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habile adjective Fit; qualified; also, apt.
habnab adverb By chance.
hacked imp. & past participle of Hack
hackee noun The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel.
hacker noun One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.
hackle noun A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel., Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk., One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, — often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used., An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers., To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel., To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
hackly adjective Rough or broken, as if hacked., Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.
hadder noun Heather; heath.
haddie noun The haddock.
haema- Alt. of Haemo-
haemo- Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope., See Haema-.
haemad adverb Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; — opposed to neurad.
haemal adjective Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.
haemic adjective Pertaining to the blood; hemal.
haemin noun Same as Hemin.
haffle verb i. To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
hafter noun A caviler; a wrangler.
hagged imp. & past participle of Hag, Like a hag; lean; ugly.
hagbut noun A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.
hagdon noun One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; — called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.
haggis noun A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.
haggle verb t. To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood., To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle., The act or process of haggling.
haikal noun The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.
halled imp. & past participle of Hail
hailse verb t. To greet; to salute.
hain’t A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain’t, he hain’t, we hain’t.
haired adjective Having hair., In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
hairen adjective Hairy.
haling present participle & vb. noun of Hale
halves plural of Half, pl. of Half.
halfen adjective Wanting half its due qualities.
halfer noun One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares., A male fallow deer gelded.
halmas adjective The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas.
halite noun Native salt; sodium chloride.
halloa See Halloo.
halloo noun A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout., To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo., To encourage with shouts., To chase with shouts or outcries., To call or shout to; to hail., An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
hallow verb t. To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
hallux noun The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.
haloed imp. & past participle of Halo, Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.
haloid adjective Resembling salt; — said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides., A haloid substance.
halsed imp. & past participle of Halse
halser noun See Hawser.
halted imp. & past participle of Halt
halter noun One who halts or limps; a cripple., A strong strap or cord., A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse., A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose., To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman’s halter.
halved imp. & past participle of Halve, Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
hamate adjective Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
hamble verb t. To hamstring.
hamite noun A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form., A descendant of Ham, Noah’s second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.
haitic adjective Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.
hamlet noun A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
hammer noun An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle., Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer, That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour., The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones., The malleus., That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming., Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies., To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron., To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating., To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; — usually with out., To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer., To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
hamose Alt. of Hamous
hamous Having the end hooked or curved.
hamper noun A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels., To put in a hamper., To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber., A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes., Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
hamule noun A little hook.
hamuli plural of Hamulus
handed imp. & past participle of Hand, With hands joined; hand in hand., Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
hander noun One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.
handle verb t. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand., To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully., To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands., To receive and transfer; to have pass through one’s hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock., To deal with; to make a business of., To treat; to use, well or ill., To manage; to control; to practice skill upon., To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection., To use the hands., That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc., That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
hanged imp. & past participle of Hang
hanger noun One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman., That by which a thing is suspended., A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended., A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft., A bridle iron., That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword., A steep, wooded declivity.
hanker verb i. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; — usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town., To linger in expectation or with desire.
han sa noun See 2d Hanse.
hansel noun & verb See Handsel.
hansom Alt. of Hansom cab
happed p. adjective Wrapped; covered; cloaked.
happen verb i. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out., To take place; to occur.
hapuku noun A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
harass verb t. To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; — sometimes followed by out., Devastation; waste., Worry; harassment.
harbor noun A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter., Specif.: A lodging place; an inn., The mansion of a heavenly body., A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven., A mixing box materials., To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought)., To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.
harden verb t. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron., To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable., To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying., To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.
harder noun A South African mullet, salted for food.
hardly adverb In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty., Unwillingly; grudgingly., Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly., Severely; harshly; roughly., Confidently; hardily., Certainly; surely; indeed.
hareld noun The long-tailed duck.
harier noun See Harrier.
harish adjective Like a hare.
harken verb t. & i. To hearken.
harlot noun A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth., A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal., A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet., Wanton; lewd; low; base., To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
harmed imp. & past participle of Harm
harmel noun A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation.
harped imp. & past participle of Harp
harper noun A player on the harp; a minstrel., A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, — formerly current in Ireland.
harrow noun An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown., An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried., To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land., To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex., Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry., To pillage; to harry; to oppress.
harten verb t. To hearten; to encourage; to incite.
hasard noun Hazard.
hashed imp. & past participle of Hash
haslet noun The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.
hasped imp. & past participle of Hasp
hasted imp. & past participle of Haste
hasten verb t. To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry., To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
hastif adjective Hasty.
hatbox noun A box for a hat.
hating present participle & pr. & vb. noun of Hate
hatred noun Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
hatted adjective Covered with a hat.
hatter verb t. To tire or worry; — out., One who makes or sells hats.
