English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 13 of 477

Hafisiname

A surname from Arabic.

hafiznoun

A Muslim who has memorized the whole Qur'an.

Hafleyname

A surname from German.

hafnatenoun

Any oxyanion of hafnium; any salt containing such an anion.

Hafnername

A surname from German.

hafnianadj

Containing hafnium.

hafniosisnoun

An infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Hafnia.

hafniumnoun

A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.

hafnonnoun

A mineral of hafnium silicate ore, having the chemical formula HfSiO₄, produced synthetically by substituting hafnium for the zirconium in zircon.

hafnylnoun

Containing the univalent radical Hf=O.

hafodnoun

A Welsh summer dwelling.

Hafodyrynysname

A village in the east of Crumlin community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2299).

haftnoun

The handle of a tool or weapon.

Haft Seennoun

A traditional table setting of Nowruz comprising several symbolic items.

haftaverb

Contraction of have to (“be required to; must”).

haftableadj

Able to be hafted (gripped by the handle).

Haftarahnoun

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.

haftedadj

Having a haft or handle.

hafternoun

A maker of handles for knives and other tools

hagnoun

A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.

hag donoun

Synonym of sten do.

hag tracknoun

A circular pattern in a grassy field supposed to result from witches dancing in a circle.

hag-tapernoun

The great woolly mullein (Verbascum thapsus).

hagalahnoun

The process of putting eating utensils into boiling water to kasher them.

Haganname

A surname from Irish.

Haganahname

A Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine (1921–48), which became the core of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Hagarname

The Egyptian concubine of Abraham, mother of Ishmael.

Hagarenenoun

An (early) Arab Muslim.

Hagartyname

A surname from Irish.

Hagbergname

A surname from Swedish.

Hagberg numbernoun

Synonym of falling number

hagberrynoun

Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.

hagbornadj

Born of a hag or witch.

hagbutnoun

An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.

hagbutternoun

A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.

hagdonnoun

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.

Hagedorn temperaturename

The temperature at which hadronic matter (i.e. ordinary matter) is no longer stable, and must either "evaporate" or convert into quark matter.

hagelslagnoun

Small, oblong, sweet-tasting chocolate granules, which are sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks.

Hagelundname

A surname.

Hagemeiername

A surname from German.

Hagemeyername

A surname from German.

Hagenname

A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Hagen axenoun

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.

Hagen-Poiseuille equationname

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.

Hagenaarnoun

A native or inhabitant of The Hague.

Hagenbuchname

A surname from German.

hagendorfitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic greenish black mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Hagerstownname

A city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.

Hagertyname

A surname from Irish.

Hageyname

A surname from German.

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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.

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