English Words: H
23,837 words · Page 63 of 477
A vertical line of hair that extends up along the middle of a person's abdomen from pubic hair to navel.
An expression of good wishes for somebody departing for a voyage or for an indefinite period of time: best wishes, good luck.
A vowel in spoken English that falls between /iː/ and /ɪ/ and may be represented by /i/.
Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein.
The reaction of an antigenic compound (a hapten) with a carrier protein in order to stimulate an immune response.
To react an antigenic compound (a hapten) with a carrier protein in order to stimulate an immune response.
A branched swelling at the base of an aquatic plant (such as an alga) that it uses to fix itself in place
An odd, disagreeable sensation felt by certain people when handling peaches, velvet or other fuzzy surfaces.
A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
An instrument for measuring sensitivity to touch, by adding and removing weights that produce pressure.
In haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.
The stable, non-poisonous element of a toxin that enables it to bind to an antitoxin and become neutralized.
A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits
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 63. 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.