English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 108 of 477
A collision where the front ends of two vehicles (such as ships, trains, cars, planes, etc.) hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision.
A cliff in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta which is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Clematis glycinoides, a climbing shrub of the family Ranunculaceae, found in eastern Australia and in New Caledonia.
A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music.
A bolt that is used to secure the head of something (such as the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine).
A form of block heater that consists of a hollow headbolt which contains an electric heating element.
A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.
Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual or small group of fans, but not necessarily found within or supported by the official canon.
A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior.
Part of a block switch on a railway line that the ends of the moveable rails rest on, and to which the stationary rails are attached.
A rollercoaster element designed to give the illusion of bringing riders' heads or arms dangerously close to ride structure.
Any form of headwear consisting of a piece of material either tied or held in place with a band.
A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.
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 108. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "H" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.