English words: H

779 words under H; 501–600 on this page.

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• holp verb, past tense of help
  Gave help to someone.
• holstein noun (a Holstein, Holsteins); a name (Holstein)
  A breed of large black-and-white dairy cow (also called Holstein-Friesian or Friesian in the UK), famous for giving a lot of milk.
• holy adjective (holy, holier, holiest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Holy means special because it is connected with God or a religion, and treated with deep respect.
• homage noun (homages; pay homage, do homage)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Homage is a sign of great respect for someone important, often shown by bowing or kneeling.
• hombre noun (an hombre, hombres) — Spanish word used in US slang
  Hombre means man in Spanish; it is not really an English word.
• home noun (home, homes); adverb (home); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A home is the place where you live, with your family.
• homebody noun (a homebody, homebodies) — informal, mainly US
  A person who likes staying at home more than going out.
• homecoming noun (a homecoming, homecomings)
  Coming home after being away for a long time.
• homeland noun (a homeland, homelands)
  A homeland is the country where you or your family were born or come from.
• homeless adjective (homeless); noun (the homeless — a group)
  Someone who is homeless has no home and may sleep outside, in a shelter or on friends' sofas.
• homelessness noun (homelessness; no plural)
  Homelessness is the state of having no home or no safe, regular place to live.
• homely adjective (homely, homelier, homeliest)
  Homely means simple, warm and comfortable, like a cosy home.
• homemade adjective (homemade, also home-made)
  Homemade means made at home, not bought from a shop or factory.
• homemaker noun (a homemaker, homemakers)
  A person, man or woman, whose main work is looking after their home and family, such as cooking, cleaning and caring for children, instead…
• homeopathic adjective (homeopathic; UK also homoeopathic); noun…
  To do with homeopathy, a kind of alternative treatment invented about 200 years ago, using tiny sugar pills or drops made from substances…
• homer noun (a homer, homers); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A home run: a hit that lets the batter run all the way round the bases and score.
• homeric adjective (rare; no change in form)
  Homeric means of or like Homer, the ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
• homesick adjective (homesick; more homesick)
  Sad and missing your home and family when you are away from them.
• homesickness noun (homesickness; no plural)
  Homesickness is the sad feeling of missing your home and family when you are away from them.
• homestead noun (homesteads)
  A homestead is a house with its farm buildings and land, where a family lives.
• homeward adverb and adjective (homeward, also homewards)
  Towards home, as in «We walked homeward».
• homework noun (homework)
  Homework is school work that a pupil does at home.
• homo noun (Homo — science); prefix homo- ; noun…
  Homo, the genus (group) that includes humans and our extinct close relatives; our species is Homo sapiens, Latin for «wise human».
• homogeneous adjective (homogeneous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Homogeneous means the same all the way through, with every part alike.
• homogenised adjective (homogenised); verb form…
  Homogenised milk has been treated so the cream is broken into tiny drops and mixed through, so it does not rise to the top.
• homophone noun (a homophone, homophones)
  A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and often a different spelling, like «there»…
• homophonous adjective (homophonous; more homophonous is rare)
  Homophonous words sound exactly the same but have different meanings, and often different spellings, like «pair» and «pear».
• homophony nounJewish tradition
  Homophony is when different words or letters sound the same, or nearly the same.
• honduran adjective (Honduran); noun (a Honduran, Hondurans)
  From or to do with Honduras, a country in Central America.
• honest adjective (honest, more honest, most honest)
  Honest means telling the truth and not lying, cheating or stealing.
• honestly adverb
  Honestly means in an honest way, without lying, cheating or stealing.
• honesty noun (honesty — uncountable)
  Honesty is being honest: telling the truth, not cheating and not stealing.
• honey noun (honey, honeys)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Honey is a sweet, thick, golden food made by bees from the nectar of flowers.
• honeybee noun (a honeybee, honeybees; also written honey bee)
  A bee that lives in a large group called a colony and makes honey and wax.
• honeycomb noun (a honeycomb, honeycombs); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A honeycomb is a wax structure made by bees with many six-sided cells where they store honey and raise their young.
• honeycreeper noun (a honeycreeper, honeycreepers)
  A honeycreeper is a small, often brightly coloured bird that feeds on nectar and insects; there are Hawaiian honeycreepers and tropical…
• honeydew noun (honeydew — uncountable; a honeydew melon)
  A honeydew is a kind of melon with smooth pale skin and sweet pale-green flesh.
• honeymoon noun (a honeymoon, honeymoons); verb…
  A honeymoon is a holiday that a newly married couple take together just after their wedding.
• honeypot noun (a honeypot, honeypots)
  A pot for keeping honey.
• honeysuckle noun (honeysuckle, honeysuckles)
  A climbing plant with sweet-smelling yellow, white or pink tube-shaped flowers that contain sweet nectar.
• honk verb (honk, honks, honked, honking); noun (a honk, honks)
  To honk is to make the loud sound of a car horn.
• honor noun (honors); verb (honors, honored, honoring); British…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Honor is respect and a good name that a person earns by being good and brave.
• honorable adjective (more honorable, most honorable); British…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Honorable means good and fair, deserving respect.
• honorary adjective (honorary)
  Honorary describes a title or position given to someone as an honour, to thank or respect them, without the usual exams, work or pay.
• honored adjective…
  Honored means given respect, with an honor shown to someone.
• honoring verb formJewish tradition
  Honoring means showing respect to someone, as in the American spelling of honouring.
• honour noun (honour, honours); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Great respect that people give to someone: «in honour of».
• honourable adjective (honourable; US: honorable); title…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Good, honest and fair; deserving respect.
• honourably adverb (British spelling of honorably; more honourably)
  In an honourable way; fairly and with good character.
• honouring verb, -ing form of «honour»…
  Showing great respect to someone, often in a ceremony or with an award.
• honours noun, plural of «honour» (honours); verb, he/she form of…
  Awards, titles or special praise given to someone for great work or bravery.
• hood noun (a hood, hoods); verb (hood — rare, mostly hooded)
  A hood is a part of a coat or jumper that you can pull up to cover your head.
• hoof noun (a hoof, hooves or hoofs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hoof is the hard part of the foot of animals like horses, cows, deer, goats, sheep and pigs.
• hook noun (a hook, hooks); verb (hook, hooks, hooked, hooking)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hook is a curved or bent piece of metal or plastic used to hang things on or to catch and hold things.
• hookah noun (a hookah, hookahs)
  A tall pipe for smoking tobacco, in which the smoke passes through water in a jar before being breathed in through a long tube; also…
• hoop noun (a hoop, hoops); verb (hoop — rare)
  A large ring made of wood, metal or plastic.
• hoopoe noun (a hoopoe, hoopoes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A bird of Africa, Europe and Asia with pinkish-brown feathers, black-and-white striped wings, a long thin beak and a big crest like a fan…
• hooray interjection (hooray); also hurray, hurrah
  Hooray is a word you shout when you are very happy or excited, or to cheer for someone.
• hoot verb (hoot, hoots, hooted, hooting); noun (a hoot, hoots)
  To make its long oo sound.
• hoover verb…
  To clean a floor or carpet with a vacuum cleaner.
• hop verb (hop, hops, hopped, hopping); noun (a hop, hops)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hop is to jump on one foot.
• hope verb (hope, hopes, hoped, hoping); noun (hope, hopes)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hope means to want something to happen and to think it could happen.
• hopeful adjective (hopeful, more hopeful, most hopeful); noun…
  Feeling that something good will probably happen.
• hopefully adverb (hopefully)
  It is hoped that; if things go well: hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.
• hopeless adjective (hopeless; more hopeless, most hopeless)
  Without any hope; when there is no chance that things will get better.
• hopelessly adverb (hopelessly)
  Without hope; in a way that shows you think things cannot get better.
• hopelessness noun (hopelessness — uncountable)
  A feeling that nothing good will happen and that there is no point in trying.
• hopper noun (a hopper, hoppers); a name (Hopper)
  A large container shaped like a funnel, which lets grain, coal, sand or food pour out at the bottom.
• hopscotch noun (hopscotch — uncountable)
  Hopscotch is a children's game in which you throw a small stone or marker into numbered squares drawn on the ground, then hop and jump…
• horde noun (a horde, hordes)
  A horde is a very large crowd of people or animals, often noisy or out of control.
• horizon noun (the horizon; a horizon, horizons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The horizon is the line far away where the land or sea seems to meet the sky.
• horizontal adjective (horizontal); noun (the horizontal, horizontals)
  Flat and level, going straight from side to side, parallel to the ground or the horizon.
• horizontally adverb (horizontally)
  In a flat, level direction, from side to side, like the horizon or a line lying down.
• hormone noun (a hormone, hormones)
  A hormone is a chemical messenger made in the body that travels in the blood and tells parts of the body what to do.
• horn noun (a horn, horns; horn — uncountable as a material)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hard, pointed, often curved growth on the head of some animals, like cows, goats, rhinos and rams.
• hornbill noun (a hornbill, hornbills)
  A hornbill is a tropical bird from Africa and Asia with a very large curved beak, often with a hard bump called a casque on top of it.
• hornet noun (a hornet, hornets)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hornet is a large wasp with a powerful sting, often yellow and brown or black.
• hornless adjective (hornless)
  Hornless means having no horns.
• hornpipe noun (a hornpipe, hornpipes)
  A lively dance, often danced by one sailor, connected with sailors and the sea.
• horny adjective (horny, hornier, horniest)
  Hard, rough and tough like horn: horny skin, a horny beak.
• horoscope noun (a horoscope, horoscopes)
  A short prediction about someone's life and future based on the position of the stars and planets when they were born; often printed in…
• horrible adjective (horrible, more horrible, most horrible)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very bad or unpleasant: «a horrible smell», «horrible weather».
• horribly adverb (more horribly, most horribly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a horrible way; very badly or unpleasantly.
• horrid adjective…
  Very unpleasant or nasty: «a horrid smell».
• horrified adjective (horrified); verb form, past of horrify…
  Very shocked, upset and frightened by something terrible.
• horror noun (horror; a horror, horrors); adjective use…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Horror is a strong feeling of fear and shock.
• horse noun (horse, horses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A horse is a big strong animal with four legs, hooves, a mane and a long tail, that people ride or use to pull carts.
• horseback noun (horseback, uncountable — in «on horseback»)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  On horseback means riding on a horse.
• horseflesh noun (no plural)
  Horseflesh is the meat of a horse, which some people eat.
• horsefly noun (a horsefly, horseflies); also horse-fly
  A horsefly is a large fly whose females bite people and animals and drink their blood.
• horsehair noun (horsehair, uncountable)
  Horsehair is the hair from a horse's mane or tail, used to make things such as violin bows, brushes and stuffing for old furniture.
• horseleech nounJewish tradition
  A large leech, a worm-like creature that sucks blood.
• horseman noun (a horseman, horsemen); feminine: horsewoman…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A horseman is a man who rides a horse, especially one who rides well.
• horsemanship noun (no plural)
  Horsemanship is the skill of riding horses and handling them well.
• horseshoe noun (a horseshoe, horseshoes)
  A U-shaped piece of metal nailed to the bottom of a horse's hoof to protect it.
• horseshoes noun, plural of horseshoe (a horseshoe, horseshoes); also…
  U-shaped metal plates nailed to the bottom of a horse's hooves to protect them.
• horticultural adjective (horticultural)
  Having to do with growing fruit, vegetables, flowers and garden plants.
• hosanna interjection (hosanna); noun (a hosanna, hosannas)
  Hosanna is a shout of praise to God; the crowds shouted «Hosanna!» when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
• hose noun (hose, hoses); verb (hose, hoses, hosed, hosing)
  A hose is a long soft tube that carries water, for watering a garden or washing a car.
• hosepipe noun (a hosepipe, hosepipes)
  A long, bendy rubber or plastic tube for carrying water, used to water gardens or wash cars; in the US, Canada and Australia usually just…

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