English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 29 of 477

halfwavenoun

half (especially the positive half) of a sine wave

halfwayadv

Half of the way between two points.

halfway housenoun

A temporary residence for those who have left prison, residential drug rehabilitation, or the like, designed to ease them back into society.

halfway linenoun

The line separating the two halves of a pitch, either side of which the teams must stand before the beginning of the game.

halfway therenoun

Forty-five.

halfwaysadv

Half of the way between two points; midway.

Halfwegname

A village in Haarlemmermeer municipality, North Holland, Netherlands, halfway between Amsterdam and Haarlem.

halfwidthadj

Of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text column.

halfwiseadj

Partly wise; having limited wisdom.

halfwitnoun

Someone lacking in intelligence.

halfwittednessnoun

The quality of being halfwitted.

halfwitterynoun

halfwittedness

halfwordnoun

An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes

Halhnoun

Alternative form of Khalkha.

Haliburtonname

A surname.

Haliburton Countyname

A county of Ontario, Canada.

halibutnoun

A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

halibuternoun

A fishing boat used for catching halibut.

Halicarnassusname

An ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey.

halichondrinnoun

Any of a family of macrocyclic polyethers initially isolated from sponges of the genus Halichondria

halicinnoun

The heterocycle 5-[(5-nitro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)sulfanyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amine

haliclonadiaminenoun

An antimicrobial alkaloid found in marine sponges of the genus Haliclona

halicorenoun

The dugong.

halictidnoun

Any member of the family Halictidae, many of which are known as sweat bees.

halidnoun

Archaic form of halide.

halidamenoun

Alternative form of halidom.

halidenoun

Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).

halidedadj

Containing, or treated with, a halide.

halidomnoun

Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.

halidomenoun

Alternative form of halidom (“sacred honour”).

haliernoun

The former coin of Slovakia, 100 haliers equal a koruna.

halieuticadj

Of or pertaining to fishing.

halieuticallyadv

In terms of fishing.

halieuticksnoun

Obsolete spelling of halieutics.

halieuticsnoun

A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.

Halieyname

A female given name, variant of Hailey.

Halifaxname

An industrial town in West Yorkshire, England, 20km south-west of Leeds.

Halifax Countyname

A county of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Halifaxiannoun

A native or inhabitant of Halifax.

Haligonianadj

Of, from or relating to the city of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

Haliimailename

A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

Haliliname

A surname from Tagalog.

Halilovicname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

Halimaname

A female given name from Arabic.

Halimedeanadj

Of or relating to the Nereid Halimede in Greek mythology.

Halinaname

A transliteration of the Belarusian female given name Галі́на (Halína).

halineadj

salty; saline

haliotoidadj

Belonging to the genus Haliotis.

haliplidnoun

Any member of the family Haliplidae of crawling water beetles.

halistaticadj

Concerning an area of a sea or ocean that has no currents passing through it, especially the area at the centre of a gyre.

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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.

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