English Words: H

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hardyheadnoun

Any of the sundry species of fish of the family Atherinidae found near Australia;

Hardyismnoun

An attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.

Hardystonname

A township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

hardystonitenoun

A rare purple fluorescent silicate mineral.

harenoun

Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

Hare Bayname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

hare's earnoun

A traditional artificial fly imitating an aquatic insect larva, used in fly fishing.

hare's lettucenoun

Common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus).

hare's-footnoun

Alternative form of hare's foot.

hare-brainedadj

Alternative form of harebrained.

hare-heartedadj

timorous; timid; easily frightened.

hare-lipped monkeynoun

crab-eating macaque

hare-skinnoun

The skin of a hare.

Harebname

A male given name from Arabic.

harebellnoun

A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.

harebrainnoun

A person who lacks good sense; one who is foolish and reckless.

harebrainedadj

Absurd, foolish or stupid.

Haredinoun

A member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.

Haredizationnoun

conversion to Haredi Judaism

Haredizeverb

To convert to or bring into conformity with Haredi Judaism.

hareemnoun

Dated form of harem.

Harefieldname

A large village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ0590).

harefootnoun

A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward, as in dogs.

harehoundnoun

One of a small breed of dogs used for hunting hares.

harekindnoun

Hares, taken collectively.

Harel statechartnoun

A kind of statechart that allows the modelling of superstates, orthogonal regions, and activities as part of a state.

hareldnoun

A long-tailed duck, of species Clangula hyemalis.

hareleafnoun

Any plant in the genus Lagophylla- annual flowers of the western US having leaves covered by dense, soft hairs reminiscent of a rabbit's fur.

harelikeadj

Characteristic of, or resembling a hare.

harelingnoun

A young or diminutive hare.

harelipnoun

A congenital malformation of the upper lip, reminiscent of the mouth of a hare.

harelippedadj

Having a harelip.

haremnoun

The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.

harem endingnoun

The ending of a hentai or pornhwa in which the protagonist ends up partnered with all or several of the potential love interests encountered in the story.

haremesqueadj

Resembling or characteristic of a harem.

haremicadj

Living in harems, with one male herding or controlling many females.

haremismnoun

The practice of keeping a harem.

haremliknoun

A harem.

haremlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a harem.

harengiformadj

herring-shaped

haresnoun

plural of hare

haressnoun

A female hare.

harestailnoun

Lagurus ovatus, an annual grass.

Harewoodname

A civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England, served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5328).

Harezmianadj

Alternative form of Chorasmian.

harfangnoun

snowy owl

Harford Countyname

One of 23 counties in Maryland, United States. County seat: Bel Air.

Harganname

A surname from Irish.

Harghitaname

A volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.

Hargitayname

A surname from Hungarian.

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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 72. 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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