| chaw | (noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco | Synonyms: chew, cud, plug, quid, wad |
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| (verb) chew without swallowing | - |
| chawbacon | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel |
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| cushaw | (noun) globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind | - |
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| (noun) plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds | Synonyms: Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta |
| dethaw | (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw |
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| dhawa | (noun) an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum | Synonyms: dhava |
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| goshawk | (noun) large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry | Synonyms: Accipiter gentilis |
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| haw | (noun) the nictitating membrane of a horse | - |
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| (noun) a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | Synonyms: hawthorn |
| (verb) utter `haw' | - |
| hawala | (noun) an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction | - |
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| hawfinch | (noun) a common large finch of Eurasia | Synonyms: Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
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| hawk | (noun) diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail | - |
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| (noun) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar | Synonyms: mortarboard |
| (noun) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations | Synonyms: war hawk |
| (verb) clear mucus or food from one's throat | Synonyms: clear the throat |
| (verb) hunt with hawks | - |
| (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend |
| hawkbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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| hawkbit | (noun) any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions | - |
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| hawker | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman |
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| (noun) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | Synonyms: falconer |
| hawking | (noun) the act of selling goods for a living | Synonyms: peddling, vending, vendition |
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| hawkish | (adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies | Synonyms: militant, warlike |
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| hawkishness | (noun) any political orientation favoring aggressive policies | - |
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| hawkmoth | (noun) any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed | Synonyms: hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth |
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| hawksbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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| hawkshaw | (noun) someone who is a detective | Synonyms: dick, gumshoe |
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| hawkweed | (noun) any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Pilosella | - |
| hawse | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawsehole, hawsepipe |
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| hawsehole | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawse, hawsepipe |
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| hawsepipe | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawse, hawsehole |
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| hawser | (noun) large heavy rope for nautical use | - |
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| hawthorn | (noun) a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | Synonyms: haw |
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| kickshaw | (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, treat |
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| mayhaw | (noun) hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves | Synonyms: Crataegus aestivalis, summer haw |
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| mohawk | (noun) haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp | Synonyms: mohawk haircut |
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| nighthawk | (noun) mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker | Synonyms: bullbat, mosquito hawk |
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| (noun) a person who likes to be active late at night | Synonyms: night owl, nightbird |
| rickshaw | (noun) a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | Synonyms: jinrikisha, ricksha |
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| scrimshaw | (noun) a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers | - |
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| shawl | (noun) cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders | - |
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| shawm | (noun) a medieval oboe | - |
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| shawny | (noun) showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States | Synonyms: Hydrophyllum virginianum, Indian salad, John's cabbage, Shawnee salad, Virginia waterleaf |
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| thaw | (noun) a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile | - |
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| (noun) warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | Synonyms: thawing, warming |
| (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melt, melting, thawing |
| (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, dissolve, melt, unfreeze, unthaw |
| thawed | (adjective) no longer frozen solid | - |
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| (adjective) no longer frozen | - |
| thawing | (noun) warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | Synonyms: thaw, warming |
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| (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melt, melting, thaw |
| tomahawk | (noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | Synonyms: hatchet |
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| (verb) cut with a tomahawk | - |
| (verb) kill with a tomahawk | - |
| unthaw | (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze |
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| unthawed | (adjective) still frozen | - |
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