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English words: how goes it to hrzn

300 English words, part 81 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.

English words how goes it to hrzn

  1. how goes it phrase: An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.
  2. how goes the battle phrase: how are things? how's life?
  3. how goes the enemy phrase: What time is it?
  4. how goes the war phrase: Synonym of how goes the battle (“how are things? how's life?”).
  5. how'll contraction /haʊl/: how will
  6. how long adjective, adverb: Used literally: what length.
  7. how long is a piece of string phrase: Used as a response to a question such as "How long will it take?" or "How big is it?" when the length or size is unknown, infinite, variable, or relative.
  8. how'm contraction /haʊm/: how am
  9. how many pronoun: unspecified number
  10. how many fingers am I holding up phrase: A test used to check if a person is conscious, alert, and has clear vision after a head injury, concussion, or intoxication.
  11. how many languages do you speak phrase: Used to ask the interlocutor how many languages he or she speaks.
  12. how many siblings do you have phrase: Used to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.
  13. how many stops until phrase: Used to ask for the number of stops remaining before reaching a specific train or bus station.
  14. how manyth adjective: Standing for an unknown or queried ordinal number.
  15. how much adverb, determiner, interjection: What amount or quantity of (something stated or implied).
  16. how much do I owe you phrase: Asking how much money is to be paid for products or services.
  17. how much do you charge phrase: Used to ask a professional the monetary cost of his/her services.
  18. how much does it cost phrase: What is its price? How much money do you want for it?
  19. how much is it phrase: how much does it cost?
  20. how no adverb: Why is that not true?
  21. how now interjection: Hello, what is that?
  22. how old are you phrase /haʊ ˈəʊld ɑː(ɹ)ˌjuː/: Asks the age of the interlocutor.
  23. how're contraction /haʊə/: How are.
  24. how's contraction, noun /haʊz/: Contraction of how + is.
  25. how's about adverb: Alternative form of how about.
  26. how's come phrase: How come; why.
  27. how's every little thing phrase: A greeting, asking about a person's life; how are you?
  28. how's everything phrase: An informal greeting, asking how a person's life is going.
  29. how's it phrase: Synonym of how's it going.
  30. how's it going phrase: how are you?
  31. how's it hanging phrase: How are you?
  32. how's life phrase: An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you
  33. how's that phrase: Used to ask someone to repeat something
  34. how's that again phrase: Used to ask someone to repeat something
  35. how's that for adverb: Used to emphasise a particular quality
  36. how's the weather phrase: Used to inquire about the weather.
  37. how's the weather up there phrase: Asked to tall people or someone who is at a high vantage point, either literally or metaphorically.
  38. how's them apples phrase: Alternative form of how do you like them apples.
  39. how's things phrase: An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you?
  40. how's tricks phrase: Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
  41. how's your father noun: A whatsit; a thing which the speaker is unable or unwilling to specify more precisely.
  42. how's your hammer hanging phrase: How are you? (generally used between male speakers)
  43. how say you phrase: With regard to a thing said or asked about, as when one asks an opinion: what do you say? What is your opinion?
  44. how see phrase: what do you think?, what say you?
  45. how should I know phrase: A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it; sometimes therefore also implying that...
  46. how so adverb, phrase: How?; In what way?
  47. how the cow ate the cabbage phrase: The unvarnished truth about something or someone, especially when stated to a person who does not want to hear or acknowledge it.
  48. how the mighty have fallen phrase: Used to imply the decline of a once-great person or entity.
  49. how the other half live noun: Alternative form of how the other half lives.
  50. how the other half lives noun: The comfortable, luxurious lifestyles of those who are very wealthy.
  51. how the sausage gets made phrase: The unpleasant way in which a process or activity is carried on behind the scenes.
  52. how the sausage is made phrase: Alternative form of how the sausage gets made.
  53. how the turntables phrase: Synonym of how the tables have turned.
  54. how the wind is blowing noun: Alternative form of which way the wind is blowing.
  55. how to adjective, noun: That gives advice or instruction on a particular topic.
