Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words hotchpot noun Alt. of Hotchpotch hot-head noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head. hothouse noun A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be … Read more
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 … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words hypaxial adjective Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal. hyperion noun The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty. hyphened imp. & past participle of Hyphen hypnosis noun Supervention of sleep. hypnotic adjective Having the quality of producing sleep; … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words harangue noun A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting., To make an harangue; to declaim., To address by an harangue. harassed imp. & past participle of Harass harasser noun … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words iambical adjective Iambic. iambuses plural of Iambus ianthina noun Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; — called also purple shell, and violet snail. iatrical adjective Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men. icebound adjective Totally surrounded with … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words hardbake noun A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. hardbeam noun A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam. hardened imp. & past participle of Harden, Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words icebound adjective Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast. icequake noun The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, — … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words hatching present participle & vb. noun of Hatch, A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; — called also crosshatching. hatchery noun A house for hatching fish, etc. hatchure noun Same … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words imaginal adjective Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins., Of or pertaining to an imago. imagined imp. & past participle of Imagine imaginer noun One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. imbanked imp. & past participle of Imbank imbecile adjective … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words hayfield noun A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. haymaker noun One who cuts and cures hay., A machine for curing hay in rainy weather. haystack noun A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air. haystalk noun A stalk of hay. haythorn … Read more