English words: H

779 words under H; 301–400 on this page.

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• heckle verb (heckle, heckles, heckled, heckling); noun…
  To heckle means to shout rude or annoying comments at someone who is speaking or performing in public, to interrupt them.
• heckling noun (heckling — uncountable); verb form…
  Shouting rude remarks or questions to interrupt someone who is speaking or performing in public, such as a comedian or politician.
• hectare noun (a hectare, hectares)
  A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, the size of a square 100 metres by 100 metres; symbol ha.
• hedge noun (a hedge, hedges); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees growing close together, forming a living fence.
• hedgehog noun (a hedgehog, hedgehogs)
  A hedgehog is a small wild animal with a pointed nose and a back covered in sharp spines, which rolls into a ball when frightened.
• hedgerow noun (a hedgerow, hedgerows)
  A row of bushes, shrubs and small trees growing along the edge of a field or a country lane.
• heed verb (heed, heeds, heeded, heeding); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To heed advice or a warning is to pay attention to it and do what it says.
• heedless adjective (heedless)
  Not paying attention to something, especially to a warning or danger; careless.
• heel noun (a heel, heels); verb (heel, heels, heeled, heeling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The back part of your foot under the ankle.
• heifer noun (a heifer, heifers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A young female cow that has not yet had a calf (or has had only one).
• height noun (height, heights)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Height is how tall a person or thing is, from the bottom to the top.
• heighten verb (heighten, heightens, heightened, heightening)
  To make a feeling, effect or danger stronger or greater.
• heinous adjectiveJewish tradition
  Very wicked and shocking, hateful in a terrible way.
• heir noun (an heir, heirs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who will receive someone's money, house or other property when that person dies, as in «She is heir to the farm».
• helicopter noun (a helicopter, helicopters); verb…
  A helicopter is an aircraft with big spinning blades on top, which lets it go straight up, straight down and hover in one place.
• helium noun (helium — uncountable)
  A very light gas with no colour or smell that is lighter than air; it is used to fill party balloons and airships so they float.
• hell noun (uncountable; also interjection — rude)
  In some religions, a place where bad people are believed to go after death to be punished.
• hellenic adjective (Hellenic)
  To do with Greece and the Greek people, language and culture, especially ancient Greece.
• hello exclamation (hello); noun (a hello, hellos); verb…
  A word you say when you meet someone or answer the phone.
• helm noun (helms)
  The helm is the wheel or handle used to steer a ship or boat.
• helmet noun (helmet, helmets)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A helmet is a hard hat that keeps your head safe when you ride a bike, scooter or horse, or play some sports.
• helmsman noun (helmsmen)
  A helmsman is the person who steers a ship or boat.
• helot noun (a helot, helots)
  A helot was one of the people in ancient Sparta who were made to work the land for the Spartans, almost like slaves, and could not leave.
• help verb (help, helps, helped, helping); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To help is to do something for someone so their work is easier.
• helpdesk noun (a helpdesk, helpdesks; also help desk)
  A helpdesk is a service, desk or phone line where people answer questions and fix problems, especially with computers.
• helper noun (a helper, helpers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A helper is a person who helps someone do a job.
• helpful adjective (helpful, more helpful, most helpful)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Helpful describes someone who is willing to help others.
• helping noun (a helping, helpings); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An amount of food served to one person at one time: a second helping of pudding.
• helpless adjective (helpless, more helpless, most helpless)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Helpless means not able to look after yourself or do things without help, like a newborn baby.
• helplessly adverb
  Without being able to help yourself or do anything about a situation.
• helplessness noun (no plural in common use)
  Helplessness is the state of being unable to act or help oneself.
• helve nounJewish tradition
  The handle of a tool such as an axe or hammer.
• hem noun (a hem, hems); verb (hem, hems, hemmed, hemming)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The edge of a piece of cloth, folded over and sewn so it does not fray, such as the bottom of a skirt or trousers.
• hemisphere noun (a hemisphere, hemispheres)
  Half of a sphere (a ball shape).
• hemlock noun (hemlocks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hemlock is a tall wild plant with small white flowers, and it is very poisonous.
• hemp noun (hemp, uncountable)
  Hemp is a tall plant whose strong stem fibres are used to make rope, cloth, paper and other things.
• hempen adjective
  Hempen means made of hemp, a tough plant fibre used for rope and cloth.
• hen noun (hen, hens)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hen is a female chicken, a farm bird that lays eggs.
• hence adverb (hence)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hence means «so» or «for this reason».
• henceforth adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  From now on; from this time into the future.
• henceforward adverb (henceforward; also «henceforth»)
  From now on; from this time into the future.
• henhouse noun (a henhouse, henhouses)
  A small hut or shed where hens (chickens) live, sleep and lay eggs.
• henna nounJewish tradition
  A shrub with sweet-smelling flower clusters, also used for a reddish dye.
• henry noun (Henry — a name); noun (a henry — unit, science)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Henry is a boy's or man's first name, also used as a family name; many English kings were called Henry.
• heptad nounJewish tradition
  A group of seven.
• herald noun (a herald, heralds); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  In the past, an official who carried messages and made announcements for a king or queen.
• heralded verb form (herald, heralds, heralded, heralding) — past…
  Was a sign that something was coming.
• heraldic adjective
  Heraldic means to do with heraldry, the old system of coats of arms, badges and shields used by noble families.
