English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 110 of 477
A lease to a landlord or lessor; commonly from the perspective of a sublease to that lease.
A mythical man (perhaps of several) upon horseback who is missing his head, inspired by the Headless Horseman mythical figure.
A designated room or area at a convention where attendees can take a break and remove their fursuits or costumes.
The Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
A fictional ostensible automotive product, used in jokes, to prank someone into searching for the nonexistent item (a snipe hunt), or to gauge how inept someone is in basic auto mechanics.
The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the best-known and first billed musician, comedian, etc., often performing as the final act of the evening.
The jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium.
Resembling or characteristic of a headline (the heading or title of an article); typical of or incorporating headlinese.
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
The difference in pressure between points in a hydraulic system of piping as a result of friction, elevation change etc.
The distinction or peculiarity of the head, face, or features used in distinguishing each individual of a given species; personal appearance; facial features.
One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.
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 110. 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.