| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| habit | noun | The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body., The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism., Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior., Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit., To inhabit., To dress; to clothe; to array., To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman. |
| hable | adjective | See Habile. |
| hades | noun | The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. |
| hadji | noun | A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; — used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor., A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. |
| ha-ha | noun | A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. |
| haily | adjective | Of hail. |
| hairy | adjective | Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute. |
| hakim | noun | A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan., A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge. |
| haled | imp. & past participle | of Hale |
| halma | noun | The long jump, with weights in the hands, — the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon. |
| halos | plural | of Halo |
| halse | verb t. | To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet., To adjure; to beseech; to entreat., To haul; to hoist. |
| halve | noun | A half., To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of., To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together. |
| halwe | noun | A saint. |
| hamel | verb t. | Same as Hamele. |
| hanap | noun | A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. |
| hance | verb t. | To raise; to elevate., Alt. of Hanch |
| hanch | See Hanse., A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway. | |
| handy | superl. | Performed by the hand., Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit., Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume., Easily managed; obedient to the helm; — said of a vessel. |
| hanse | noun | That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost., An association; a league or confederacy. |
| han’t | A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain’t. | |
| haply | adverb | By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be. |
| happy | superl. | Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen., Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts., Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous. |
| hards | noun pl. | The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow. |
| hardy | adjective | Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid., Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless., Strong; firm; compact., Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner., Able to withstand the cold of winter., A blacksmith’s fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole. |
| harem | noun | The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families., The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio. |
| harle | noun | The red-breasted merganser. |
| harns | noun pl. | The brains. |
| harpa | noun | A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; — so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs. |
| harpy | noun | A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three., One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner., The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)., A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil. |
| harre | noun | A hinge. |
| harry | verb t. | To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land., To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass., To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. |
| harsh | adjective | Rough; disagreeable; grating, disagreeable to the touch., disagreeable to the taste., disagreeable to the ear., Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough., Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony. |
| haste | noun | Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; — applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals., The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence., To hasten; to hurry. |
| hasty | noun | Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch., Demanding haste or immediate action., Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager., Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution., Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper., Forward; early; first ripe. |
| hatch | verb t. | To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching., To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep., To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched., To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy., To produce young; — said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; — said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc., The act of hatching., Development; disclosure; discovery., The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood., A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge., A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish., A flood gate; a a sluice gate., A bedstead., An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening., An opening into, or in search of, a mine., To close with a hatch or hatches. |
| hated | imp. & past participle | of Hate |
| hatel | adjective | Hateful; detestable. |
| hater | noun | One who hates. |
| hatte | pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote., of Hote | |
| haugh | noun | A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. |
| haulm | noun | The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw., A part of a harness; a hame. |
| hauls | noun | See Hals. |
| hault | adjective | Lofty; haughty. |
| haunt | verb t. | To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon., To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition., To practice; to devote one’s self to., To accustom; to habituate., To persist in staying or visiting., A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts., The habit of resorting to a place., Practice; skill. |
| haven | noun | A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port., A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum., To shelter, as in a haven. |
| haver | noun | A possessor; a holder., The oat; oats., To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. |
| havoc | noun | Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste., To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste., A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. |
| hawed | imp. & past participle | of Haw |
| hawse | noun | A hawse hole., The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow., The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse., That part of a vessel’s bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. |
| hazed | imp. & past participle | of Haze |
| hazel | noun | A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert., A miner’s name for freestone., Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand., Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. |
| hazle | verb t. | To make dry; to dry. |