English words: Hofman to Hojo

300 English words, part 62 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.

English words Hofman to Hojo

Hofman proper noun: A surname.
Hofmann proper noun: A surname
Hofmann degradation noun: Synonym of Hofmann rearrangement.
Hofmann elimination noun: An elimination reaction of an amine to form alkenes.
Hofmann-Martius rearrangement noun: A rearrangement reaction converting an N-alkylated aniline to the corresponding ortho and/or para aryl-alkylated aniline.
Hofmann product noun: The alkene resulting from Hofmann elimination. In contrast to usual elimination reactions, where Zaitsev's rule predicts the formation of the most stable...
Hofmann rearrangement noun: The organic reaction of a primary amide to a primary amine with one carbon atom less. It involves oxidation of the nitrogen followed by rearrangement of the...
Hofmann's violet noun: Any of a number of purple or violet dyes made by introducing various alkyl groups into the rosaniline molecule.
Hofmeister proper noun: A surname.
Hofstadter proper noun /ˈhɒfstætə(ɹ)/: A surname
Hofstadter butterfly noun: Alternative form of Hofstadter's butterfly.
Hofstadter's butterfly noun: A graph of the spectral properties of non-interacting two-dimensional electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field in a lattice.
Hofstadterian adjective: Of or pertaining to Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945), American academic whose areas of research include cognition and creativity.
Hofstedean adjective: Of or relating to Geert Hofstede (1928–2020), Dutch social psychologist, known for pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations.
hofsteniid noun: Any acoel in the family Hofsteniidae.
Hofstetter proper noun: A surname.
Hofstra proper noun: A surname.
hog noun, verb /hɒɡ/: Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
hog age noun: The period of adolescence.
hog-ape noun: Synonym of baboon (Papio spp.).
hog apple noun: The noni, fruit of the Morinda citrifolia tree.
hog-babe noun: Synonym of piglet (“a young swine, one not yet mature”).
hog-backed adjective: Alternative form of hogbacked.
hog badger noun: Any of the three species of mustelid in the genus Arctonyx.
hog-baying noun: a sport in which one or more bay dogs are put into a pen and attempt to contain a wild hog for a defined amount of time.
hog bed noun /hɒɡ.bɛd/: Lycopodium.
hog-beetle noun: A weevil of the family Curculionidae.
hog bull noun: A yearling bull.
hog call noun: A loud, shrill call made to attract domestic hogs.
hog caller noun: A person who makes hog calls.
hog calling noun: The making of hog calls, often taking place during a competition.
hog caterpillar noun: A larva of the Virginia creeper sphinx (Darapsa myron).
hog chain noun: A chain or a tie rod passing from the bow of a vessel to its stern, used in a ship in order to prevent hogging.
hog cholera noun: swine fever, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV)
hog cistern noun: A trough for pigs from which to eat.
hog colt noun: A yearling colt.
hog constable noun: A hogreeve.
hog-corn ratio noun: The number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs, used by farmers to decide whether it is more lucrative to sell their corn or to...
hog cote noun: Alternative form of hogcote.
hog deer noun: Any deer of the genus Axis.
hog-dogging noun: A spectator event that simulates wild or feral boar hunting with dogs. A hog is released into a pen, followed by one or two dogs that attempt to control or...
hog-faced ape noun: Synonym of baboon (Papio spp.)
hog farm noun: Synonym of pig farm.
hog farmer noun: Synonym of pig farmer.
hog fat noun: A hog's fat or lard.
hog feast noun: A feast or celebration held following the killing of the family pig by a cottager or peasant.
hog fennel noun: Any plant of species Lomatium utriculatum
hog fever noun: Synonym of swine fever.
hog flu noun: Synonym of swine flu.
hog fuel noun: An unprocessed mixture of coarse chips of bark and wood fiber. Pieces run from a coarse grade of less than 5" to a fine grade of less than 2".
hog grass noun: Polygonum aviculare.
hog gum noun: The gum obtained from Symphonia globulifera.
hog gum tree noun: Moronobea coccinea.
hog heaven noun: A state of contented bliss.
hog house noun: Alternative form of hoghouse.
hog jaw noun: The mouth of a pig, especially when used as food.
hog leg noun: Alternative spelling of hogleg.
hog line noun: The line before which the thrower must release the stone during delivery ("near hog line").
hog line violation noun: The failure to release a stone before crossing the near hog line.
hog loom noun: A sunk receptacle or trough (especially of brick) to throw therein the wash and refuse for pigs to eat.
hog-mace noun: Alternative form of hogmace.
hog-maned adjective: Of a horse: having the mane cut short.
hog maw noun: Pig tripe.
hog meat noun: The meat or offal harvested from domestic swine; pork.
hog millet noun: proso millet (Panicum miliaceum)
hog molly noun: A very large and obese player, especially in the offensive line.
