English words: hobbyist to Hofland

300 English words, part 61 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 19 have a page of their own.

English words hobbyist to Hofland

hobbyist noun /ˈhɒb.ɪ.ɪst/: A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.
hobbyistic adjective: Of or pertaining to hobbyists; amateurishly enthusiastic.
hobbyless adjective: Without a hobby or hobbies.
hobbylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hobby (interest).
hobday verb: to operate on the larynx of a horse in order to improve its breathing
hobdehoy noun: Alternative form of hobbledehoy.
hobelar noun: A type of mounted infantry, during the Middle Ages, who rode on hobbies.
hobeler noun: Alternative spelling of hobelar.
hoberdehoy noun: Alternative form of hobbledehoy.
Hoberg proper noun: A surname.
Hobert proper noun: A surname.
hobgoblin noun /hɒbˈɡɒb.lɪn/: A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans.
hobgoblinish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hobgoblin.
hobgoblinism noun: Synonym of hobgoblinry.
hobgoblinry noun: Tales or folklore involving hobgoblins.
Hobgood proper noun: A surname.
hobhouchin noun: An owl
Hobhouse proper noun: A surname.
hobilar noun: An English medieval light cavalryman.
hobiler noun: Alternative form of hobbler (“light horseman”).
hobit noun: A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
hobjob noun, verb: An odd job; temporary, unspecialized employment.
hobless adjective: Without a hob for cooking.
hoblet noun: Alternative spellling of hobblet.
Hobley proper noun /ˈhɒbli/: A surname.
hoblin noun: A goblin or hobgoblin-like creature.
hoblob noun: a rustic, boorish person; yokel
Hoblyn proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
hobnail noun, verb: A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.
hobnail boot noun: A heavy-duty, hard-wearing work boot with hobnails in the sole to make them last longer and to provide grip on muddy ground.
hobnail liver noun: A shrunken liver, hard, and covered with hobnail-like projections (nodules), resulting from cirrhosis.
hobnailed adjective: Having hobnails.
hobnailer noun: A hobnail boot.
hobnob adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈhɒbnɒb/: A toast made while touching glasses together.
hobnobber noun: One who hobnobs.
hobnobbery noun: The activity of hobnobbing.
hobnobbing noun, verb: A friendly, informal session of talking or drinking.
hobnobby adjective: casually chatty; on familiar speaking terms
hobnut noun: The hopniss or its tuber.
hobo noun, verb /ˈhəʊ.bəʊ/: A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
hobo bag noun: A handbag or purse characterized by a crescent shape, a slouchy posture, and a long shoulder strap.
hobo egg noun: Synonym of egg in a hole.
hobo jungle noun: A makeshift encampment adjacent to a railroad freight carrier's property where train hoppers/hobos, tramps, or bums congregate while waiting for their...
hobo nickel noun: A nickel or other small-denomination coin informally modified to produce a bas-relief image.
hobo spider noun: Any of a number of venomous funnel web spiders, especially Eratigena agrestis, indigenous to Europe.
hobo stew noun: Synonym of mulligan stew.
hobo stove noun: A type of improvised stove, consisting of a can without the top and with openings near the bottom.
hobodom noun: The world or sphere of hobos.
hoboglyph noun: A sign, usually chalked on a wall or walkway, left by a hobo (tramp) to advise others of local conditions
hobohemia noun: A community of hoboes.
hobohemian adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, a hobohemia.
hoboish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hobo.
hoboism noun: The lifestyle or practices of hobos; vagrancy.
Hoboken proper noun: A district of Antwerp, Belgium.
Hobokenite noun: A person from or resident of Hoboken, New Jersey.
hobolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hobo.
hobosexual noun: A person sexually attracted to tramps or hobos.
hobosexuality noun: The quality of being hobosexual.
hoboy noun: A hautboy or oboe.
Hobsbawm proper noun: A surname.
Hobsbawmian adjective: Of or relating to Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012), British Marxist historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism, and nationalism.
Hobson proper noun /ˈhɒb.sən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
hobson-jobson noun /ˌhɒb.sənˈdʒɒb.sən/: Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.
Hobson-Jobsonism noun: A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.
Hobson's noun: Ellipsis of Hobson's choice (“the voice”).
Hobson's choice noun /ˌhɒbs(ə)nz ˈt͡ʃɔɪs/: A situation where a person is presented with the illusion of a free choice, but in reality there is only one option available: accepting the offer or having...
Hobsonville proper noun: A suburban area in Auckland, New Zealand, on the north side of Waitemata Harbour and named after William Hobson.
hobthrush noun: A kind of goblin or brownie.
