English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 42 of 477
A measure of acidity used for very concentrated solutions of strong acids, including superacids.
Of or pertaining to Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist.
Any of a family of linear error-correcting codes that generalize the Hamming(7,4)-code invented by Richard Hamming in 1950.
Given two strings of equal length, the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols differ; it therefore indicates the minimum number of substitutions required to change one string into the other.
A certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
A form of litter consisting of a wide cloth suspended at each end from a pole carried by porters and used as a mode of transport.
The scheduling of a new or unpopular program between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
Of or relating to Hammurabi (died c. 1750 BC), sixth Amorite king of Babylon, associated with one of the first written codes of law in recorded history.
A wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
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 42. 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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