English words: hiragana to histiostigmatid

300 English words, part 57 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words hiragana to histiostigmatid

hiragana noun /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/: The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and...
hirage noun: Alternative form of hireage.
Hirai proper noun: A surname.
Hirakawa proper noun: a city in Japan
Hiram proper noun /ˈhaɪɹəm/: A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
hiramasa noun: Sushi made from the yellowtail amberjack, Seriola lalandi.
Hiramic adjective /haɪˈɹæmɪk/: Of, or pertaining to, Hiram Abiff, the chief character in an allegorical legend connected with the initiation into the third degree of Freemasonry.
Hirano proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Hirano body noun: An intracellular aggregate of actin and associated proteins, found in the nerve cells of individuals with certain neurodegenerative disorders.
Hiranuma proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Hirata proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Hiratsuka proper noun: A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan.
Hirayama proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
hirbad noun: Alternative form of herbad (“Zoroastrian priest”).
hirc- prefix: Buck, male goat.
hircar noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hircara noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hircarra noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hircarrah noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hircic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet.
hircic acid noun: A type of oily acid (a mixture rich in capric- and caproic acids) made from mutton suet, having an odor similar to that of a goat, used in the early days of...
hircin noun: hircic acid.
hircine adjective, noun /ˈhɜːsaɪn/: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.
hircinous adjective: Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine
hircismus noun: Offensive goatlike smell of armpits.
hircocervus noun: A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
hircose adjective: Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine
hircosity noun: The quality of being hircose, or goatish.
hircurra noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hircurrah noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hird noun: In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
hirdman noun: A member of a Norwegian hird, or royal household.
hirdum-dirdum noun: Clamour; commotion; hullabaloo.
hirdy-girdy noun: Obsolete form of hurdy-gurdy (“musical instrument”).
hire noun, verb /ˈhaɪ(.)ə/: A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
hire car noun: A car that is hired, or available for hire.
hire out verb: To allow others to use temporarily in exchange for money.
hire purchase noun: A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular instalments. Ownership is only transferred on payment...
hire system noun: The system of buying and selling things via hire purchase.
hireable adjective: Alternative spelling of hirable.
hireage noun: The act of hiring something.
hired gun noun: A person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the...
hired hand noun: A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch.
hired muscle noun: Person who is hired or asked to perform tasks or duties requiring physical strength.
hiree noun: Someone who hires from a hirer.
hireless adjective: Without recompense, payment or reward.
hireling noun /ˈhaɪ.ə.lɪŋ/: An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
hireman noun: hireling
Hiren noun: A seductive woman; a courtesan.
hireworthy adjective: Worthy of hire; employable.
hirik noun: Alternative spelling of hiriq.
hiring noun, verb /haɪə.ɹɪŋ/: The act by which an employee is hired.
hiring hall noun: An organization which has the responsibility of furnishing new recruits for employers who have a collective bargaining agreement with the trade union.
hiriq noun: A Hebrew nikud vowel sign, a dot written beneath a letter, indicating the phoneme /i/.
hirkara noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hirkarah noun: Alternative form of harkara.
hirling noun: Alternative form of herling.
hirmologion noun: Alternative form of irmologion.
hirmos noun: Alternative form of irmos.
HIRMS noun: Initialism of His Imperial Russian Majesty's Ship. A ship prefix for ships of the Imperial Russian Navy
hirn noun /ˈhɜːn/: Corner; nook; hiding-place.
Hirohisa proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
Hiroko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
hirola noun: A type of antelope found in an area between Kenya and Somalia, Beatragus hunteri or sometimes Damaliscus hunteri.
Hiromitsu proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
Hirono proper noun /hɪˈɹoʊnoʊ/: A surname.
Hirosaki proper noun: A city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Hirose proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Hiroshi proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
Hiroshima noun /hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/: A catastrophe.