Hoby proper noun: A village in Hoby with Rotherby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6717).
hobyah noun: A kind of bogeyman in Australian folklore.
& hoc genus omne phrase: Alternative form of et hoc genus omne.
hocartite noun: A tetragonal-scalenohedral brownish gray mineral containing iron, silver, sulfur, and tin.
hocchiku noun: Alternative form of hotchiku.
Hocclevean adjective: Of or pertaining to Thomas Hoccleve (c.1368–1426), English poet and clerk.
Hocclevian adjective: Alternative form of Hocclevean.
hocco noun: A bird, the crested curassow or royal pheasant, Crax alector.
HOCD noun: Initialism of homosexual obsessive-compulsive disorder (“an anxiety disorder (experienced by non-homosexuals) characterized by recurring thoughts or fears...
Hocevar proper noun: A surname from Slovene.
Hochberg proper noun: A surname.
Hochelaga proper noun: A former village in the Island of Montreal, Saint Lawrence River, North America.
hochelagaite noun: A monoclinic white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.
Hochheimer noun: A wine from Hochheim am Main, Germany.
hochiku noun: Alternative form of hotchiku.
Hochman proper noun: A surname.
Hochmeister noun: A Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
Hochschild proper noun: A surname from German.
Hochstein proper noun: A surname.
Hochstetler proper noun: A surname.
Hochstetter's frog noun: Leiopelma hochstetteri, a primitive frog native to New Zealand.
Hochul proper noun: A surname from Polish.
hochwohlgeboren adjective: High-born; aristocratic, of noble birth.
hocicudo noun: Any South American rodent in the genus Oxymycterus.
hock noun, verb /hɒk/: A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
hock lock noun: a food accoutrement used to secure the hock (hind legs) of a bird such as a chicken or turkey during roasting and are typically composed of heat resistant...
Hock process noun: cumene process
Hockaday proper noun: A surname.
hockamore noun: A Rhenish white wine.
hocked adjective, verb: Having a specified kind of hock.
Hockenberry proper noun: A surname.
Hockenheim proper noun: A town in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Hockenhull proper noun: A former civil parish now in Tarvin parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4765).
hocker noun: One who hocks or pawns an item.
hocket noun: In medieval music, a rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. A single melody is shared between two (or occasionally...
hocketed adjective: Employing hockets.
hocketing verb: The practice of employing hocket in medieval compositions.
hocketor noun: A person who employs hocket in medieval music.
Hockett proper noun: A surname.
hockettor noun: A knight of the post; a professional false witness.
hockey noun /ˈhɒ.ki/: Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
hockey bag noun: A large bag for all the equipment of a hockey player: hockey skates, hockey stick, shin pads, shoulder pads, helmet, puck, etc.
hockey ball noun: A small hard ball used in the sport of hockey (field hockey)
hockey hair noun: The mullet hairstyle.
hockey mom noun: A soccer mom.
hockey net noun: a goal cage that contains the scoring zone where the hockey puck must enter to score a goal
hockey player noun: An ice hockey player.
hockey puck noun: A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.
hockey rink noun: An ice surface delimited and with goal nets which people play ice hockey.
hockey skate noun: A type of ice skate used in ice hockey, with a smooth skate blade attached to a skate boot via two pillars, one at the heel and one at the ball of the foot.
hockey sock noun: A form-fitting ankle-to-thigh garment (without a foot section) worn over protective gear by ice hockey players.
hockey stick noun: A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.
hockey stick curve noun: A curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.
hockey stop noun, verb: A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.
hockey tape noun: fabric tape used to wrap the hockey blade of a hockey stick
hockeyer noun: A hockey player.
hockeyist noun: A hockey player.
hockeyless adjective: without hockey.
hockeylike adjective: Resembling the game of hockey or some aspect of it.
Hockeytown proper noun: A nickname for any of a number of cities, towns, or communities in the United States or Canada that have a history and reputation of participating in the...
Hockings proper noun: A surname.
hockle noun, verb: A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
Hockley proper noun: A large village and civil parish in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8392).
Hockney proper noun: A surname.
hockshop noun: A pawnshop.
HOCl noun: hypochlorous acid
HOCM noun: Initialism of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
HOCN noun: cyanic acid ((CNOH)₃)
hoco noun: Clipping of homecoming (“a tradition in high schools and colleges”).
