飲干す[nomihosu] to drink up
刈り干す[karihosu] to cut and dry (in the sun)
干菓子[higashi] dried candies
乾干し[karaboshi] sun-dried fish or vegetables
干物[hoshimono] things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

干し固める[hoshikatameru] to dry until stiff
干草[hoshigusa] hay
干る[hiru] to dry
干害[kangai] drought disaster

瓢虫[tentoumushi] ladybug
干瓢[kanpyou] strips of dried gourd
七星瓢虫[nanahoshitentou] seven-spot ladybird
青瓢箪[aobyoutan] green calabash
瓢箪[hyoutan] gourd

瓢箪鯰[hyoutannamazu] (person) slippery as an eel
千成り瓢箪[sennaripyoutan] bottle gourd
二十八星瓢虫[nijuuyahoshitentou] 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
偽瓢虫[tentoumushidamashi] handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)