English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 22 of 477

Hakamadaname

A surname from Japanese.

Hakansonname

A surname from Swedish [in turn from Old Norse].

hakapiknoun

A hunting implement, a long pole with a pick and hammer on the end, used by sealers to bludgeon seals and drag their carcasses to the sealing boat.

hakarinoun

An elaborate feast in Maori culture.

hakawnoun

a traditional Cantonese shrimp dumpling

hakawatinoun

A public storyteller, in Arab culture.

hakenoun

A hook; a pot-hook.

hakeanoun

A shrub of the genus Hakea, of Australia.

hakednoun

The pike (fish).

Hakeemname

A surname from Arabic.

hakelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a hake (fish).

Hakenadj

Irreducible, compact, and containing a non-∂-parallel incompressible surface (besides a sphere or disk).

hakenkreuznoun

The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.

hakesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hake

Haketianame

An endangered Jewish Romance language spoken in North-Africa.

Hakewillname

A surname.

Hakhaname

A town in Chin State, Myanmar.

hakhamnoun

A wise man or scholar.

Hakhamaneshname

Synonym of Achaemenes

Hakhamaneshiadj

Synonym of Achaemenid

Hakhamanishname

Synonym of Achaemenes

Hakhamanishiadj

Synonym of Achaemenid

Hakhelname

The mitzvah (commandment) to “assemble” the Jewish people to hear the Torah (Deuteronomy 31:12).

hakhsharanoun

Zionist training in preparation for emigration to Israel and subsequent life in a kibbutz.

hakimnoun

A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.

Hakimianname

A surname from Persian.

hakingverb

present participle and gerund of hake

hakitenoun

An isometric-hextetrahedral gray brown mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, mercury, selenium, and sulfur.

Hakkaadj

Of or relating to the Hakka (Kejia, 客家 (Kèjiā)), an ethnic group of the Han Chinese.

hakka noodlenoun

A kind of stir-fried rice or egg noodle dish in Indo-Chinese cuisine.

Hakkapeliittanoun

A Finnish light cavalryman during the Thirty Years' War.

Hakkinenname

A surname from Finnish.

Hakluytname

A surname.

Hakluytianadj

Of or pertaining to Richard Hakluyt (c.1552–1616), English writer who promoted the settlement of North America.

Hakobname

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Հակոբ (Hakob).

Hakobyanname

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Jacobs or Jacobson.

Hakodatename

A port city in Oshima subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Hakominame

A form of body-centred somatic psychotherapy developed in the 1970s.

hakunoun

A three-ply braid incorporating additional materials, used in making lei.

hakuna matataphrase

No worries, take it easy.

hakureinoun

A type of round, white turnip from Japan.

Hakusanname

A city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

halnoun

A special temporary state of consciousness, generally understood to be the product of a Sufi's spiritual practices while on his way toward God.

halanoun

Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

Halabname

Synonym of Aleppo.

Halabiname

A surname from Arabic.

halacaridnoun

Any member of the Halacaridae family of mites.

halach uinicnoun

A Mayan governor (either preconquest or colonial).

Halachanoun

A law or tradition by which Jews live. They are derived from the Torah and from later rabbinic literature.

halachicadj

Of or pertaining to Halacha (Jewish law).

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 22. 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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