Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
humanate |
adjective |
Indued with humanity. |
humanics |
noun |
The study of human nature. |
humanify |
verb t. |
To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate. |
humanism |
noun |
Human nature or disposition; humanity., The study of the humanities; polite learning. |
humanist |
noun |
One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title., One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature., One versed in knowledge of human nature. |
humanity |
noun |
The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings., Mankind collectively; the human race., The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness., Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature., The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters. |
humanize |
verb t. |
To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize., To give a human character or expression to., To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph., To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated. |
humation |
noun |
Interment; inhumation. |
humbling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Humble |
humidity |
noun |
Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; — used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing. |
humifuse |
adjective |
Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. |
humility |
noun |
The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one’s own worth; a sense of one’s own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness., An act of submission or courtesy. |
hummeler |
noun |
One who, or a machine which, hummels. |
hummocky |
adjective |
Abounding in hummocks. |
humoring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Humor |
humorism |
noun |
The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism., The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. |
humorist |
noun |
One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors., One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways., One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll. |
humorize |
verb t. |
To humor. |
humorous |
adjective |
Moist; humid; watery., Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical., Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect. |
humpback |
noun |
A crooked back; a humped back., A humpbacked person; a hunchback., Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis., A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America. |
humpless |
adjective |
Without a hump. |
humstrum |
noun |
An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played. |