English words: hightop to hilsah
300 English words, part 54 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.
English words hightop to hilsah
- hightop noun: Alternative form of high-top.
- Hightower proper noun: A surname.
- Hightown proper noun: A suburb of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8762).
- Hightstown proper noun: A borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
- hightum noun: The most formal level of attire
- highveld noun: Alternative letter-case form of Highveld.
- highwall noun: The unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine.
- highwater noun: Synonym of high water.
- highwaters noun: plural of highwater
- highway noun, verb /ˈhaɪweɪ/: A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
- highway engineer noun: A civil engineer who designs, builds, and maintains roads, bridges, and tunnels.
- highway hypnosis noun: An automatic mental state in which a person continues to drive a vehicle safely and correctly but without the recollection of having done so.
- highway oasis noun: A rest area or service area built beside a highway or expressway, usually offering parking, restrooms, food, and sometimes fuel, repairs, and tourist...
- highway patrol noun: Any police unit which is primarily responsible for overseeing and enforcing of regulations on roads and highways.
- highway robbery noun: The act of robbing a traveler on a public road.
- highway yellow noun: Synonym of federal yellow.
- highwayed adjective: Provided with highways.
- highwayless adjective: Without a highway.
- highwaylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a highway.
- highwayman noun /ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/: A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
- highways and byways noun: Collectively, the roads and paths of a given place.
- highwaywoman noun: The female equivalent of a highwayman.
- highwheeler noun: Alternative form of high-wheeler.
- highwire noun: A wire strung high above the ground which is used for acrobatic stunts.
- highwire walker noun: An acrobat who performs tightrope walking on a wire which is at an especially high elevation above the ground, usually with the aid of a pole for balance.
- highwire walking noun: The act of balancing and walking across a tightly stretched wire or rope that is elevated high above the ground.
- Highwood proper noun: A neighbourhood of Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
- Highworth proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2092).
- highwrought adjective: Highly excited; overwrought; worked up.
- Higinbotham proper noun: A surname.
- Higley proper noun: A surname.
- Higman proper noun: A surname.
- HIGMS noun: Initialism of His Imperial German Majesty's Ship. A ship prefix for a ship of the Imperial German Navy (usually for prior to the dreadnought era, prior to...
- Hignett proper noun: A surname.
- HIGNFY proper noun: Have I Got News for You, a British TV panel game based on newspaper headlines
- higonokami noun: A Japanese folding pocketknife.
- higry-pigry noun: Alternative form of hiera picra.
- Higson proper noun /ˈhɪɡ.sən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Higuchi proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
- Higuera proper noun: A surname.
- higuero noun: A calabash tree.
- higumen noun: Alternative form of hegumen.
- HIH phrase: Initialism of his/her Imperial Highness.
- hihi interjection, noun: Alternative form of hehe.
- hii interjection: Elongated form of hi (typically signaling excitement, friendship, or flirtatiousness).
- hiii interjection: Elongated form of hi (typically signaling excitement, friendship, or flirtatiousness).
- HIIT noun /hɪt/: Initialism of high-intensity interval training, a form of exercise based on short bursts of intense effort, such as sprinting.
- hijaab noun: Alternative spelling of hijab.
- hijab noun /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/: A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.
- hijabed adjective /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbd/: Wearing a hijab.
- hijaber noun: One who wears a hijab.
- hijabi noun /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbi/: A person, usually a Muslim woman, who wears a hijab.
- hijabify verb: (Of a woman) to veil oneself with a hijab.
- hijabista noun: A Muslim woman or girl who dresses stylishly while conforming to the Islamic modesty code (hijab).
- hijabization noun: The adoption of the hijab; the increasing visibility of the hijab
- hijabize verb: To adorn or cover with a hijab; to veil with hijab-like scarves.
- hijabless adjective: Not wearing hijab
- hijabophobia noun: Fear of hijabs; Islamophobia directed at hijabi women.
- hijabster noun: A trendy hijabi.
- hijack noun, verb /ˈhaɪ.d͡ʒæk/: To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
- hijackable adjective: Capable of being hijacked.