haught adjective High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud.
hauled imp. & past participle of Haul
hauler noun One who hauls.
haulse verb See Halse.
haunce verb t. To enhance.
haunch noun The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part., Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
hausen noun A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.
hausse noun A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.
havana adjective Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar, An Havana cigar.
having present participle & vb. noun of Have, Possession; goods; estate.
havior noun Behavior; demeanor.
hawing present participle & vb. noun of Haw
hawhaw verb i. To laugh boisterously.
hawked imp. & past participle of Hawk, Curved like a hawk’s bill; crooked.
hawker noun One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman., To sell goods by outcry in the street., A falconer.
hawkey noun See Hockey.
hawser noun A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
haymow noun A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation., The place in a barn where hay is deposited.
hazard noun A game of chance played with dice., The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty., Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life., Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player’s ball (losing hazard)., Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming., To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk., To venture to incur, or bring on., To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
hazing present participle & vb. noun of Haze
hazily adverb In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.
headed imp. & past participle of Head, Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); — used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster., Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
header noun One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading., One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader., A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall., In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces., A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only., A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header.
healed imp. & past participle of Heal
health noun The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain., A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.
heaped imp. & past participle of Heap
heaper noun One who heaps, piles, or amasses.
hearer noun One who hears; an auditor.
hearse noun A hind in the year of its age., A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies., A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument., A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave., A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave., To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
hearth noun The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove., The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside., The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.
hearty superl. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government., Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber., Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal., Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; — a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.
heated imp. & past participle of Heat
heater noun One who, or that which, heats., Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated.
heathy adjective Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills.
heaved imp. of Heave, of Heave
heaven noun The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; — often used in the plural in this sense., The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death., The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; — used variously in this sense, as in No. 2., Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight., To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
heaver noun One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver., A bar used as a lever.
heaves noun A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
hebete adjective Dull; stupid.
hebrew noun An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew., The language of the Hebrews; — one of the Semitic family of languages., Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.
heckle noun & verb t. Same as Hackle.
hectic adjective Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush., In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient., Hectic fever., A hectic flush.
hector noun A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes., To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying., To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
heddle noun One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom., To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
hedged imp. & past participle of Hedge
hedger noun One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
heeded imp. & past participle of Heed
heeled imp. & past participle of Heel
heeler noun A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs., A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
hefted imp. & past participle of Heft
hegira noun The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
heifer noun A young cow.
height noun The condition of being high; elevated position., The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature., Degree of latitude either north or south., That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights., Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence., Progress toward eminence; grade; degree., Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
hejira noun See Hegira.
helena noun See St. Elmo’s fire, under Saint.
heliac adjective Heliacal.
helio- A combining form from Gr. “h`lios the sun.
helium noun A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.
helmed imp. & past participle of Helm, Covered with a helmet.
helmet noun A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver., The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form., A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun., That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc., The upper part of a retort., The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon., A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
helped imp. & past participle of Help
holpen past participle of Help, imp. & p. p. of Help.
helper noun One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
helved imp. & past participle of Helve
hemmed imp. & past participle of Hem
hemato See Haema-.
hemina noun A measure of half a sextary., A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
hemmel noun A shed or hovel for cattle.
hemmer noun One who, or that which, hems with a needle., An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down., A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
hempen adjective Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord., Like hemp.
hemuse noun The roebuck in its third year.
henbit noun A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.
hennes adverb Hence.
henrys plural of Henry
heppen adjective Neat; fit; comfortable.
hepper noun A young salmon; a parr.
heptad noun An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.
heptyl noun A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.
herald noun An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character., In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds’ College (below), and King-at-Arms., A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another’s fame., A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger., Any messenger., To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
heraud noun A herald.
herbal adjective Of or pertaining to herbs., A book containing the names and descriptions of plants., A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium.
herbar noun An herb.
herber noun A garden; a pleasure garden.
herbid adjective Covered with herbs.
herded imp. & past participle of Herd
herder noun A herdsman.
herdic noun A kind of low-hung cab.
hereby adverb By means of this., Close by; very near.
herein adverb In this.
hereof adverb Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.
hereon adverb On or upon this; hereupon.
heresy noun An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; — usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach., Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy., An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.
hereto adverb To this; hereunto.
heriot noun Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.
hermae plural of Herma
hermes noun See Mercury., Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.
hermit noun A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives., A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
hernia noun A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
heroes plural of Hero
heroic adjective Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor., Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises., Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; — said of the representation of a human figure.
herpes noun An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; — so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another.
hersal noun Rehearsal.
hesper noun The evening; Hesperus.
hetman noun A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
hewing present participle & vb. noun of Hew
hexade noun A series of six numbers.
