+
harp
n.
A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
+
hounding
n.
The act of one who hounds.
+
heedless
a.
Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
+
helispherical
a.
Spiral.
+
helminthologist
n.
One versed in helminthology.
+
housewarming
n.
A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.
+
hopeful
a.
Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.
+
hispid
a.
Rough with bristles or minute spines.
+
hutch
v.t.
To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
+
hoven

of Heave
+
hydroxide
n.
A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.
+
haematoin
n.
A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.
+
huzz
v.i.
To buzz; to murmur.
+
heeler
n.
A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
+
heal
v.t.
Health.
+
homonomy
n.
The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.
+
horsewhip
n.
A whip for horses.
+
hackney
a.
Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
+
hex

Alt. of Hexa
+
hingeless
a.
Without a hinge or joint.
+
habitakle
v.
A dwelling place.
+
haar
n.
A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind.
+
homologate
v.t.
To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding.
+
horsy
a.
Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions.
+
hectocotylized
a.
Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.
+
heartburn
n.
An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints.
+
humpless
a.
Without a hump.
+
heteroclite
n.
Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.
+
huffed
imp.|p.p.
of Huff
+
hordein
n.
A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture.
+
hardly
adv.
Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
+
hornfish
n.
The garfish or sea needle.
+
ham
n.
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
+
hare
n.
A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.
+
hit
v.t.
To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
+
homely
n.
Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.
+
hellebore
n.
Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.
+
hearty
superl.
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
+
hydride
n.
A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.
+
hooking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hook
+
harrying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harry
+
hepatic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.
+
hemisected
imp.|p.p.
of Hemisect
+
hymnist
n.
A writer of hymns.
+
hebrician
n.
A Hebraist.
+
hotspirited
a.
Having a fiery spirit; hot-headed.
+
handfast
a.
Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
+
hood
n.
The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
+
harbinger
n.
One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
+
hemitrope
a.
Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
+
hemicrany
n.
Hemicranis.
+
hair
n.
The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.
+
habitability
n.
Habitableness.
+
hyperorganic
a.
Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic.
+
halves
n.
pl. of Half.
+
highswelling
a.
Inflated; boastful.
+
holophotal
a.
Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.
+
homophonous
a.
Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic.
+
highsighted
a.
Looking upward; supercilious.
+
hauynite
n.
A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/ rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.
+
herbary
n.
A garden of herbs; a cottage garden.
+
hidebound
a.
Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
+
hierarchical
a.
Pertaining to a hierarchy.
+
homaloidal
a.
Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
+
honoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Honor
+
hardhearted
a.
Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
+
horsemanship
n.
The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.
+
heaven
n.
Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.
+
hysterophyte
n.
A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter.
+
humorist
n.
One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
+
high
v.i.
To rise; as, the sun higheth.
+
hander
n.
One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.
+
humidity
n.
Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.
+
hierographic
a.
Alt. of Hierographical
+
hostler
n.
The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
+
helleborin
n.
A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.
+
hexahedron
n.
A solid body of six sides or faces.
+
heroic
a.
Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure.
+
haliotis
n.
A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
+
hollow
a.
Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
+
hail
v.t.
To pour forcibly down, as hail.
+
high
superl.
Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
+
hellene
n.
A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.
+
hodiernal
a.
Of this day; belonging to the present day.
+
hatch
n.
The act of hatching.
+
harangue
v.t.
To address by an harangue.
+
harmless
a.
Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.
+
halophyte
n.
A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.
+
how
adv.
For what reason; from what cause.
+
hemo

Same as Haema-, Haemo-.
+
hypochondriac
a.
Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
+
helio

A combining form from Gr. "h`lios the sun.
+
hesperus
n.
Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.
+
hortatory
a.
Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.
+
haliotoid
a.
Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.
+
hedgepig
n.
A young hedgehog.
+
herbage
n.
The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man.
+
hobsons choice