- hijacked adjective, verb /ˈhaɪ.dʒækt/: Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
- hijackee noun: A victim of a hijacking.
- hijacker noun /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒækəɹ/: Someone who hijacks.
- hijacking noun, verb /ˈhaɪˌdʒæ.kɪŋ/: The act of one who hijacks (in any sense).
- hijackware noun: Malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to affect its behaviour.
- hijada noun: Alternative form of hijra.
- Hijagang noun: A Meitei traditional boathouse, located inside the Kangla fort of Imphal
- hijama noun: wet cupping
- hijara noun: Alternative form of hijra.
- Hijaz proper noun: A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places
- Hijazi proper noun: A group of early angular Arabic scripts that developed in the Hejaz region of the Arabian peninsula.
- hijeous adjective: Pronunciation spelling of hideous.
- hijiki noun: Sargassum fusiforme, a brown seaweed used in Japanese cuisine.
- hijinks noun: Alternative spelling of high jinks.
- hijinx noun: Alternative spelling of high jinks.
- Hijiri proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
- HIJMS noun: Initialism of His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Ship, an Imperial Japanese Navy ship; an informal ship prefix used for a warship of the Imperial Japanese...
- Hijo proper noun: A barangay of Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines.
- hijra noun /ˈhiːd͡ʒɹə/: A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman.
- hijrah noun: Alternative form of hijra.
- Hijri proper noun: the Islamic lunar calendar; begins with the migration of Muhammad, 16 July 622 AD; months begin at sunset on the day of visual sighting of the new moon
- hikable adjective: Alternative form of hikeable.
- Hikari proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
- Hikaru proper noun: A unisex given name from Japanese.
- hike interjection, noun, verb /haɪk/: A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
- hike out verb: to lean over the edge of a boat, in order to counterbalance its weight when it is tilted, to avoid heeling.
- hike the Appalachian Trail verb: To engage in an extramarital affair.
- hike up verb: To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
- hikeable adjective: Suitable for hiking.
- hikeathon noun: A charity event in which participants go hiking.
- hiker noun /ˈhaɪ̯kə/: One who hikes, especially frequently.
- hiker's rash noun: Synonym of golfer's vasculitis.
- hiki noun: A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
- hikikomori noun /ˌhɪkikoʊˈmɔɹi/: A Japanese phenomenon whereby a person becomes a recluse from society, typically remaining isolated in a single room at home for a very long period.
- hiking noun, verb /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/: Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
- hiking boot noun: A type of resistant boot designed for hiking.
- hiking pole noun: Synonym of trekking pole.
- hikiotoshi noun: A kimarite in which the attacker pulls on his opponent's arm, shoulder or mawashi while backing away.
- hikkake noun: A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm with both hands and pulls him past him while moving backwards and to the side.
- hikki noun: A hikikomori (reclusive person).
- hikmah noun: Wisdom and understanding about the divine.
- hikmat noun: Alternative form of hikmah.
- Hiko proper noun: A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
- hikoi noun, verb /ˈhiːkɔɪ/: A protest march, typically involving a long journey.
- hikuli noun: Alternative form of hikuri (“peyote”).
- hikuri noun: peyote
- HIL noun: Initialism of Hardware-In-the-Loop.
- hilair adjective: Alternative form of hilar (“hilarious”).
- hilairite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral light brown mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
- hilal adjective, noun /ˈhaɪ.ləl/: Of or pertaining to a hilum.
- Hiland proper noun: A surname.
- hilar adjective /ˈhaɪ.lə(ɹ)/: Relating to or near a hilum.
- hilar appendage noun: The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium.
- hilar appendix noun: The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium.
- hilare adjective: Alternative form of hilar (hilarious).
- Hilaria proper noun /hɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/: Ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox (northward equinox) to honor Cybele.
- Hilario proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- hilarious adjective /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/: Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
- hilariously adverb: In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.
- hilariousness noun: The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hilarity noun /hɪˈlæɹɪ.ti/: A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.
