| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hornobbed | imp. & past participle | of Hobnob |
| 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. |