages broke their axles on highways full of ruts from the rain.
Hospital: a health facility where patients receive treatment
- When I went to the hospital, I saw my new baby sister.
Henhouse: a farm building for housing poultry
- We had to make sure none of the wolves got into the henhouse.

Hesitant: lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
- He was hesitant to open the door after hearing strange voices in the room.
Heroic: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
- He semmed heroic after he saved her from detention.

Highfalutin: affectedly genteel
- These ideas are fairly highfalutin for people who simply want to relax.
Hopeful: having or manifesting hope
- Even after missing the bus, she was still hopeful she’d make it to class on time.

Haunted: inhabited by or as if by apparitions
- Our store is haunted by a mischievous spirit that likes to move things.
Hazardous: involving risk or danger
- The chemicals at the apartment made it hazardous.
Heated: made warm or hot (`het’ is a dialectal variant of `heated’)
- The heated jacuzzi immediately relaxed her muscles.

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