hog money noun: A type of currency that circulated in the Somers Isles (Bermuda) during the early 17th century.
hog-monkey noun: Synonym of baboon (Papio spp.).
hog-Morse noun: Error-ridden Morse code transmitted by an inexperienced or inept operator.
hog mouse noun: The northern bog lemming.
hog-nosed skunk noun: Any animal of the genus Conepatus, found from southwester US through South America.
hog pea noun: An heirloom field pea or a native vining legume, grey-brown in color.
hog peanut noun: Any member of species Amphicarpaea bracteata, of eastern North America, or of the other two species of genus Amphicarpaea, of eastern Asia.
hog-pen noun: Alternative spelling of hogpen.
hog plague noun: Alternative spelling of hog plague.
hog plum noun: Spondias spp., especially Spondias mombin.
hog potato noun: Any species or cultivar of potato or sweet potato so disagreeable in taste and/or small that it is preferedly employed to feed pigs.
hog pox noun: Synonym of swinepox.
hog-rabbit noun: Cuniculus paca.
hog-rat noun: The hutia.
hog reeve noun: Alternative spelling of hogreeve.
hog rifle noun: A type of long-barrelled hunting rifle.
hog ring noun: Alternative spelling of hogring.
hog rubber noun: A coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
hog rump noun: The rump of a horse as fat as that of pig and considered for barbecuing etc.
hog's-back noun: Alternative form of hogback.
hog's bane noun: A plant of species Chenopodiastrum murale (nettle-leaved goosefoot).
hog's bean noun: Synonym of henbane
hog's bed noun: Alternative form of hog bed.
hog's bread noun: Synonym of sowbread.
hog's face noun: Synonym of hog-face.
hog's garlic noun: Ramsons, Allium ursinum.
hog's leg noun: Alternative form of hogleg.
hog's potato noun: Synonym of Zigadenus.
hog's pudding noun: A kind of spicy sausage containing suet, bread, oatmeal, or barley.
hog's snout noun: An undetermined or unidentified plant, purportedly sowthistle or dandelion.
hog's wort noun: A plant of the genus Peucedanum.
hog scraper noun: A tool used to clean a hog after slaughter
hog-slip noun: Any types of plants used as food for pigs.
hog stag noun: Synonym of Indian hog deer.
hog sucker noun: Alternative form of hogsucker.
hog tapir noun: Synonym of Baird's tapir.
hog-tie noun, verb: To tie the feet of person or animal together; originally all four legs of a quadruped.
hog tight noun: A pig-proof fence.
hog-tooth spar noun: A type of calcite occurring as crystals that are sharply pointed.
hog train noun: A train for transporting pigs.
hog tub noun: A trough or vat from which pigs or other domestic animals drink; and also a place where slaughtered pigs are soaked in boiling water so that their bristles...
hog up verb: To take up, grab or claim all of something.
hog wallow noun: A shallow depression denuded of vegetation and potentially muddy, created by the wallowing of hogs.
hog-whimpering adjective: Extremely drunk, to the point of incoherence.
hog-wild adjective: Enthusiastic or excited to a foolish or irrational extent.
hogan noun /ˈhoʊ.ɡən/: A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.
hogan-mogan noun: A kind of strong alcoholic drink.
hoganite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic bluish green mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
hogapple noun: Alternative spelling of hog apple.
Hogarth noun /ˈhəʊˌɡɑːθ/: A painting by William Hogarth.
Hogarthian adjective /həʊˈɡɑːθi.ən/: Of or relating to William Hogarth (1697–1764), English painter, printmaker, and editorial cartoonist, known for satirical political illustrations.
hogback noun: A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata,
hogbacked adjective: Having a curved top and a flat base.
hogbed noun: Alternative form of hog bed.
Hogben proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
hogberry noun: Hagberry, bird cherry (Prunus padus)
hogbite noun: Synonym of rush skeletonweed.
hogboat noun: A type of small, fishing boat of a broad body, consisting of a narrow transom, leeboards, and a two-masted spritsail rig.
högbomite noun: A black hexagonal iron magnesium titanate mineral.
hogchain noun: Alternative form of hog chain.
hogchoke noun: Synonym of hogchoker.
hogchoker noun: Trinectes maculatus, a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America.
hogcote noun: A shed for pigs; a sty.
Hoge proper noun: A surname.
hogel noun: A small portion of a computer-generated light-field hologram, representing the direction and intensity of light rays from many perspectives.
hogen-mogen noun: Alternative form of hogan-mogan.
hogeschool noun: A Dutch polytechnic or college; a higher education institution of lower rank than a university.
hogfever noun: Alternative spelling of hog fever.
hogfish noun: Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
hogframe noun: A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, formerly used in American...
hogg noun /hɒɡ/: A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth.
hoggan noun: A pork pasty.
hoggan-bag noun: A miner's bag used to carry provisions.
hoggard noun: Alternative form of hogherd.
