English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 112 of 477
A hold in which a wrestler wraps his or her legs around either side of the opponent's head, crossing them under the opponent's chin, and squeezing.
A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
A poster or booklet containing headshots and brief descriptions of the models or actors represented by a modelling or talent agency.
A component of a record player that is attached to the end of a turntable arm. The cartridge is bolted to it.
A short length of track, provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines.
The sign on the front of a bus or train indicating its direction, destination, route number, or other pertinent information.
An extreme backbend in which the top of the performer's head touches the buttocks; usually in a handstand or chest stand. Sometimes, a more extreme variation is done where the buttocks are positioned past the performer's head, while the lower back is on top of the head; this requires much more neck flexibility.
The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
A support for overhead power lines on a railway, consisting of two towers on either side of a railway connected by cables.
An athletic or breakdancing move in which a person balances on the head while rotating along the vertical axis of the body.
Any of several species of South American fish, in families Anostomidae and Chilodontidae in order Characiformes.
A conservation technique for endangered species, in which young animals are raised artificially and subsequently released into the wild.
A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.
The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.
(terminology), (terminography) A term used as the title of a section, particularly in a terminological dictionary.
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 112. 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.