| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hoven | of Heave, Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle., p. p. of Heave., Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle. | |
| hoten | of Hight, of Hote, p. p. of Hote. | |
| hoard | noun | See Hoarding, 2., A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money., To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain., To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. |
| hoary | adjective | White or whitish., White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs., remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity., Moldy; mossy; musty., Of a pale silvery gray., Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. |
| hobby | noun | A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking., Alt. of Hobbyhorse |
| hobit | noun | A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer. |
| hoboy | noun | A hautboy or oboe. |
| hocco | noun | The crested curassow; — called also royal pheasant. See Curassow. |
| hough | noun | The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man., A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot., The popliteal space; the ham., Same as Hock, a joint., Same as Hock, to hamstring., An adz; a hoe., To cut with a hoe. |
| hocus | verb t. | To deceive or cheat., To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker., To stupefy with drugged liquor., One who cheats or deceives., Drugged liquor. |
| hoddy | noun | See Dun crow, under Dun, a. |
| hoful | adjective | Careful; wary. |
| hoise | verb t. | To hoist. |
| hoist | verb t. | To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight., That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods., The act of hoisting; a lift., The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff., The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay., Hoisted. |
| hoker | noun | Scorn; derision; abusive talk. |
| holla | interj. | Hollo., See Hollo, v. i. |
| hollo | interj. & noun | Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo., To call out or exclaim; to halloo. This form is now mostly replaced by hello. |
| holly | adverb | Wholly., A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas., The holm oak. See 1st Holm. |
| holo- | A combining form fr. Gr. “o`los whole. | |
| holwe | adjective | Hollow. |
| homer | noun | A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance., See Hoemother., A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. |
| homo- | A combining form from Gr. “omo`s, one and the same, common, joint. | |
| honed | imp. & past participle | of Hone |
| honey | noun | A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb., That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey., Sweet one; — a term of endearment., To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn., To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey. |
| honor | noun | Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence., That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity., A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege., That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank., Fame; reputation; credit., A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors., A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation., A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable., A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended., Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics., The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors., To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship., To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility., To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange. |
| hoody | noun | The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull. |
| hoofs | plural | of Hoof |
| hooky | adjective | Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks. |
| hoove | noun | A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating. |
| hoped | imp. & past participle | of Hope |
| hoper | noun | One who hopes. |
| hoppo | noun | A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce., A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation. |
| horal | adjective | Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. |
| horde | noun | A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. |
| horny | superl. | Having horns or hornlike projections., Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn., Hard; callous. |
| horse | noun | A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes., The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male., Mounted soldiery; cavalry; — used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; — distinguished from foot., A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc., A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment., Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby., A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse — said of a vein — is to divide into branches for a distance., See Footrope, a., A breastband for a leadsman., An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon., A jackstay., To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse., To sit astride of; to bestride., To cover, as a mare; — said of the male., To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer., To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment., To get on horseback. |
| horsy | adjective | Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. |
| hosen | plural | of Hose, See Hose. |
| hotel | noun | A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class., In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth. |
| hotly | adjective | In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued., In a lustful manner; lustfully. |
| hoult | noun | A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt. |
| hound | noun | A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc., A despicable person., A houndfish., Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on., A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle., To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers., To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. |
| houri | noun | A nymph of paradise; — so called by the Mohammedans. |
| hours | noun pl. | Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day. |
| house | noun | A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion., Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below., Those who dwell in the same house; a household., A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel., One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament., A firm, or commercial establishment., A public house; an inn; a hotel., A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth’s revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours., A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece., An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house., The body, as the habitation of the soul., The grave., To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one’s family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle., To drive to a shelter., To admit to residence; to harbor., To deposit and cover, as in the grave., To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars., To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge., To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
| houss | noun | A saddlecloth; a housing. |
| houve | noun | A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap. |
| hovel | noun | An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather., A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut., A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped., To put in a hovel; to shelter. |
| hover | noun | A cover; a shelter; a protection., To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something., To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely. |
| howdy | noun | A midwife. |
| howel | noun | A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks., To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask. |
| howso | adverb | Howsoever. |
| howve | noun | A hood. See Houve. |