English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 8 of 477

Hanfordname

A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States).

hangverb

To be or remain suspended.

hangarnoun

A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.

hangedverb

simple past and past participle of hang (now only when referring to the method of execution, elsewhere hung is used)

hangernoun

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.

hangingverb

present participle and gerund of hang

hangmannoun

An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

hangoutnoun

A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.

hangovernoun

Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.

hangryadj

Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.

hangulnoun

The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.

Hangzhouname

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, in eastern China; a former imperial capital.

hanifnoun

Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.

Hankname

A diminutive of the male given name Henry.

Hankename

A surname.

hankerverb

To crave, want or desire.

hankeringverb

present participle and gerund of hanker

Hankinsname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hanksname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

hankynoun

Diminutive of handkerchief.

Hanleyname

A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ880480).

Hanlonname

A surname from Irish.

Hannname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hannaname

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Hannah.

Hannahname

Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.

Hannanname

A surname from Irish.

Hannibalname

A male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.

Hanniganname

A surname from Irish.

Hannityname

A surname from Irish.

Hannonname

A surname from Irish.

Hanoiname

The capital city of Vietnam.

Hanovername

British family that ruled from 1714 to 1901, more commonly known as the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods.

Hanoverianadj

Of, from or relating to the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Hanrahanname

A surname from Irish.

Hansname

A male given name from Hebrew.

Hansardname

A surname.

Hansenoun

A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.

Hanseaticadj

Of or pertaining to the German Hanse.

Hansenname

A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.

hansomnoun

Ellipsis of Hansom cab.

Hansonname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hanssonname

A surname from Swedish.

Hantsname

Abbreviation of Hampshire

Hanukkahname

An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

Hanumanname

A Hindu demi-god who was a devotee of Lord Rama. He was born to Anjana and Vayu, plays the role of a god’s servant in Ramayana, and is also known as the "monkey god". He represents loyalty to the Lord and Master.

Hanwellname

A suburb of London in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1580).

Hanyname

A male given name from Arabic.

Hanyangname

A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Hanyuname

Chinese; the Chinese language(s)

haonoun

A former currency unit of Vietnam, worth one tenth of a dong.

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 8. 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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