| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hoarfrost | noun | The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. |
| hoarhound | noun | Same as Horehound. |
| hoariness | noun | The state of being hoary. |
| hoarsened | imp. & past participle | of Hoarsen |
| hoarstone | noun | A stone designating the /ounds of an estate; a landmark. |
| hobandnob | verb i. | Same as Hobnob. |
| hobgoblin | noun | A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. |
| hobnailed | adjective | See with hobnails, as a shoe. |
| hornobbed | imp. & past participle | of Hobnob |
| hockamore | noun | A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock. |
| hodiernal | adjective | Of this day; belonging to the present day. |
| hodmandod | noun | See Dodman. |
| hodograph | noun | A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces. |
| hodometer | noun | See Odometer. |
| hoemother | noun | The basking or liver shark; — called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver. |
| hogchoker | noun | An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value. |
| hogringer | noun | One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs. |
| hoidenish | adjective | Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden. |
| hoistaway | noun | A mechanical lift. See Elevator. |
| holethnic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race. |
| holethnos | noun | A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes. |
| hollander | noun | A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman., A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; — called also, Dutch clinker. |
| hollowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hollow |
| hollyhock | noun | A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; — called also rose mallow. |
| holoblast | noun | an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast. |
| holocaust | noun | A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations., Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.] |
| holograph | noun | A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be. |
| holometer | noun | An instrument for making of angular measurements. |
| holophote | noun | A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; — used in lighthouses. |
| holostean | adjective | Pertaining to the Holostei. |
| holostome | noun | One of the Holostomata. |
| holothure | noun | A holothurian. |
| holstered | adjective | Bearing holsters. |
| holystone | noun | A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships., To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel. |
| homacanth | adjective | Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; — said of certain fishes. |
| home-bred | adjective | Bred at home; domestic; not foreign., Not polished; rude; uncultivated. |
| home-felt | adjective | Felt in one’s own breast; inward; private. |
| homefield | noun | A field adjacent to its owner’s home. |
| homeopath | noun | A practitioner of homeopathy. |
| homestall | noun | Place of a home; homestead. |
| homestead | noun | The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it., The home or seat of a family; place of origin., The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. |
| homewards | adverb | Toward home; in the direction of one’s house, town, or country. |
| homicidal | adjective | Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous. |
| homiletic | adjective | Alt. of Homiletical |
| homocercy | noun | The possession of a homocercal tail. |
| homodemic | adjective | A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality. |
| homodermy | noun | Homology of the germinal layers. |
| homograph | noun | One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful. |
| homologon | noun | See Homologue. |
| homologue | noun | That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale. |
| homoorgan | Same as Homoplast. | |
| homophone | noun | A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another., A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright. |
| homophony | noun | Sameness of sound., Sameness of sound; unison., Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous. |
| homophyly | noun | That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. |
| homoplast | noun | One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; — also called homoorgan. |
| homoplasy | noun | See Homogeny. |
| homopolic | adjective | In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology. |
| homoptera | noun pl. | A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera. |
| homotaxia | noun | Same as Homotaxis. |
| homotaxic | adjective | Relating to homotaxis. |
| homotaxis | noun | Similarly in arrangement of parts; — the opposite of heterotaxy. |
| homotypal | adjective | Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts. |
| homotypic | adjective | Alt. of Homotypical |
| homunculi | plural | of Homunculus |
| honey-bag | noun | The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. |
| honeybird | noun | The honey guide. |
| honeycomb | noun | A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs., Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. |
| honeyless | adjective | Destitute of honey. |
| honeymoon | noun | The first month after marriage. |
| honeyware | noun | See Badderlocks. |
| honeywort | noun | A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees. |
| honorable | adjective | Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious., High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation., Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive., Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds., Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude., Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial., Of reputable association or use; respectable., An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman. |
| honorably | adverb | In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor., Decently; becomingly. |
| honorific | adjective | Conferring honor; tending to honor. |
| honorless | adjective | Destitute of honor; not honored. |
| hoofbound | adjective | Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness. |
| hop-thumb | noun | A very diminutive person., See Hop-o’-my-thumb. |
| hopscotch | noun | A child’s game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; — called also hoppers. |
| hordeolum | noun | A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty. |
| horehound | noun | A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. |
| hornotine | noun | A yearling; a bird of the year. |
| hornsnake | noun | A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below. |
| hornstone | noun | A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; — called also chert. |
| hornwrack | noun | A bryozoan of the genus Flustra. |
| hornyhead | noun | Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus. |
| horologer | noun | A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology. |
| horometer | noun | An instrument for measuring time. |
| horometry | noun | The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions. |
| horoscope | noun | The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person’s birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person’s life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment., The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune., The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus., A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places. |
| horoscopy | noun | The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events., Aspect of the stars at the time of a person’s birth. |
| horrified | imp. & past participle | of Horrify |
| horseback | noun | The back of a horse., An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition. |
| horsefish | noun | The moonfish (Selene setipinnis)., The sauger. |
| horsefeet | plural | of Horsefoot |
| horsefoot | noun | The coltsfoot., The Limulus or horseshoe crab. |
| horsehair | noun | A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs. |
| horsehead | noun | The silver moonfish (Selene vomer). |
| horsehide | noun | The hide of a horse., Leather made of the hide of a horse. |
| horseknop | noun | Knapweed. |
| horsemint | noun | A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata)., In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris). |
| horsenail | noun | A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail. |
| horseplay | noun | Rude, boisterous play. |
| horsepond | noun | A pond for watering horses. |
| horserake | noun | A rake drawn by a horse. |
| horseshoe | noun | A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse’s hoof., Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab., The Limulus of horsehoe crab. |
| horsetail | noun | A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum., A Turkish standard, denoting rank. |
| horseweed | noun | A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed. |
| horsewhip | noun | A whip for horses., To flog or chastise with a horsewhip. |
| horsewood | noun | A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms. |
| horseworm | noun | The larva of a botfly. |
| horsiness | noun | The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse., Fondness for, or interest in, horses. |
| hortation | noun | The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation. |
| hortative | adjective | Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative., An exhortation. |
| hortatory | adjective | Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. |
| hospitage | noun | Hospitality. |
| hospitate | verb i. | To receive hospitality; to be a guest., To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. |
| hospitium | noun | An inn; a lodging; a hospice., An inn of court. |
| hostilely | adverb | In a hostile manner. |
| hostility | noun | State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity., An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. |
| hostilize | verb t. | To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. |
| hot blast | See under Blast. | |
| hot-short | adjective | More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron. |
| hottentot | noun | One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts., The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds. |
| houndfish | noun | Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; — called also houndshark, and dogfish. |
| hourglass | noun | An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower. |
| housebote | noun | Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote. |
| housecarl | noun | A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute. |
| household | noun | Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family., A line of ancestory; a race or house., Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. |
| houseleek | noun | A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; — called also ayegreen. |
| houseless | adjective | Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer. |
| houseline | noun | A small line of three strands used for seizing; — called also housing. |
| houseling | adjective | Same as Housling. |
| housemaid | noun | A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. |
| housemate | noun | One who dwells in the same house with another. |
| houseroom | noun | Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom. |
| housewife | noun | The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household., A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; — called also hussy., A hussy., Alt. of Housewive |
| housewive | verb t. | To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. |
| housework | noun | The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like. |
| houyhnhnm | noun | One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men. |
| hovelling | of Hovel | |
| howsoever | adj. & conj. | In what manner soever; to whatever degree or extent; however., Although; though; however. |