English words: houseboi to how farest thou

300 English words, part 80 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 48 have a page of their own.

English words houseboi to how farest thou

houseboi noun: A domestic manservant, particularly colonial.
housebook noun: A book for recording the accounts and other matters pertaining to a household.
housebot noun: A domestic robot
housebote noun: Wood granted to a tenant for the repair of buildings or for fuel.
housebound adjective: Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.
houseboundness noun: The condition of being housebound.
houseboy noun /ˈhaʊsbɔɪ/: A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times.
housebreak noun, verb /ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/: To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebreaker noun: A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
housebreaking noun, verb: The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
housebroken adjective /haʊsbɹəʊkən/: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebuilder noun: One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
housebuilding noun: The building of houses
housebuyer noun: Someone who buys a house
housebuying noun: The purchase of a house.
housecall noun, verb: Alternative spelling of house call.
housecar noun: Alternative form of house car.
housecare noun: Treatment of a patient at his or her own home.
housecarl noun /ˈhaʊsˌkɑː(ɹ)l/: A member of the Scandinavian royal household troops.
housecat noun /ˈhaʊsˌkæt/: Alternative form of house cat
housecest noun /ˈhaʊssɛst/: A romantic or sexual relationship within a boarding house in a boarding school.
houseclean verb: To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.
housecleaner noun: Someone who cleans a house; especially, someone employed to do it.
housecleaning noun, verb: Collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house.
housecloth noun: An old cloth or rag used to clean something, especially a house.
housecoat noun: A bathrobe or dressing gown.
housecoated adjective: Wearing a housecoat.
housecommune noun: Alternative form of house-commune.
housecraft noun: The art of homemaking.
housed adjective, verb /haʊzd/: Enclosed, provided or covered with a house.
housedog noun: guard dog
housedoor noun: Alternative spelling of house door.
housedress noun /ˈhaʊsˌdɹɛs/: A simple dress suitable for housework
housedressed adjective: Wearing a housedress.
housefather noun: The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.
housefatherly adjective: Of or befitting a housefather.
housefellow noun: A person in charge of an academic hall of residence.
housefire noun /ˈhaʊs.faɪ.ɚ/: A large fire that occurs in a house, causing substantial damage.
houseflag noun: Alternative form of house-flag.
housefloor noun: Alternative form of house floor.
housefly noun: Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
housefolk noun: The people of a household.
housefrock noun: Synonym of housedress.
housefront noun: The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
houseful noun: as many as a house will hold
housefurnishing noun: Any item of furniture for the home.
housegirl noun: A girl or young woman employed in a private home to do housework.
housegod noun: A household deity.
houseguest noun /ˈhaʊsˌɡɛst/: A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.
househead noun: The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.
househelp noun: A servant employed to perform household tasks.
household adjective, noun /ˈhaʊshəʊld/: All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
household appliance noun: A machine which accomplishes a household function, such as cooking or cleaning.
household arts noun: Theory and practice involving the skills and specialized knowledge in performing the domestic tasks required to care for the home and its occupants.
household bread noun: A type of bread prepared in one's home and not of the finest quality.
household deity noun: A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective ancestral spirit or genius loci.
household effects noun: Tangible objects in one's home that can either be physically moved to a new house or sold with the home; personalty; movable property.
household god noun: Synonym of household deity.
household goods noun: Collectively, products destined for use in the house, for example, for cleaning, cooking, eating, entertainment, personal hygiene, sleeping, and general upkeep.
household help noun: maid; housemaid
household income noun: The total income of all members of a household.
household name noun: A brand name that is well known to the great majority of households.
household soap noun: A bar soap intended for laundry and general cleaning, rather than personal hygiene.
household word noun: Synonym of household name.
householder noun /ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/: The owner of a house.
householdership noun: The position or role of a householder.
householding adjective, noun: Management of a household; housekeeping.
householdry noun: Synonym of household arts.
householdship noun: Synonym of householdership.
househubby noun: househusband
househunter noun: Alternative form of house-hunter.
househunting noun: Alternative form of house-hunting.
househusband noun: A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
housekeep noun, verb: To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
housekeeper noun /ˈhaʊskipɚ/: Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also...
housekeeperess noun: A female housekeeper.
housekeeperless adjective: Without a housekeeper.
housekeeperly adjective: Befitting a housekeeper.
housekeeping noun: The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
housekeeping bill noun: A bill (legislation) designed to keep the business of government and public affairs up to date, generally not having any substantial or controversial content.
