Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
hubbub |
verb i. |
A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. |
hubner |
noun |
A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate. |
huchen |
noun |
A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; — called also huso, and bull trout. |
huckle |
noun |
The hip; the haunch., A bunch or part projecting like the hip. |
huddle |
verb i. |
To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd., To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system., To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; — usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together., A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. |
huffed |
imp. & past participle |
of Huff |
huffer |
noun |
A bully; a blusterer. |
hugged |
imp. & past participle |
of Hug |
hugger |
noun |
One who hugs or embraces., To conceal; to lurk ambush. |
huggle |
verb t. |
To hug. |
hulchy |
adjective |
Swollen; gibbous. |
hulled |
imp. & past participle |
of Hull, Deprived of the hulls. |
huller |
noun |
One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine. |
hulver |
noun |
Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree. |
hummed |
imp. & past participle |
of Hum |
humane |
adjective |
Pertaining to man; human., Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent., Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine. |
humate |
noun |
A salt of humic acid. |
humble |
superl. |
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage., Thinking lowly of one’s self; claiming little for one’s self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one’s self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest., Hornless. See Hummel., To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate., To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; — often used rexlexively. |
humbly |
adverb |
With humility; lowly. |
humbug |
noun |
An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax., A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness., One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor., To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax. |
humect |
verb t. |
Alt. of Humectate |
humeri |
plural |
of Humerus |
humiri |
noun |
A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium. |
humite |
noun |
A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine. |
hummel |
verb t. |
To separate from the awns; — said of barley., Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow. |
hummer |
noun |
One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming., A humming bird. |
hummum |
noun |
A sweating bath or place for sweating. |
humped |
adjective |
Having a hump, as the back. |
hunger |
noun |
An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food., Any strong eager desire., To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger., To have an eager desire; to long., To make hungry; to famish. |
hungry |
superl. |
Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire., Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious., Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. |
hunker |
noun |
Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy. |
hunted |
imp. & past participle |
of Hunt |
hunter |
noun |
One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman., A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog., A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting., One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter., A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting., A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. |
hurden |
noun |
A coarse kind of linen; — called also harden. |
hurdle |
noun |
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes., In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution., An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race., To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. |
hurled |
imp. & past participle |
of Hurl |
hurler |
noun |
One who hurls, or plays at hurling. |
hurons |
noun pl. |
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hurrah |
interj. |
Alt. of Hurra, A cheer; a shout of joy, etc., To utter hurrahs; to huzza., To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs. |
hurter |
noun |
A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like., An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin., Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief., One who hurts or does harm., A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet. |
hurtle |
verb t. |
To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle., To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish., To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound., To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish., To push; to jostle; to hurl. |
hushed |
imp. & past participle |
of Hush |
husher |
noun |
An usher. |
husked |
imp. & past participle |
of Husk, Covered with a husk., Stripped of husks; deprived of husks. |
hussar |
noun |
Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies. |
hustle |
verb t. |
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room., To push or crows; to force one’s way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry. |
hutted |
imp. & past participle |
of Hutch |
huxter |
noun & verb i. |
See Huckster. |