English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 133 of 477

heftinessnoun

The property of being hefty.

heftyadj

With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive

hefutoxinnoun

A neurotoxin in the venom created by the Asian black forest scorpion.

Hegangname

A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.

Hegartyname

A surname from Irish.

Hegazyname

A surname from Arabic.

Hegelname

A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

Hegelesename

The convoluted, obscure style of writing associated with the works of G.W.F. Hegel

Hegelianadj

Of or pertaining to the philosophical system of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831).

Hegelianismnoun

The system of logic and philosophy set forth by G. W. F. Hegel, which can be summed up by the dictum that "the rational alone is real", i.e. all reality is capable of being expressed in rational categories.

Hegelianistnoun

A Hegelian.

Hegelianizeverb

To make Hegelian.

Hegelianlyadv

In a Hegelian manner.

Hegelismnoun

Alternative form of Hegelianism.

Hegelistnoun

A Hegelian.

hegemonnoun

A dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.

Hegemonename

One of the Charites and a goddess of flowers and fruit, worshipped at Athens along with Auxo and Damia.

hegemonicadj

Of or pertaining to hegemony.

hegemonicaladj

Leading; controlling; predominant.

hegemonicallyadv

In a hegemonic fashion.

hegemonicsnoun

hegemony

hegemonistnoun

A person, organisation or country that practices hegemony.

hegemonisticadj

Of or pertaining to hegemonism.

hegemonizeverb

To subject to hegemony.

hegemonizernoun

One who hegemonizes.

hegemonynoun

Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

Hegewischname

A community area and neighbourhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Heggename

A surname.

Heggenname

A surname from Norwegian.

hegiranoun

A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.

Heglandname

A surname from Norwegian.

Hegsethname

A surname from Norwegian.

hegumennoun

The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.

hegumenessnoun

A female hegumen.

hehintj

Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom.

heheintj

An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.

Hehirname

A surname from Irish.

Hehrname

A surname from German.

Hei-honame

Alternative form of Heihe.

Hei-lung-chiangname

Alternative form of Heilongjiang.

hei-tikinoun

An ornamental pendant (typically made of pounamu or greenstone) among the Māori, worn around the neck, representing a human figure traditionally connected with Tiki, the first human in Maori mythology.

heiaunoun

A temple in traditional Hawaiian society.

Heibelname

A surname from German.

Heiberg Islandsname

A group of four small tundra islands in the Kara Sea.

Heibergername

A surname from German.

Heichelname

A surname from German.

Heickname

A surname from German.

Heidname

A surname.

Heideckername

A surname from German.

Heideggername

A surname from German.

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 133. 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.