English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 30 of 477
A rite by which a widow absolves herself of the duty of levirate marriage. It involves making a declaration, removing a shoe, and spitting on the floor.
A Central Salishan language spoken around the Lower Fraser River and on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, by the Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Tsleil-Waututh First Nations downriver, by the Aitchelitz, Skway, Skowkale, Soowahlie, Squiala, Tzeachten, and Yakweakwioose First Nations upriver, and by the Cowichan, Halalt, Lamalchi, Lyackson, Penelakut, Snuneymuxw, Snaw-naw-as, Stzꞌuminus, and Tsꞌuubaa-asatx on Vancouver Island.
the effect in which a conductor that carries an electric current perpendicular to an applied magnetic field develops a voltage gradient transverse to both current and field
A structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.
A carnival attraction with curved mirrors (funhouse mirrors) that distort the viewer's appearance.
A collection of the worst, most hated, or poorest-quality entries in a particular subject, medium, field, etc.
A form of market research in which members of the public are recruited and brought to a central location to provide feedback.
Panicum hallii, a perennial bunch grass native to the south/southwestern United States and parts of Mexico.
A major industrial process for smelting aluminium, by dissolving alumina in molten cryolite and then performing electrolysis.
A relationship between the yield point and grain size of a material given by the equation σ_y = σ₀ + k_y * d^(-0.5), where σ_y is the yield stress, d is the average grain diameter, and σ₀ and k_y are constants specific to a particular material.
The passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room.
A village in High Littleton parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6357).
Romance or sexual activity between people living in the same hall of student accommodation.
An electroacoustic string instrument, the sound of which makes use of electro acoustic feedback to produce drones and otherwise resembles a cello.
A type of metamorphic rock, formed from volcanic tuff and rich in quartz and feldspars.
A congenital disorder that affects growth, including cranial development, hair growth, and dental development.
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 30. 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.