Words that start with H

A hiss is a sharp noise made by animals like cats, snakes and geese when they are angry. Air escaping at high speed from a small hole can also make a hissing noise, for example when you fill your tyres with air, you often hear hissing sounds.

A beehive is a place a large group of bees lives and makes honey. People make beehives for the bees so it is easier to get the honey out. In the wild, bees make their hives in hollow parts of trees.

A hobby horse is a kind of toy. It is a stick with a horse's head on one end.

Hockey is a very old sport where two teams try and get a puck into the other side's goal, using curved sticks. Hockey played on grass is called field hockey and hockey played on ice is called ice hockey.

A hog is another name for a pig, boar or other kinds of swine. It also means to take more than your fair share and not let others have anything, for example "he is hogging all the apple pie!"