housekey noun: A key to a house
housel noun, verb /ˈhaʊzəl/: The Eucharist.
houseleader noun: The leader of a residential facility.
houseleek noun /ˈhaʊsliːk/: Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves.
houseless adjective /ˈhaʊsləs/: Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
houselessness noun: Lack of a house and any other roof; by extension, being out of house and home.
houselet noun: A little house.
houselight noun: One of the lights in an auditorium.
houselights noun: The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium, theatre, or other entertainment venue.
houselike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a house.
houseline noun: A small line of three strands used for seizing.
houseling adjective, noun, verb: The act of administering the eucharist.
housemade adjective: Produced in house or by the establishment in which they are sold
housemaid noun, verb /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/: A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
housemaid's knee noun: swelling of the bursa before the kneecap.
housemaiden noun: Synonym of lady-in-waiting.
housemaidenly adjective: Befitting a housemaid.
housemaidy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a housemaid.
housemaker noun /ˈhaʊs.meɪ.kə/: homemaker
housemaking noun: Synonym of homemaking.
houseman noun /ˈhaʊsmən/: A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.
housemanship noun: A stage of graduate medical training in the UK and many former British colonies, which follows the acquisition of an M.D., in which the new physician serves...
housemartin noun: Alternative spelling of house martin.
housemaster noun: A teacher who is in charge of a house at a boarding school.
housemastership noun: The role or status of housemaster.
housemate noun /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/: Someone living in the same house.
houseminder noun: A person employed to look after another person's house while the usual occupants are absent.
housemistress noun: female housemaster
housemother noun /haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)/: The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.
housemotherly adjective: Of or befitting a housemother.
houseowner noun: homeowner
housepainter noun: A professional painter of houses
housepainting noun: The painting of houses, the trade of a housepainter.
housepants noun: Simple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.
houseparent noun: A housemother or housefather.
houseperson noun: A househusband or housewife.
housepet noun: A domestic pet that lives mostly indoors.
housephone noun: An internal telephone, connected to a switchboard in the same building.
housepig noun: A pet pig that is usually kept indoors in one's home.
houseplant noun /ˈhaʊsˌplænt/: A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
houseplex noun: A multi-unit residential building that resembles a single-family house.
housepost noun: A vertical pillar supporting the roof of a house, especially among Native American peoples where these posts may be decorated with carvings.
housepride noun: pride in the upkeep of one's home; the quality of being house-proud
houseproud adjective: Alternative form of house-proud.
houser noun: One who, or that which, houses.
houseraising noun: The setting up of the frame of a house.
houseroom noun /ˈhaʊsɹuːm/: Room or place in a house.
houseshare noun: An arrangement in which two or more people share a house.
houseshoe noun: A slipper, moccasin, or other warm footwear not appropriate for outdoor use.
housesit verb: Alternative form of house-sit.
housesitter noun: Alternative spelling of house-sitter.
houseslave noun: Alternative form of house slave.
houseslipper noun: Alternative spelling of house slipper.
housesmith noun: An ironworker who works on buildings.
housespouse noun: A housewife, househusband, or nonbinary equivalent.
housestaff noun: The resident physicians of a hospital
housetop noun /ˈhaʊsˌtɒp/: The roof of a house.
housetrain verb /ˈhaʊsˌtɹeɪn/: To teach (a domestic pet) to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
housetruck noun: A truck or bus converted into a portable home.
housetrucker noun: One who lives in a housetruck.
housewall noun: Alternative spelling of house wall.
houseward adverb: Towards a house.
housewards adverb: Alternative form of houseward.
houseware noun: Synonym of household goods.
housewarm verb: To hold a housewarming party.
housewarmer noun: A housewarming party.
housewarming noun: A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
housewarming party noun: A party or social gathering traditionally held soon after moving into a new residence.
housewear noun: casual clothing suitable to be worn at home when not in the company of others
housewide adjective: Throughout a house.
housewife noun, verb /ˈhaʊs.waɪf/: A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid]...
housewife's eczema noun: Dyshidrosis of the hands, caused by excessive exposure to soap, detergent, etc.
housewifedom noun: The sphere, realm, or world of housewives; housewives collectively.
housewifehood noun: Synonym of housewifery.
housewifeish adjective: Characteristic of housewives.
housewifelike adjective: housewifely
housewifeliness noun: The quality of being housewifely.
housewifely adjective: Befitting a housewife.
housewifery noun /ˈhaʊswɪf(ə)ɹi/: The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewifeship noun: The management of a household; housewifery.
housewifey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
housewifish adjective: Housewifely.
