English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 110 of 477

headkerchiefnoun

A kerchief worn on the head

headkerchiefedadj

Wearing a headkerchief.

headlampnoun

An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.

headlandnoun

Coastal land that juts into the sea.

headlandedadj

Having a headland or headlands.

headlapnoun

The length of overlap between overlapping roof tiles

headleasenoun

A lease to a landlord or lessor; commonly from the perspective of a sublease to that lease.

headlessadj

Without a head (body part).

headless genitivenoun

Synonym of independent genitive.

Headless Horsemannoun

A mythical man (perhaps of several) upon horseback who is missing his head, inspired by the Headless Horseman mythical figure.

Headless Horsewomanname

A female equivalent of the Headless Horseman mythical figure.

headless loungenoun

A designated room or area at a convention where attendees can take a break and remove their fursuits or costumes.

headless over heelsadv

Head over heels, but while one or someone else is headless.

Headless Valleyname

The Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

headlesslyadv

In a headless way.

headlessnessnoun

The state of being headless.

Headleyname

A surname.

headlightnoun

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.

headlight fluidnoun

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.

headlightedadj

illuminated by headlights

headlightingnoun

The lighting produced by a headlight.

headlikeadj

Having the form of a head or a skull.

headlinenoun

The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.

headline stylenoun

Synonym of upstyle.

headline-esenoun

Alternative form of headlinese.

headline-grabbernoun

A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.

headlinernoun

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.

headlinesenoun

The jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium.

headlineyadj

Alternative spelling of headliny.

headlingnoun

An equal; a fellow; mate.

headlingsadv

Alternative form of headling (“headlong; precipitately”).

headlinyadj

Resembling or characteristic of a headline (the heading or title of an article); typical of or incorporating headlinese.

headlitadj

lit by headlights

headloadnoun

A load carried on the head.

headlocknoun

A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.

headlongadv

With the head first or down.

headlongnessnoun

Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.

headlossnoun

The difference in pressure between points in a hydraulic system of piping as a result of friction, elevation change etc.

headlousenoun

Alternative form of head louse.

headlyadj

Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly.

headmannoun

Alternative form of head man.

headmanshipnoun

The role or status of headman.

headmarknoun

The distinction or peculiarity of the head, face, or features used in distinguishing each individual of a given species; personal appearance; facial features.

headmasternoun

A male headteacher.

headmasterlyadj

Befitting a headmaster.

headmastersnoun

plural of headmaster

headmastershipnoun

The role or position of headmaster.

headmatenoun

One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.

headmistressnoun

A female headteacher.

headmistress-shipnoun

The position of a headmistress.

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.