  56. how-to-vote card noun: An informational card or leaflet published by a political party and distributed to the general public, usually near voting booths during election time, to...
  57. how've contraction /haʊv/: Contraction of how + have.
  58. how very dare you interjection: Synonym of how dare you.
  59. how would I know phrase: Alternative form of how should I know.
  60. how you get them is how you lose them proverb: A person who starts a relationship by cheating will lose that partner in the same way.
  61. how you say phrase: Used as a filled pause to imitate a stereotypical non-native English speaker: how do you say it? What is the expression?
  62. howadji noun: A traveller or merchant from the Middle East
  63. howaji noun: Alternative form of howadji.
  64. howajji noun: Alternative form of howadji.
  65. howandever adverb /ˌhaʊəndˈɛvə(ɹ)/: However, nevertheless, anyway.
  66. Howard proper noun /ˈhaʊɚd/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  67. Howard's battlers noun: Synonym of battlers.
  68. howardevansite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing copper, iron, oxygen, sodium, and vanadium.
  69. Howardian adjective: Of or relating to the Howard family, an English aristocratic family that gave its name to the Howardian Hills in Yorkshire.
  70. howardite noun: An achondritic stony meteorite.
  71. howarditic adjective: Containing or relating to the mineral howardite.
  72. Howarth proper noun /ˈhoʊwəɹθ/: A surname from Old English.
  73. Howat proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  74. howay interjection /haˈweː/: A general cry of encouragement.
  75. howaya interjection: A greeting.
  76. howbe adverb: Alternative form of howbeit.
  77. howbeit adverb, conjunction /haʊˈbiː.ɪt/: Although.
  78. howbout adverb: Pronunciation spelling of how about.
  79. howcatchem noun: A mystery novel or drama which begins by showing or describing the commission of the crime, generally revealing the perpetrator's identity to the audience,...
  80. howdah noun /ˈhaʊdə/: A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.
  81. howdahless adjective: Of an elephant, not equipped with a howdah.
  82. howdedo noun, phrase: Pronunciation spelling of how do you do.
  83. howdee interjection: Pronunciation spelling of howdy.
  84. Howden proper noun: A small town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7428).
  85. howdie interjection, noun: Alternative form of howdy (a midwife).
  86. howdja contraction: Alternative form of howja.
  87. howdunit noun: A type of detective story in which the focus is not on the person who committed the crime, but on the manner in which it was committed.
  88. howdunnit noun: Alternative spelling of howdunit.
  89. howdy interjection, noun, verb /ˈhaʊdi/: An informal greeting.
  90. howdy-do noun, phrase: Alternative form of how-d'ye-do.
  91. howdy doody interjection /haʊdi ˈdudi/: An informal greeting.
  92. howe noun: Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).
  93. howe'er adverb: Alternative form of however.
  94. Howe truss noun: A truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression.
  95. Howeitat noun: A large Judhami tribe inhabiting parts of present-day southern Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula and Sharqia governate in Egypt, the Negev, and northwestern Saudi...
  96. howel noun, verb: A plane-like tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.
  97. Howel-Evans syndrome noun: A rare condition involving thickening of the skin (hyperkeratosis) of the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet, and associated with a high risk of...
  98. Howell proper noun /haʊ(w)əɫ/: A male given name from Welsh.
  99. Howell's spectacular thelypody noun: Thelypodium howellii subsp. spectabilis, a rare plant subspecies of the western United States.
  100. Howellian adjective: Of or relating to any person with the surname Howell.
  101. Howells proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
  102. Howerton proper noun: A surname.
  103. Howery proper noun: A surname.
  104. Howett proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  105. however adverb, conjunction /haʊˈɛvə/: Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
  106. however much adverb, determiner: Whatever amount of; regardless of the amount of (something stated or implied).
  107. however one slices it phrase: Synonym of any way one slices it.
  108. Howey proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  109. howf noun, verb /haʊf/: A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
  110. howff noun, verb: Alternative spelling of howf.
  111. howgh interjection: Alternative form of how (“Native American greeting”).
