| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hirling | noun | The young of the sea trout. |
| 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. |