A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.
+
haggard
a.
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
+
hydrodynamic
a.
Alt. of Hydrodynamical
+
hidalgo
n.
A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
+
horn
n.
Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.
+
hepatica
n.
Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
+
hold
v.t.
To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
+
homunculi
pl.
of Homunculus
+
hyphomycetes
n.pl.
One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads.
+
hold
n.i.
Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
+
highraised
a.
Elated with great ideas or hopes.
+
hum
n.
An imposition or hoax.
+
hack
n.
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
+
hydromechanics
n.
That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.
+
hammock
n.
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
+
hematemesis
n.
A vomiting of blood.
+
holden

of Hold
+
hand
v.t.
To furl; -- said of a sail.
+
habitator
n.
A dweller; an inhabitant.
+
hygrograph
n.
An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.
+
horticulture
n.
The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
+
hognut
n.
The pignut.
+
haematogenic
a.
Relating to haematogenesis.
+
hanselines
n.
A sort of breeches.
+
hawse
n.
A hawse hole.
+
heartdeep
a.
Rooted in the heart.
+
huskiness
n.
The state of being husky.
+
herbarian
n.
A herbalist.
+
hookbilled
a.
Having a strongly curved bill.
+
hexa

A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
+
hocus
v.t.
To deceive or cheat.
+
horsefish
n.
The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
+
helot
n.
A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
+
hash
n.
To /hop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.
+
hoggish
a.
Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.
+
hob
n.
The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
+
hoarstone
n.
A stone designating the /ounds of an estate; a landmark.
+
hassock
n.
A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.
+
hoary
a.
Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
+
hydrastine
n.
An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge.
+
histohaematin
n.
One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
+
hent
p.p.
of Hent
+
hose
n.
A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
+
hydrostatically
adv.
According to hydrostatics, or to hydrostatic principles.
+
hem
pron.
Them
+
headcheese
n.
A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.
+
hypostrophe
n.
A relapse, or return of a disease.
+
hattisherif
n.
A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
+
hydrology
n.
The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.
+
hurra
interj.
A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or welcome.
+
haven
n.
A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
+
hierocracy
n.
Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.
+
hemoglobinometer
n.
Same as Haemochromometer.
+
helmless
a.
Destitute of a helmet.
+
heptagon
n.
A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
+
harvesthome
n.
A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
+
hyacinth
n.
A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
+
holmium
n.
A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite.
+
hanger
n.
That by which a thing is suspended.
+
hamper
v.t.
To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
+
hair
n.
A haircloth.
+
hutchunsonian
n.
A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology.
+
hexameter
n.
A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
+
haum
n.
See Haulm, stalk.
+
hardfisted
a.
Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.
+
hail
v.i.
To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
+
heave
n.
An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
+
herling
n.
Alt. of Hirling
+
haulm
n.
The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.
+
hore
a.
Hoar.
+
herbalist
n.
One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
+
habituate
v.t.
To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
+
humorsome
a.
Moody; whimsical; capricious.
+
hosting
n.
A muster or review.
+
horsehide
n.
The hide of a horse.
+
hirs
pron.
Hers; theirs. See Here, pron.
+
hogget
n.
A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
+
hydrosulphureted
a.
Combined with hydrogen sulphide.
+
hold
n.
Binding power and influence.
+
hilus
n.
Same as Hilum, 2.
+
hued
a.
Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many-hued.
+
hernia
n.
A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
+
hemstitched
imp.|p.p.
of Hemstitch
+
hesperian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of a western country.
+
honey
v.i.
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
+
hesitate
v.i.
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
+
homoeomerical
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.
+
hatchment
n.
A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity.
+
habitude
n.
Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.
+
hiation
n.
Act of gaping.
+
hakim
n.
A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge.
+
hungary
n.
A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
+
habit
n.
The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.
+
hackle
n.
One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.
+
hip
interj.
Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
+
herbose
a.
Alt. of Herbous
+
hereout
adv.
Out of this.
+
heathenish
a.
Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.
+
hook
n.
A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
+
hood
n.
A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
+
hematocele
n.
A tumor filled with blood.
+
heating
a.
That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.
+
heeled
imp.|p.p.
of Heel
+
halfmoon
n.
The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
+
heeded
imp.|p.p.
of Heed
+
hiatus
n.
An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
+
healable
a.
Capable of being healed.
+
heretical
a.
Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.
+
hemmer
n.
An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down.
+
heterogynous
a.
Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless.
+
handkerchief
n.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.
+
hortensial
a.
Fit for a garden.
+
handfasting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Handfast
+
hyp
n.
An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.
+
heading
n.
The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
+
heresiarchy
n.
A chief or great heresy.
+
heartburning
n.
Discontent; secret enmity.
+
hungerly
adv.
With keen appetite.
+
hulchy
a.
Swollen; gibbous.
+
homologous
a.
Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.
+
hyne
n.
A servant. See Hine.
+
hobnob
n.
Familiar, social intercourse.
+
homogeneous
a.
Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.
+
hit
adj.
having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.
+
hawk
v.i.
To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.
+
hogweed
n.
A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiaege). See Ambrosia, 3.
+
herbless
a.
Destitute of herbs or of vegetation.
+
hoof
n.
The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
+
hithermost
a.
Nearest on this side.
+
hoop
v.t.
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
+
hoar
a.
Gray or white with age; hoary.
+
hesperian
a.
Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidae, or skippers.
+
hatting
n.
The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.
+
hardening
n.
Making hard or harder.
+
headiness
n.
The quality of being heady.
+
hippogriff
n.
A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin.
+
hamper
v.t.
To put in a hamper.
+
hade
v.i.
To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
+
hiatuses
pl.
of Hiatus
+
huronian
a.
Of or pertaining to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the Archaean age.
+
headrace
n.
See Race, a water course.
+
hypnotic
a.
Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
+
haunter
n.
One who, or that which, haunts.
+
herein
adv.
In this.
+
halves
pl.
of Half
+
hatch
v.t.
To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
+
hydrometry
n.
The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
+
hammered
imp.|p.p.
of Hammer
+
hope
n.
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
+
hardiness
n.
Capability of endurance.
+
hylaeosaurus
n.
A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.
+
hendecane
n.
A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.
+
hygeia
n.
The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.
+
handfasted
imp.|p.p.
of Handfast
+
hail
n.
Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.
+
haired
a.
Having hair.
+
halfsighted
a.
Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
+
homish
a.
Like a home or a home circle.
+
heathenry
n.
The state, quality, or character of the heathen.
+
hurter
n.
Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
+
heritance
n.
Heritage; inheritance.
+
hurdygurdy
n.
In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
+
habilitate
v.t.
To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.
+
hades
n.
The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
+
hatchelled

