heam-
- referring to words with 'blood' as part of their meaning
haematologist, haematology, haemoglobin
half-
- used with verbs, participles, adjectives and nouns to form new verbs, adjectives and nouns
half-afraid, half-asleep, half-cooked, half-dressed, half-eaten, half-empty, half-finished, half-forgotten, half-full, half-grown, half-listening, half-melted, half-open, half-realize, half-smiling, half-starved, half-wild
- parts of something
half-bottle, half-century, half-circle, half-cup, half-distance, half-dozen, half-hour, half-inch, half-length, half-marathon, half-mile, half-million, half-minute, half-page, half-pay, half-pint, half-price, half-strength, half-year
- race and nationality
half-French, half-German, half-English, half-Dutch, half-Irish
- brothers and sisters
half-brother, half-sister
hand-
- when made, done or operated by a person
hand-built, hand-finished, hand-knitted, hand-made, hand-operated, hand-painted, hand-printed, hand-sew, hand-stitched, hand-wash, hand-washing, hand-woven, handwriting, handwritten
- carried or operated with your hands
handbag, hand-luggage, hand-bell, handbrake, hand-grenade, handgun, handkerchief, hand-luggage, hand-mirror
-hand
- holding something
cup-hand, gun-hand, knife-hand, napkin-hand, phone-hand, racket-hand, weapon-hand
- jobs
cowhand, deckhand, factory-hand, farm-hand, fieldhand, garage-hand
- position
left-hand, right-hand
-head
- disapproval
egghead, fathead, hothead, pinhead, sleepyhead, sorehead, squarehead
- the top part of something
bed-head, clubhead, flower-head, masterhead, pinhead, seed-head
- an entrance or source
bridgehead, letterhead, pithead, railhead, road-head, wellhead
-headed
- characteristics
big-headed, cool-headed, empty-headed, even-headed, fuzzy-headed, hard-headed, hot-headed, level-headed, light-headed, soft-headed, thick-headed, wrong-headed
- appearance
bald-headed, bareheaded, black-headed, blong-headed, crop-headed, curly-headed, elephant=headed, flat-headed, gold-headed, grey-headed, heavy-headed, ivory-headed, redheaded, round-headed, shaven-headed, sleek-headed, small-headed, stubble-headed, white-headed
home-
- in the home
home-baked, home-bottled, home-bred, home-brewed, home-cooked, home-distiled, home-dyed, home-frozen, home-grown, home-made, home-painted, home-prepared, home-produced
- related to someone's home
home-based, home-builder, home-buyer, home-centred, home-loving, homemaker, home-owner
-hood
- to form new nouns from nouns referring to people
adulthood, babyhood, bachelorhood, boyhood, childhood, daughterhood, fatherhood, girlhood, guesthood, maidenhood, manhood, motherhood, parenthood, spinsterhood, studenthood, wifehood, womanhood
hydr-
- referring to words with 'water' as part of their meaning
hydrant, hydraulic, hydrocarbon, hydro-electric, hydro-electricity, hydro-energy, hydrofoil, hydrology, hydrophobia, hydro-power