housewifization noun: The process by which the division of labor has relegated women to the role of housewife.
housewindow noun: The window of a house.
housewive verb /ˈhaʊswaɪv/: To manage with skill and economy.
housewively adjective: Alternative form of housewifely.
housewoman noun: A female servant or slave who works in the house
housework noun /ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/: domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
houseworker noun: One who does the housework; a homemaker.
housewrap noun: A synthetic material used to protect buildings from the effects of weather.
housewrecker noun: A person who demolishes old houses and salvages materials from them.
housewright noun: A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a...
housey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.
housey-housey noun: Lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.
housholdstuff noun: The various furnishings, equipment, and other articles belonging to a household.
housie noun /ˈhaʊzi/: A gambling game similar to bingo.
housie-housie noun /ˈhaʊzi-haʊzi/: Alternative form of housie.
housing noun, verb /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/: The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
housing bubble noun: A temporary period when home prices increase rapidly due to high demand and low supply.
housing commission noun: Public housing.
housing estate noun: A group of often architecturally similar buildings constructed at the same time, primarily for residential accommodation.
housing project noun: Synonym of public housing.
housing stock noun: The total number of houses, flats, apartments, etc., in a given area.
housing unit noun: a physical space designed to serve as a residence.
Houska proper noun: A surname.
Housley proper noun: A surname from Old English.
housling adjective, noun: sacramental
Housman proper noun: A surname.
Housmanian adjective: Of or relating to A. E. Housman (1859–1936), English classical scholar and poet.
Housmannian adjective: Alternative form of Housmanian.
houso noun: A resident of public housing.
houss noun /haʊs/: A covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.
Houston proper noun /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/: A habitational surname.
Houston black noun: A dark vertisol, composed of expansive clays, extending over the Texas blackland prairies.
Houston, we have a problem phrase /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n ˌwiː hæv ə ˈpɹɒbləm/: Used to report that a (major) problem has occurred.
Houstoner noun: A native or inhabitant of Houston, Texas.
houstonia noun /hjuːˈstəʊ.ni.ə/: Any of the genus Houstonia of rubiaceous flowering plants.
Houstonian adjective, noun /hjuːˈstəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Houston.
Houstoun proper noun: A surname, variant of Houston
housty noun: A sore throat.
housy adjective: Alternative form of housey.
housy-housy noun: Alternative form of housey-housey.
hout noun: A black African.
Houten proper noun: A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Houthi noun /ˈhuːθi/: A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.
Houthist adjective: Relating to Houthis
houting noun: Coregonus oxyrinchus, an allegedly extinct European whitefish in the Salmonidae family.
houtou noun: A South American motmot.
houttuynia noun: Any of the genus Houttuynia of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia.
Houyhnhnm noun /huˈɪn.əm/: One of a fictional race of exceptionally civilized creatures, who look exactly like horses, inhabiting the same land as the brutish Yahoos.
Houze proper noun: A surname.
HOV noun /eɪt͡ʃ əʊ ˈviː/: Initialism of high-occupancy vehicle.
HOV lane noun: Abbreviation of high-occupancy vehicle lane.
Hova noun: A member of the free commoners of Madagascar, one of the three principal historical castes there, alongside the Andriana (nobles) and Andevo (slaves).
Hovannisian proper noun: A surname from Armenian.
hovawart noun: A medium-large breed of dog originally used as guard dogs
Hovde proper noun: A surname.
hove verb /həʊv/: To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
hovel noun, verb /ˈhɒvəl/: An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
hoveler noun: Alternative form of hoveller.
hoveling noun, verb: Alternative form of hovelling.
hoveller noun /ˈhɒvələ(ɹ)/: One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
hovelling noun, verb: A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other...
hoven adjective, verb /ˈhuːvən/: Affected with the disease called hoove.
Hovenden proper noun: A surname.
hover noun, verb /ˈhɒvə/: To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
hover board noun: Alternative form of hoverboard
hover-fly noun: Alternative form of hoverfly; any insect, of the Syrphidae family, having wasp-like markings
hover hand noun: A hand awkwardly hovering over a companion's body during a group photograph, often seen as indicating a lack of confidence or a fear of being accused of...
hover slam noun: Alternative form of hoverslam.
hover text noun: tooltip (text that appears when a cursor is made to hover over an item)
hovera number: Eight in Cumbrian sheep counting.
hoverable adjective: Capable of being traversed by hovercraft.
hoverbarge noun: A barge that uses hovercraft technology, suitable for transporting goods over swampy surfaces.
