Words that start with H

European holly is a flowering, evergreen small tree or shrub with glossy, prickly leaves and red berries. The berries are not good to eat, and will make you feel sick and vomit. Lots of birds and animals can eat them though. Holly is associated with Christmas.

Your home is the place you live. You can also talk about your home being the place you grew up or the place you came from, as in your home town or even your home country.

Homer is a Greek name for boys. Homer means "pledge."

The toy in the picture is Homer Simpson.

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.

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

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.

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".

Hope is a feeling that something good may happen or that a difficult situation may improve. It combines a wish with some belief that the wished-for result is possible. People can hope that they pass a test, or hope that someone will recover. Hope does not mean that the result is certain, but hope helps people to keep trying. The word comes from the Old English word hopian, meaning to expect or look forward to something.

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.

Something is horizontal if it goes at right angles to the direction a ball goes when it is dropped. The horizon is horizontal, as are the tops of tables and desks. The slats in the picture are horizontal.