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H is for Hearse

A hearse is a car that has been especially designed to be able to fit a coffin in the back, for transportation between a funeral home and a cemetery.
Before cars were invented, hearses were horse-drawn.

H is for Heart

A heart shape has come to mean "love". People draw red hearts or give red heart shaped chocolate to people they love.

H is for Hearth

A hearth is the floor of a fireplace. The hearth usually is larger than the fireplace, and makes a small step in the front of the fireplace. It is there to protect the floor around the fireplace from burning embers.

H is for Heat

Heat is something produced by something that is hot or a way of saying how hot something is, for example "feel the heat outside today", or "set the heat on the oven".
A heath is a large area of open land where not much other than grass or shrubs can grow.

H is for Heather

Heather is a low growing, shrubby wild plant commonly found on the moors of Europe. It is is very tolerant of burning, clearing and grazing.

H is for Heave

You heave when you put a lot of effort into pulling or raising something. The sailor in the picture is heaving a rope.

H is for Heaven

Heaven is a place where God and angels live, and is said to be where people who have led a good and righteous life go when they die.

H is for Heavy

Something is heavy if it weighs a lot and is difficult to carry. You need to be strong to carry something that is heavy. The woman in the picture is carrying some heavy boxes.

H is for Hedge

A hedge is a row of plants that have been planted very close together and trimmed into shape. Hedges can be used instead of fences to mark a boundary or to keep animals (or people) from getting over the fence.
Hedges are a very simple form of topiary. If you grow a lot of hedges together in a pattern, you can make a hedge maze.

H is for Hedgehog

Hedgehogs sleep during the day and come out at night to eat. They eat mostly insects but will also eat frogs, eggs, dead animals, mushrooms and some fruit and berries.

H is for Heel

Your heel is the back, bottom part of your foot. Most of your weight is supported by your heels. The woman in the photo is wearing high-heeled shoes. The bottom, back part of a shoe is also called the heel.

H is for Height

Height is the vertical measurement of a person or object from the ground to the top of the head or the highest point of an object.

H is for Heir

A heir is someone who inherits another person's money, property, or position in life after that person dies. For example, a prince or princess is the next in line to become king or queen after their parents die. While their parents are alive, the prince or princess is called an heir to the throne.

H is for Held

Held is the past tense of hold.

H is for Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of aircraft that is lifted by one or more rotors on its top. Helicopters have another small rotor on their tail for balance and steering.
Normal airplanes get their lift from air flowing over their wings. Because helicopters get their lift from the rotating blades on their top, they don't need a runway to take off, and can just go straight up from a standing start. They can also turn around on the spot while they are in the air.

H is for Helix

A helix is a curve in three dimensions. The thread of a screw is a helix, and wire coiled around a rod makes a helix. A spiral staircase is a helix. Some plants, like in the picture, naturally grow into helixes.
The word "coil" is sometimes used to mean a helix and sometimes used to mean a spiral, or sometimes used to mean the act of wrapping something around something else to make a helix or spiral.

H is for Hell

In some religions such as Christianity, Hell is a place that people who have been bad during their lives are believed to go when they die.

H is for Hello

"Hello" is something you say to someone or something as a greeting, when you meet them.

H is for Helmet

A helmet is something you wear on your head to protect it from getting hurt if you fall. You should always wear a helmet when you are riding a motorbike or bicycle.
People who work on building sites also need to wear helmets so they don't get hurt from things falling from above them.