Hoggart proper noun: A surname.
hoggaster noun /ˈhɒɡəstəɹ/: A boar or lamb in its third year.
Hoggatt proper noun: A surname.
Hogge proper noun: A surname.
hogged adjective, verb: Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.
hoggen noun: Alternative form of hoggan.
hogger noun: One who, or that which, hogs.
hogger pump noun: The uppermost pump in the pit of a mine.
hoggerel noun: A sheep of the second year.
hoggeril noun: Alternative form of hoggerel.
hoggery noun /ˈhɒɡəɹi/: Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
hogget noun /ˈhɒɡɪt/: A young sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
hoggin noun: A mixture of clay, gravel and sand, used as a base for laying pavements and paths
hogginess noun: The state or quality of being hoggy.
hogging adjective, noun, verb: The targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low...
hogging frame noun: hogframe
hoggish adjective: Having the characteristics of a pig.
hoggishly adverb: In a hoggish manner.
hoggishness noun: The quality of being hoggish.
hoggism noun: Synonym of hoggishness.
hoggledy-piggledy adjective, adverb: Alternative form of higgledy-piggledy.
hoggledy-poggledy adjective, adverb: Alternative form of higgledy-piggledy.
hoggrel noun: Alternative form of hoggerel.
hoggy adjective: Synonym of hoggish (“resembling a pig”).
hoghead noun: Synonym of hogger (“engineer of a locomotive”).
hogherd noun: A person who looks after pigs; a swineherd.
hoghide noun: Leather made from the skin of a pig.
hoghood noun: The state of being a hog, or pig.
hoghouse noun: A house (barn or shed) for hogs (pigs).
Hoghton proper noun: A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD614263).
hogjaw noun: Alternative form of hog jaw.
Hogle proper noun: A surname.
hogleg noun: Any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel.
hogless adjective: Without hogs.
hoglet noun: A baby hedgehog.
hoglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hog.
hogling noun: A young, immature, or diminutive hog.
hogloom noun: Alternative spelling of hog loom.
Hoglund proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
hogmace noun: A kind of public officer in Sandwich, Kent; a sergeant who carried a brass-headed staff.
hogman noun: Synonym of pigman (“worker who looks after pigs”).
Hogmanay noun /ˈhɒɡməˌneɪ/: New Year's Eve.
hogmane noun: The mane of a horse when cut short.
hogmolly noun: Synonym of hogsucker (“a kind of fish”).
Hogness box noun: Synonym of TATA box.
hognose adjective, noun: Having an upturned snout like a pig's.
hognose snake noun: Heterodon (United States and northern Mexico)
hognut noun: A pignut or hickory tree (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae).
hogo noun /ˈhəʊɡəʊ/: A strong, unpleasant smell.
hogoo noun: Alternative form of hogo (“strong unpleasant smell”).
hogpen noun: Synonym of pigsty.
hogplum noun: Alternative form of hog plum.
hogreeve noun: A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
Hogrefe proper noun: A surname.
hogrel noun: Alternative form of hoggerel.
hogrell noun: Alternative form of hoggerel.
hogring noun: A metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.
hogringer noun: One who puts rings into the snouts of pigs.
hogritude noun: The essence and condition of being a pig.
hogrubber noun: Alternative spelling of hog-rubber.
hogsback noun: Alternative form of hogback.
hogsbane noun: Synonym of giant hogweed.
hogscore noun: hog line
Hogsett proper noun: A surname from Norwegian.
hogshead noun /ˈhɒɡzˌhɛd/: A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe).
hogship noun: A term of address for a hog (male swine).
hogskin noun: Leather tanned from the skin of a hog.
hogsty noun: Synonym of pigsty.
hogsucker noun: Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
hogswallop noun: Nonsense, rubbish.
hogtie noun, verb: Alternative spelling of hog-tie.
hogtight noun: Alternative spelling of hog tight.
Hogtown proper noun: Toronto.
hogtrain noun: Alternative spelling of hog train.
hogtub noun: Alternative spelling of hog-tub.
Hogue proper noun: A surname from French.
hoguine noun: An item of armor worn in the 16th century, consisting of overlapping lames to protect the buttocks.
hogvine noun: The plant Camonea umbellata.
hogwallow noun: Alternative spelling of hog wallow.
hogward noun: A swineherd.
Hogwartian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Hogwartsian.
Hogwarts proper noun /ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
Hogwarts-esque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Hogwarts.
Hogwartsesque adjective: Alternative form of Hogwarts-esque.
Hogwartsian adjective, noun: Resembling or characteristic of Hogwarts.