- hilarographine noun: Any moth of the tortricid tribe Hilarographini
- hilarotragedy noun: A play of the phlyax genre, blending tragic and comic elements.
- hilars adjective: Clipping of hilarious.
- Hilary noun /ˈhɪləɹi/: Ellipsis of Hilary term.
- Hilary term noun /ˈhɪləɹi tɜːm/: The second term of the legal year, running from January to March or April, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
- hilarytide noun: Alternative form of Hilary-tide.
- hilbeh noun: Alternative form of hulbah.
- Hilbert proper noun: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Hilbert cube noun: A metrizable topological space which is the product of a countably infinite number of closed intervals.
- Hilbert curve noun: A continuous fractal space-filling curve.
- Hilbert R-tree noun: A kind of R-tree used for multidimensional objects.
- Hilbert space noun: A generalized Euclidean space in which mathematical functions take the place of points; crucial to the understanding of quantum mechanics and other...
- Hilbertian adjective: Relating to David Hilbert (1862–1943), German mathematician.
- Hilborn proper noun: A surname.
- Hilburn proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- hilch noun, verb: To hobble.
- Hilda proper noun /ˈhɪldə/: A female given name from the Germanic languages used since Middle Ages.
- Hildabeast noun: A member or alumnus of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
- Hildebrand proper noun /ˈhɪldəbɹænd/: A surname from German.
- Hildebrand rules noun: The unofficial acceptance of the use of one's spouse's private documents in court during a divorce.
- Hildebrand solubility parameter noun: A parameter providing a numerical estimate of the degree of interaction between materials, often a good indication of solubility. Symbol δ.
- Hildebrandian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Pope Gregory VII (c.1015–1085), born Hildebrand of Sovana, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
- Hildebrandic adjective: Relating to, or supporting, Hildebrandism.
- Hildebrandine adjective: Synonym of Hildebrandian.
- Hildebrandism noun: The spirit and policy of Hildebrand (Pope Gregory VII, 1073-85); unbending assertion of the power of the church, etc.
- Hildebrandt proper noun: A surname from German.
- Hildegard proper noun: A female given name from German.
- Hildegarde proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Hildegard.
- Hilden proper noun: A surname.
- Hildenborough proper noun: A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5648).
- Hildenbrand proper noun: A surname.
- Hilderbrand proper noun: A surname.
- hilding noun /ˈhɪldɪŋ/: A wretch, a contemptible person.
- hildoceratid noun: Any ammonite in the family Hildoceratidae.
- Hildred proper noun: A female given name.
- Hildreth proper noun: A surname.
- Hildy proper noun: A female given name, variant of Hilda.
- Hildyard proper noun: A surname.
- hile noun, verb: A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook.
- Hileman proper noun: A surname.
- Hiley proper noun: A surname.
- Hilferdingian adjective: Relating to the views of Rudolf Hilferding; in particular pertaining to the theory that imperialism was primarily the product of finance.
- hilgardite noun: A vitreous mixed borate and chloride mineral of calcium.
- Hilger proper noun: A surname.
- hiliferous adjective: Bearing a hilum.
- Hiligaynon noun /hɪ.lɪ.ɡaɪ̯ˈn̪on̪/: an ethnic group from Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island in Visayas, Philippines
- hilite noun, verb: Informal spelling of highlight.
- hiliting noun, verb: Informal spelling of highlighting.
- Hilker proper noun: A surname.
- hill noun, verb /hɪl/: An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- hill-billy noun: Alternative form of hillbilly.
- hill cane noun: A species of short bamboo native to the Appalachian mountains and Piedmont in the southeastern United States, Arundinaria appalachiana.
- hill censer noun: An ancient Chinese censer in the shape of a hill.
- hill chain noun: An elongated line of hills that usually includes a succession of more or less prominent hilltops, domed summits or kuppen, hill ridges and saddles and...
- hill climb noun, verb: A sporting event, during which vehicles are driven or ridden up a steep incline. The goal is to reach the highest level on the slope.
- hill climbing noun: Alternative form of hillclimbing.
