English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 13 of 477
A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
A mineral of hafnium silicate ore, having the chemical formula HfSiO₄, produced synthetically by substituting hafnium for the zirconium in zircon.
A village in the east of Crumlin community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2299).
A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah.
A circular pattern in a grassy field supposed to result from witches dancing in a circle.
A Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine (1921–48), which became the core of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus, especially, Ardenna gravis (syn. Puffinus gravis, Puffinus major), the great shearwater, and Puffinus stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater.
The temperature at which hadronic matter (i.e. ordinary matter) is no longer stable, and must either "evaporate" or convert into quark matter.
Small, oblong, sweet-tasting chocolate granules, which are sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks.
A type of traditional polished stone axe with a thin blade and decorated handle, part of the culture of the inhabitants of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea.
A physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.
A monoclinic-prismatic greenish black mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
A city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.
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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 13. 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.
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