| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| habendum | noun | That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; — so called because it begins with the word Habendum. |
| hability | noun | Ability; aptitude. |
| habiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Habit |
| habitant | verb t. | An inhabitant; a dweller., An inhabitant or resident; — a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; — usually in plural. |
| habitual | noun | Formed or acquired by habit or use., According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin. |
| habitude | noun | Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations., Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity., Habit of body or of action. |
| habiture | noun | Habitude. |
| hacienda | noun | A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; — a word used in Spanish-American regions. |
| hackbolt | noun | The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon. |
| hackbuss | noun | Same as Hagbut. |
| hackling | present participle & vb. noun | of Hackle |
| hackneys | plural | of Hackney |
| hackster | noun | A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. |
| haemato- | Alt. of Haemo-, See Haema-. | |
| haemapod | noun | An haemapodous animal. |
| haematic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red. |
| haematin | noun | Same as Hematin. |
| hagberry | noun | A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry. |
| haggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Haggle |
| haguebut | noun | See Hagbut. |
| hailshot | noun pl. | Small shot which scatter like hailstones. |
| hairbell | noun | See Harebell. |
| hairbird | noun | The chipping sparrow. |
| hairless | adjective | Destitute of hair. |
| hairtail | noun | Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish. |
| hairworm | A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius. | |
| halation | noun | An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture. |
| halfbeak | noun | Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; — called also balahoo. |
| halfcock | verb t. | To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. |
| halfness | noun | The quality of being half; incompleteness. |
| halfpace | noun | A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace. |
| half-ray | noun | A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions. |
| half-wit | noun | A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. |
| halicore | noun | Same as Dugong. |
| haliotis | noun | A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone. |
| halliard | noun | See Halyard. |
| hallooed | imp. & past participle | of Halloo |
| halloing | present participle & vb. noun | of Halloo |
| hallowed | imp. & past participle | of Hallow |
| hallucal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the hallux. |
| haltered | imp. & past participle | of Halter |
| halteres | noun pl. | Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera. |
| hal’yard | verb t. | A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. |
| hamiform | noun | Hook-shaped. |
| haminura | noun | A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana. |
| hamleted | p. adjective | Confined to a hamlet. |
| hammered | imp. & past participle | of Hammer |
| hammerer | noun | One who works with a hammer. |
| hampered | imp. & past participle | of Hamper |
| hamulate | adjective | Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped. |
| hamulose | adjective | Bearing a small hook at the end. |
| handbill | noun | A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand., A pruning hook. |
| handbook | noun | A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook. |
| handcart | noun | A cart drawn or pushed by hand. |
| handcuff | noun | A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; — usually in the plural., To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. |
| handfast | noun | Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping., Contract; specifically, espousal., Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands., To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage., Strong; steadfast. |
| handfish | noun | The frogfish. |
| handicap | noun | An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like., A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors., An old game at cards., To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped. |
| handiron | noun | See Andrion. |
| handling | present participle & vb. noun | of Handle, A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t., The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch. |
| handless | adjective | Without a hand. |
| handmade | adjective | Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes. |
| handmaid | noun | Alt. of Handmaiden |
| handsome | superl. | Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; — applied to things as persons., Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; — expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse., Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc., Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous., Ample; moderately large. |
| hangbird | noun | The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); — so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole. |
| hangnail | noun | A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. |
| hangnest | noun | A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket., A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird. |
| hankered | imp. & past participle | of Hanker |
| happened | imp. & past participle | of Happen |
| haquebut | noun | See Hagbut. |
| harangue | noun | A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting., To make an harangue; to declaim., To address by an harangue. |
| harassed | imp. & past participle | of Harass |
| harasser | noun | One who harasses. |
| harbored | imp. & past participle | of Harbor |
| harborer | noun | One who, or that which, harbors. |
| hardbake | noun | A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. |
| hardbeam | noun | A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam. |
| hardened | imp. & past participle | of Harden, Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice. |
| hardener | noun | One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools. |
| hardfern | noun | A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America. |
| hardhack | noun | A very astringent shrub (Spiraea tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this name. |
| hardhead | noun | Clash or collision of heads in contest., The menhaden. See Menhaden., Block’s gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe., A California salmon; the steelhead., The gray whale., A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura). |
| hardness | noun | The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively., The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes., The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes. |
| hardship | noun | That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. |
| hardspun | adjective | Firmly twisted in spinning. |
| hardtail | noun | See Jurel. |
| hardware | noun | Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery. |
| harebell | noun | A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; — called also bluebell. |
| harefoot | noun | A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; — said of dogs., A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare’s foot. |
| harikari | noun | See Hara-kiri. |
| harlotry | noun | Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story., The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness., Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art., A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. |
| harmless | adjective | Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless., Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. |
| harmonic | adjective | Alt. of Harmonical, A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics. |
| harpagon | noun | A grappling iron. |
| harpings | noun pl. | The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. |
| harpress | noun | A female harper. |
| harridan | noun | A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. |
| harrowed | imp. & past participle | of Harrow |
| harrower | noun | One who harrows., One who harries. |
| harrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Harry |
| hartford | noun | The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds. |
| hartwort | noun | A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum). |
| hasheesh | noun | Alt. of Hashish |
| hastated | noun | Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf. |
| hastened | imp. & past participle | of Hasten |
| hastener | noun | One who hastens., That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it. |
| hastings | verb | Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. |
| hatching | present participle & vb. noun | of Hatch, A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; — called also crosshatching. |
| hatchery | noun | A house for hatching fish, etc. |
| hatchure | noun | Same as Hachure. |
| hatchway | noun | A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar. |
| hatstand | noun | A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc. |
| hatteria | noun | A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; — called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera. |
| hauerite | noun | Native sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral. |
| haunched | adjective | Having haunches. |
| haunting | present participle & vb. noun | of Haunt |
| haurient | adjective | In pale, with the head in chief; — said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air. |
| hautgout | noun | High relish or flavor; high seasoning. |
| hauynite | noun | A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/ rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime. |
| havanese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba., A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana. |
| haveless | adjective | Having little or nothing. |
| havelock | noun | A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. |
| havenage | noun | Harbor dues; port dues. |
| havildar | noun | In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. |
| hawaiian | adjective | Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii., A native of Hawaii. |
| hawebake | noun | Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. |
| hawfinch | noun | The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); — called also cherry finch, and coble. |
| hawkbill | noun | A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; — called also caret. |
| hawkweed | noun | A plant of the genus Hieracium; — so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision., A plant of the genus Senecio (S. hieracifolius). |
| hawthorn | noun | A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed. |
| hayfield | noun | A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. |
| haymaker | noun | One who cuts and cures hay., A machine for curing hay in rainy weather. |
| haystack | noun | A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air. |
| haystalk | noun | A stalk of hay. |
| haythorn | noun | Hawthorn. |
| hazarded | imp. & past participle | of Hazard |
| hazarder | noun | A player at the game of hazard; a gamester., One who hazards or ventures. |
| hazardry | noun | Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling., Rashness; temerity. |
| hazeless | adjective | Destitute of haze. |
| hazelnut | noun | The nut of the hazel. |
| haziness | noun | The quality or state of being hazy. |