Hogwartsy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Hogwarts.
hogwash noun /ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/: Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
hogweed noun /ˈhɒɡwiːd/: Any coarse weedy herb.
hogwort noun: Woolly croton (Croton capitatus, syn. Heptallon graveolens), an annual plant of the southeastern US.
hogyard noun: A yard for keeping pigs.
hoh adjective, interjection: Alternative form of ho.
hoha adjective: angry, annoyed.
Hohe noun: The Assiniboine people.
Hohenstaufen proper noun: A mediaeval (11th–14th centuries) German dynasty of Swabian origin, from which came numerous monarchs, including dukes of Swabia and emperors of the Holy...
Hohenstein proper noun: A surname.
Hohenzollern adjective, noun /ˌhəʊənˈzɒlən/: A member of the Hohenzollern family and dynasty.
Hohenzollernism noun: The character or policies of the Hohenzollerns.
Hohhot proper noun /hoʊˈhɒt/: The capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.
Hohl proper noun: A surname from German.
Hohler proper noun: A surname from German.
hohlkarren noun: A type of karren with undercut solution runnels.
hohlraum noun: A cavity whose walls are in thermodynamic equilibrium with the radiation emitted by the cavity
Hohlraum effect noun: Described by Herbert J. Mitchell and Carl Salvaggio as follows
Hohman proper noun: A surname.
Hohmann proper noun: A surname.
Hohmann orbit noun: Synonym of Hohmann transfer orbit.
Hohmann transfer noun: An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis of the orbit...
Hohmann transfer orbit noun: An elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane.
hohmannite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
Hohokam proper noun /ˌhəʊ.həʊˈkɑːm/: An archaeological culture that existed from the 1st to 15th century BCE in the desert of present day Arizona.
hoi interjection, noun: Alternative form of hoy, hey! a call to gain someone's attention.
hoi polloi noun /ˈhɔɪ pəˌlɔɪ/: The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
hoi sin noun: Alternative form of hoisin.
hoi sin sauce noun: Alternative form of hoisin sauce.
hoi toider noun: Alternative form of high tider.
hoiamide noun: One of a family of chemicals produced by cyanobacteria with molecules that include two α-methylated thiazolines and one thiazole, and a methylated C-15...
hoick noun, verb: Alternative spelling of hoik.
hoicking noun, verb: The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
hoicks interjection, verb: Alternative form of yoicks (“hunting cry”).
hoid verb: Pronunciation spelling of heard, representing NYC and New Orleans English.
hoida verb: Pronunciation spelling of heard of.
hoiden adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of hoyden.
hoidenhood noun: The state of being a hoyden.
hoidenish adjective: rare spelling of hoydenish
hoiho noun: The yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.
hoik noun, verb /hɔɪk/: A wild hook shot played without style.
Hoisanese adjective, noun: Synonym of Taishanese.
hoise verb /hɔɪz/: To hoist.
hoisin noun /ˈhɔɪ.sɪn/: A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking
hoisin sauce noun: A thick, pungent, dark, sweet and salty sauce made from soy, garlic and chili, used in Chinese cooking.
Hoisington proper noun: A surname.
hoist noun, verb /hɔɪst/: To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or...
hoist bridge noun: A lifting bridge.
hoist by one's own petard adjective: Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".
hoist frame noun: headframe.
hoist on one's own petard adjective: Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard.
hoist the white flag verb: Alternative form of wave the white flag.
hoist with one's own petard adjective: Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard.
hoistable adjective: Capable of being hoisted.
hoistaway noun: A kind of mechanical lift (elevator).
hoisted by one's own petard adjective: Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard.
hoisted on one's own petard adjective: Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard.
hoisted with one's own petard adjective: Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard.
hoister noun: One who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
hoisting noun, verb /ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/: The act by which something is hoisted.
hoistless adjective: Without a hoist.
hoistman noun: A person who operates the hoisting machinery.
hoistroom noun: A space at the top of a mineshaft that holds the elevator to lift humans and equipment using a pulley and cable.
hoistway noun: An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
hoit verb /ˈhɔɪt/: To behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool.
hoity-toitily adverb /ˌhɔɪ.tiˈtɔɪ.tɪ.li/: In a pompous or snobbish manner.
hoity-toitiness noun: The quality of being hoity-toity.
hoity toity adjective, adverb, interjection, noun /ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti/: Behaviour adopted to demonstrate one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour; airs and graces.
hoitytoity noun: Alternative form of hoity-toity.
hoja santa noun: A Central American plant with sweet-scented leaves used to flavor food, Piper auritum
hojatoleslam noun: A middle-ranking Islamic cleric.
hojatolislam noun: Alternative form of hojatoleslam.
hojicha noun: A Japanese green tea that is roasted in a porcelain pot over charcoal.
hojillion noun: An unspecified large number (of).
Hojo proper noun: A surname from Japanese.

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.