English Words: H

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hardenverb

To become hard.

hardenedverb

simple past and past participle of harden

harderadj

comparative form of hard: more hard

hardestadj

superlative form of hard: most hard. Most rigid or most difficult.

hardheadedadj

Stubborn; wilful.

Hardiename

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Hardinname

A surname.

hardinessnoun

The quality of being hardy.

Hardingname

An English and Irish surname transferred from the given name.

Hardingename

A surname.

hardlinenoun

A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer.

hardlyadv

Barely, only just, almost not.

hardmannoun

A man who is particularly tough or muscular

hardnessnoun

The quality of being hard.

hardsnoun

plural of hard

hardscrabbleadj

Requiring much work to farm, and ultimately not very productive.

hardshipnoun

Difficulty or trouble; hard times.

hardstylenoun

A genre of electronic dance music that combines elements of trance, techno, and hardcore, with origins in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Hardtname

A surname.

hardtopnoun

The removable rigid roof of a convertible or sports car.

hardwarenoun

Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.

Hardwickname

A common placename in England and US:

Hardwickename

A village in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO803741).

hardwiredadj

Designed to perform a specific task.

hardwoodnoun

The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.

hardworkingadj

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

hardyadj

Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.

harenoun

Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

Haredinoun

A member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.

haremnoun

The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.

haresnoun

plural of hare

Harewoodname

A civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England, served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5328).

Hargitayname

A surname from Hungarian.

Hargravename

A number of places:

Hargrovename

A surname.

Hariname

A name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.

Haridwarname

A city and municipality of Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India.

Haringname

A surname.

Haringeyname

A London borough in northern Greater London.

Haringtonname

A surname.

harishadj

Like a hare.

harissanoun

A North African spice mix, containing chillis, garlic and salt, used as both a condiment and an ingredient.

harkverb

To listen attentively.

harkenverb

Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard.

Harkinname

A surname from Irish.

harkingnoun

The act of harking back; a reversion or return.

Harknessname

A surname.

Harlanname

A surname from Old English.

Harlechname

A small coastal town and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5831).

Harlemname

A neighborhood in northern Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York State, United States, currently known for its black population and the culture thereof.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter H contains 23,837 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 477 pages, and you are currently viewing page 10. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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