English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 115 of 477

A surname from Irish.

Of or relating to Seamus Heaney (1939–2013), Irish poet and playwright.

A base, abject, or humble person; a wretch.

heapnoun

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

Heap Bridgename

A small suburb of Heywood, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8210).

heap coals of fire on someone's headverb

To excite remorse in someone by returning good for evil.

To increase over a period of time; to accumulate.

heapabilitynoun

The condition of being heapable.

Capable of being formed into a heap.

A surname.

In a heap.

One who heaps, piles, or amasses.

second-person singular simple present indicative of heap

third-person singular simple present indicative of heap

Enough to form a heap; a large number or amount of something.

A surname.

In a heapy manner.

The state or quality of being heapy.

present participle and gerund of heap

A large amount.

In heaps, or heap by heap; in large quantities or numbers.

plural of heap

An empirical law that expresses the correlation between the length of a document or set of documents and the corresponding number of distinct words.

A sorting algorithm based on the heap data structure.

Having lots of heaps or piles.

hearverb

To perceive sounds through the ear.

To receive updates or opinions from (someone).

hear me outnoun

A positive opinion, favorite, or crush that could be considered controversial or embarrassing.

To become aware of (a subject, person) through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.

hear on the grapevineverb

To hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.

hear oneself thinkverb

To engage in mental activity without being distracted by noise.

To listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.

To hear it said.

hear the end of itverb

To cease to be told about, or nagged because of, something.

hear the grass growverb

To have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing.

hear the last ofverb

Alternative form of see the last of.

hear thingsverb

To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.

hear through the grapevineverb

To hear rumors; to learn through hearsay.

hear voicesverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, voice.

Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said.

hear-throughadj

That sound can pass through.

hearabilitynoun

The quality or state of being hearable.

That can be heard; audible

Audibly, auditorily; discernable through hearing.

Obsolete form of herb.

simple past and past participle of hear

Heard Countyname

A county of Georgia, United States. County seat: Franklin.

second-person singular simple past indicative of hear

Obsolete spelling of hear.

One who hears.

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 115. 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.

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