English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 9 of 477

hapnoun

A person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.

hapanoun

A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander and half white.

haphazardadj

Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.

haphazardlyadv

In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.

haplessadj

unfortunate.

haplogroupnoun

A group of closely related haplotypes.

haploidadj

Having the number of chromosomes that a typical gamete has (in the given organism), namely, half the number that a typical somatic cell has (in the given organism).

haplotypenoun

A haploid genotype: a group of alleles that are transmitted together.

Happname

A surname from German.

happenverb

To occur or take place.

happenedverb

simple past and past participle of happen

happeningverb

present participle and gerund of happen

happensverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of happen

happenstancenoun

The chance or random quality of an event or circumstance.

happieradj

comparative form of happy: more happy

happiestadj

superlative form of happy: most happy

happilyadv

In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.

happinessnoun

The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

happyadj

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

Hapsburgname

Alternative spelling of Habsburg.

hapticadj

Of or relating to the sense of touch.

Haqname

A surname.

Haquename

A surname.

harnoun

A hinge.

Haraname

A name of Siva.

Haradaname

A surname from Japanese.

Harajukuname

A district of Shibuya ward, Tokyo, Japan.

haramnoun

A sin.

Haranname

A surname from Irish.

haranguenoun

An impassioned, disputatious public speech.

Hararename

The capital city of Zimbabwe, previously named Salisbury.

Hararinoun

One of an ethnic people of Ethiopia.

harassverb

To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.

harassedadj

Subject to harassment.

harassernoun

One who harasses.

harassingnoun

Harassment.

harassmentnoun

Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.

Harbaughname

A surname.

Harbinname

A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.

harbingernoun

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

harbornoun

Any place of shelter.

harboroughnoun

Obsolete spelling of harbour.

harbournoun

Standard spelling of harbor.

hardadj

Solid and firm.

hardbacknoun

A book with a solid binding.

hardballnoun

In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.

hardcopynoun

Alternative form of hard copy

hardcoreadj

Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.

hardcovernoun

A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.

harddrivenoun

Alternative form of hard drive.

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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 9. 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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