- hill country blues noun: A genre of country blues from Mississippi.
- Hill criteria noun: Synonym of Bradford Hill criteria.
- hill fire noun: Synonym of forest fire.
- hill-fort noun: A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.
- hill-holder noun: A device in a motor vehicle that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier for a stationary vehicle to start uphill.
- hill-like adjective: Alternative form of hilllike.
- hill myna noun: Any member of the species in the genus Gracula, of south Asia.
- hill of beans noun: Something of no importance.
- hill partridge noun: Any partridge of the genus Arborophila, of which numerous species inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.
- hill-people noun: Supernatural beings, such as a dwarves, that live beneath hills.
- hill pigeon noun: Columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia.
- Hill radius noun: Synonym of Hill sphere.
- hill rat noun: A prospector.
- Hill River poison noun: The plant Gastrolobium polystachyum.
- Hill-Robertson effect noun: The phenomenon whereby genetic recombination allows evolution to progress more quickly.
- hill side noun: Alternative spelling of hillside.
- Hill sphere noun: The region in which a given astronomical body dominates the attraction of satellites.
- hill start noun: The act of starting a motor vehicle moving forwards from a complete stop when going uphill, typically requiring the use of the handbrake.
- hill station noun: In South and Southeast Asia, a small community located at a relatively high elevation which serves as a retreat or vacation location during the hot summers;...
- Hill tetrahedron noun: Any of a certain family of space-filling tetrahedra that are scissor-congruent to a cube.
- hill to die on noun: An issue to pursue with a wholehearted conviction or a single-minded focus, with little or no regard to the cost and no intent of equivocation or compromise.
- hill-topping noun: A reproductive behaviour of butterflies and certain other insect species in which individuals congregate on hill tops in order to find partners and mate.
- hill town noun: A town located among hills, especially when built there to make invasions difficult.
- hill-tribe noun: Alternative form of hilltribe.
- hill-troll noun: A troll that lives in or under a hill.
- Hillard proper noun: A surname from French.
- Hillary proper noun /ˈhɪ.lə.ɹi/: A female given name from Latin Hilaria.
- HillaryCare proper noun: The Clinton health care plan of 1993.
- Hillarynomics noun: The economic ideas of Hillary Clinton.
- hillbilly noun, verb /ˈhɪlˌbɪli/: Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
- hillbilly jacuzzi noun: Synonym of hillbilly hot tub
- hillbilly mango noun: Synonym of pawpaw (fruit of Asimina triloba).
- hillbilly music noun: A mix of Appalachian, Southern and western music, performed by rural white people in a range of styles for commercial recording in the early United States...
- hillbillyish adjective: Befitting, resembling, or characteristic of a hillbilly
- hillbillyism noun: The attitudes or behavior of hillbillies.
- hillbillylike adjective: Resembling a hillbilly.
- hillclimb noun: An instance of climbing (ascending) a hill in a car, especially competitively.
- hillclimber noun: One who takes part in hillclimbing.
- hillclimbing noun: A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- hillcraft noun: The skills related to outdoor survival in a hilly habitat.
- hillcrest noun: The crest of a hill
- hillcultural adjective: Relating to hillculture.
- hillculture noun: The cultivation of produce on a hillside.
- Hilleary proper noun: A surname.
- Hillebrand proper noun: A surname.
- hillebrandite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
- hilled adjective, verb: Having hills.
- Hillel proper noun /hɪˈlɛl/: A male given name from Hebrew.
- Hillel sandwich noun: An Ashkenazi sandwich made with matzo and either horseradish or lettuce, a modern attempt at complying with a food requirement in the Haggadah.
- Hillelite noun: A supporter of the school of thought of Rabbi Hillel.
- Hillen proper noun: A surname.
- Hillenbrand proper noun: A surname from German.
- Hillenburg proper noun: A surname from German.
- Hillerød proper noun: A city and municipality in north Zealand, Denmark.
- Hillery proper noun: A surname.
- Hilley proper noun: A surname.
- hillfolk noun: Hillspeople.
