| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| habited | imp. & past participle | of Habit, Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd., Fixed by habit; accustomed., Inhabited. |
| habitan | noun | Same as Habitant, 2. |
| habitat | verb t. | The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant., Place where anything is commonly found. |
| habitue | noun | One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater. |
| habitus | noun | Habitude; mode of life; general appearance. |
| hachure | noun | A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching. |
| hacking | present participle & vb. noun | of Hack |
| hackery | noun | A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. |
| hackled | imp. & past participle | of Hackle |
| hackmen | plural | of Hackman |
| hackman | noun | The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire. |
| hackney | noun | A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony., A horse or pony kept for hire., A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach., A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute., Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors., To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation., To carry in a hackney coach. |
| haddock | noun | A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie. |
| haemony | noun | A plant described by Milton as “of sovereign use against all enchantments.” |
| hagging | present participle & vb. noun | of Hag |
| hagborn | adjective | Born of a hag or witch. |
| haggada | noun | A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. |
| haggard | adjective | Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk., Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes., A young or untrained hawk or falcon., A fierce, intractable creature., A hag., A stackyard. |
| haggish | adjective | Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled. |
| haggled | imp. & past participle | of Haggle |
| haggler | noun | One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining., One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets. |
| hagseed | noun | The offspring of a hag. |
| hagship | noun | The state or title of a hag. |
| haiduck | noun | Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. |
| halting | present participle & vb. noun | of Hail, of Halt |
| hairpin | noun | A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, — used by women. |
| haitian | adjective & noun | See Haytian. |
| haketon | noun | Same as Acton. |
| halacha | noun | The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash. |
| halberd | noun | An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. |
| halcyon | noun | A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia., Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice., Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. |
| halesia | noun | A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels. |
| halfway | adverb | In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded., Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway. |
| halibut | noun | A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. |
| halidom | noun | Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; — used chiefly in oaths., Holy doom; the Last Day. |
| hallage | noun | A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall. |
| hallier | noun | A kind of net for catching birds. |
| haloing | present participle & vb. noun | of Halo |
| halogen | noun | An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine. |
| halones | noun pl. | Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds. |
| halpace | noun | See Haut pas. |
| halsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Halse |
| halvans | noun pl. | Impure ore; dirty ore. |
| halving | present participle & vb. noun | of Halve |
| hamated | adjective | Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. |
| hamatum | noun | See Unciform. |
| hamburg | noun | A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe. |
| hammock | noun | A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends., A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land. |
| hamster | noun | A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations. |
| hamular | adjective | Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone. |
| hamulus | noun | A hook, or hooklike process., A hooked barbicel of a feather. |
| hanaper | noun | A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper. |
| handing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hand |
| handful | noun | As much as the hand will grasp or contain., A hand’s breadth; four inches., A small quantity. |
| handily | adverb | In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently. |
| handled | imp. & past participle | of Handle |
| handsaw | noun | A saw used with one hand. |
| handsel | noun | A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc., Price; payment., To give a handsel to., To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally. |
| hadsome | verb t. | To render handsome. |
| hanging | present participle & vb. noun | of Hang, Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter., Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves., Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges., The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended., Death by suspension; execution by a halter., That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; — used chiefly in the plural. |
| hang-by | noun | A dependent; a hanger-on; — so called in contempt. |
| hangdog | noun | A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird., Low; sneaking; ashamed. |
| hangmen | plural | of Hangman |
| hangman | noun | One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; — sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. |
| hansard | noun | An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; — so called from the name of the publishers., A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse. |
| hanuman | noun | See Hoonoomaun. |
| hapless | adjective | Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. |
| haplomi | noun pl. | An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes. |
| happily | adverb | By chance; peradventure; haply., By good fortune; fortunately; luckily., In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife., With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success. |
| hardily | adverb | Same as Hardly., Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. |
| hardish | adjective | Somewhat hard. |
| hardock | noun | See Hordock. |
| hardpan | noun | The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a. |
| harelip | noun | A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare. |
| harfang | noun | The snowy owl. |
| haricot | noun | A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables., The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots. |
