| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hibernaculum | noun | A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales., A little case in which certain insects pass the winter., Winter home or abiding place. |
| hibernianism | noun | An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. |
| hierarchical | adjective | Pertaining to a hierarchy. |
| hieroglyphic | adjective | A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a., Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark., Alt. of Hieroglyphical |
| hierographic | adjective | Alt. of Hierographical |
| hierological | adjective | Pertaining to hierology. |
| hierophantic | adjective | Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings. |
| high-colored | adjective | Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed., Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description. |
| high-embowed | adjective | Having lofty arches. |
| highfaluting | noun | High-flown, bombastic language. |
| high-flushed | adjective | Elated. |
| high-hearted | adjective | Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. |
| high-mettled | adjective | Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed. |
| high-sighted | adjective | Looking upward; supercilious. |
| high-stepper | noun | A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. |
| high-wrought | adjective | Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate., Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. |
| hindoostanee | adjective | Alt. of Hindustani |
| hippocentaur | noun | Same as Centaur. |
| hippocratism | noun | The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates. |
| hippocrepian | noun | One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema. |
| hippophagism | noun | Hippophagy. |
| hippophagist | noun | One who eats horseflesh. |
| hippophagous | adjective | Feeding on horseflesh; — said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars. |
| hippopotamus | noun | A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa. |
| histogenesis | noun | The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; — the opposite of histolysis., Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. |
| histogenetic | adjective | Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues. |
| histographer | noun | One who describes organic tissues; an histologist. |
| histological | adjective | Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms. |
| historically | adverb | In the manner of, or in accordance with, history. |
| historiology | noun | A discourse on history. |
| histrionical | adjective | Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; — sometimes in a bad sense. |