English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 95 of 477

have eyes forverb

To be romantically interested in (someone).

have eyes in the back of one's headverb

To be particularly, especially uncannily, observant, as if able to see in all directions at once.

have eyes onverb

To observe.

have full handsverb

Synonym of have one's hands full (“to be busy”).

have funverb

To enjoy oneself; to experience enjoyable activities.

have gotverb

To have.

have got a pointverb

Alternative form of have a point.

have got it madeverb

Alternative form of have it made.

have got more chins than Chinatownphrase

Alternative form of have more chins than Chinatown.

have got someone's sixverb

Synonym of have someone's back.

have got the face onverb

Alternative form of have a face on.

have got toverb

Alternative form of have to (“must”).

have had itverb

To have endured all that one can.

have had it up to hereverb

To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.

have had one's chipsverb

To be dead or finished.

have had one's dayverb

Alternative form of have seen one's day.

have I got news for youphrase

Used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.

have inverb

To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.

have in mindverb

To consider, to contemplate, to intend.

have itverb

To state or hold as true; to insist.

have it awayverb

To have sexual intercourse.

have it badverb

To be obsessed (with); to be enthralled (by); to be in love (with).

have it comingverb

To deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions.

have it easyverb

To have favourable conditions for an easy life.

have it going onverb

To be attractive or socially successful or have an aura of success.

have it in forverb

To be very angry with; to have a grudge against; to intend revenge against.

have it in oneverb

To be able to do something; to have the capacity to achieve something.

have it largeverb

To engage intensely in pleasure-seeking activities.

have it madeverb

To have accomplished all there is to do; to have no further work or difficulty.

have it on lockverb

To have matters under control.

have it outverb

To argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.

have it roughverb

To have a difficult existence or life experience.

have it your wayphrase

Do something the way you want to, but be prepared for the consequences.

have its momentsverb

To experience brief periods of distinction, especially in contrast with the status quo.

have Jesus in one's heartverb

To be a firm believer in the Christian faith.

have kittensverb

To become extremely upset.

have legsverb

To have endurance; to have prospects to exist or go on for a long time.

have mercyverb

To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage.

have more chins than a Chinese phone bookverb

To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").

have more chins than Chinatownverb

To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").

have no businessverb

To not have a right or privilege to do something.

have no ideaverb

To not know at all.

have no rightverb

To be unexpectedly so.

have no use forverb

To have no liking for; to dislike.

have none of somethingverb

To be completely unwilling to accept or support something.

have nothing onverb

To be short of accusatory evidence against (a person).

have nothing to loseverb

To be in a situation that could improve by doing something and that will not be any worse if it fails.

have onverb

To be wearing.

have one more timeverb

To be on the verge of reaping negative consequences for some sort of bad behavior.

have one's act togetherverb

To be serious, organized, worthwhile, etc.

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 95. 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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