| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |