English words: Hebert to hedgewise

300 English words, part 30 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words Hebert to hedgewise

Hebert proper noun: A surname from French.
Hébertism noun: The beliefs and policies of the Hébertists: advocating the dechristianization of France and extreme Terror.
Hébertist noun: A member of a radical revolutionary political group that came to power during the Reign of Terror and played a significant role in the French Revolution.
hebesphenomegacorona noun: A polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, having 18 triangular and 3 square faces.
hebetant adjective /ˈhɛbɪtənt/: Causing lethargy.
hebetate adjective, verb /ˈhɛbɪtət/: Obtuse, dull.
hebetation noun: The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.
hebete adjective /ˈhiːbiːt/: unintelligent; stupid.
hebetic adjective /hɪˈbɛtɪk/: Of or related to youth or to puberty.
hebetude noun /ˈhɛb.ə.tjuːd/: Mental lethargy or dullness.
hebetudinosity noun: The quality of being hebetudinous.
hebetudinous adjective: Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
Hebi proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
hebiatrics noun: Synonym of ephebiatrics.
Hebner proper noun: A surname.
heboid adjective, noun /ˈhiːˌbɔɪd/: Of or relating to hebephrenia.
heboidophrenia noun /ˌhibɔɪdəˈfriniə/: A milder form of hebephrenia.
hebon noun: Alternative form of hebenon.
hebona noun: Alternative form of hebenon.
hebophile noun: Alternative spelling of hebephile.
hebra noun, prefix: The offspring of a cross between a horse sire and a zebra dam.
Hebraean adjective, noun /həˈbɹiː.ən/: Of or pertaining to Hebrew culture.
Hebraic adjective /hɪˈbɹeɪ.ɪk/: Of or relating to the Hebrew people, language, or culture.
Hebraica noun: Texts or artifacts containing Hebrew writing.
hebraica veritas noun: The traditional Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Jewish Bible, viewed as its original, correct, and authoritative text.
Hebraical adjective: Synonym of Hebraic.
Hebraically adverb: In the manner of the Hebrews, or in the Hebrew language.
Hebraicism noun: An idiom characteristic of the Hebrew language.
Hebraicization noun: The act (action) or result of Hebraicizing.
Hebraicize verb: To make Hebraic; to Hebraize.
Hebraise verb: Alternative form of Hebraize.
Hebraiser noun: Alternative form of Hebraizer.
Hebraism noun: A characteristic trait of the Hebrew language. By extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people or their faith, national ideology, or culture.
Hebraist noun: A scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.
Hebraistic adjective: Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language.
Hebraistical adjective: Hebraistic
Hebraistically adverb: In a Hebraistic sense or form.
Hebraistics noun: The study of the Hebrew language.
Hebraization noun: The act or result of Hebraizing.
Hebraize verb: To convert (something) into a Hebrew/Hebraic form.
Hebraizer noun: One who Hebraizes.
Hebrean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Hebraean.
Hebreish adjective: Hebrew.
Hebrew adjective, noun /ˈhiːbɹuː/: Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Hebrew character noun: Orthosia gothica, a noctuid moth having distinctive black wing markings that resemble the Hebrew letter nun (נ).
Hebrewdom noun: The Hebreish community.
Hebrewess noun: A Jewish or Hebrew woman.
Hebrewism noun: A word or phrase characteristic of Hebrew.
hebrewist adjective, noun: Alternative form of Hebrewist.
Hebrician noun: A Hebraist.
hebrid noun: Any member of the family Hebridae, the velvet water bugs.
Hebridean adjective, noun /ˌhɛbɹɪˈdiːən/: Of or pertaining to the Hebrides.
Hebrides proper noun /ˈhɛbɹədiːz/: The islands off the west coast of Scotland, divided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides.
Hebridian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Hebridean.
Hebron proper noun: A city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy in both Judaism and Islam.
Hebronics noun: A mixture of Yiddish and English.
Hebronite noun: A descendant of the biblical Hebron.
HEC syndrome noun: A syndrome characterized by hydrocephalus, endocardial fibroelastosis, and cataracts.
hecastotheism noun: A general form of animism in which both animate and inanimate objects are believed to have supernatural powers.
hecatarchy noun: Synonym of hecatontarchy.
Hecate proper noun /ˈhɛkəti/: A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.
Hecatean adjective: Of or relating to Hecate.
Hecatic adjective: Of or relating to the Greek goddess Hecate.
Hecatine adjective: Relating to Hecate.
hecato- prefix: One hundred; one hundred times.
hecatolite noun: Synonym of moonstone.
hecatologue noun: A code of one hundred rules.
hecatomb noun, verb /ˈhɛkətuːm/: A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
hecatomped adjective: Measuring a hundred feet in length or width.
Hecatoncheires noun /ˌhɛkətɒŋˈkaɪɹiːz/: Three monstrous giants of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms, who were offspring of Uranus by Gaia, whom Zeus freed from...
hecatonicosachoron noun /hɛkətɔnaɪkoʊsɪˈkoʊɹɔn/: A four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.
hecatontarchy noun: A government of 100 rulers.
hecatontome noun: A collection of a hundred books.
hecatophyllous adjective: Having a hundred leaves or leaflets.
hecc interjection /hɛk/: Alternative spelling of heck.
heccin interjection: Alternative form of heckin'.
heccing interjection: Alternative form of heck.
Hechavarria proper noun: A surname.
Heche proper noun: A surname
hecher adjective, adverb: louder
hechima noun: Synonym of loofah (“dried fibrous interior of tropical vine”).
Hechinger proper noun: A surname from German.
hechsher noun, verb /ˈhɛkʃəɹ/: A certification that a food product or establishment is kosher.
Hechtian strand noun: A stretched plasma membrane extending from the plasmolysed protoplast to the cell wall in plants.
hechtsbergite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic brown mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.
heck interjection, noun, verb /hɛk/: Hell.
heck board noun: The loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.
heck box noun: Alternative form of heck-box.
heck-care adjective /ˈhɛk ˌkɛː/: Having a dismissively indifferent attitude; nonchalant.
Heck cattle noun: A hardy breed of domestic cattle, the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs.
heck no interjection: Synonym of hell no.
Heck reaction noun: The reaction of an unsaturated halide (or triflate) with an alkene in the presence of a base and a palladium catalyst to form a substituted alkene.
heck yeah interjection: Synonym of hell yeah.
hecka adverb, determiner /ˈhɛkə/: Synonym of hella.
Hecke proper noun: A surname from German.
Hecke algebra noun: Synonym of Iwahori-Hecke algebra.
Heckel proper noun: A surname.
heckelphone noun: A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
Hecker proper noun: A surname.
Heckerism noun: The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-1888), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion...
heckers interjection: Hell.
Heckert proper noun: A surname.
heckfire noun: hellfire
heckin adjective, adverb, verb /ˈhɛ.kɪn/: A minced oath used as an intensifier.
hecking adjective, verb /ˈhɛ.kɪŋ/: Alternative form of heckin'.
hecklable adjective: That can be heckled.
heckle noun, verb /ˈhɛkəl/: To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
heckler noun /ˈhɛklə/: One who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases.
heckler's veto noun: Limiting an individual's free expression by heckle.
heckling noun, verb: The act of one who heckles.
Heckman proper noun: A surname.
Heckman correction noun: Any of a number of related statistical methods that allow the researcher to correct for selection bias.
Heckmann proper noun: A surname.
Heckmondwike proper noun /ˈhɛkməndwaɪk/: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2123).
heckova adjective: Alternative form of heckuva.
hecks no interjection: Synonym of heck no.
heckuva adjective /ˈhɛkəvə/: Heck of a; extreme.
Hecla proper noun: Alternative form of Hekla.
hecogenin noun: An organic compound obtained from the sisal plant and used in the production of steroidal drugs.
hect- prefix: Alternative form of hecto- (“hundred”) used before a vowel.
hecta- prefix: Alternative form of hecto- (“hundred”).
hectacre noun /hɛkteɪkə(ɹ)/: One hundred acres.
hectad noun /ˈhɛktæd/: A unit of land area, ten by ten (that is, a hundred) square kilometres, often used for assessing how widely distributed particular animals or plants are.
hectagon noun: Alternative form of hectogon (“a polygon with 100 edges, vertices, and angles”).
hectane noun: Any of very many isomeric forms of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₀₀H₂₀₂
hectarage noun: Size, as measured in hectares.
hectare noun /ˈhɛk.tɛə/: A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used...
hectareage noun: Alternative form of hectarage.
hectastyle adjective: Alternative form of hexastyle
hectic adjective, noun /ˈhɛktɪk/: Very busy with activity and confusion.
hectical adjective: hectic
hectically adverb: In a hectic manner.
hecticity noun: The quality of being hectic (very busy with activity and confusion).
hecticly adverb: Alternative form of hectically.
hecticness noun: The state or quality of being hectic.
hectivity noun /hɛkˈtɪv.ɪ.tiː/: A state of constant, frenzied, and typically stressful activity.
hecto- prefix /ˈhɛk.tə/: hundred
hectoamp noun: An SI unit of electrical current equal to 10² amps. Symbol: h
hectoampere noun: An SI unit of electrical current equal to 10² amperes. Symbol: hA
hectobecquerel noun: An SI unit of radiation equal to 10² becquerels. Symbol: h
hectobillion number: Hundred billion.
hectobillionaire noun: A person whose net worth is greater than one hundred billion (10¹¹) dollars, or other currency.
hectochlorin noun: A lipopeptide with antifungal activity.
hectocorn noun: A private startup with a valuation of US$100 billion or greater.
hectocotyliferous adjective: Bearing a hectocotylus.
hectocotylised adjective: Alternative form of hectocotylized.
hectocotylization noun: The process of developing a hectocotylus.
hectocotylized adjective: Changed into a hectocotylus.
hectocotylus noun: A modified arm of any of several male cephalopods that functions as a reproductive organ by transferring sperm to the mantle of the female.
hectocotyly noun: The condition of having a hectocotylus.
hectogon noun: A polygon having a hundred sides.
hectogram noun: An SI unit of mass equal to 10² grams. Symbol: hg
hectogramme noun: Alternative spelling of hectogram.
hectograph noun, verb: An old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal...
hectographic adjective: Relating to hectography.
hectography noun: The use of a hectograph to duplicate documents.
hectohedron noun: A polyhedron with one hundred faces.
hectoid adjective: Resembling a hectic fever.
hectokatal noun: An SI unit of catalytic activity equal to 10² katals. Symbol: h
hectokilo- prefix: In the metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100,000. Symbol: hk
hectokilogram noun: A unit of mass equal to 100,000 grams.
hectokilogramme noun: Alternative spelling of hectokilogram.
hectoliter noun: Alternative spelling of hectolitre.
hectolitre noun: A unit of volume or capacity equivalent to 100 litres. Symbol: hL
hectometer noun: US spelling of hectometre.
hectometre noun /ˈhɛktəʊˌmiːtə/: An SI unit of length equal to 100 metres. Symbol: hm
hectometric adjective: Measured in hectometres
hectomillion number: Hundred million.
hectomillionaire noun: A person whose wealth amounts to 100 million dollars (or other currency unit).
hectopascal noun: An SI unit of pressure equal to 10² pascals. Symbol: hPa
hectopsyllid noun: Any flea of the family Hectopsyllidae (syn, of Tungidae).
hector noun, verb /ˈhɛktə/: Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
Hector protector noun: A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder; a box.
Hector's dolphin noun: A dolphin of the species Cephalorhynchus hectori, endemic to the New Zealand.
Hectorean adjective: Alternative form of Hectorian.
hectorer noun: One who hectors or bullies.
hectorfloresite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing iodine, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
Hectorian adjective: Of or relating to the Trojan hero Hector.
hectoring adjective, noun, verb: That hectors; intimidating or domineering.
hectoringly adverb: So as to hector or bully.
hectorism noun: swagger; bravado
hectorite noun: A basic silicate of magnesium and lithium; it is a clay mineral of the montmorillonite group.
hectorly adjective: Resembling a hector; bullying, insolent, or taunting.
hectorship noun: bullying behaviour; hectoring
hectosecond noun: (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10² seconds. Symbol: hs. (= 00:01:40 = 1.666̄̄ minutes)
hectostere noun: An old measure of volume equal to one hundred cubic metres.
hectowatt noun: A unit of power equal to 100 watts.
hectowatt-hour noun: A measure of energy, one hundred watt-hours, or one-tenth of a UK "unit" of electricity.
Hecuba proper noun /ˈhɛkjʊbə/: the wife of King Priam of Troy, mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra, who changed through rage into a dog.
hed adjective, noun: The headline of a news story.
hedamycin noun: An antitumor antibiotic...
Hedberg proper noun: A surname.
Hedden proper noun: A surname.
heddle noun, verb /ˈhɛdəl/: A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.
heddle hook noun: A hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
heddled adjective, verb: That uses heddles.
heddler noun: A maker of heddles.
Heddon proper noun: A short river in North Devon district, Devon, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Heddon's Mouth (OS grid ref SS6549).
hede noun: Rank; order; condition; quality.
Hedebo noun: Any of various forms of whitework embroidery that originated in the heathland region of Zealand, Denmark, in the 1760s.
Hedeby proper noun: An important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement.
hedenbergite noun: The iron-rich endmember of the pyroxene group having a monoclinic crystal system.
hedenbergitic adjective: Of or pertaining to hedenbergite.
heder noun: An elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts.
hedera noun /ˈhɛ.də.ɹə/: Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera
hederaceous adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
hederacoside noun: Any of a group of saponins present in an extract of Hedera
hederagenin noun: A triterpenoid originally extracted from Hedera helix, the common ivy.
hederal adjective: Of, relating to, or composed of ivy.
hederasaponin noun: Synonym of hederacoside.
hederate noun: Any salt of hederic acid, an organic compound first extracted from ivy seeds, now called hederagenin.
hederated adjective: Decorated with ivy; covered by ivy.
hederellid noun: Any of the extinct phoronids of the suborder Hederelloidea, comprising calcitic tubular exoskeletons.
hederelloid noun: Synonym of hederellid
hederic adjective: Only used in hederic acid
hederic acid noun: hederagenin
hederiferous adjective: Producing or bearing ivy.
hederiform adjective: ivy-shaped
hederin noun: Any of a class of triterpenoid saponin found in the seeds of Nigella sativa
hedge noun, verb /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/: A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
hedge about verb: To encumber an agreement with rules and conditions.
hedge alehouse noun: An inferior inn or tavern.
hedge apple noun: Alternative form of hedgeapple.
hedge around verb: Synonym of hedge about.
hedge bindweed noun: Calystegia sepium
hedge-breaking noun: The crime of cutting and taking away branches of a hedge.
hedge cactus noun: Synonym of Peruvian apple cactus.
hedge clippers noun: Synonym of hedge trimmer.
hedge creeper noun: A thief who hides amongst hedges and robs travellers on the road.
hedge-diving noun: The pastime of jumping into or over the top of a hedge.
hedge fund noun: A mostly unregulated investment fund that invests large amounts of money using speculative methods.
hedge garlic noun: The plant garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
hedge-hop verb: Alternative form of hedgehop.
hedge in verb: To enclose or surround (something) with a hedge, trees or other plant life.
hedge-lined adjective: Of a road, street, etc., having a hedge running along one or both edges.
hedge marriage noun: A clandestine marriage.
hedge maze noun: An outdoor garden maze in which the walls between passages are made of vertical hedges.
hedge mustard noun: Sisymbrium officinale, a brassicaceous plant with edible leaves and seeds.
hedge-note noun: A worthless literary attempt; a piece of bad writing.
hedge one's bets verb: To place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.
hedge parsley noun: An herbaceous plant of the genus Torilis.
hedge parson noun: A poor and generally illiterate parson.
hedge popping noun: The shooting of small birds around hedges.
hedge priest noun: An ignorant itinerant priest.
hedge rider noun: A witch who practises hedge riding; a hedge witch.
hedge riding noun: Shamanic journeying, as practised by a hedge witch.
hedge-row noun: Alternative form of hedgerow.
hedge school noun: A rudimentary school in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, held outdoors or in a house or barn.
hedge sermon noun /ˈhɛdʒ ˌsɝmən/: An open-air religious service held by Calvinists in the Low Countries during the Reformation, typically in rural areas beyond the reach of civic authorities.
hedge sparrow noun: Former name for the bird Prunella modularis, the dunnock.
hedge tree noun: The Osage orange tree.
hedge trimmer noun: A gardening tool or machine used for trimming hedges.
hedge warbler noun: Synonym of dunnock.
hedge witch noun: Fungus of species Phallus impudicus, a type of stinkhorn.
hedge wizard noun: An inferior wizard; a wizard of limited ability and little or no formal training.
hedgeapple noun: The fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera), also known as the hedge tree.
hedgebank noun: A hedgerow.
hedgeberry noun: The hagberry.
hedgebill noun: A hedger's tool resembling a sickle.
hedgeborn adjective: Born under a hedge or of low birth.
hedgebote noun: A haybote.
hedgebreaker noun: A vandal who damages a hedge.
Hedgecock proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
hedged adjective, verb /hɛd͡ʒd/: Offset by another financial asset.
hedgeful noun: An amount held in a hedge.
hedgehog noun, verb /ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɒɡ/: A small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to...
hedgehog cactus noun: Any of various cacti of the genera Pediocactus, Echinocereus, or Echinopsis.
hedgehog highway noun: A gap in a garden fence or hedgerow allowing hedgehogs to pass between gardens.
hedgehog plant noun: The spiny evergreen flowering plant Erinacea anthyllis.
hedgehog seahorse noun: A species of seahorse, Hippocampus spinosissimus
hedgehog signalling pathway noun: A key regulator of animal development present in many organisms from flies to humans.
hedgehog slice noun: An uncooked flat, square or bar-shaped dessert with alternating darker (chocolate) and lighter (crushed biscuit, puffed rice, etc.) areas.
hedgehog tenrec noun: Short for lesser hedgehog tenrec (“Echinops telfairi”)
hedgehog thistle noun: Any of various cacti of the genus Echinocactus.
hedgehogginess noun /ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡɪnəs/: Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness.
hedgehoggy adjective /ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡi/: Of the nature of a hedgehog: externally repellent; difficult to get on with.
hedgehogless adjective: Without hedgehogs.
hedgehoglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hedgehog.
hedgehop verb: Of an aircraft: to fly very close to the ground, such that evasive manoeuvres need to be taken to avoid obstacles.
hedgehopper noun: An aircraft that hedgehops.
hedgehopping noun, verb: The action or pastime of hedgehopping; see hedgehop.
hedgehyssop noun: Any of various plants of the genus Gratiola.
hedgeless adjective: Without hedges.
hedgelessness noun: Absence of hedges (thickets of bushes etc.).
hedgelike adjective: Resembling a hedge.
hedgeline noun: The path or track of a hedge through a landscape.
hedgemaker noun: One who constructs a hedge.
hedgemaking noun: The construction of hedges.
hedgenettle noun: Any of certain plants of the genus Stachys.
Hedgepeth proper noun: A surname.
hedgepig noun: A hedgehog.
hedger noun: One who makes or mends hedges.
hedgerow noun /ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/: A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
hedgerow jelly noun: A jelly made from fruits that can be found growing in the wild in hedgerows, such as crabapples, sloes, blackberries, etc.
hedgerowed adjective: Having one or more hedgerows; surrounded by hedgerows.
hedgerowless adjective: Without hedgerows.
hedgetop noun: The top of a hedge.
hedgeward adjective, adverb: Toward a hedge.
hedgewards adverb: Towards a hedge.
hedgewise adverb: In the manner of a hedge.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under H: 32,288 words, in 108 parts.