| harlock | noun | Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. |
| harming | present participle & vb. noun | of Harm |
| harmful | adjective | Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. |
| harmine | noun | An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance. |
| harmony | noun | The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe., Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony., A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels., A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation., The science which treats of their construction and progression., See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. |
| harmost | noun | A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them. |
| harness | noun | Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor., The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling., The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle., To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array., Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense., To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. |
| harping | present participle & vb. noun | of Harp, Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. |
| harpist | noun | A player on the harp; a harper. |
| harpoon | noun | A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun., To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon. |
| harpies | plural | of Harpy |
| harrage | verb t. | To harass; to plunder from. |
| harrier | noun | One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares., One who harries., One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, — as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus). |
| harried | imp. & past participle | of Harry |
| harshly | adverb | In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely. |
| harslet | noun | See Haslet. |
| harvest | noun | The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn., That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit., The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward., To reap or gather, as any crop. |
| hashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hash |
| hashish | noun | A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja. |
| hasping | present participle & vb. noun | of Hasp |
| hassock | noun | A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock., A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use. |
| hastate | noun | Alt. of Hastated |
| hasting | present participle & vb. noun | of Haste |
| hastile | adjective | Same as Hastate. |
| hastily | adverb | In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly., Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly., Passionately; impatiently. |
| hastive | noun | Forward; early; — said of fruits. |
| hatable | adjective | Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable. |
| hatband | noun | A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning. |
| hatched | imp. & past participle | of Hatch |
| hatchel | noun | An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; — called also hackle and heckle., To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts., To tease; to worry; to torment. |
| hatcher | noun | One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator., One who contrives or originates; a plotter. |
| hatchet | noun | A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand., Specifically, a tomahawk. |
| hateful | adjective | Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent., Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious. |
| hatless | adjective | Having no hat. |
| hatrack | noun | A hatstand; hattree. |
| hatting | noun | The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats. |
| hattree | noun | A hatstand. |
| hauberk | verb t. | A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon. |
| haughty | superl. | High; lofty; bold., Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing., Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. |
| hauling | present participle & vb. noun | of Haul |
| haulage | noun | Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling. |
| haunted | imp. & past participle | of Haunt, Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost. |
| haunter | noun | One who, or that which, haunts. |
| hautboy | noun | A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe., A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior). |
| hautein | adjective | Haughty; proud., High; — said of the voice or flight of birds. |
| hauteur | noun | Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance. |
| hautpas | noun | A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais. |
| havened | p. adjective | Sheltered in a haven. |
| havener | noun | A harbor master. |
| haw-haw | noun | See Ha-ha. |
| hawking | present participle & vb. noun | of Hawk |
| hawkbit | noun | The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale). |
| haybird | noun | The European spotted flycatcher., The European blackcap. |
| haybote | noun | An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote. |
| haycock | noun | A conical pile or hear of hay in the field. |
| hayfork | noun | A fork for pitching and tedding hay. |
| hayloft | noun | A loft or scaffold for hay. |
| hayrack | noun | A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; — called also hay rigging. |
| hayrake | noun | A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses. |
| hayrick | noun | A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air. |
| haytian | adjective | Of pertaining to Hayti., A native of Hayti. |
| hayward | noun | An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large. |
| hazelly | adjective | Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. |
| heading | present participle & vb. noun | of Head, The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head., That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper., Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc., A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift., The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch., That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. |
| headily | adverb | In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately. |
| headmen | plural | of Headman |
| headman | noun | A head or leading man, especially of a village community. |
| headpan | noun | The brainpan. |
| headway | noun | The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind., Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath. |
| healing | present participle & vb. noun | of Heal, Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words. |
| healall | noun | A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea. |
| healful | adjective | Tending or serving to heal; healing. |
| healthy | superl. | Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant., Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion., Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate. |
| heaping | present participle & vb. noun | of Heap |
| hearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hear, The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good., Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing., A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues., Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot. |
| hearken | verb i. | To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply., To inquire; to seek information., To hear by listening., To give heed to; to hear attentively. |
| hearsal | noun | Rehearsal. |
| hearsay | noun | Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another. |
| hearted | adjective | Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character)., Shaped like a heart; cordate., Seated or laid up in the heart. |
| hearten | verb t. | To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden., To restore fertility or strength to, as to land. |
| heating | present participle & vb. noun | of Heat, That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications. |
| heathen | plural | of Heathen, An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater., An irreligious person., Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author., Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish., Irreligious; scoffing. |
| heather | noun | Heath. |
| heaving | present participle & vb. noun | of Heave, A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing. |
| heavily | adverb | In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded., As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully. |
| hebenon | noun | See Henbane. |
| hebraic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews. |
| hectare | noun | A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres. |
| heddles | plural | of Heddle |
| hederal | adjective | Of or pertaining to ivy. |
| hederic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series. |
| hedging | present participle & vb. noun | of Hedge |
| hedonic | adjective | Pertaining to pleasure., Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect. |
| heeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Heed |
| heedful | adjective | Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. |
| heeling | present participle & vb. noun | of Heel |
| heeltap | noun | One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe., A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking., To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.) |
| hefting | present participle & vb. noun | of Heft |
| heinous | adjective | Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; — applied to deeds or to character. |
| heirdom | noun | The state of an heir; succession by inheritance. |
| heiress | noun | A female heir. |
| hektare | noun | Alt. of Hektometer |
| helamys | noun | See Jumping hare, under Hare. |
| helenin | noun | A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste. |
| helical | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. |
| helicin | noun | A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.) |
| helicon | noun | A mountain in Boeotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses. |
| helices | plural | of Helix |
| helixes | plural | of Helix |
| hellene | noun | A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. |
| hellhag | noun | A hag of or fit for hell. |
| hellier | verb t. | One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher. |
| hellish | adjective | Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical. |
| helming | present participle & vb. noun | of Helm |
| helmage | noun | Guidance; direction. |
| helotry | noun | The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. |
| helping | present participle & vb. noun | of Help |
| helpful | adjective | Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. |
| helving | present participle & vb. noun | of Helve |
| helvine | noun | Alt. of Helvite |
| helvite | noun | A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur. |
| hemming | present participle & vb. noun | of Hem |
| hematic | adjective | Same as Haematic., A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood. |
| hematin | noun | Hematoxylin., A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color. |
| heminae | plural | of Hemina |
| hemlock | noun | The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium., An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce., The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. |
| hemself | pronoun | Alt. of Hemselven |
| henbane | noun | A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus. |
| hencoop | noun | A coop or cage for hens. |
| henfish | noun | A marine fish; the sea bream., A young bib. See Bib, n., 2. |
| hennery | noun | An inclosed place for keeping hens. |
| henotic | adjective | Harmonizing; irenic. |
| henpeck | verb t. | To subject to petty authority; — said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively). |
| henware | noun | A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks. |
| henxman | noun | Henchman. |
| hepatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases., Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar., Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts. |
| heptade | noun | The sum or number of seven. |
| heptane | noun | Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); — so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc. |
| heptene | noun | Same as Heptylene. |
| heptine | noun | Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series. |
| heptoic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid. |
| heptone | noun | A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series. |
| herbage | noun | Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture., The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man. |
| herbary | noun | A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. |
| herbist | noun | A herbalist. |
| herblet | noun | A small herb. |
| herbose | adjective | Alt. of Herbous |
| herbous | adjective | Abounding with herbs. |
| herding | present participle & vb. noun | of Herd |
| herdess | noun | A shepherdess; a female herder. |
| herdman | noun | Alt. of Herdsman |
| here-at | adverb | At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. |
| heremit | noun | Alt. of Heremite |
| hereout | adverb | Out of this. |
| heretic | noun | One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion., One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith “determined by the authority of the universal church.” |
| heretog | noun | The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. |
| heritor | noun | A proprietor or landholder in a parish. |
| herling | noun | Alt. of Hirling |
| hirling | noun | The young of the sea trout. |
| hernani | noun | A thin silk or woolen goods, for women’s dresses, woven in various styles and colors. |
| hernias | plural | of Hernia |
| herniae | plural | of Hernia |
