Words that start with H

Horrible hippos hunt huge hairy hamsters in Hobart.

His forHoney

Honey is something bees make from the nectar of flowers. Bees store the honey in their hives for when there is less nectar around, such as winter time. Honey is thick, golden and sticky and is delicious on toast, crumpets and scones. You can also use honey to sweeten tea or use it to cook cakes and cookies.

His forHoneydew

Scientific name: cucumis melo
Honeydew is a sweet melon with a smooth skin and green flesh.

His forHonk

A honk is the sound a goose makes, or a noise that sounds like a goose. Car horns are often described as going "honk".

His forHood

A hood is a part of another piece of clothing that goes over your head. Hoods are often seen on cloaks, some jackets or hooded sweaters.

His forHoof

While people have toes on the end of their feet and cats and dogs have paws with claws, animals like cows and horses have hooves. A hoof is just the tip of the animal's toe, encased in a hard substance made out of the same stuff as our fingernails are made from. Hooves continue to grow just like our fingernails, and are worn down by the animal walking around. If the animal like a horse walks around on very hard ground like a road their hoof will wear down too fast, so people make them special shoes to protect their hooves. The hoof in the picture is a cow's hoof. Cows have cloven feet, meaning the hoof is divided into two sections.

His forHook

A hook is a curved shape you attach something else to. Hooks are shaped so you can hang something on a hook and it won't slip off, or you hook something to something else and they don't come apart. Hooks are often used on a crane to lift things. Many birds have a hook-shaped beak.

His forHoot

A hoot is a sound an owl makes. Hooting is also used to describe similar sounds made by other animals, even people. For example "she hooted with laughter".

His forHop

Hopping is a way of moving along on only one leg. You keep one leg up, and jump along on the other leg.

His forHops

Scientific name: humulus lupulus
Hops is a plant grown for its flowers, which are added to beer to make it bitter. The hop plant is a climbing plant that is usually grown up poles or on strings in a field. Hop plants can grow very fast, and climb by wrapping themselves clockwise around anything they bump into. It grows vigorously in spring but dies back to a frost-hardy bulb in autumn.
Hopscotch is a children's jumping game. There are lots of different variations in different countries, but most involve a course drawn on the ground with a stick or on the sidewalk with chalk. Usually a stone or other marker is thrown onto the course to say how far the next person has to jump.