English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 27 of 477

heuristicsnoun

plural of heuristic

hevverb

Pronunciation spelling of have, representing dialectal English.

hewverb

To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

Hewesname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hewettname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hewittname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hewlettname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

hewnadj

Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.

Hewsonname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

hexadecimalnoun

A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.

hexagonnoun

A polygon with six sides and six angles.

hexagonaladj

Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.

hexanenoun

Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄. They are colorless, volatile liquids.

hexesnoun

plural of hex

Hexhamname

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire (OS grid ref NY9363).

heyintj

An exclamation to get attention.

heyanoun

the so-called "stable" of rikishi who train under the instruction of a particular shisho; the place where this group lives and trains

heydaynoun

A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.

Heyesname

A surname.

Heywoodname

A surname.

Hezbollahname

A Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group.

Hezekiahname

A king of Judah.

HFCnoun

Initialism of hydrofluorocarbon.

HFCSnoun

Initialism of high fructose corn syrup.

HGnoun

Initialism of hyperemesis gravidarum.

HGVnoun

Initialism of heavy goods vehicle (“a lorry/truck weighing more than 3.5 tons”).

HHname

Initialism of Hansestadt Hamburg, the German city of Hamburg; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.

hhhintj

A sigh; indicates distress, discomfort, boredom or confusion.

HHSname

Initialism of (US Department of) Health and Human Services.

hiintj

A friendly, informal, casual greeting said upon someone's arrival.

Hialeahname

A city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

hiatusnoun

A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

Hiawathaname

A 16th-century Native American leader

Hibnoun

Haemophilus influenzae, serotype b: a particular type of bacterium responsible for pneumonia, meningitis, and other diseases.

hibachinoun

A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.

Hibbardname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hibbertname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hibbsname

A surname originating as a matronymic or as a patronymic.

hibernateverb

To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

hibernationnoun

A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.

Hibernianame

an island and country in northwestern Europe.

Hibernianadj

Of or pertaining to Ireland; Irish.

hibiscusnoun

A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.

Hibsname

Hibernian Football Club, a football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

hicintj

An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.

hiccupnoun

A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.

hiccupsnoun

plural of hiccup

hicknoun

An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.

hickeynoun

A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.

Hickmanname

A surname.

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 27. 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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