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H is for Horn

A horn is a musical instrument with a limited number of notes it can play. Horns used to be made from animal horns. Modern horns tend to be made from brass.

H is for Hornet

A hornet is a common name given to some types of large wasp. Hornets have stingers and eat other insects.

H is for Horns

Horns grow in pairs on the heads of animals like sheep, goats and some cows. Horns start growing when the animal is very young and continue to grow for their entire life, often getting to be very large. Horns often grow in a twisting or spiral shape. In some animals only the male grows horns.

H is for Horrible

Horrible means very bad, unpleasant, or scary. It generally describes something that gives you a bad feeling, like a horrible smell or if you had a horrible day. It is used to talk about when you have a strong negative feeling about something.

H is for Horse

Horses have been used by people for thousands of years. People ride them and use them to pull carts and ploughs. Horses were the most common way of travelling before cars were invented.
Horses come in a variety of sizes, from ponies that children ride up to big cart horses that are used to pull very heavy loads. A male horse is called a stallion, a female horse is called a mare and a baby horse is called a foal.

H is for Horseradish

Horseradish is a plant with a thick, white root. People use the root as food because they like its strong, spicy taste.

You can find horseradish in jars or as prepared sauce. It is commonly served with roast beef and other meats, or mixed into sandwiches and dips. The spicy flavor comes from the root when it is grated or crushed.

H is for Horseshoe

A horseshoe is a piece of steel that has been nailed to the bottom of a horse's hoof to protect it from being worn down. Horseshoes can also be made from aluminium, rubber, plastic or other metals. A horses hoof is just like a person's toenail, and the horse cannot feel the nails going through it. A person who fits horseshoes to a horse's hoof is called a farrier.
Horseshoes are said to give good luck if they are hung on a door with the open end pointing upwards.
Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to crabs. They have six pairs of legs, a hard shell that looks like a horse's hoof, and a long tail. Their first pair of legs are very small and are used for putting food into their mouths.
Horseshoe crabs are called a living fossil because there are fossils of almost identical creatures found that are 230 million years old.
The two horseshoe crabs in the picture are upside down.

H is for Hose

A hose is a long, thin, hollow object that is used for putting water through. Hoses are usually attached to taps. People use hoses to water their gardens, to fill their swimming pools or to wash their cars. The boy in the picture is holding a blue hose.

H is for Hospital

A hospital is a big place where sick and injured people are taken to get better. Babies are also born in hospitals. Doctors and nurses work together to make people better in hospitals.

H is for Hot

You feel hot when the temperature gets high. It is hot in summer. Fire is hot, and food or drink that is freshly cooked is hot. It is very painful to touch something that is very hot, and it can leave you with a nasty burn. The picture is of some hamburger patties being cooked on a hot grill.
A hot air balloon is a huge balloon that is filled with hot air. The air is made hot by a burner at the base of the balloon, and it flies because hot air is lighter than cold air, so it rises. Hot air balloons can carry a lot of people in a basket hanging from underneath them.
Hot chocolate is a drink made from hot milk, sugar and cocoa powder, which is also an ingredient of chocolate. Hot chocolate is a sweet, warming drink and is delicious with cream or marshmallows on top.
Hot cross buns are sweet buns that are usually made with raisins or other dried fruit. They are marked with a cross on top, and are traditionally eaten on Good Friday at Easter time.

H is for Hot dog

A hot dog is a type of food made from a sausage inside a bread roll. You can add other things to a hot dog, like tomato ketchup, onions, mustard, cheese or anything else you think might taste good.

H is for Hotel

A hotel is a place you stay when you are travelling. You pay by the night to stay at a hotel. Some hotels have hundreds of rooms, and you can order meals and other things to come to your room. A smaller hotel where you can park your car is called a motel.

H is for Hound

A hound is a general name for any type of hunting dog known for its strong sense of smell and hearing.

H is for Houndstooth

Houndstooth is an abstract two-colour check design that was made by weaving two colours of wool together in a particular way. Houndstooth is most commonly seen in black and white.

H is for Hour

An hour is a time period of sixty (60) minutes. There are twenty four (24) hours in a day.

H is for Hourglass

An hourglass is a device that uses the passage of an amount of sand from the top to bottom half of the device to mark time.
The amount of time an hourglass can mark depends on the size of the hourglass and the amount of sand in it. An hour would be the standard amount, but hourglasses can also be bought that are egg timers for cooking hard or soft boiled eggs, or shower timers when people want to save water.