Hiroshima maiden noun: Any of a group of Japanese women who were disfigured by the thermal flash from the fission bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and who subsequently went on a...
hiroshimaite noun: A family of glasses caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshiman adjective, noun: Of or relating to Hiroshima, Japan.
hiroshimite noun: A rare crystalline structure for metallic alloys found in hiroshimaite glass nodules, forged by the intense temperature and pressure of an atomic bomb...
Hirota proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
hirple noun, verb /ˈhɜː.pəl/: To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
hirquine adjective /ˈhɜːkwaɪn/: Alternative spelling of hircine.
hirrient adjective: Having a strongly trilled sound, like that of a cat purring.
hirs pronoun /hiɹz/: That which belongs to hir, theirs (singular). Possessive case of hir, used in place of a noun. Coordinate with his and hers.
Hirsch proper noun: A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Coalfields, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Hirsch funnel noun: This conical shaped Büchner funnel is used for filtering small quantities of material.
Hirschberg proper noun: A surname from German.
Hirschfeld proper noun: A surname.
Hirschfield proper noun: A surname from German.
Hirschhorn proper noun: hartshorn
Hirschi proper noun: A surname.
Hirschian adjective: Of or relating to E. D. Hirsch (born 1928), American educator.
Hirschman proper noun: A surname from German.
Hirschmann proper noun: A surname from German.
Hirschsprung disease noun: Alternative form of Hirschsprung's disease.
Hirschsprung's disease noun: Congenital aganglionic megacolon, a disorder in which the bowel is obstructed by an aganglionic section of bowel and the colon becomes enlarged.
hirsel noun /ˈhɪɹsəl/: The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.
hirself pronoun /hiɹˈsɛlf/: Hir, themselves; gender-neutral third-person singular object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with gendered himself and...
Hirsh proper noun: A surname.
Hirshberg proper noun: A surname from German.
Hirshman proper noun: A surname.
Hirson proper noun: A commune in Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Hirst proper noun: A surname.
Hirstian adjective: Of or relating to Paul Hirst (1946-2003), British sociologist and political theorist.
hirsutal adjective: Relating to the hair, especially in the context of nervous symptoms such as pulling or twisting the hair.
hirsute adjective, noun /həːˈsjuːt/: Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
hirsuteine noun: An alkaloid isolated from Uncaria and found in yokukansan.
hirsutely adverb: In a hirsute way, hairily.
hirsutene noun: A tricyclic hydrocarbon with IUPAC name (3aR,3bR,6aS,7aR)-3a,5,5-trimethyl-3-methylidene-1,2,3b,4,6,6a,7,7a-octahydrocyclopenta[a]pentalene
hirsuteness noun: The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.
hirsutic adjective: Alternative form of hirsute (very rare, only found in the term hirsutic acid)
hirsutic acid noun: A hydrocarbon of biological origin having a carbon skeleton formally derived from isoprene.
hirsutidin noun: An O-methylated anthocyanidin, belonging to the anthocyanins, found in Catharanthus roseus petals and calluses.
hirsuties noun: hirsutism
hirsuties papillaris coronae glandis noun: The medical condition of having pearly penile papules.
hirsuties papillaris genitalis noun: The medical condition of having pearly penile papules.
hirsuties papillaris penis noun: The medical condition of having pearly penile papules.
hirsutinolide noun: Any of a group of tricyclic sesquiterpene lactones present in Vernonia.
hirsutism noun: Excessive and increased hair growth in locations where terminal hair is normally minimal or absent.
hirsutoid adjective: Only used in hirsutoid papillomas
hirsutoid papillomas noun: Synonym of pearly penile papules.
hirsutoid papillomatosis noun: Synonym of hirsuties papillaris coronae glandis.
hirsutulous adjective: Having small or sparse hairs.
hirtellous adjective: with minute hairs.
Hirth proper noun: A surname.
hirtillous adjective: Minutely hirsute.
hirtose adjective: Synonym of hirsute.
