habanero
habitué
hacienda
half bath
half-circle
half day (n)
half-day (adj)
half hitch (knot)
half-lap joint
half-turn
half-wall
hand appliqué (n)
hand-appliqué (v)
hand-appliquéd (adj)
handblown (adj)
hand-carved (adj, v)
hand-cast (adj, v)
handcraft
hand-forged
hand-grained
handheld
handmade (n, adj)
hand-paint (v)
hand-painted
hand-painting (n)
handpicked
hand-piece (v)
hand-pieced (adj)
hand piecing (n)
hand-print (v)
handprint (n)
hand-quilt (v)
hand-quilted (adj)
hand quilting (n)
handrail
handsaw
hand-sew
hand stitch (n)
hand-stitch (v)
hand towel
handwoven
hangup (n)
hankie
Hanukkah
hardanger
hardboard
hard-boiled egg
hardscape
hardscaping
hardworking
harvesttime
hashtag
hatbox
hatpin
hat rack
headboard
headroom
headspace
head start (n)
health care (n, adj)
heartwarming
heat lamp
heatproof
heat-set (v)
heavy-duty
heavyweight (n, adj)
hemline
hemstitch (n, v)
hex-head
high chair
high-gloss (adj)
high-rise (n, adj)
high style (n)
high-style (adj)
high tech (n)
high-tech (adj)
hipline
hipped roof (not hip)
(his-and-her [adj] deleted 7/7/20)
hodgepodge
ho-hum
hollowware
home builder
homebuilt
home buyer
home front
homegrown
home improvement (no hyphen as adj)
homemade
homemaker
homeowner
homeowners policy
home page
homesite
home-style (adj)
homeyness
Honey Bun (Moda fabric precuts; trademarked)
hook-and-eye fastener
hook-and-loop tape
hooray
hors d’oeuvre
Hors d’Oeuvre (when capped)
horsepower (don’t abbreviate in text)
hot-air balloons
hotbed
hot-glue gun and glue sticks
hot honey (such as Mike’s Hot Honey) (specify the brand to clarify that we’re calling for spicy honey not hot-temperature honey; avoid “Chile-infused” or “cayenne-infused” updated 3/29/24)
hotline
houndstooth
houseplant
how-to (n, adj)
hunt board
Hutschenreuther
HVAC (don’t need to spell out)
hypertufa
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