hexane noun Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.
hexene noun Same as Hexylene.
hexine noun A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; — called also hexoylene.
hexoic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.
hexone noun A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
heyday interj. An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder., The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.
heyten adverb Hence.
hiatus plural of Hiatus, An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break., The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.
hickup noun & verb i. See Hiccough.
hidage noun A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
hidden past participle & adjective from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious., of Hide
hiding present participle & vb. noun of Hide, of Hide, The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment., A flogging.
hieron noun A consecrated place; esp., a temple.
higgle verb i. To hawk or peddle provisions., To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
highly adverb In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
highth noun Variant of Height.
hijera noun Alt. of Hijra
hilled imp. & past participle of Hill
hilted adjective Having a hilt; — used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.
himpne noun A hymn.
hinder adjective Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse., To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; — often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going., To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out., To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
hindus plural of Hindu
hindoo noun Alt. of Hindu
hinged imp. & past participle of Hinge, Furnished with hinges.
hinted imp. & past participle of Hint
hipped imp. & past participle of Hip, Alt. of Hippish
hircic adjective Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; — applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin.
hircin noun Hircic acid. See Hircic.
hiring present participle & vb. noun of Hire
hirudo noun A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
hispid adjective Rough with bristles or minute spines., Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
hissed imp. & past participle of Hiss
hither adverb To this place; — used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither., To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; — in a sense not physical., Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; — correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill., Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.
hitter noun One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
hiving present participle & vb. noun of Hive
hoared adjective Moldy; musty.
hoarse superl. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven., Harsh; grating; discordant; — said of any sound.
hoaxed imp. & past participle of Hoax
hoaxer noun One who hoaxes.
hoazin noun A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
hobble noun i. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches., To move roughly or irregularly; — said of style in writing., To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog., To perplex; to embarrass., An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait., Same as Hopple., Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
hobbly adjective Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
hobnob adverb Have or have not; — a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking., At random; hit or miss. (Obs.), To drink familiarly (with another)., To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms., Familiar, social intercourse.
hockey noun A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals., The stick used by the players.
hockle verb t. To hamstring; to hock; to hough., To mow, as stubble.
hodmen plural of Hodman
hodman noun A man who carries a hod; a mason’s tender.
hoeing present participle & vb. noun of Hoe
hogged imp. & past participle of Hog, Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.
hogger noun A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
hogget noun A young boar of the second year., A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
hognut noun The pignut., In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.
hogpen noun A pen or sty for hogs.
hogsty noun A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs.
hoiden noun A rude, clownish youth., A rude, bold girl; a romp., Rustic; rude; bold., To romp rudely or indecently.
holcad noun A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece.
holden of Hold
holder noun One who is employed in the hold of a vessel., One who, or that which, holds., One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant., The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
holily adverb Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner., Sacredly; inviolably.
holing noun Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass.
holloa noun & verb i. Same as Hollo.
hollow adjective Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere., Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken., Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar., Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend., A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree., A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel., To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate., Wholly; completely; utterly; — chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv., Hollo., To shout; to hollo., To urge or call by shouting.
holmia noun An oxide of holmium.
holmos noun A name given to a vase having a rounded body, A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal., A drinking cup having a foot and stem.
holour noun A whoremonger.
holsom adjective Wholesome.
homage noun A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign., Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance., Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection., To pay reverence to by external action., To cause to pay homage.
homely noun Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate., Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners., Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; — contrary to handsome., Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.
homily noun A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse., A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.
homing adjective Home-returning; — used specifically of carrier pigeons.
hominy noun Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.
homish adjective Like a home or a home circle.
honing p]. pr. & vb. noun of Hone
honest adjective Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming., Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; — said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession., Open; frank; as, an honest countenance., Chaste; faithful; virtuous., To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
honied adjective See Honeyed.
hooded imp. & past participle of Hood, Covered with a hood., Furnished with a hood or something like a hood., Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip., Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; — said of birds., Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
hoodoo noun One who causes bad luck.
hooves plural of Hoof
hoofed adjective Furnished with hoofs.
hooked imp. & past participle of Hook, Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird., Provided with a hook or hooks.
hookah noun A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.
hooker noun One who, or that which, hooks., A Dutch vessel with two masts., A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland., A sailor’s contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
hookey noun See Hockey.
hooped imp. & past participle of Hoop
hooper noun One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper., The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); — called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.
hoopoe noun Alt. of Hoopoo
hoopoo noun A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.
hooted imp. & past participle of Hoot
hooven adjective Alt. of Hoven
hopped imp. & past participle of Hop, Impregnated with hops.
hoping present participle & vb. noun of Hope
hopper noun One who, or that which, hops., A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car., See Grasshopper, 2., A game. See Hopscotch., See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree., The larva of a cheese fly., A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; — called also dumping scow.
