| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hibernacle | noun | That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. |
| hibernated | imp. & past participle | of Hibernate |
| hiccoughed | imp. & past participle | of Hiccough |
| hierapicra | noun | A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark. |
| hierarchal | adjective | Alt. of Hierarchic |
| hierarchic | adjective | Pertaining to a hierarch. |
| hierocracy | noun | Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. |
| hieroglyph | adjective | Alt. of Hieroglyphic |
| hierolatry | noun | The worship of saints or sacred things. |
| hierologic | adjective | Alt. of Hierological |
| hieromancy | noun | Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice. |
| hiermartyr | noun | A priest who becomes a martyr. |
| hierophant | noun | The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. |
| hieroscopy | noun | Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice. |
| hierotheca | noun | A receptacle for sacred objects. |
| highbinder | noun | A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. |
| high-blown | adjective | Inflated, as with conceit. |
| high-built | adjective | Of lofty structure; tall. |
| high-flown | adjective | Elevated; proud., Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. |
| highflying | adjective | Extravagant in opinions or ambition. |
| highlander | noun | An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland. |
| highlandry | noun | Highlanders, collectively. |
| high-proof | adjective | Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits., So as to stand any test. |
| high-toned | adjective | High in tone or sound., Elevated; high-principled; honorable. |
| highwaymen | plural | of Highwayman |
| highwayman | noun | One who robs on the public road; a highway robber. |
| himyaritic | adjective | Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. |
| hinderance | noun | Same as Hindrance. |
| hinderling | adjective | A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. |
| hindermost | adjective | Alt. of Hindmost |
| hindustani | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language., The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words. |
| hippobosca | noun | A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. |
| hippocrene | noun | A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. |
| hippodrome | noun | A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races., An arena for equestrian performances; a circus. |
| hippogriff | noun | A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. |
| hippophagi | noun pl. | Eaters of horseflesh. |
| hippophagy | noun | The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh. |
| hippophile | noun | One who loves horses. |
| hip-roofed | adjective | Having a hip roof. |
| hirtellous | adjective | Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs. |
| histiology | noun | Same as Histology. |
| histologic | adjective | Alt. of Histological |
| histolysis | noun | The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood. |
| histolytic | adjective | Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues. |
| histophyly | noun | The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. |
| historical | adjective | Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. |
| histrionic | adjective | Alt. of Histrionical |
| hithermost | adjective | Nearest on this side. |
| hitherward | adverb | Toward this place; hither. |