English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 6 of 477
The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
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 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.
An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).
Any of several places in England, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".
A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1727).
The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
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 6. 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.