Words that start with H

His forHeron

Scientific name: family: ardeidae

Herons are wading birds, and live around shallow water. They mainly eat fish and frogs. Some members of the heron family are called egrets or bitterns.

Birds

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His forHerringbone

Herringbone is a pattern with a distinctive zigzag in it. It can be seen on tweed clothes, knitted clothes and also as a floor design.

Patterns

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His forHeterosexual

Someone is heterosexual, or straight if they are are attracted to the opposite sex. Most people are heterosexual. The opposite of heterosexual is homosexual.

Sexuality

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His forHexagon

A hexagon is a shape with six sides. The hexagon in the picture is a wooden box.

Shapes

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Hibiscuses are tropical shrubs with big, showy flowers that only last a day. Their flowers are usually shades of red, pink or yellow. They can live in very hot, dry areas but do not tolerate frost. Some kinds of hibiscus have flowers that can be eaten or used to make tea or jam, other kinds of hibiscus are used to make paper.

Plants

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His forHick

A person or a place is hick if they are not sophisticated, and are probably in a rural area.

Adjectives, Lifestyles

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His forHickory

Scientific name: genus: carya

Hickory are a group of deciduous trees. Some species are from China and India, some from Canada and Mexico but most are from the United States.

Plants

Daniele Pieroni / CC BY-SA

His forHidden

When something is hiding or concealed it is hidden.

Adjectives

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His forHide

You hide when you don't want anyone to know where you are. A game where you take turns hiding and looking for other people is called hide and seek or hide and go seek. The cat in the picture is hiding inside the rolled up mat.

Verbs

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His forHieroglyph

Hieroglyphics are an older form of writing made up of pictures. Each picture, or hieroglyph, can represent a concept (such as daytime or spring), a phonetic sound, or simply be a drawing of an object to be taken literally. Ancient hieroglyphs were like our alphabet today - not everyone could read or write in hieroglyphs, only those that were taught how to.

Communication