English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 29 of 477

The state of being high.

Alternative form of high point.

A surname.

To call, name.

A surname.

A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.

A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.

A surname from Japanese.

hihiintj

Alternative form of hehe.

HIITnoun

Initialism of high-intensity interval training, a form of exercise based on short bursts of intense effort, such as sprinting.

A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.

To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

simple past and past participle of hijack

Someone who hijacks.

plural of hijacker

present participle and gerund of hijack

Alternative spelling of high jinks.

The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1).

A female given name from Japanese.

hikenoun

A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.

simple past and past participle of hike

One who hikes, especially frequently.

plural of hike

present participle and gerund of hike

Hikoname

A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.

Of or pertaining to a hilum.

Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.

A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.

A male given name from Latin.

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

A female given name from the Germanic languages used since Middle Ages.

A surname from German.

A female given name from German.

hillnoun

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

A surname from French.

A unisex given name from Latin.

Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.

The crest of a hill

A male given name from Hebrew.

A surname.

comparative form of hilly: more hilly

A London borough on the west side of Greater London, England.

A surname.

A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.

A small hill.

plural of hill

A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Hillsboroughname

A number of places in English-speaking countries:

A suburb of south-eastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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 29. 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.