Words that start with H

A hot air balloon is a huge balloon that is filled with hot air. The air is made hot by a burner at the base of the balloon, and it flies because hot air is lighter than cold air, so it rises. Hot air balloons can carry a lot of people in a basket hanging from underneath them.

A hot dog is a type of food made from a sausage inside a bread roll. You can add other things to a hot dog, like tomato ketchup, onions, mustard, cheese or anything else you think might taste good.

Houndstooth is an abstract two-colour check design that was made by weaving two colours of wool together in a particular way. Houndstooth is most commonly seen in black and white.

An hourglass is a device that uses the passage of an amount of sand from the top to bottom half of the device to mark time. The amount of time an hourglass can mark depends on the size of the hourglass and the amount of sand in it. An hour would be the standard amount, but hourglasses can also be bought that are egg timers for cooking hard or soft boiled eggs, or shower timers when people want to save water.

Hovercraft are vehicles that are supported by a cushion of air, and move forward by fans or propellers. They have fans that push air underneath them, and the air cushion is held in place by a flexible skirt around the base of the hovercraft. Hovercraft can travel over any relatively flat surface, like water, ice, swamp and dry land.