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Words starting with H

Words that start with H

Horrible hippos hunt huge hairy hamsters in Hobart.

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Something is horizontal if it goes at right angles to the direction a ball goes when it is dropped. The horizon is horizontal, as are the tops of tables and desks. The slats in the picture are horizontal.

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A horn is a musical instrument with a limited number of notes it can play. Horns used to be made from animal horns. Modern horns tend to be made from brass.

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A hornet is a common name given to some types of large wasp. Hornets have stingers and eat other insects.
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Horns grow in pairs on the heads of animals like sheep, goats and some cows. Horns start growing when the animal is very young and continue to grow for their entire life, often getting to be very large. Horns often grow in a twisting or spiral shape. In some animals only the male grows horns.
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Scientific name: equus ferus caballus
Horses have been used by people for thousands of years. People ride them and use them to pull carts and ploughs. Horses were the most common way of travelling before cars were invented. Horses come in a variety of sizes, from ponies that children ride up to big cart horses that are used to pull very heavy loads. A male horse is called a stallion, a female horse is called a mare and a baby horse is called a foal.
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A horseshoe is a piece of steel that has been nailed to the bottom of a horse's hoof to protect it from being worn down. Horseshoes can also be made from aluminium, rubber, plastic or other metals. A horses hoof is just like a person's toenail, and the horse cannot feel the nails going through it. A person who fits horseshoes to a horse's hoof is called a farrier. Horseshoes are said to give good luck if they are hung on a door with the open end pointing upwards.
Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to crabs. They have six pairs of legs, a hard shell that looks like a horse's hoof, and a long tail. Their first pair of legs are very small and are used for putting food into their mouths. Horseshoe crabs are called a living fossil because there are fossils of almost identical creatures found that are 230 million years old. The two horseshoe crabs in the picture are upside down.

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A hose is a long, thin, hollow object that is used for putting water through. Hoses are usually attached to taps. People use hoses to water their gardens, to fill their swimming pools or to wash their cars. The boy in the picture is holding a blue hose.
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A hospital is a big place where sick and injured people are taken to get better. Babies are also born in hospitals. Doctors and nurses work together to make people better in hospitals.
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You feel hot when the temperature gets high. It is hot in summer. Fire is hot, and food or drink that is freshly cooked is hot. It is very painful to touch something that is very hot, and it can leave you with a nasty burn. The picture is of some hamburger patties being cooked on a hot grill.