| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hided | imp. & past participle | of Hide |
| hider | noun | One who hides or conceals. |
| hiems | noun | Winter. |
| hight | noun | A variant of Height., of Hight, of Hight, To be called or named., To command; to direct; to impel., To commit; to intrust., To promise. |
| higre | noun | See Eagre. |
| hijra | noun | See Hegira. |
| hilal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a hilum. |
| hilar | adjective | Belonging to the hilum. |
| hilly | adjective | Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country., Lofty; as, hilly empire. |
| hilum | noun | The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; — called also hile., The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney. |
| hilus | noun | Same as Hilum, 2. |
| hindi | noun | The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. |
| hindu | noun | A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda., Same as Hindoo. |
| hinge | noun | The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on., That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned., One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south., To attach by, or furnish with, hinges., To bend., To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; — usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. |
| hinny | verb i. | To neigh; to whinny., A hybrid between a stallion and an ass., A term of endearment; darling; — corrupted from honey. |
| hipps | noun | See Hyp, n. |
| hippa | noun | Alt. of Hippe |
| hippe | noun | A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; — called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura. |
| hired | imp. & past participle | of Hire |
| hirer | noun | One who hires. |
| hires | pronoun | Alt. of Hirs |
| hitch | verb t. | To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling., To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; — said of something obstructed or impeded., To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere., To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter., To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer., A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement., The act of catching, as on a hook, etc., A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one’s progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance., A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch., A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; — intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc., A small dislocation of a bed or vein. |
| hithe | noun | A port or small haven; — used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. |
| hived | imp. & past participle | of Hive |
| hiver | noun | One who collects bees into a hive. |
| hives | noun | The croup., An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox. |