| hernial | adjective | Of, or connected with, hernia. |
| heroess | noun | A heroine. |
| heroine | noun | A woman of an heroic spirit., The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story. |
| heroism | noun | The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities. |
| heroner | noun | A hawk used in hunting the heron. |
| heronry | noun | A place where herons breed. |
| herring | noun | One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. |
| herself | pronoun | An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; — used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself., Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself. |
| hertely | adjective & adverb | Hearty; heartily. |
| hessian | adjective | Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians., A native or inhabitant of Hesse., A mercenary or venal person., See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a. |
| hessite | noun | A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver. |
| hestern | adjective | Alt. of Hesternal |
| hetchel | verb t. | Same as Hatchel. |
| hetero- | A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous. | |
| hething | noun | Contempt; scorn. |
| hetmans | plural | of Hetman |
| hewhole | noun | The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle. |
| hexacid | adjective | Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; — said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base. |
| hexagon | noun | A plane figure of six angles. |
| hexapla | sing. | A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century. |
| hexapod | adjective | Having six feet., An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda. |
| hexylic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol. |
| hiation | noun | Act of gaping. |
| hickory | noun | An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. |
| hickway | noun | The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. |
| hidalgo | noun | A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class. |
| hideous | adjective | Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks., Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise., Hateful; shocking. |
| higgled | imp. & past participle | of Higgle |
| higgler | noun | One who higgles. |
| high-go | noun | A spree; a revel. |
| highmen | noun pl. | Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. |
| highway | noun | A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare. |
| hilding | noun | A base, menial wretch., Base; spiritless. |
| hilling | present participle & vb. noun | of Hill, The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants. |
| hillock | noun | A small hill. |
| hilltop | noun | The top of a hill. |
| himself | pronoun | An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; — used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself., One’s true or real character; one’s natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one’s right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself., Alt. of Himselven |
| hindgut | noun | The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also. |
| hindoos | plural | of Hindu |
| hinging | present participle & vb. noun | of Hinge |
| hinnies | plural | of Hinny |
| hinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Hint |
| hipping | present participle & vb. noun | of Hip |
| hiphalt | adjective | Lame in the hip. |
| hippish | adjective | Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. |
| hipshot | adjective | Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. |
| hircine | adjective | Alt. of Hircinous |
| hirsute | adjective | Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy., Rough and coarse; boorish., Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs., Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds. |
| hirundo | noun | A genus of birds including the swallows and martins. |
| hissing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hiss, The act of emitting a hiss or hisses., The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. |
| histoid | adjective | Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors. |
| history | noun | A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient’s case; the history of a legislative bill., A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; — distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual’s life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory., To narrate or record. |
| hitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Hit |
| hitched | imp. & past participle | of Hitch |
| hitchel | noun & verb t. | See Hatchel. |
| hoarded | imp. & past participle | of Hoard |
| hoarder | noun | One who hoards. |
| hoarsen | verb t. | To make hoarse. |
| hoatzin | noun | Same as Hoazin. |
| hoaxing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hoax |
| hobanob | verb i. | Alt. of Hobandnob |
| hobbism | noun | The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion. |
| hobbist | noun | One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes. |
| hobbled | imp. & past participle | of Hobble |
| hobbler | noun | One who hobbles., One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. |
| hobbies | plural | of Hobby |
| hobiler | noun | A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. |
| hobnail | noun | A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, — used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes., A clownish person; a rustic., To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. |
| hockday | noun | A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; — called also hocktide. |
| hockled | imp. & past participle | of Hockle |
| hodiern | adjective | Alt. of Hodiernal |
| hoecake | noun | A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; — so called because often cooked on a hoe. |
| hogging | present participle & vb. noun | of Hog, Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. |
| hogback | noun | An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; — the opposite of camber., See Hogframe., A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides. |
| hogcote | noun | A shed for swine; a sty. |
| hogfish | noun | A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolaemus)., The pigfish or sailor’s choice., An American fresh-water fish; the log perch., A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa). |
| hoggery | noun | Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness. |
| hoggish | adjective | Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. |
| hogherd | noun | A swineherd. |
| hogskin | noun | Leather tanned from a hog’s skin. Also used adjectively. |
| hogwash | noun | Swill. |
| hogweed | noun | A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiaege). See Ambrosia, 3., In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium. |
| hoisted | imp. & past participle | of Hoist |
| hokeday | noun | Same as Hockday. |