  112. howgoesit noun: A chart or instrument indicating the remaining fuel and the remaining flight distance.
  113. howgoezit noun: Alternative form of howgoesit.
  114. howgozit noun: Alternative form of howgoesit.
  115. Howick proper noun: A small village in Longhoughton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref SU2517).
  116. Howie proper noun /ˈhaʊ.i/: A diminutive of the male given name Howard.
  117. Howie scream noun: A stock sound effect of a man's scream, used in numerous films.
  118. howieite noun: A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
  119. Howieson proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  120. Howison proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  121. Howitt proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  122. howitz noun: A howitzer.
  123. howitzer noun, verb /ˈhaʊ.ɪts.ə(ɹ)/: A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high...
  124. howitzerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a howitzer.
  125. howja contraction /ˈhaʊd͡ʒə/: Pronunciation spelling of how d'you.
  126. howk verb: To disturb by digging.
  127. howker noun: A type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen.
  128. Howkins proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  129. howl noun, verb /ˈhaʊ̯l/: The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
  130. howl at the moon verb: To spend considerable time and effort fruitlessly in a hopeless endeavor.
  131. howl down verb: Synonym of shout down.
  132. howl on verb: To complain to or about (someone).
  133. howl out verb: To shout or cheer.
  134. howl-round noun: feedback (high-pitched howling noise caused by a loop between microphone and speaker)
  135. howlable adjective: Able to be howled about, or howled at.
  136. Howland proper noun: A surname.
  137. howlarious adjective /haʊˈlɛəɹi.əs/: Extremely hilarious; funny enough to make one howl with laughter.
  138. howlback noun: A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers.
  139. Howle proper noun: A surname.
  140. howler noun /ˈhaʊlɚ/: That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
  141. howler monkey noun: A Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call.
  142. howlet noun: An owl; an owlet.
  143. Howlett proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  144. Howley proper noun /ˈhaʊ.li/: A surname.
  145. howlin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of howling.
  146. howling adjective, noun, verb /ˈhaʊlɪŋ/: The act of producing howls.
  147. howling jackass noun: The blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, of northern Australia and New Guinea.
  148. howlingly adverb: With a howl or howls.
  149. howlite noun: A calcium borosilicate hydroxide found in evaporite deposits.
  150. Howlong proper noun: A town in the Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
  151. howlround noun: A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers.
  152. howly adjective: That howls
  153. howness noun: The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.
  154. Howorth proper noun /ˈhoʊwəɹθ/: A surname.
  155. Howrah proper noun /ˈhaʊɹə/: A large city and municipality of West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata; the headquarters of Howrah district, West Bengal, India.
  156. Howse proper noun: A surname.
  157. Howser proper noun: A surname.
  158. howsever adverb: Alternative form of howsoever.
  159. howsit contraction, interjection: how is it
  160. howso adverb: However, in whatever manner.
  161. howsoever adverb /ˌhaʊsoʊˈɛvəɹ/: Regardless of the way in which.
  162. howsoevermuch adverb: However much; to whatever degree; no matter how much.
  163. howsofar preposition: To what degree.
  164. howsomdever adverb: Alternative spelling of howsomedever.
  165. howsomedever adverb: howsoever
  166. howsomever conjunction: However; howsoever.
  167. Howson proper noun /ˈhaʊ.sən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  168. Howth proper noun /hoʊθ/: A coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2839).
  169. howto noun: Alternative form of how-to.
  170. howzabout adverb: Pronunciation spelling of how's about.
  171. howzat interjection, noun /ˈhaʊˌzat/: The cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire.
  172. Howze proper noun: A surname.
  173. howzit interjection: Hello; what's up?
  174. hox noun, verb: Abbreviation of homeobox.
  175. hox gene noun: Any of the genes in the vertebrate homeobox.
  176. Hoxha proper noun: A surname from Albanian.
  177. Hoxhaism noun: A form of antirevisionist Marxism-Leninism.
  178. Hoxhaist noun: A supporter of Albanian leader Enver Hoxha.
  179. Hoxie proper noun: A surname.
  180. Hoxsey proper noun: A surname.
  181. hoxter noun: An inside pocket.