hoppet noun A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore., An infant in arms.
hopple verb t. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse., Fig.: To entangle; to hamper., A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; — chiefly used in the plural.
horaly adverb Hourly.
horary adjective Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours., Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.
horned adjective Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
hornel noun The European sand eel.
horner noun One who works or deal in horn or horns., One who winds or blows the horn., One who horns or cuckolds., The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).
hornet noun A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits.
horrid adjective Rough; rugged; bristling., Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.
horror noun A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement., A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor., A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking., That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness.
horsed imp. & past participle of Horse
horsly adjective Horselike.
hosier noun One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
hostel noun An inn., A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
hostie noun The consecrated wafer; the host.
hostry noun A hostelry; an inn or lodging house., A stable for horses.
hotbed noun A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics., A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
houdah noun See Howdah.
houlet noun An owl. See Howlet.
houris plural of Houri
hourly adjective Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual., Every hour; frequently; continually.
houses plural of House
housed imp. & past participle of House
housel noun The eucharist., To administer the eucharist to.
houtou noun A beautiful South American motmot.
howdah noun A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders.
howell noun The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
howitz noun A howitzer.
howker noun Same as Hooker.
howled imp. & past participle of Howl
howler noun One who howls., Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.
howlet noun An owl; an owlet.
hoyden noun Same as Hoiden.
hoymen plural of Hoyman
hoyman noun One who navigates a hoy.
hubbub verb i. A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
hubner noun A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
huchen noun A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; — called also huso, and bull trout.
huckle noun The hip; the haunch., A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
huddle verb i. To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd., To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system., To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; — usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together., A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
huffed imp. & past participle of Huff
huffer noun A bully; a blusterer.
hugged imp. & past participle of Hug
hugger noun One who hugs or embraces., To conceal; to lurk ambush.
huggle verb t. To hug.
hulchy adjective Swollen; gibbous.
hulled imp. & past participle of Hull, Deprived of the hulls.
huller noun One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.
hulver noun Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.
hummed imp. & past participle of Hum
humane adjective Pertaining to man; human., Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent., Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
humate noun A salt of humic acid.
humble superl. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage., Thinking lowly of one’s self; claiming little for one’s self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one’s self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest., Hornless. See Hummel., To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate., To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; — often used rexlexively.
humbly adverb With humility; lowly.
humbug noun An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax., A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness., One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor., To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
humect verb t. Alt. of Humectate
humeri plural of Humerus
humiri noun A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.
humite noun A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.
hummel verb t. To separate from the awns; — said of barley., Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow.
hummer noun One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming., A humming bird.
hummum noun A sweating bath or place for sweating.
humped adjective Having a hump, as the back.
hunger noun An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food., Any strong eager desire., To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger., To have an eager desire; to long., To make hungry; to famish.
hungry superl. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire., Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious., Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
hunker noun Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.
hunted imp. & past participle of Hunt
hunter noun One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman., A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog., A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting., One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter., A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting., A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
hurden noun A coarse kind of linen; — called also harden.
hurdle noun A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes., In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution., An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race., To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
hurled imp. & past participle of Hurl
hurler noun One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
hurons noun pl.
hurrah interj. Alt. of Hurra, A cheer; a shout of joy, etc., To utter hurrahs; to huzza., To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.
hurter noun A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like., An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin., Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief., One who hurts or does harm., A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.
hurtle verb t. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle., To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish., To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound., To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish., To push; to jostle; to hurl.
hushed imp. & past participle of Hush
husher noun An usher.
husked imp. & past participle of Husk, Covered with a husk., Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
hussar noun Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
hustle verb t. To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room., To push or crows; to force one’s way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
hutted imp. & past participle of Hutch
huxter noun & verb i. See Huckster.
hyades nounpl. Alt. of Hyads
hyaena noun Same as Hyena.
hyalea noun A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
hybrid noun The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel., Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.
hydage noun A land tax. See Hidage.
hydras plural of Hydra
hydrae plural of Hydra
hydria noun A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form.
hydric adjective Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen; as, hydric oxide.
hydro- Alt. of Hydr-
hydrus noun A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.
hyemal adjective Belonging to winter; done in winter.
hyenas plural of Hyena
hyetal adjective Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.
hygeia noun The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.
hylism noun A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil.
hymned imp. & past participle of Hymn
hymnal noun A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
hymnic adjective Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics.
hympne noun A hymn.
hyper- A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion., A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. [Obs.] See Per-.
hyphae noun pl. The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.
hyphen noun A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words., To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.
hypnum noun The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.
hyrcan adjective Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea.
hyssop noun A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste.