English words: H

779 words under H; 601–700 on this page.

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• hospice noun (a hospice, hospices)
  A hospice is a special home or hospital where people who are very ill and are not expected to get better are cared for kindly and kept…
• hospitable adjective (hospitable, more hospitable, most hospitable)
  Friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors.
• hospital noun (a hospital, hospitals)
  A hospital is a large building where sick or injured people are looked after by doctors and nurses.
• hospitalise verb…
  To send someone to hospital or keep them there for treatment because they are ill or injured.
• hospitality noun (hospitality; uncountable)
  Being friendly, welcoming and generous to guests or strangers.
• host noun (a host, hosts); verb (host, hosts, hosted, hosting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A host is a person who invites guests and looks after them, for example at a party.
• hostage noun (a hostage, hostages)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hostage is a person who is held prisoner by someone who will not let them go until they get what they want.
• hostel noun (a hostel, hostels)
  A cheap place to stay, often with shared rooms and bunk beds, for travellers and young people.
• hostess noun (a hostess, hostesses)
  A woman who invites guests and looks after them at a party or in her home.
• hostile adjective (hostile, more hostile, most hostile)
  Unfriendly and angry, ready to argue or fight.
• hostility noun (hostility, hostilities)
  Unfriendly, angry behaviour or feelings towards someone.
• hot adjective (hot, hotter, hottest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Having a high temperature; very warm: "hot soup".
• hotdog noun (a hotdog, hotdogs; also written hot dog); verb…
  A hot sausage, usually a frankfurter, served in a long soft bread roll, often with ketchup or mustard.
• hotel noun (a hotel, hotels)
  A hotel is a building where people pay to sleep and eat when they are travelling or on holiday.
• hothouse noun (hothouses)
  A hothouse is a warm glass building where plants grow that could not live outside in cold weather.
• hotly adverb (more hotly, most hotly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  With strong feeling, angrily or sharply: «I am back,» he said hotly.
• hotspot noun (a hotspot, hotspots)
  A hotspot is a place where there is a lot of a certain activity, such as a tourist hotspot or a crime hotspot.
• hound noun (hound, hounds); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A dog used for hunting, such as a foxhound or bloodhound, with a strong sense of smell.
• hour noun (hour, hours; casual: hrs, hr)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An hour is a length of time; it has sixty minutes.
• hourglass noun (an hourglass, hourglasses)
  A glass timer with two bulbs joined by a narrow neck, where sand runs from the top to the bottom in a set time.
• hourly adjective (hourly); adverb (hourly)
  Hourly means happening every hour, once an hour.
• house noun (house, houses); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A house is a building where a family lives.
• housebound adjective (housebound; not used with «more/most» usually)
  Not able to leave your home, usually because you are ill, very old, disabled or looking after someone.
• housedog noun (housedogs)
  A housedog is a dog kept in a house or yard to guard it, not one used for hunting.
• housefly noun (a housefly, houseflies)
  A common small grey fly that lives near people and buzzes around houses, food and rubbish.
• household noun (a household, households); adjective (household)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A household is all the people who live together in one home.
• householder noun (householder, householders)
  A person who owns or rents a house and is responsible for it.
• househusband noun (a househusband, househusbands)
  A man who stays at home to look after the house and children while his partner goes out to work.
• housekeeper noun (a housekeeper, housekeepers)
  A person whose job is to look after a house: cleaning, cooking, shopping and running things for the family who live there.
• housekeeping noun (uncountable)
  The work of looking after a home: cleaning, cooking, shopping and paying bills.
• housemaid noun (a housemaid, housemaids)
  A woman or girl servant who cleaned and tidied a house, made beds and lit fires, in the past.
• houseplant noun (a houseplant, houseplants)
  A plant that is grown in a pot indoors, inside a home, office or classroom.
• housetop nounJewish tradition
  The flat roof of a house in the Land of Israel, where people could sit, pray, sleep or shout news.
• housewife noun (a housewife, housewives)
  A woman whose main work is looking after her home and family, not working at a paid job.
• housework noun (housework — uncountable)
  Housework is the work done to keep a home clean and tidy, such as cleaning, washing clothes, dusting, vacuuming and washing dishes.
• housing noun (housings); old use
  A housing is the decorated cloth or cover laid over a horse's back, often with fine embroidery.
• hovel noun (hovels)
  A hovel is a small, dirty, badly built hut where poor people live.
• hover verb (hover, hovers, hovered, hovering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hover means to stay in the air in one place without moving forward, like a hummingbird or a helicopter.
• how adverb; conjunction (I know how to swim)everyday · Jewish tradition
  How asks in what way: How do you make a kite?
• howbeit conjunction
  Nevertheless; still; but.
• howdah noun (howdahs)
  A howdah is a seat with a roof, fixed on the back of an elephant, for riders to sit in.
• howdy interjection (informal)
  Howdy is a casual greeting, like «hello» or «hi»; it is mostly used in the United States and in old stories.
• however adverb (however); conjunction (however)everyday · Jewish tradition
  However means but, or in spite of that.
• howl verb (howl, howls, howled, howling); noun (a howl, howls)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Of a wolf or dog: to make a long, loud, sad cry.
• howler noun (a howler, howlers)
  A howler is a silly, obvious mistake, especially a funny one in writing or an exam.
• hr abbreviation (hr, hrs); abbreviation (HR)
  "hr" is a short written form of "hour", and "hrs" of "hours".
• hryvnia noun (a hryvnia, hryvnias or hryvni) — word from Ukrainian
  The hryvnia is the money (currency) of Ukraine; one hryvnia is made of 100 kopiyky (kopecks).
• http abbreviationJewish tradition
  It stands for "hypertext transfer protocol", the start of a web address used to find pages on the internet.
• hub noun (a hub, hubs)
  The centre of a wheel, where the spokes or axle are joined.
• hubbub noun (hubbubs)
  A hubbub is a loud confused noise made by many people or animals talking or moving at once.
• hubby noun (hubby, hubbies)
  A husband, said in a friendly, joking or loving way.
• huckleberry noun (huckleberries)
  A huckleberry is a small dark-blue berry that grows on a bush, like a blueberry.
• huckster noun (hucksters); old use
  A huckster is a person who sells small goods, often from a cart or a little shop, usually in an eager way.
• huddle verb (huddle, huddles, huddled, huddling); noun…
  To huddle means to crowd close together, usually to keep warm, to feel safe or to talk secretly.
• huddled verb, past form of «huddle»…
  Crowded closely together in a group, often to keep warm, feel safe or talk secretly.
• hue noun (a hue, hues)
  A colour or shade of a colour.
• huff verb (huff, huffs, huffed, huffing); noun (a huff)
  To breathe out loudly and heavily, often because you are tired or annoyed.
• huffily adverb
  In a sulky, annoyed and offended way.
• huffy adjective (huffy, huffier, huffiest)
  Easily offended; quick to sulk.
• hug verb (hug, hugs, hugged, hugging); noun (a hug, hugs)
  To hug someone means to put your arms around them and hold them close, to show love, comfort or friendship.
• huge adjective (huge, huger, hugest — rare; more huge)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Huge means very, very big in size, amount or importance.
• hugely adverb (hugely)
  Very much; to a very great degree.
• hugging verb (form of hug: hug, hugs, hugged, hugging); noun…
  Hugging means holding someone close in your arms to show love, comfort or friendship.
• hulking adjective (hulking; from the noun «hulk»)
  Very big, heavy and bulky, often in a clumsy or slightly frightening way.
• hull noun (a hull, hulls); verb (hull, hulls, hulled, hulling)
  The hull is the main body of a ship or boat, the part that sits in the water.
• hullabaloo noun (hullabaloos)
  A hullabaloo is a great noise and fuss, with shouting and excitement.
• hullo interjection (hullo); noun (a hullo, hullos)
  Another spelling of hello, used to greet someone.
• hum verb (hum, hums, hummed, humming); noun (a hum, hums)
  To sing a tune with your lips closed, making a long «mmm» sound.
• human noun (a human, humans); adjective (human, the human body)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A human is a person: a man, woman or child.
• humane adjective (humane, more humane)
  Kind and gentle, causing as little pain as possible to people or animals.
• humanely adverb (humanely); adjective: humane
  Humanely means in a kind way that causes as little pain or suffering as possible, especially to animals or prisoners.
• humanism noun (humanism, uncountable)
  Humanism is a way of thinking that says people can live good, meaningful lives using reason, kindness and science, without believing in…
• humanist noun (a humanist, humanists); adjective (humanist)
  A humanist is a person who lives by reason, science and kindness rather than religion, believing people can be good and make life…
• humanitarian adjective (humanitarian); noun…
  Humanitarian means caring about people's lives and suffering, and trying to help them, especially in disasters and wars.
• humanity noun (humanity, uncountable; humanities)
  Humanity means all the people in the world together, the human race.
• humankind noun (humankind; uncountable)
  All people together; the human race.
• humanoid adjective (humanoid); noun (a humanoid, humanoids)
  Having a shape or features like a human being: a head, two arms, two legs, walking upright.
• humble adjective (humble, humbler, humblest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Not proud; not thinking you are better or more important than other people.
• humbly adverb (humbly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Humbly means in a modest way, not thinking you are better or more important than others.
• humbug noun (humbug, humbugs); interjection (Humbug!)
  A hard, striped peppermint sweet, often black and white.
• humerus noun (the humerus, humeri)
  The humerus is the long bone in the top part of your arm, between your shoulder and your elbow.
• humid adjective (humid, more humid, most humid); noun…
  Humid weather is warm and damp because there is a lot of water vapour in the air, so you feel hot and sticky.
• humidity noun (humidity — uncountable; also «a humidity of 80%»)
  The amount of water vapour (invisible water in gas form) in the air.
• humiliate verb (humiliate, humiliates, humiliated, humiliating)
  To make someone feel very ashamed, foolish or small, especially in front of other people.
• humiliated adjective (humiliated, more humiliated); verb form…
  Humiliated means feeling very ashamed and embarrassed, as if you look foolish in front of others, so that you lose pride.
• humiliating adjective…
  Humiliating describes something that makes you feel very ashamed and foolish in front of other people.
• humiliation noun…
  Humiliation is the very bad, hot feeling of shame you get when someone makes you look stupid or weak in front of others.
• humility noun (humility; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The quality of being humble: not thinking you are better or more important than others.
• humming verb form (-ing form of hum: hum, hums, hummed, humming)…
  Humming is singing a tune with your lips closed, making a «mmm» sound.
• hummingbird noun (a hummingbird, hummingbirds)
  A hummingbird is a very small, brightly coloured bird from the Americas that beats its wings so fast they hum, and that can hover in one…
• hummock noun (a hummock, hummocks)
  A small, rounded hill or mound of earth, grass or snow; a hump in the ground.
• humor noun (humors); (US spelling of humour)
  Humor is a person's mood or state of mind, as in «good humor» (cheerful) or «bad humor» (cross).
• humorous adjective (humorous, more humorous, most humorous); adverb…
  Funny; making people laugh or smile (a humorous story).
• humorously adverb
  In a funny way that makes people smile or laugh.
• humour noun (humour — uncountable; a sense of humour); verb…
  The quality of being funny: «The book is full of humour».
• humourous adjective (humourous) — a misspelling of «humorous»
  «Humourous» is a common misspelling of «humorous», which means funny or meant to make people laugh.
• hump noun (hump, humps); verb (hump — informal, to carry)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hump is a round lump that sticks up, such as on a camel's back.
• humpback noun (a humpback, humpbacks); adjective…
  A humpback, or humpback whale, is a very large whale with long flippers that is famous for its songs and its leaps out of the water.
• humus noun (humus, uncountable)
  The dark, rich part of soil made from dead and rotting leaves, plants and animals; it feeds plants.
• hun noun (a Hun, the Huns — the people); noun…
  The Huns were a nomadic people from Central Asia who rode into Europe in the 300s and 400s AD; their most famous leader was Attila.

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