Hoco Queen noun: Synonym of Homecoming Queen.
hocqueteur noun: Alternative spelling of hockettor.
hocum noun: Alternative spelling of hokum.
hocus noun, verb /ˈhəʊkəs/: To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
hocus and pocus noun, verb: Alternative form of hocus-pocus.
hocus pocus interjection, noun, verb /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/: A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.
hocus pocuser noun: One who hocus-pocuses.
hocus-pocusser noun: Alternative form of hocus-pocuser.
hocuspocus noun, verb: Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
Hocutt proper noun: A surname.
hod noun, prefix, suffix, verb /hɒd/: To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.
hod boy noun: A boy employed to convey coal to wagons in the working place.
hod carrier noun: A bricklayer’s or mason’s laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod.
Hoda proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
hodaddy noun: Synonym of hodad.
hodag noun: A fictional animal in Wisconsin folklore, having a head like an ox, the bulging eyes of a frog, huge claws, a row of spikes down its back, and a dinosauric...
Hodapp proper noun: A surname.
hodden noun: A coarse Scottish woollen cloth.
hoddengray noun: A coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scottish peasants.
hoddengrey noun: Alternative form of hoddengray.
hoddeok noun: Alternative form of hotteok.
hodder noun: A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface
Hoddesdon proper noun: A town in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL365085).
hoddie noun: Synonym of hod carrier.
Hoddinott proper noun: A surname.
hoddle verb: To waddle.
hodduk noun: Alternative form of hotteok.
hoddy-dod noun: A snail.
hoddy-doddy noun: Alternative form of hoddydoddy.
hoddy peak noun: A fool, person of low intelligence.
hoddydoddy noun: An awkward or foolish person.
hode verb /həʊd/: To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
hodegetria noun: An iconographic depiction of the Virgin Mary and Christ child
Hodel proper noun: A surname.
hodening noun: Alternative spelling of hoodening.
hodful noun: Enough to fill a hod.
Hodgdon proper noun: A surname.
hodge noun: A rustic; a country person.
Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence noun: Synonym of Frölicher spectral sequence.
Hodge decomposition noun: A decomposition of a differential form according to the Hodge theorem.
Hodge dual noun: The dual that results from exchanging the electric field and the magnetic field in Maxwell's equations, which describe electromagnetic motion in...
hodge-podge noun: Alternative form of hodgepodge.
hodge-podgey adjective: mixed up, jumbled
Hodge star noun: A linear map defined on the exterior algebra of a finite-dimensional oriented vector space endowed with a nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form. Applying...
Hodge theory noun: One aspect of the study of differential forms of a smooth manifold M. More specifically, it works out the consequences for the cohomology groups of M, with...
Hodgen proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Hodgens proper noun: A surname.
Hodgenville proper noun: A city, the county seat of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States.
hodgepodge noun, verb /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/: A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
hodgepodgery noun: Miscellany.
Hodges number noun: An identification number used for types of North American moth.
Hodgetts proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Hodgin proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Hodgins proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Hodgkin proper noun /ˈhɒd͡ʒ.kɪn/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Hodgkin lymphoma noun: Alternative form of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Hodgkin's disease noun: Former name of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Hodgkin's lymphoma noun: A malignant lymphoid neoplasm characterized by the formation of large tumour cells (Reed-Sternberg cells) in the lymph nodes.
Hodgkins proper noun /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnz/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
hodgkinsine noun: An alkaloid found in plants of the Psychotria genus, and others, with antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal effects.
Hodgkinson proper noun /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnsən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
hodgkinsonite noun: A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
Hodgkiss proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Hodgman proper noun: A surname.
Hodgson proper noun /ˈhɒd͡ʒ.sən/: A surname transferred from the given name.
hodiecentrism noun: the practice of viewing today's problems as natural and eternal
hodiern adjective /ˈhəʊdiˌɜː(ɹ)n/: Of this day; present-day.
hodiernal adjective /həʊdiˈɜːnl̩/: Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern.
hodiernal tense noun: Referring to events of today, in an absolute tense, or of the day under consideration, in a relative tense.
hodiernally adverb: In a hodiernal manner; in the present day; today.
hodja noun: A Muslim schoolmaster.
Hodkinson proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
hodl verb /hɒdl̩/: To hoard a kind of cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin.
hodler noun: A hoarder of cryptocurrency.
hodman noun: Synonym of hod carrier.
hodmandod noun: A snail.
hodmedod noun: Alternative form of hodmandod.
