English Words: H

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hillsidenoun

The side of a hill.

hilltopnoun

The peak or crest of a hill.

hillyadj

Abundant in hills; having many hills.

Hiloname

The largest town on the island of Hawaii, in Hawaii County, Hawaii, located at the eastern corner of the island.

Hilsonname

A surname.

hiltnoun

The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.

Hiltonname

A surname.

Hilversumname

A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

himpron

A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.

Himalayanadj

Of or relating to the Himalayas.

Himalayasname

The mountain range in south-central Asia which extends about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam; it contains nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest/Qomolongma.

Himename

A surname from German.

Himmelname

A surname from German.

Himmlername

A surname from German.

himselfpron

Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

hinnoun

A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).

Hinchname

A surname.

Hinchcliffename

A surname from Old English.

Hinckleyname

A surname.

hindadj

Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

Hindename

An English surname transferred from the nickname

Hindenburgname

A German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.

hinderverb

To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.

hinderingverb

present participle and gerund of hinder

Hindersname

A surname from German.

Hindiname

Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.

Hindleyname

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204).

Hindmarshname

A surname from Old English.

hindrancenoun

Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.

hindsightnoun

Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

Hinduadj

Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

Hinduismname

A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.

Hindustanname

India (Republic of India).

Hindustaniadj

Related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.

Hindutvaname

Hindudom.

Hinesname

A surname from Irish.

hingverb

alternative form of hang.

hingenoun

A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.

hingedadj

Affixed by a hinge, as a door.

hingesnoun

plural of hinge

Hinkleyname

A surname.

Hinojosaname

A surname from Spanish.

Hinshawname

A surname.

hintnoun

A clue.

hintedverb

simple past and past participle of hint

hinterlandnoun

The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.

hintingnoun

The act of giving a hint or suggestion.

Hintonname

A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.

hintsnoun

plural of hint

hipnoun

The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

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.

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