| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hibernate | verb i. | To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects. |
| hibernian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish., A native or an inhabitant of Ireland. |
| hiddenite | noun | An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, — used as a gem. |
| hidebound | adjective | Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; — said of an animal., Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; — said of trees., Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative., Niggardly; penurious. |
| hierarchy | noun | Dominion or authority in sacred things., A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers., A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests., A rank or order of holy beings. |
| hierogram | noun | A form of sacred or hieratic writing. |
| hierology | noun | A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science. |
| hierourgy | noun | A sacred or holy work or worship. |
| hifalutin | noun | See Highfaluting. |
| high-bred | adjective | Bred in high life; of pure blood. |
| highering | adjective | Rising higher; ascending. |
| highflier | noun | One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. |
| hightener | noun | That which heightens. |
| hig-taper | noun | A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] |
| hilarious | adjective | Mirthful; noisy; merry. |
| hilliness | noun | The state of being hilly. |
| himalayan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan. |
| himselven | pronoun pl. | Themselves. See Hemself. |
| hindberry | noun | The raspberry. |
| hindbrain | noun | The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only. |
| hindering | present participle & vb. noun | of Hinder |
| hinderest | adjective | Hindermost; — superl. of Hind, a. |
| hindooism | noun | Alt. of Hinduism |
| hindrance | verb t. | The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered., That which hinders; an impediment. |
| hingeless | adjective | Without a hinge or joint. |
| hintingly | adverb | In a hinting manner. |
| hipparion | noun | An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family. |
| hippocamp | noun | See Hippocampus. |
| hippocras | noun | A cordial made of spiced wine, etc. |
| hippodame | noun | A fabulous sea monster. |
| hippolith | noun | A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse. |
| hippotomy | noun | Anatomy of the horse. |
| hippurite | noun | A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks. |
| hircinous | adjective | Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats., Of a strong goatish smell. |
| hirudinea | noun pl. | An order of Annelida, including the leeches; — called also Hirudinei. |
| hirundine | adjective | Like or pertaining to the swallows. |
| hissingly | adverb | With a hissing sound. |
| histogeny | noun | Same as Histogenesis. |
| histology | noun | That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; — called also histiology. |
| histonomy | noun | The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc. |
| historial | adjective | Historical. |
| historian | noun | A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist., One versed or well informed in history. |
| historied | adjective | Related in history. |
| historier | noun | An historian. |
| histority | verb t. | To record in or as history. |
| historize | verb t. | To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. |
| histories | plural | of History |
| histotomy | noun | The dissection of organic tissues. |
| histozyme | noun | A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due. |