English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 111 of 477
A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
singular of headphones: a cushioned speaker placed on, over, or inside the ear, normally used in left and right pairs.
A live music concert or performance where the audience, in the same venue as the performing artist, listens to the live music or sounds by means of headphones.
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
The impression left by a head having been pressed against a soft surface, such as sand, snow, or a pillow.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
The supporting rail of a blind (such as a Venetian blind) that encloses its mechanism; a headbox.
Synonym of roach (“kind of headdress worn by some indigenous peoples of North American”).
The vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc; room (space) for one's head.
Said to describe a conflict in which someone has a particular advantage from the start.
A document stating the intent of the parties to enter into a binding agreement as outlined in the document.
The A465 trunk road in Wales, so-called for at least part of its length as it crosses the tops of the South Wales Valleys.
The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
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 111. 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.