Words that start with H

You harvest a crop when it is ripe by picking off all the ripe fruit, grain or leaves.
The name given to a large amount of a crop that you have just harvested is also called a harvest.

A hasp is a device used to close or lock doors or cabinets.

Birds, fish, most insects and most reptiles lay eggs, as do monotremes. Fertilised eggs have a baby creature growing inside them, and when it has finished growing as much as it can inside the egg it breaks through the outside of the egg and comes out. This process is called hatching.

A hatchback is a small or medium-sized car with a rear door that opens upward into the main space of the car. Hatchbacks are different to sedans where the door at the back opens into a separate space.

Hatchling means a young animal that has just hatched from an egg. People use the word for baby birds, turtles, and other egg-laying animals.

A hawk is any kind of small to medium sized member of the eagle family. Hawks have hooked beaks, and eat small animals like mice and other birds. They have excellent eyesight, and can spot a meal from a very long way away.

A haystack is a large pile of dried hay, stored to be used for animal feed or bedding.
Hay is more often stored in bales today.

The head is the topmost part of your body. On the front of your head is your face, and on the top and back of your head you grow hair. All animals, insects, birds and fish have heads, except for some tiny organisms that are so small we cannot see them. Your head is joined to your body by your neck. The photo is a mannequin's head.

A headlight is a bright lamp on the front of a vehicle, such as a car, truck, bicycle, or motorcycle. It lights up the road ahead so the driver can see the road and anything else on the road in the dark. Headlights also help other drivers to see you.

You heal when you have an injury or disease and it gets better.
The man in the picture has hurt his fingernail some time ago and now it is healing.