English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 100 of 477

Hawiyenoun

A member of a large clan of Somalia, traditionally inhabiting central and southern Somalia, Ogaden and the North Eastern Province.

hawknoun

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

hawk boynoun

A plasterer's (male) attendant who supplied him with mortar.

hawk tuahintj

The sound of spitting on a person's penis in preparation for oral sex.

hawk-beakedadj

Having a beak shaped like that of a hawk.

Hawk-Eyename

A system, using six static television cameras and sophisticated computing, to track the path of the ball in flight.

hawk-facedadj

Having a face with sharp features that make it resemble a hawk.

hawkbellnoun

A small round metal bell used in falconry, attached to the leg of the bird.

hawkbitnoun

Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.

Hawke Bayname

A large bay on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, surrounded by the Hawke's Bay region.

Hawke's Bayname

A large region on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

Hawkebelaname

The ship of player character Hawke and Isabela from Dragon Age II.

Hawkenname

A surname from Middle English.

hawkernoun

A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.

hawker centrenoun

An outdoor complex of stalls selling street food.

hawkerlessadj

Without hawkers.

hawkerynoun

A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.

Hawkesburyname

A hamlet and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7686).

Hawkesianadj

Of or relating to John Hawkes (novelist) (1925–1998), postmodern American novelist.

Hawkespeaknoun

The type of convoluted and prolix spoken diction of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

hawkethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hawk

hawkfacedadj

Alternative form of hawk-faced.

Hawkinname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

hawkinessnoun

The state of resembling or being similar to a hawk; hawkishness.

hawkingnoun

Action of the verb to hawk.

Hawking energynoun

A measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing rays of light that are orthogonal to a 2-sphere surrounding a region of space whose mass is to be defined.

Hawking Indexname

A humorous measure of how far people will, on average, read through a particular book before giving up.

Hawking radiationnoun

The radiation presumed to be given off by a black hole by quantum mechanical processes.

Hawking's paradoxname

The black hole information paradox.

Hawkingename

A town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2140).

Hawkingianadj

Of or relating to the English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (1942–2018).

Hawkingsname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hawkingsonname

A surname

Hawkinsname

An English surname originating as a patronymic.

Hawkins Countyname

One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Rogersville.

hawkinsinnoun

An amino acid, found in elevated concentrations in the urine in cases of hawkinsinuria.

hawkinsinurianoun

4-alpha-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase deficiency, an autosomal dominant metabolic disorder affecting the metabolism of tyrosine.

Hawkinsonname

A surname.

Hawkinsvillename

A number of places in the United States:

hawkishadj

Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.

hawkishlyadv

In a hawkish manner.

hawkishnessnoun

The characteristic of being hawkish.

hawkismnoun

Hawkish foreign policy

hawkistnoun

A hawk, someone who espouses hawkish politics, especially a hawkish foreign policy.

hawklessadj

Without hawks.

hawkletnoun

Synonym of hawkling.

hawklikeadj

Reminiscent of a hawk.

hawklingnoun

A small, young, or immature hawk.

hawkmothnoun

Alternative form of hawk moth.

hawknosenoun

A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.

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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 100. 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.

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