Hirtshals proper noun: A town and port on the Skagerrak in the municipality of Hjørring, North Jutland, Denmark.
hirudin noun: A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.
hirudinal adjective: Of or pertaining to leeches
hirudine adjective, noun: Of or relating to the leeches.
hirudinean noun: Any leech of the subclass Hirudinea
hirudiniasis noun: infestation by leeches
hirudiniculture noun: The commercial production of leeches.
hirudinin noun: An anticoagulant secretion of leeches.
hirudinised adjective: Alternative form of hirudinized.
hirudinization noun: The process of making blood noncoagulable by the injection of hirudin.
hirudinize verb: To inject hirudin into blood to prevent coagulation.
hirulog noun: Synonym of bivalirudin.
hirundine adjective, noun /hɪˈɹʌndʌɪn/: Of or relating to a swallow (the bird); of or relating to the family Hirundinidae.
hirundinid noun: Any bird in the family Hirundinidae; a swallow or martin.
hirundinous adjective: hirundine
hirundoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Hirwaun proper noun: A village and community (served by Hirwaun and Penderyn Community Council) in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN9605).
his determiner, noun, pronoun /ɪz/ [ɪ̈z]: Belonging to him.
his and hers adjective: Describes a pair of items designed for use by a couple – one by the man and the other by the woman.
His Beatitude pronoun: An honorific title given to patriarchs
His Britannic Majesty noun: An elaborate formal title for a male British monarch.
His bundle noun: Synonym of bundle of His.
His Eminence noun: An honorific style for a cardinal
His Excellency pronoun: A title of respect for males used when referring to heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, ecclesiastics such as Catholic Bishops,...
his heels noun: His nibs.
His Highness pronoun: A title of respect for male royals.
His Holiness pronoun: An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader.
His Imperial Highness pronoun: A title of respect for male emperors.
His Imperial Majesty pronoun: he; him (in reference to a (male) emperor)
his knob noun: Alternative form of his nob
His Maj pronoun: His Majesty.
His Majesty pronoun: A title of respect used when referring to a king.
his'n pronoun: Alternative form of hisn.
his nabs pronoun: Alternative form of his nibs.
his nibs noun, pronoun: A mock title used to refer to an authoritative, bossy or demanding man.
his nob noun: A jack; a knave.
his nobs noun: Alternative form of his nob
His Royal Highness pronoun: A title given to certain male members of a royal family, abbreviated HRH.
His Royal Majesty pronoun: A title of respect used when referring to a king.
His Serene Highness pronoun: An honorific style used in referring to a male personage of any of a variety of certain dignities, but chiefly a reigning or sovereign prince, such as those...
Hisako proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
Hisamatsu proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Hisar proper noun: A district of Haryana, India.
Hisashi proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
Hisatsinom noun: The ancestors of the Hopi people.
hisbah noun: An Islamic doctrine that requires upholding community morals and law and order.
Hiscock proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Hiscox proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Hise proper noun: A surname.
hish verb: Alternative form of hiss.
hishi noun: Alternative form of heishe.
hisian adjective: Relating to the bundle of His.
hisingerite noun: An iron silicate with a dark-brown or black color, formula Fe³⁺₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O.
ḥiškʷiiʔatḥ noun: Hesquiaht First Nation spelling of Hesquiaht.
Hislop proper noun: A surname.
hislopite noun: A bright green variety of calcite.
hisn pronoun: His.
Hispana adjective, noun: A female Hispanic.
Hispania proper noun: The Iberian Peninsula, a peninsula and historical region of Southern Europe covering modern-day Spain, Portugal and Andorra, when under the control of...
Hispanian adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to the historical region of Hispania.
Hispanic adjective, noun /hɪˈspænɪk/: Of or relating to Spain.
Hispanic American adjective, noun: Of or relating to Hispanic America, its people, or its culture.