| holding | present participle & vb. noun | of Hold, The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining., A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another., That which holds, binds, or influences., The burden or chorus of a song. |
| holibut | noun | See Halibut. |
| holidam | noun | See Halidom. |
| holiday | noun | A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday., A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day., A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday., Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay., Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion. |
| hollaed | imp. & past participle | of Holla |
| holland | noun | A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children’s garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands. |
| holloed | imp. & past participle | of Hollo |
| holmium | noun | A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite. |
| holster | noun | A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle. |
| holyday | noun | A religious festival., A secular festival; a holiday. |
| homaged | imp. & past participle | of Homage |
| homager | noun | One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. |
| homarus | noun | A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. |
| homelyn | noun | The European sand ray (Raia maculata); — called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray. |
| homeric | adjective | Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer. |
| hommock | noun | A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock. |
| homonym | noun | A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. |
| honesty | adjective | Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency., The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile., Chastity; modesty., Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; — called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty. |
| honeyed | imp. & past participle | of Honey, Covered with honey., Sweet, as, honeyed words. |
| honored | imp. & past participle | of Honor |
| honorer | noun | One who honors. |
| hooding | present participle & vb. noun | of Hood |
| hoodcap | noun | See Hooded seal, under Hooded. |
| hoodlum | noun | A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. |
| hoodman | noun | The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. |
| hooking | present participle & vb. noun | of Hook |
| hooklet | noun | A little hook. |
| hoolock | noun | A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam. |
| hooping | present participle & vb. noun | of Hoop |
| hoosier | noun | A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. |
| hooting | present participle & vb. noun | of Hoot |
| hopping | present participle & vb. noun | of Hop, The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing., A gathering of hops. |
| hopbine | noun | Alt. of Hopbind |
| hopbind | noun | The climbing stem of the hop. |
| hopeful | adjective | Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant., Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. |
| hopeite | noun | A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals. |
| hoplite | noun | A heavy-armed infantry soldier. |
| hoppled | imp. & past participle | of Hopple |
| hopyard | noun | A field where hops are raised. |
| hordeic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid. |
| hordein | noun | A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture. |
| hordock | noun | An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock. |
| horizon | noun | The circle which bounds that part of the earth’s surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky., A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth’s surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon., A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth’s center; — called also rational / celestial horizon., The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible., The epoch or time during which a deposit was made., The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line. |
| hornbug | noun | A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees. |
| hornify | verb t. | To horn; to cuckold. |
| horning | noun | Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent. |
| hornish | adjective | Somewhat like horn; hard. |
| hornito | noun | A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. |
| hornowl | noun | See Horned Owl. |
| horrent | adjective | Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling. |
| horrify | verb t. | To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders. |
| horsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Horse |
| hosanna | noun | A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. |
| hosiery | noun | The business of a hosier., Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose. |
| hospice | noun | A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard. |
| hostage | noun | A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. |
| hostess | noun | A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house., A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. |
| hostile | adjective | Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change., An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; — commonly in the plural. |
| hosting | noun | An encounter; a battle., A muster or review. |
| hostler | noun | An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler., The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; — so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person., The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip. |
| hotfoot | adverb | In haste; foothot. |
| hotness | noun | The quality or state of being hot., Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury. |
| hotspur | noun | A rash, hot-headed man., Alt. of Hotspurred |
| houghed | imp. & past participle | of Hough |
| hounded | imp. & past participle | of Hound |
| housage | noun | A fee for keeping goods in a house. |
| housing | present participle & vb. noun | of House, The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation., That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively., The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another., A niche for a statue., A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc., That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel., A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up., A houseline. See Houseline., A cover or cloth for a horse’s saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings., An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. |
| hoveled | imp. & past participle | of Hovel |
| hoveler | noun | One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. |
| hovered | imp. & past participle | of Hover |
| hoverer | noun | A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm. |
| howadji | noun | A traveler., A merchant; — so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers. |
