English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 36 of 477
Alternative form of Halkomelem, in particular the variant upriver the Lower Fraser River.
A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3610).
A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8130).
A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
A style of sleeveless top with a single strap around the back of the neck (a halterneck).
A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.
A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
Alternative, especially attributive, form of halter top (“halterneck garment, or the distinctive strap of such a garment”).
A ICD-10 personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of selfish, irresponsible and hedonistic behavior.
An organized collection and distribution of charity funds for Jewish residents of the Land of Israel.
A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing boron, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
A traditional variety of thick, soft noodles or dumplings found in many Central and Eastern European cuisines.
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 36. 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.