English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 17 of 477
singular of headphones: a cushioned speaker placed on, over, or inside the ear, normally used in left and right pairs.
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
The vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc; room (space) for one's head.
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
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.
A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
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 17. 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.