| howbeit | conj. | Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however. |
| however | adverb | In whetever manner, way, or degree., At all events; at least; in any case., Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it. |
| howling | present participle & vb. noun | of Howl |
| huanaco | noun | See Guanaco. |
| huddled | imp. & past participle | of Huddle |
| huddler | noun | One who huddles things together. |
| hueless | adjective | Destitute of color. |
| huffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Huff |
| huffcap | noun | A blusterer; a bully., Blustering; swaggering. |
| huffish | adjective | Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. |
| hugging | present participle & vb. noun | of Hug |
| huisher | noun | See Usher., To usher. |
| hulking | adjective | Alt. of Hulky |
| hulling | present participle & vb. noun | of Hull |
| huloist | noun | See Hyloist. |
| humming | present participle & vb. noun | of Hum, Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing., A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. |
| humanly | adverb | In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue., Kindly; humanely. |
| humbird | noun | Humming bird. |
| humbled | imp. & past participle | of Humble |
| humbler | noun | One who, or that which, humbles some one. |
| humbles | noun pl. | Entrails of a deer. |
| humdrum | adjective | Monotonous; dull; commonplace., A dull fellow; a bore., Monotonous and tedious routine., A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse. |
| humeral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial. |
| humerus | noun | The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb., The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium. |
| hummock | noun | A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface., A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field., Timbered land. See Hammock. |
| humored | imp. & past participle | of Humor |
| humoral | adjective | Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. |
| humulin | noun | An extract of hops. |
| hunched | imp. & past participle | of Hunch |
| hundred | noun | The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C., A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen., Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars. |
| hungary | noun | A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. |
| hungred | adjective | Hungered; hungry. |
| hunting | present participle & vb. noun | of Hunt, The pursuit of game or of wild animals. |
| hurkaru | noun | In India, a running footman; a messenger. |
| hurling | present participle & vb. noun | of Hurl, The act of throwing with force., A kind of game at ball, formerly played. |
| hurlbat | noun | See Whirlbat. |
| hurried | adjective | Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life., Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job., of Hurry |
| hurrier | noun | One who hurries or urges. |
| hurries | noun | A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels. |
| hurting | present participle & vb. noun | of Hurt |
| hurtful | adjective | Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct. |
| hurtled | imp. & past participle | of Hurtle |
| husband | noun | The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family., A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman., One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist., A married man; a man who has a wife; — the correlative to wife., The male of a pair of animals., To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy., To cultivate, as land; to till., To furnish with a husband. |
| hushing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hush, The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; — also called booming. |
| husking | present participle & vb. noun | of Husk, The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn., A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; — called also |
| huskily | adverb | In a husky manner; dryly. |
| hussite | noun | A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415. |
| hustled | imp. & past participle | of Hustle |
| huswife | noun | A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman., A worthless woman; a hussy., A case for sewing materials. See Housewife., To manage with frugality; — said of a woman. |
| hutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Hutch |
| hutched | imp. & past participle | of Hutch |
| huzzaed | imp. & past participle | of Huzza |
| hyacine | noun | A hyacinth. |
| hyaline | adjective | Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal., A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere., The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates., The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. |
| hyalite | noun | A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; — called also Muller’s glass. |
| hyaloid | adjective | Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye. |
| hybodus | noun | An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth. |
| hydatid | noun | A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. See these words in the Vocabulary. |
| hydrant | noun | A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug. |
| hydrate | noun | A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts., A substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime., To form into a hydrate; to combine with water. |
| hydriad | noun | A water nymph. |
| hydride | noun | A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element. |
| hydrina | noun pl. | The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong. |
| hydroid | adjective | Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea., One of the Hydroideas. |
| hydrous | adjective | Containing water; watery., Containing water of hydration or crystallization. |
| hyemate | verb i. | To pass the winter. |
| hygeian | adjective | Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation. |
| hygeist | noun | One skilled in hygiena; a hygienist. |
| hygiene | noun | That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health. |
| hygrine | noun | An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste and odor. |
| hylodes | noun | The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes. |
| hyloism | noun | Same as Hylotheism. |
| hyloist | noun | Same as Hylotheist. |
| hymenia | plural | of Hymenium |
| hymning | present participle & vb. noun | of Hymn, Praising with hymns; singing., The singing of hymns. |
| hymnist | noun | A writer of hymns. |
| hymnody | noun | Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology. |
| hypogea | plural | of Hypogeum |
| hypogyn | noun | An hypogynous plant. |
| hyppish | adjective | Affected with hypochondria; hypped. |
| hypural | adjective | Under the tail; — applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes. |
| hystrix | noun | A genus of rodents, including the porcupine. |