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hadda(nonstandard) had tohadna(nonstandard or dialectal) hadn'thafta(colloquial) Contraction of have to (“be required to; must”).hakeaA shrub of the genus Hakea, of Australia.halfaSynonym of esparto (“North African grass”).hallaAlternative form of challah.halma(board games, uncountable) A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.halvaA confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.halwaAlternative spelling of halva.hamsaThe Hand of Fatima.hamzaA sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".hanjaThe Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.hanzaBoscia senegalensis, a perennial woody plant species of the genus Boscia, native to West Africahaoma(Zoroastrianism) A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.harka(historical) In Maghrebi history, a military campaign, often a punitive expedition against insurgents.hassaAlternative form of hassar (“type of fish”).hasta(colloquial) third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”).hatha(yoga) The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanashattaAlternative spelling of hattah.hebraThe offspring of a cross between a horse sire and a zebra dam.heckaSynonym of hella.heita(South Africa, colloquial) Greeting, hello; hihejraAlternative form of hijra.hella(nonstandard) Contraction of Hell + have.henna(countable) A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers.hermaAlternative form of herm.hevea(botany) Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.hijraA eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman.hilsaTenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.hodjaA Muslim schoolmaster.hoida(US) Pronunciation spelling of heard of.holla(colloquial) To shout out or greet casually.honda(Southwestern US) A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.hookaAlternative spelling of hookah.hopia(Philippines) A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.)hostaAny of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.houkaAlternative spelling of hookah.huacaAn Incan relic.hubba(British India) A grain.hudnatruce, armistice, cease-firehujraA drawing room where guests are entertained in Pashtun areas of Pakistan.hukkaAlternative spelling of hookah.hulwaAlternative form of halva.humbaA Filipino braised pork dish from the Philippines especially popular in the Visayas, traditionally made with fatty cuts of pork belly slow-cooked until very tender in soy sauce, vinegar, peppercorns, garlic, bay leaves, and fermented black beans (tausi) sweetened with muscovado sugar, and also commonly including hard-boiled eggs and banana blossoms.hupiaIn Taino mythology, the spirit of a person who has died; a ghost.huqqaAlternative spelling of hookah.hurraAlternative form of hurrah.hutiaAny of the medium-sized rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae, which inhabit the Caribbean islands.huzzaAlternative spelling of huzzah.hyawaProtium heptaphyllum, one of many species known as incense tree.hydra(fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.hyena(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.hypha(mycology) Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.