Hispanically adverb: In a Hispanic manner.
Hispanicisation noun: Alternative spelling of Hispanicization
hispanicise verb: Alternative spelling of Hispanicize.
Hispanicism noun /hɪˈspænɪsɪzm̩/: A Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.
Hispanicity noun: The quality of being Hispanic.
Hispanicization noun: The act or process of rendering Hispanic.
hispanicize verb: To render Spanish, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, or style.
Hispanicizer noun: One who translates into Spanish, especially from Latin.
Hispanicness noun: The quality, characteristic or state of being Hispanic.
Hispaniola proper noun /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/: An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Hispaniola pine noun: Pinus occidentalis, a pine tree endemic to the island of Hispaniola.
Hispaniolan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Hispaniolan crossbill noun: Loxia megaplaga, a crossbill that is endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), and the only one of its genus in the Caribbean.
Hispaniolan pine noun: Alternative form of Hispaniola pine.
Hispaniolan tanager noun: Any passerine bird of the family Phaenicophilidae, native to Hispaniola.
Hispaniolise verb: Alternative form of Hispaniolize.
Hispaniolize verb: Synonym of Spaniolize.
Hispanism noun: The study of the Spanish language or culture.
Hispanist noun: Someone specialising in the study of Hispanic culture, language etc.
Hispanistics noun: Hispanic studies.
hispanize verb: Alternative letter-case form of Hispanize.
Hispano adjective, noun, prefix: A Hispanic: a person of Spanish descent, especially a masculine one.
Hispano-Arabic adjective: Of Spanish and Arabic admixture.
Hispanoamericanism noun: The philosophical and political doctrines that tend towards the unification of all the nations of Hispanic America, specifically those countries that formed...
Hispanomedievalism noun: The study of medieval Spain.
hispanomedievalist adjective, noun: Relating to the study of medieval Spain.
hispanophile noun: A person who admires Spain, Spanish-speaking countries and people, or Spanish culture.
Hispanophobe noun: One who dislikes Hispanic people.
Hispanophobia noun: fear, hatred of, hostility or discrimination against Spaniards, Hispanic (Spanish) people or culture.
Hispanophobic adjective: showing Hispanophobia.
hispanophone adjective, noun: Alternative letter-case form of Hispanophone.
Hispanosphere noun: The totality of Hispanic culture and society (equivalent to the Anglosphere).
Hispanx adjective: Hispanic; Hispano and of any gender, or of non-binary gender.
Hispasian noun: A person who is half Asian and half Hispanic.
hispi noun: pointed cabbage
hispi cabbage noun: pointed cabbage
hispid adjective /ˈhɪspɪd/: Covered in short, stiff hairs.
hispidate verb: To make something hispid.
hispidated adjective, verb: bristly
hispidin noun: The phenolic compound 2-[(E)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethenyl]-6-hydroxypyran-4-one present as a glycoside in some fungi
hispidity noun: The quality of being hispid.
hispidly adverb: In a hispid manner.
hispidose adjective: Having radiating branches that themselves have radiating branches
hispidulin noun: A naturally-occurring flavone with potential antiepileptic activity.
hispidulous adjective: Minutely hispid; having tiny hairs.
hispine noun: Any beetle of the former subfamily Hispinae (now Cassidinae)
hispinin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
hispoid adjective, noun: Relating to, or characteristic of the hispines
hiss noun, verb /hɪs/: A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
hiss-and-tell adjective: Disclosing private information in a hostile manner.
hissable adjective: Capable of being pronounced with a hiss.
hisself pronoun /ˈhɪz.sɛlf/: Himself.
hissen pronoun: Himself.
hisser noun /ˈhɪsə(ɹ)/: One who hisses.