hoverbike noun: A motorbike capable of levitation.
hoverboard noun, verb /ˈhɒvəbɔɹd/: A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.
hoverboarder noun: One who rides a hoverboard.
hoverboarding noun: The fictional sport of riding a hoverboard.
hovercam noun /ˈhʌ.vɜɹ.kæm/: A mobile hovering camera.
hovercar noun: A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
hovercard noun: An informational pop-up on a web page, activated when the user mouses over it.
hoverchair noun: A chair that levitates.
hovercraft noun /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/: A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
hovercycle noun: A bicycle capable of levitation.
hoverer noun: One who, or that which, hovers.
hoverfly noun /ˈhʌ.vɚˌflaɪ/: Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
hoverhand noun: Alternative form of hover hand.
hovering noun, verb: The act of one who hovers.
hoveringly adverb: While hovering; so as to hover or appear to do so.
hoverjet noun: A kind of levitating aeroplane or spacecraft.
hoverpack noun: A piece of equipment that is strapped to a person's back and allows them to hover in the air.
hoverport noun: A terminal for hovercraft.
hoverslam noun: Synonym of suicide burn.
hovertrain noun: A train that uses hovercraft technology to take advantage of lower friction to deliver high speeds; an aerotrain.
Hovey proper noun: A surname.
Hovingham proper noun: A village and civil parish (served by Hovingham with Scackleton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref...
Hovland proper noun: A surname.
HOVM noun: One or more of the Chinese smartphone brands Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi.
Hovmöller diagram noun: A depiction of changes in the atmosphere, mapping longitude or latitude to the x-axis and time to the y-axis.
how adverb, conjunction, interjection, noun /haʊ/: To what degree or extent.
how about adverb: Synonym of what about.
how about no interjection: no
how about that phrase: A general statement of surprise or bemusement with regard to a particular event.; isn't that good, or unexpected, etc.
how about them apples phrase: Alternative form of how do you like them apples.
how are things phrase: How are you?
how are you phrase /haʊ ˈɑː juː/: An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. In form a question, and thus followed by a question mark. Typical responses include
how are you diddling phrase: How are you doing?
how are you doing phrase: Alternative form of how do you do (“greeting on being introduced”).
how are you getting along phrase: A greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.
how are you going phrase: Alternative form of how are you doing.
how are you keeping phrase: Synonym of how are you doing (“asking after an acquaintance's welfare”).
how bist phrase: How are you? (greeting)
how came you so adjective: Drunk.
how can you sleep at night phrase: A rhetorical question, used to tell someone that they should feel guilty about something.
how come adverb /haʊ kʌm/: Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose; due to what cause?
how'd contraction /haʊd/: how did
how-d'ye-do noun, phrase: A troublesome state of affairs.
how dare someone interjection: Used to express indignation and shock at someone's actions.
how dare you interjection: Used to express indignation and shock at another person's actions.
how-de-do noun, phrase: Pronunciation spelling of how do you do.
how did it go phrase: A question inquiring about the outcome of an antecedent event.
how do phrase /ˌhæwˈduw/: Alternative form of how do you do.
how do I get to phrase: Please show me/tell me the best way to reach ...
how do I get to the airport phrase: Used to ask for directions in order to go to an airport.
how do I get to the bus station phrase: Used to ask for directions in order to go to a bus station.
how do I get to the train station phrase: Used to ask for directions in order to go to a train station.
how do ye do phrase: Alternative form of how do you do.
how do you do noun, phrase: A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used as a rhetorical...
how do you do, fellow kids phrase: Used to criticize someone attempting to appeal to the youth as out of touch.
how do you like phrase: Used to ask someone for their opinion.
how do you like that phrase: Said in surprise or disappointment.
how do you like them apples phrase: A question directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing or making light of the situation.
how do you mean phrase: A request for clarification of what the listener just said.
how do you pronounce this word phrase /ˈhaʊ də juː pɹəˈnaʊns ðɪs ˈwɜːd/: Please say this word out loud so that I can learn how it is pronounced.
how do you say … in English phrase: A request for a translation of a word or phrase into English.
how do you sleep at night phrase: Alternative form of how can you sleep at night.
how do you spell this word phrase: I would like to know how this word is written.
how embarrassment interjection: An expression of embarrassment, either for the speaker or for another individual or group.
how far adverb: Used literally: what distance. (This entry is a translation hub.)
how farest thou phrase /haʊ ˈfɛəɹɪst ðaʊ/: how are you?, how's it going?

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.