• herb noun (a herb, herbs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A herb is a plant whose leaves, seeds or flowers are used to add flavour to food, such as basil, mint, parsley, rosemary and thyme.
• herbage noun (no plural in common use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Herbage is grass and green plants, especially the food that animals graze on.
• herbal adjective (herbal); noun…
  Made from herbs or plants, as in herbal tea or herbal medicine.
• herbivore noun (a herbivore, herbivores)
  A herbivore is an animal that eats only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit or seeds.
• herbivorous adjective (herbivorous)
  Eating only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit and seeds.
• herd noun (a herd, herds); verb (herd, herds, herded, herding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live and move together, like cows, deer, elephants or horses.
• herder noun (a herder, herders)
  A herder is a person who looks after a group of animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats or reindeer, moving them to fresh grass and keeping…
• herdsman noun (herdsmen)
  A herdsman is a person who looks after a herd of cattle, sheep or goats.
• here adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Here means in, at or to this place: come here.
• hereabouts adverb (no change of form)
  Near this place, somewhere close by: is there a shop hereabouts?
• hereafter adverb; noun (the hereafter)everyday · Jewish tradition
  From now on; after this time.
• hereby adverb (hereby) — formaleveryday · Jewish tradition
  Hereby means «by this statement, letter or document» — the words themselves make something happen.
• hereditary adjective (hereditary)
  Hereditary describes a feature or illness that is passed from parents to children through genes.
• herein adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In this document, place or thing; in here.
• hereinafter adverb (formal, legal)
  From this point on in this document; later in this text.
• heretofore adverb (formal, old use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple.
• hereupon adverb (no change of form)
  Immediately after this, at that point: the king frowned, and hereupon he called the guards.
• herewith adverbJewish tradition
  With this; by this means.
• heritage noun (heritage, uncountable; a heritage)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Heritage is the history, traditions, buildings, art and language that a country or group has had for a long time and passes on.
• hermetic adjectiveJewish tradition
  Relating to the secret teachings of Hermes, and to occult magic or mystical study.
• hermit noun (a hermit, hermits)
  A hermit is a person who chooses to live alone, away from other people, often for religious reasons or to think and pray.
• hermitage noun (hermitages)
  A small, lonely house where a hermit lives apart from other people.
• hero noun (a hero, heroes)
  A hero is a person who does something very brave or good, especially to help or save others.
• heroic adjective (heroic; more heroic, most heroic); adverb…
  Very brave, like a hero, as in «a heroic rescue».
• heroine noun (heroines)
  The main female character in a story, usually brave or good.
• heron noun (a heron, herons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tall bird with long legs, a long neck and a long sharp beak, which stands still in shallow water to catch fish and frogs.
• herpes noun (herpes, uncountable)
  Herpes is a common infection caused by a virus; one kind causes cold sores, small painful blisters around the mouth.
• herring noun (a herring, herring or herrings)
  A herring is a small silver fish that lives in big groups in the North Atlantic and other cold seas.
• heshvan nounJewish tradition
  The eighth month of the Jewish calendar, in autumn.
• hesitate verb (hesitate, hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
  To stop or pause before doing or saying something because you are unsure, nervous or worried.
• hesitation noun (hesitations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pause before doing something, because you are unsure or afraid.
• heterogeneous adjective
  Made of many different kinds of things mixed together.
• hew verb (hews, hewing, hewed, hewn or hewed)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To cut or chop wood or stone with a sharp tool or axe.
• hewer nounJewish tradition
  A person who cuts wood or stone.
• hewn verb form (hew, hews, hewed, hewn or hewed, hewing) — past…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Cut or chopped with an axe, pick or other sharp tool, especially wood or stone.
• hexad nounJewish tradition
  A group of six things.
• hexagon noun (hexagon, hexagons)
  A hexagon is a flat shape with 6 straight sides and 6 corners.
• hexagonal adjective (hexagonal)
  Hexagonal means shaped like a hexagon: having six straight sides and six corners.
• hi interjection (hi)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hi is a friendly word you say when you meet someone.
• hibernate verb (hibernate, hibernates, hibernated, hibernating)
  Of an animal: to spend the winter in a deep sleep-like state, with the body slowed down and cold, to save energy.
• hibernating verb…
  Hibernating means spending the winter in a deep sleep-like rest.
• hibernation noun (hibernation — uncountable)
  A very deep sleep-like rest that some animals go into during winter: their body cools, their heart slows and they live on stored fat.
• hiccough noun (a hiccough, hiccoughs); verb…
  An old spelling of «hiccup»: a sudden, sharp «hic» sound when a muscle under your lungs (the diaphragm) jerks and makes you breathe in.
• hiccup noun (a hiccup, hiccups; the hiccups); verb…
  A hiccup is a sudden, short "hic" sound you make when a muscle under your lungs jumps by itself.
• hick noun (a hick, hicks); adjective (hick)
  An insulting word for someone from the countryside, suggesting they are simple and old-fashioned.
• hickory noun (hickory, hickories)
  A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts.
• hidden adjective (hidden); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hidden means put in a place where it cannot easily be seen or found.
• hiddenness nounJewish tradition
  The state of being hidden or out of sight.
• hide verb (hide, hides, hid, hidden, hiding); noun (hide, hides)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hide means to put something where it cannot be seen or found.
• hideous adjective (hideous, more hideous, most hideous)
  Hideous means extremely ugly or horrible to look at.
• hideously adverb
  In a very ugly, horrible or frightening way.
• hie verb (hies, hieing or hying, hied)
  To hurry or go quickly.

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