  182. Hoxton proper noun /ˈhɒkstən/: An area in the East End of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3383).
  183. Hoxton fin noun: A fauxhawk hairstyle.
  184. Hoxtonite noun: An inhabitant of Hoxton, a district in the East End of London, England.
  185. hoy interjection, noun, verb /hɔɪ/: A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
  186. hoya noun: A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.
  187. hoyacarnoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  188. hoyay noun: Homoerotic subtext in a television show, film, book etc.
  189. hoyden adjective, noun, verb /ˈhɔɪdən/: A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
  190. hoydenhood noun: The time or state of being a hoyden.
  191. hoydenish adjective: Somewhat hoyden.
  192. hoydenishly adverb: In a hoydenish manner.
  193. hoydenishness noun: The quality of being hoydenish.
  194. hoydenism noun: The behaviour of a hoyden.
  195. Hoye proper noun: A surname.
  196. hoyer noun: A device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.
  197. Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome noun: A rare multisystemic X-linked recessive disorder characterized by excessively short telomeres, considered a severe form of dyskeratosis congenita.
  198. Hoylake proper noun: A seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2189).
  199. Hoyland proper noun: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE372003).
  200. Hoyle proper noun /ˈhɔɪl/: A surname.
  201. Hoylean adjective: Of or relating to Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), English astronomer.
  202. Hoyles proper noun: A surname.
  203. hoyman noun: A sailor on a hoy.
  204. Hoyos proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
  205. Hoyt proper noun: A topographical surname for someone who lived high, or on a hill.
  206. Hoyt boom noun: Ellipsis of Hoyt jib boom;.
  207. Hoyt jib boom noun: The self-tacking jib boom.
  208. Hoyte proper noun: A surname.
  209. hozen noun: stockings; hose
  210. Hozier proper noun: A surname.
  211. hp noun /eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/: Initialism of hire purchase.
  212. HPA adjective, noun: Initialism of human-powered aircraft
  213. hpaB noun: A gene encoding the 4-hydroxyphenylacetate 3-monooxygenase enzyme in Escherichia coli.
  214. Hpakant proper noun: A town in Hpakant district, Kachin State, Myanmar.
  215. HPC noun: Initialism of high-performance computing.
  216. HPD noun: Initialism of histrionic personality disorder.
  217. HPE noun: Initialism of holoprosencephaly.
  218. HPF noun: Initialism of high-pass filter.
  219. HPGP noun: Abbreviation of hydrogen peroxide gas plasma.
  220. hph noun, symbol: horsepower-hour
  221. HPHT noun: Initialism of high pressure, high temperature: a process for creating synthetic diamonds.
  222. hPIV noun: Abbreviation of human parainfluenza virus.
  223. HPLC noun: high-performance liquid chromatography or high-pressure liquid chromatography
  224. HPM noun: Initialism of hardware performance monitor.
  225. HPMA noun: Initialism of highly protected marine area.
  226. HPMC noun: Initialism of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose.
  227. HPMS noun: Abbreviation of high proper motion star.
  228. HPNS noun: Initialism of high-pressure nervous syndrome.
  229. HPO noun: Initialism of hydrogen peroxide.
  230. HPP noun: Initialism of high pressure processing.
  231. HPPD noun: Initialism of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
  232. HPPE noun: Initialism of high-performance polyethylene.
  233. HPQ noun: Initialism of higher project qualification.
  234. HPR noun: Initialism of human progesterone receptor.
  235. HPS noun: Initialism of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
  236. hPSC noun: Initialism of human pluripotent stem cell.
  237. HPSG noun: Initialism of head-driven phrase structure grammar.
  238. HPT noun: Initialism of health protection team.
  239. HPU noun: Abbreviation of hogel processing unit.
  240. HPV noun: Initialism of human papillomavirus.
  241. HPW noun: Initialism of highly purified water.
  242. HQ adjective, noun: Initialism of headquarters.
  243. HqBn noun: Abbreviation of headquarters battalion.
  244. HQC noun: Abbreviation of higher level quality control, high level quality control, higher quality control, high quality control.
