Today's words
1 hen
The hen may not be able to feed its young.
2 Hence
Hence the growing importance of the student survey.
3 henceforth
O what a flowery track lies spread before me, henceforth!
4 herald
These talks could herald a new era of peace.
5 hearing
She had moved out of hearing.
6 herb
The dried herb is obtainable from health shops.
7 herd
She pushed her way through a herd of lunchtime drinkers.
8 heat
The heat made him feel faint.
9 heave
The thought of it makes me heave.
10 heritage
They take great pride in their heritage.
11 heaven
Heaven knows what they put in it.
12 heroine
The heroine is played by Demi Moore.
13 heroic
His heroic deeds were celebrated in every corner of India.
14 hedge
The hedge needs pruning back.
15 heel
I scuffed the heel of my shoe on the stonework.
16 hesitate
Please don't hesitate to do this.
17 heir
Her duty was to produce an heir to the throne.
18 helicopter
The helicopter rose into the air.
19 hell
Oh hell, I've burned the pan.
20 hierarchy
A hierarchy forms.
21 helmet
He locked his helmet into position with a click.
22 highly
She has a highly inventive mind.
23 highway
I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic.
24 hemisphere
Of course, were they the first people in the Western hemisphere?
25 hike
The site is reached by a 30-minute hike through dense forest.
26 holy
He took holy orders in 1935.
27 homogeneous
Audiences are smaller and more homogeneous than they have been in the past.
28 hinder
It will only slow you down and hinder your career goals.
29 honest
I'm disappointed, to be honest.
30 hinge
The wider the hinge, the further it folds.
31 honour
The school's motto is: 'Duty, Honour, Country'.
32 honourable
They managed an honourable 2–2 draw.
33 hire
Do you hire out bikes?
34 hormone
Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.
35 hitherto
How does the author view the hitherto high click-through rates?
36 horn
She gave a sharp toot on her horn.
37 hobby
I only play jazz as a hobby.
38 horrible
What a horrible night it was!
39 hoist
He uses a hydraulic hoist to unload two empty barrels.
40 horror
Guilt and horror flooded her in waves.
41 hose
You've left the garden hose on.
42 hollow
The tree trunk was hollow inside.
43 hospitality
Their hospitality is proverbial.
44 hostess
The hostess introduced them.
45 humiliate
I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
46 hostile
It depends what you mean by 'hostile'.
47 hound
The hound found a profound book on the roundabout.
48 hunt
They sleep by day and hunt by night.
49 household
She became a household name in the 1960s.
50 hurl
It took only one heave to hurl him into the river.