English words: H

779 words under H; 401–500 on this page.

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• hierarchical adjective
  Arranged in levels or ranks, from the top to the bottom, with each level more important or powerful than the one below.
• hierarchy noun (a hierarchy, hierarchies)
  A system where people or things are arranged in levels, from the most important or powerful at the top to the least at the bottom.
• hieroglyph noun (a hieroglyph, hieroglyphs)
  A picture or symbol used for writing, especially in ancient Egypt, where little drawings of birds, eyes and other things stood for sounds…
• hieroglyphic adjective (noun: hieroglyph)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Written in picture signs, as the ancient Egyptians wrote.
• higgle verb (higgles, higgling, higgled)
  To haggle, to argue and bargain over a price.
• high adjective (high, higher, highest); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  High means far up from the ground, or tall: a high wall, a high mountain.
• higher adjective (high, higher, highest); adverb (higher)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Higher means more high, further up from the ground than something else.
• highland noun (highland, highlands); adjective (highland); proper…
  Highland is land that is high up, with hills and mountains.
• highlight noun (a highlight, highlights); verb…
  A highlight is the best or most exciting part of something.
• highlighter noun (highlighter, highlighters)
  A pen with bright see-through ink, used to mark important words in a text.
• highly adverb (highly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Highly means very or very much: highly dangerous, highly unlikely.
• highness noun (highnesses)
  A title used to address a prince, princess or other royal person, as in «Your Highness».
• highroad noun (highroads)
  A main public road for travel, a highway.
• highway noun (a highway, highways)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A main road, usually big and fast, that joins towns and cities.
• highwayman noun (a highwayman, highwaymen)
  In the old days, a robber on horseback who stopped travellers on the road and took their money.
• hijab noun (a hijab, hijabs)
  A headscarf worn by many Muslim women and girls that covers the hair and neck, leaving the face open.
• hike noun (a hike, hikes); verb (hike, hikes, hiked, hiking)
  A hike is a long walk, often in hills, woods or mountains, done for fun or exercise.
• hiker noun (hiker, hikers)
  A hiker is a person who goes on long walks in the country, hills or mountains, for fun or exercise.
• hilarious adjective
  Extremely funny, making you laugh a lot: a hilarious joke.
• hill noun (hill, hills)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hill is high ground, lower than a mountain, with sloping sides.
• hillock noun (hillock, hillocks)
  A hillock is a small hill, a little rise of ground.
• hillside noun (a hillside, hillsides)
  The sloping side of a hill.
• hilltop noun (a hilltop, hilltops)
  A hilltop is the top of a hill.
• hilly adjective (hilly, hillier, hilliest)
  Having a lot of hills, as in «hilly countryside».
• hilt noun (hilt, hilts)
  The hilt is the handle of a sword or knife.
• himalayan adjective (Himalayan); noun…
  To do with the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world, in Asia, which includes Mount Everest.
• hin nounJewish tradition
  An ancient Hebrew measure of liquid, about a gallon or a little more.
• hind adjective (hind — before a noun); noun (a hind, hinds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  At the back; used about animals' legs: the dog's hind legs.
• hinder verb (hinder, hinders, hindered, hindering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hinder is to make it hard for someone to do something or to get somewhere; to slow them down or get in their way.
• hindering verb form (the -ing form of hinder)
  Hindering means slowing down or getting in the way of someone's progress.
• hindermost adjectiveJewish tradition
  Last, farthest back.
• hindi noun (Hindi; uncountable, a proper noun); adjective…
  One of the main languages of India, spoken by hundreds of millions of people and written in the Devanagari script.
• hindmost adjectiveJewish tradition
  Last, at the very back.
• hindquarters noun (hindquarters — plural)
  The back part of a four-legged animal, including the back legs and the rump.
• hindrance noun (a hindrance, hindrances; hindrance — uncountable)
  A hindrance is something or someone that makes it harder for you to do something or slows you down.
• hindu noun (a Hindu, Hindus); adjective (Hindu)
  A Hindu is a person who follows Hinduism, a major religion that began in India.
• hinduism noun (Hinduism, uncountable)
  Hinduism is the main religion of India and Nepal, one of the oldest religions in the world; Hindus worship one supreme reality, Brahman…
• hinge noun (a hinge, hinges); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hinge is a small metal joint that lets a door, gate, lid or window swing open and shut.
• hinny noun (a hinny, hinnies); noun…
  A hinny is the young of a male horse and a female donkey; it looks a bit like a mule.
• hint noun (a hint, hints); verb (hint, hints, hinted, hinting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  noun: A hint is a small clue or piece of help that shows you how to solve something without giving the full answer.
• hip noun (a hip, hips); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The part of your body on each side where your leg joins your waist.
• hippo noun (a hippo, hippos)
  A hippo, short for hippopotamus, is a huge, heavy African animal with a wide mouth, short legs and thick skin, which spends most of the…
• hippopotamus noun (a hippopotamus, hippopotamuses or hippopotami); short…
  A hippopotamus is a very large, heavy African animal with thick grey skin, a huge mouth and short legs, which spends most of the day in…
• hire verb (hire, hires, hired, hiring); noun (hire)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hire is to pay to use something for a time (UK), like hiring a boat or bikes; in the USA people usually say «rent».
• hireling nounJewish tradition
  A person who works only for pay.
• hispanic adjective (Hispanic); noun (a Hispanic, Hispanics)
  To do with Spanish-speaking countries and their people and culture, especially Latin America and Spain.
• hiss verb (hiss, hisses, hissed, hissing); noun (a hiss, hisses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hiss is to make a long «sss» sound, like a snake or steam escaping.
• histamine noun (histamine, uncountable)
  A chemical made by the body that causes allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itching, swelling and a runny nose when the body reacts to…
• historian noun (a historian, historians)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A historian is a person who studies history and writes about the past, using evidence such as documents, objects and buildings.
• historic adjective (historic)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Historic means important in history, or likely to be remembered in the future as important.
• historical adjective (historical, more historical)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Historical means to do with history or the past: «historical events», «historical facts».
• historically adverb
  Historically means in the past, or over a long period of history.
• history noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  History is everything that happened in the past, especially to people, countries and the world.
• hit verb (hit, hits, hit, hitting); noun (a hit, hits)
  To touch someone or something hard and fast with your hand, a bat or an object.
• hitch noun (a hitch, hitches); verb…
  A small problem that delays something, as in «a technical hitch».
• hitchhike verb (hitchhike, hitchhikes, hitchhiked, hitchhiking); noun…
  To travel by standing at the side of the road and asking drivers for a free ride, often by holding up your thumb.
• hither adverb (hither – old-fashioned)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To here; to this place: «Come hither» means «come here».
• hitherto adverb (hitherto — formal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hitherto means until now or until the time being talked about; up to this point.
• hitter noun (a hitter, hitters)
  A hitter is a person who hits, especially a batter in baseball or softball whose job is to hit the ball.
• hitting verb (present participle of hit: hit, hits, hit, hitting)…
  Hitting means touching something hard and fast, often with your hand or an object.
• hittite nounJewish tradition
  A person of the Hittites, an ancient people of Canaan and Anatolia.
• hiv nounJewish tradition
  A Hebrew letter group, a form of the verb "to be," in Sefer Yetzirah.
• hive noun (a hive, hives); verb (hive off — UK; hive, hived)
  A hive is a home for bees, either a box made by people or a natural nest.
• hives noun (hives — plural; a hive, hives — a beehive)
  Hives are itchy red or pink bumps or patches on the skin, often caused by an allergy to food, medicine, insect stings or plants.
• hl nounJewish tradition
  A fragment of print, probably "He," meaning God.
• hm exclamation (hm, hmm, hmmm)
  A sound people make when they are thinking, not sure, or doubting something, as in «Hm, let me think».
• hmo nounJewish tradition
  A broken piece of letters from a scanned page, with no meaning of its own.
• ho interjection (ho, ho ho); noun (a ho — rude slang)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A shout to get attention or to show surprise: «Land ho!» means «land ahead!».
• hoar adjective (no comparative in use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hoar means white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost».
• hoard noun (hoard, hoards); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A large store of money, food or valuable things, often kept secret.
• hoarse adjective (hoarse, hoarser, hoarsest)
  A hoarse voice sounds rough, deep and croaky, often because you have a sore throat, a cold, or have been shouting a lot.
• hoary adjective (hoary, hoarier, hoariest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Grey or white-haired, as an old person is.
• hoatzin noun (a hoatzin, hoatzins)
  The hoatzin is a strange bird of the Amazon rainforest in South America, with a spiky crest, blue face and red eyes; it eats leaves and…
• hoax noun (a hoax, hoaxes); verb (hoax, hoaxes, hoaxed, hoaxing)
  A hoax is a trick that makes many people believe something that is not true, such as a fake story, picture or warning.
• hob noun (a hob, hobs)
  A hob is the flat top part of a cooker with rings or plates where you put pans to heat food; in the USA and Canada it is called a stovetop…
• hobble verb (hobble, hobbles, hobbled, hobbling)
  To walk with short, slow, unsteady steps, often because you are hurt, tired or old.
• hobby noun (a hobby, hobbies)
  Something you enjoy doing in your free time, not as a job, such as drawing, football, collecting or gardening.
• hobgoblin noun (hobgoblin, hobgoblins)
  A hobgoblin is a mischievous or wicked small creature in old tales, a kind of goblin.
• hockey noun (hockey)
  Hockey is a team game played with curved sticks and a ball or puck, where players try to hit it into the other team's goal.
• hoe noun (a hoe, hoes); verb (hoe, hoes, hoed, hoeing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A garden tool with a long handle and a flat blade, used to cut weeds and loosen the soil.
• hog noun (a hog, hogs); verb (hog, hogs, hogged, hogging)
  A pig, especially a large one kept for meat (US) or a male pig (UK).
• hogg noun (Hogg — a name)
  Hogg is a surname, a family name used in Scotland and England, for example the Scottish writer James Hogg.
• hogmanay noun (Hogmanay, uncountable)
  The Scottish name for New Year's Eve, 31 December, and the parties and customs that celebrate the start of the new year.
• hogshead noun (hogshead, hogsheads)
  A hogshead is a large barrel, used for wine, beer or sugar, and an old measure of liquid.
• hogweed noun (hogweed — uncountable; a hogweed plant)
  Hogweed is a tall wild plant with big flat heads of tiny white flowers.
• hoist verb (hoist, hoists, hoisted, hoisting); noun…
  To lift or pull something heavy up, often with ropes or a machine, as in «hoist the sails».
• hold verb (hold, holds, held, holding); noun (a hold)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hold is to have something in your hand or arms: hold my hand.
• holder noun (a holder, holders)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A thing that holds or supports something: a pencil holder, a cup holder.
• holdeth verb, old form of «holds» (he, she, it)
  «holdeth» means «holds», a form of «hold»: To hold is to have something in your hand or arms: hold my hand.
• holdfast noun (a holdfast, holdfasts)
  The root-like part at the bottom of seaweed that holds it tightly to rocks.
• holding noun (a holding, holdings); verb, -ing form of "hold"…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Holding is the -ing form of "hold": having something in your hands or arms, or keeping it in place.
• hole noun (a hole, holes); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An empty space or opening in something solid: a hole in the ground, a hole in a sock.
• holey adjective (holey, holier — rare)
  Holey means full of holes, like old socks or a sieve.
• holiday noun (holiday, holidays); verb…
  A holiday is a day when people do not go to school or work, often because of a special event, like a public holiday.
• holiness noun (holiness, uncountable); title…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The quality of being holy, very good and connected with God or a religion.
• holler verb (holler, hollers, hollered, hollering); noun…
  To shout or call out loudly, often in an informal way.
• hollow adjective (hollow, hollower, hollowest); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hollow means empty inside, with a space in it.
• holly noun (holly, hollies)
  An evergreen bush or tree with shiny, prickly dark green leaves and bright red berries in winter.
• hollywood proper noun (Hollywood)
  Hollywood is an area of Los Angeles in California, USA, where many famous film studios are.
• holocaust noun (the Holocaust; a holocaust, holocausts)
  The Holocaust (capital H) was the murder of about six million Jewish people, and many others such as Roma, disabled people and gay people…

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