Hodnett proper noun: A surname.
hodo- prefix /ˌhɒdə(ʊ)/: Road; path; travel.
hodograph noun: A curve described by the moving extremity of a line whose other end is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having...
hodographic adjective: Relating to a hodograph.
hodologic adjective: Relating to hodology.
hodological adjective: Relating to hodology.
hodologically adverb: In terms of hodology.
hodologist noun: One who studies hodology.
hodology noun: The study of pathways.
hodometer noun: Dated form of odometer.
hodonym noun: Alternative form of odonym.
hodonymic adjective: Of or relating to hodonymy.
hodonymy noun: The naming of streets and roads.
hodophile noun: Someone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.
hodophilia noun: A love of travelling.
hodophilic adjective: Affected by hodophilia; having a love or an inclination for travelling.
hodophobe noun: Someone affected by hodophobia; someone having a fear of or aversion to travelling.
hodophobia noun: A fear of or aversion to travelling.
hodophobic adjective /ˌhɒdə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk/: Of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.
hodoscope noun: A device, consisting of multiple detectors, that is used to track the path of cosmic rays and other subatomic particles
hodotopical adjective: Relating to a pathway or route
hods noun: plural of hod
Hodson proper noun /ˈhɒd.sən/: A surname transferred from the given name.
hodulcine noun: A glycoside isolated from the leaves of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., the Japanese raisin tree. It is an antisweet compound.
hoe noun, verb /həʊ/: An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or...
hoe around verb: Synonym of cat around (“sleep around; have sex with various partners”).
hoe bag noun: Alternative spelling of ho-bag.
hoe-down noun: Alternative spelling of hoedown.
hoe-farming noun: Primitive forms of agriculture defined by the absence of the plough.
hoe in verb: To eat a large volume of food; to begin eating with gusto.
hoe into verb: Alternative form of hoe in.
hoe nightshade noun: Solanum sarrachoides
hoe one's row verb: To do one's share of a job.
hoecake noun: A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made with water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a type of iron pan called a hoe;...
Hoeck noun: Alternative form of Hoek (“member of Dutch faction”)
hoedad noun: A hoe-like tool used to plant trees.
hoedag noun: Alternative form of hoedad (“tree-planting tool”).
hoeddeok noun: Alternative form of hotteok.
hoedeopbap noun: A Korean dish resembling bibimbap, but made with sliced or cubed raw fish.
hoedown noun, verb /ˈhoʊdaʊn/: A type of American folk or square dance.
Hoefer proper noun: A surname.
Hoefler proper noun: A surname.
Hoeft proper noun: A surname.
hoeful noun: The amount held or moved by a hoe at once.
hoegbomite noun: Alternative form of högbomite.
Hoehn proper noun: A surname.
Hoehne proper noun: A surname.
hoeing noun, verb: The act of digging, weeding, etc. with a hoe.
Hoek noun: In the Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490, a member of the more conservative faction consisting mostly of nobles.
Hoeksema proper noun: A surname.
Hoekstra proper noun /ˈhuːkstɹə/: A surname.
Hoel proper noun: A surname.
hoelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hoe (agricultural implement).
hoelite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Hoelscher proper noun: A surname.
Hoenig proper noun: A surname.
Hoepner proper noun: A surname from German.
Hoeppner proper noun: A surname from German.
hoer noun: One who hoes.
Hoerner proper noun: A surname.
hoernesite noun: Alternative form of hörnesite.
hoeroa noun: A traditional Maori hand weapon.
Hoeven proper noun /ˈhoʊvən/: A surname.
Hoey proper noun: A surname from Irish.
hof noun /hoʊf/: An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.
Hofacker proper noun: A surname.
hofan noun /ˈhoː.fɐn̪/: A flat rice noodle, commonly used in Cantonese cuisine.
Hofbauer proper noun: A surname.
Hofburg proper noun: The principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.
HOFer noun: A hall-of-famer.
hoff preposition: Pronunciation spelling of off.
Hoff crab noun: A yeti crab of the species Kiwa tyleri, that inhabits deep-sea hydrothermal vents near Antarctica.
Hoffa proper noun: A surname.
Hoffa's fat pad noun: A cylindrical piece of fat that is situated under and behind the patella bone within the knee.
Hoffenberg proper noun: A surname from German.
Hoffenheim proper noun: A village, part of the municipality of Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Hoffer proper noun: A surname.
Hoffert proper noun: A surname.
hoffice noun: A home office.
Hoffman proper noun: A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
Hoffman simulator noun: A pyrotechnic device used to simulate tank gunfire for training purposes.
Hoffmannian adjective: Of or relating to E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822), German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, jurist, composer, music critic and artist.
Hoffmeister proper noun: A surname from German.
Hoffmeyer proper noun: A surname.
Hoffner proper noun: A surname.
Hofland proper noun: A surname from Dutch.

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.