English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 4 of 477

habitablyadv

So as to permit habitation.

habitaclenoun

A dwelling or habitation.

habitannoun

Obsolete form of habitant.

habitancenoun

dwelling; abode; residence

habitantnoun

A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.

habitatnoun

Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

habitat lossnoun

Alteration of an environment so that a species or multiple species may no longer habitably live there.

habitationnoun

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

habitationaladj

Pertaining to habitation or an inhabited region.

habitationallyadv

In a habitational way; in terms of habitation.

habitativeadj

Indicating the types of structures, shelters, places of worship, or organization of homes in a community.

habitatornoun

A dweller; an inhabitant.

habitedadj

Dressed in a habit.

habitsnoun

plural of habit

habitualadj

Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.

habitual aborternoun

A person who has had three or more consecutive miscarriages due to an underlying condition.

habitual abortionnoun

The third (or later) of a set of spontaneous abortions that occur simultaneously.

habitualitynoun

the state of being controlled by old habits

habitualizationnoun

The process of habitualizing.

habitualizeverb

To classify as a habitual offender (which has implications for sentencing).

habitualladj

Obsolete spelling of habitual.

habituallyadv

By habit; in a habitual manner.

habitualnessnoun

The characteristic of being habitual.

habituateverb

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

habituationnoun

The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

habituativeadj

Related to habitual behavior.

habituatornoun

One who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.

habitudenoun

The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.

habitudinaladj

Relating to habitus or habitude.

habitueenoun

One who is habituated to something; a frequent user or visitor.

habitusnoun

Habitude; mode of life; bearing.

habituénoun

One who frequents a place.

hableadj

Obsolete form of able.

habnabadj

Happening randomly.

habokunoun

A technique of using splashed ink in brushwork painting, especially for painting a landscape.

Habomainame

Habomai Islands, several islands of the Kuril Islands, disputed between Japan and Russia.

haboobnoun

A violent duststorm or sandstorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

habotainoun

A lightweight fabric resembling silk.

habousnoun

An equivalent of mortmain in Islamic law

habromanianoun

a form of insanity characterised by delusions of a cheerful or joyous nature

habronemanoun

Any nematode of the genus Habronema.

habronemiasisnoun

Infection by nematodes of the genus Habronema.

Habsname

The Montreal Canadiens hockey club.

Habsburgname

An Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland.

Habsburg jawnoun

A prognathous jaw.

Habsburgianadj

Of or pertaining to (either branch of) the House of Habsburg, to the Habsburg Monarchy or to the rule of individual Habsburgs.

Habtename

A surname from Amharic.

habunoun

Any of several venomous snake species of Asia.

Habyarimananame

A surname.

Hac Saname

A beach in Coloane, Macau.

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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 4. 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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