English Words: H

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hambonenoun

The bone at the center of a ham

hambonedverb

simple past and past participle of hambone

Hambridgename

A village in Hambridge and Westport parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3921).

Hamburgname

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

Hamburg steaknoun

Hamburger patty.

hamburgernoun

A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.

hamburger iconnoun

A symbol consisting of three parallel horizontal lines (i.e. the triple bar ≡), used to indicate a dropdown menu.

hamburger saucenoun

Synonym of burger sauce.

Hamburger steaknoun

Alternative letter-case form of hamburger steak.

hamburgerianoun

Alternative form of hamburgery.

hamburgerlessadj

Without hamburgers.

hamburgerlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a hamburger.

hamburgerologistnoun

A person skilled at making or eating hamburgers.

hamburgerologynoun

A course of study introduced by McDonald's to train people to work in its fast food restaurants.

hamburgeryadj

Resembling or characteristic of a hamburger.

hamburghernoun

Dated spelling of hamburger.

Hamburgiannoun

Synonym of Hamburger (“a person from Hamburg”).

Hambyname

A surname.

Hamcearcaname

A village and commune of Tulcea County, Romania.

Hamdenname

A number of places in the United States:

hamdognoun

Any of various snack foods combining a hamburger and a hot dog.

hamenoun

shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.

hame stringnoun

A leather strap or thong used to hold a horse's hame together.

Hamedname

A male given name from Arabic.

hamelessadj

Not having a hame (part of a horse collar).

hamelianoun

Any plant of the genus Hamelia.

Hamelinname

A surname from German.

Hamername

A surname.

Hamertonname

A village in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL145794).

hamesnoun

A mess.

hamesenoun

The jargon of ham radio enthusiasts.

hamesuckennoun

An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.

hamfatnoun

A black person.

hamfatternoun

A low-grade actor; a ham.

hamfestnoun

An event where amateur radio operators can meet up and trade equipment.

hamfistverb

To handle crudely.

hamfistedadj

Alternative form of ham-fisted.

hamfistedlyadv

Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.

hamfistednessnoun

The quality or state of being hamfisted

Hamgyongname

A former province of northeastern Korea under the Joseon dynasty.

Hamhungname

The provincial capital of South Hamgyong Province, North Korea; the country's 2nd-largest city and 3rd-largest port.

Haminame

A prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Hami melonnoun

A variety of muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, particularly associated with Hami City.

Hamidname

A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.

hamiformadj

Curved at the extremity.

Hamilname

Synonym of Hami.

Hamilcarname

A transliteration of the Punic male given name 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 (ḥmlqrt).

Hamilcarianadj

Of or relating to Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca.

Hamilfannoun

A fan of the musical Hamilton.

Hamillname

A surname from Irish.

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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 39. 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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