- hillfolks noun: Alternative form of hillfolk
- hillfort noun: Alternative spelling of hill-fort.
- Hillgrove proper noun: A locality in the Armidale council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- Hillhead proper noun: An inner suburb of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, west of the city centre (OS grid ref NS5767).
- Hillhouse proper noun: A neighbourhood in Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1417)
- Hilliard proper noun: A surname.
- Hilliker proper noun: A surname.
- hilliness noun: The property of being hilly or having hills.
- hilling noun, verb: The act or process of heaping up earth around plants.
- Hillingdon proper noun /ˈhɪlɪŋdən/: A London borough on the west side of Greater London, England.
- Hillington proper noun: A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF718255).
- Hillis proper noun: A surname.
- hillish adjective: hill-like or rather hilly
- hillite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and zinc.
- hilljack noun: A hillbilly or redneck.
- hilllike adjective: Resembling a hill or hills.
- hillman noun /ˈhɪlmən/: A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.
- Hillmann proper noun: A surname.
- Hillmer proper noun: A surname.
- hillo verb: To holler, shout loudly at someone
- hilloa verb: To holler, shout loudly
- hillock noun /ˈhɪl.ək/: A small hill.
- hillocked adjective: Having hillocks.
- hillocky adjective: Resembling a hillock.
- hills noun, verb /hɪlz/: plural of hill
- hills and valleys noun: Female anatomy.
- Hills Hoist noun: A rotary clothes line with adjustable height by means of a rotating handle.
- Hillsboro proper noun /ˈhɪlz.bʌ.ɹoʊ/: A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- Hillsborough proper noun: A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.
- hillscape noun: A hilly landscape.
- Hillsdale proper noun: A suburb of south-eastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- hillshade noun, verb: A graphical representation of a surface as if illuminated from one side
- hillside noun /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/: The side of a hill.
- hillslope noun: A slope of a hill.
- hillsman noun: A man who belongs to a tribe inhabiting the hills (hillspeople).
- hillspeople noun: The members of a tribe inhabiting the hills.
- hillstar noun: One of several varieties of hummingbirds, principally of genus Oreotrochilus, which live at higher altitudes.
- Hillston proper noun: A town in the Carrathool council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
- hillstream noun: A swiftly-flowing stream, typically one that runs down a hillside
- hillstream loach noun: Any of many rheophilic fish, of the family Balitoridae
- Hillsville proper noun: A town, the county seat of Carroll County, Virginia, United States.
- hilltop noun /ˈhɪltɒp/: The peak or crest of a hill.
- hilltop youth noun: Young Israeli nationalist hard-liners who establish anti-Palestinian outposts in the West Bank without the legal approval of Israel.
- hilltopper noun: Someone who lives on the top of a hill.
- hilltopping noun: Alternative spelling of hill-topping.
- hilltown noun: Alternative form of hill town.
- hilltribe noun: A tribe that inhabits a hilly region.
- hillul Hashem noun: Alternative form of chillul Hashem.
- hillwalker noun: A person who takes part in hillwalking.
- hillwalking noun: The pastime of walking in hilly countryside.
- hillward adjective, adverb: toward a hill; toward the hills
- hillwards adverb: Toward a hill.
- hillwash noun: sediment that accumulates at the base of a slope
- hillwoman noun: A woman belonging to a hilltribe.
- Hillwood proper noun: A town in George Town council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- hillwort noun: Calamintha nepeta, a perennial herb in the mint family.
- hilly adjective /ˈhɪli/: Abundant in hills; having many hills.
- Hillyard proper noun: A surname.
- Hillyer proper noun: A surname.
- Hilma proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages in occasional use at the turn of the 20th century.
- Hilo proper noun: The largest town on the island of Hawaii, in Hawaii County, Hawaii, located at the eastern corner of the island.
- hiloni noun: An irreligious and/or lightly-observant Jew
- hilot noun: A traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage.
- hilsa noun: Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
- hilsah noun: Alternative form of hilsa (“fish”).
Part 53 · Part 55 · English words: H
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.