Hissian noun: Synonym of goose.
hissie noun: Alternative form of hissy (“tantrum”).
hissie fit noun: Alternative form of hissy fit.
hissily adverb: In a hissy manner
hissiness noun: Quality of being hissy.
hissing adjective, noun, verb /ˈhɪsɪŋ/: that produces or is accompanied with a hiss
hissing adder noun: A hognose snake of genus Heterodon.
hissing cockroach noun: Any member of the tribe Gromphadorhini of large, flightless, wood-inhabiting cockroaches that can produce a hissing sound by forcing air through their...
hissing hot adjective: Very hot.
hissingly adverb: While hissing; in a hissing fashion
hissy adjective, noun /ˈhɪsi/: Accompanied with hisses.
hissy fit noun: A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.
hissyfit noun: Alternative form of hissy fit.
hist adjective, interjection, noun, prefix, verb /hɪst/: History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience").
hist. n. noun: Abbreviation of historical note.
Histadrut proper noun: Israel's national trade union centre, representing the majority of trade unionists in the State of Israel.
histamin noun: Dated form of histamine.
histaminase noun: A widely occurring flavoprotein enzyme that oxidizes histamine and various diamines.
histamine noun /ˈhɪstəmiːn/: An amine, C₅H₉N₃, formed by decarboxylation of histidine, that causes dilatation of capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric...
histamine intolerance noun: A condition where excess histamine accumulates in the body due to the acquired inability to eliminate it.
histaminergic adjective: Of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue.
histaminic adjective: Relating to or containing histamines
histaminylation noun: Modification by reaction with histamine
histapyrrodine noun /ˌhɪstəˈpɪɹədiːn/: A particular antihistamine with anticholinergic properties.
histatin noun: Any of a class of antimicrobial and antifungal histidine-rich proteins found in saliva.
histel noun: A kind of organic soil, similar to a histosol but with permafrost near the ground surface.
hister beetle noun: Any beetle of the family Histeridae.
histeranthous adjective: Alternative form of hysteranthous.
histerid noun: Any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.
histi- prefix: Alternative form of histo-.
histial adjective: Pertaining to the hinge area of the carapace of an ostracod.
histic adjective /ˈhɪs.tɪk/: Relating to the tissues of the body.
histidase noun: histidinase
histidin noun: Dated form of histidine.
histidinaemia noun: Alternative spelling of histidinemia.
histidinaemic adjective: Alternative form of histidinemic.
histidinase noun: Histidine ammonia-lyase, an enzyme that converts histidine into ammonia and urocanic acid.
histidinate noun: The anion formed from histidine; any salt containing this anion
histidine noun /ˈhɪstɪdiːn/: An essential amino acid C₆H₉N₃O₂ found in most animal proteins; essential for tissue growth and repair.
histidinemia noun: A rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme histidase.
histidinemic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, histidinemia.
histidinium noun: The cation formed by protonation of histidine
histidinol noun: The amino alcohol 2-amino-3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)propan-1-ol that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of histidine
histidinuria noun: Histidinemia.
histidinyl noun: A univalent radical derived from histidinol or histidine
histidinylated adjective: Modified by the addition of a histidinyl group
histidyl noun /ˈhɪs.tə.dɪl/: The univalent radical derived from histidine.
histio- prefix: Alternative form of histo-.
histioblast noun: Any cell that is capable of forming tissue
histiocyte noun: a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue
histiocytic adjective: Pertaining to connective tissue containing large white blood cells
histiocytoid adjective: Resembling a histiocyte.
histiocytoma noun: A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
histiocytosis noun: An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.
histioid adjective: Synonym of histoid.
histiological adjective: Alternative form of histological.
histiology noun: Alternative form of histology.
histioneutrophilic adjective: histiocytic and neutrophilic
histiophagous adjective: Feeding on tissue.
histiopterid noun: Any fish in the family Histiopteridae, now considered to be the pentacerotid subfamily Histiopterinae.
histiosarcoma noun: histiocytic sarcoma
histiostigmatid noun: Any mite of the family Histiostomatidae

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.