  245. HQP noun: Initialism of highly qualified personnel.
  246. hr noun /eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/: The human capital of an organization.
  247. HR diagram noun: Abbreviation of Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
  248. hr'g noun: Abbreviation of hearing.
  249. hr `num` noun: Abbreviation of hair space.
  250. HRA noun: Initialism of health reimbursement arrangement.
  251. Hrabalian adjective: Of or relating to Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), Czech writer.
  252. HRB noun: Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale B.
  253. HRBP noun: Initialism of human resources business partner.
  254. HRC noun: Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale C.
  255. HRCT noun: Initialism of high-resolution computed tomography.
  256. HRD noun: Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale D.
  257. Hrdlicka proper noun: A surname from Czech.
  258. hrdrsr noun: Abbreviation of hairdresser.
  259. HRE noun: Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale E.
  260. hreb noun: An analytical unit making up the set of all entities of a text referring to the same object in reality or the same object in the text.
  261. HREE noun: Initialism of heavy rare earth element.
  262. HREZ noun: A tuberculosis treatment regimen consisting of isoniazid (H), rifampicin (R), ethambutol (E), and pyrazinamide (Z).
  263. HRF noun: Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale F.
  264. HRG noun: Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale G.
  265. HRH pronoun: Initialism of His Royal Highness, a royal style for a prince in various contexts (e.g., various countries, nonfiction, fiction).
  266. HRIA noun: Initialism of Human Rights Impact Assessment.
  267. HRIP noun: Initialism of high-refractive-index polymer.
  268. Hristov proper noun: A surname from Bulgarian.
  269. hrivna noun /(hə)ˈrɪvnə/: Alternative spelling of hryvnia.
  270. hrm interjection, noun /ˈhəɹəm/: Expresses a moment of particular curiosity or thoughtfulness.
  271. hrmm interjection: Alternative form of hrm.
  272. hrmph interjection /h(ɹ̩)m̩f/: Expressing hesitation.
  273. HRMS noun: Initialism of human resource management system.
  274. hromada noun /hɹoʊˈmɑːdə/: A basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality.
  275. Hroth noun: An individual of the felinoid Hrothgar race.
  276. Hrothgal noun: A female of the felinoid Hrothgar race.
  277. Hrothgar proper noun: A semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century CE.
  278. Hrothgirl noun: Synonym of Hrothgal.
  279. Hrothguy noun: A male of the felinoid Hrothgar race.
  280. HRP noun: Initialism of horseradish peroxidase.
  281. HRQoL noun: Initialism of health-related quality of life.
  282. hrrmph interjection: Alternative spelling of hrmph.
  283. hrs noun: Initialism of hepatorenal syndrome.
  284. HRSA noun: Initialism of heat-resistant superalloy or acronym of heat-resistant superalloy.
  285. hrsACE2 noun: Abbreviation of human recombinant soluble angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (a genetically modified soluble form of ACE2).
  286. HRSV noun: Initialism of human respiratory syncytial virus.
  287. HRT noun: Initialism of hormone replacement therapy.
  288. HRTEM noun: Abbreviation of high resolution transmission electron microscopy.
  289. hrtwd noun: Abbreviation of heartwood.
  290. hrtwink noun: A trans woman or non-binary person on hormone replacement therapy who resembles a slim, effeminate man.
  291. hru noun, phrase: Abbreviation of how are you?.
  292. Hruby proper noun: A surname from Czech.
  293. Hruska proper noun: A surname from Czech.
  294. HRV noun: Initialism of heart rate variability.
  295. Hrvati noun: The Croats.
  296. Hrvoje proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
  297. hryvnia noun /(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/: The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.
  298. hryvnya noun: Alternative form of hryvnia.
  299. HRZE noun: A tuberculosis treatment regimen consisting of isoniazid (H), rifampicin (R), pyrazinamide (Z), and ethambutol (E).
  300. hrzn noun: Abbreviation of horizon.

Part 80 · Part 82 · 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.