of Hatchel
+
hypotricha
n.pl.
A division of ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover only the under side of the body.
+
heater
n.
One who, or that which, heats.
+
hydrosalt
n.
A salt supposed to be formed by a hydracid and a base.
+
hub
n.
A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
+
headshake
n.
A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.
+
holophytic
a.
Wholly or distinctively vegetable.
+
hothouse
n.
A brothel; a bagnio.
+
highborn
a.
Of noble birth.
+
hunterian
a.
Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.
+
hellhag
n.
A hag of or fit for hell.
+
hopthumb
n.
A very diminutive person.
+
hurling
n.
A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
+
hooded
a.
Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
+
humanitarian
n.
One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
+
hurling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hurl
+
hobnob
v.i.
To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
+
hagship
n.
The state or title of a hag.
+
howel
v.t.
To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.
+
hurt
v.t.
To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.
+
homotaxis
n.
Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy.
+
hypercriticise
v.t.
To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.
+
horseflesh
n.
The flesh of horses.
+
help
v.t.
Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars.
+
haik
n.
A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.
+
hinge
v.i.
To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
+
hygrometry
n.
That branch of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose.
+
heaved
imp.
of Heave
+
hexagynian
a.
Alt. of Hexagynous
+
herpes
n.
An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another.
+
huffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Huff
+
hardish
a.
Somewhat hard.
+
heptylic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol.  Cf. /nanthylic.
+
heartswelling
a.
Rankling in, or swelling, the heart.
+
harrowed
imp.|p.p.
of Harrow
+
hocus
n.
One who cheats or deceives.
+
hegira
n.
The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
+
hende
a.
Friendly; civil; gentle; kind.
+
handwriting
n.
That which is written by hand; manuscript.
+
have
v.t.
To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
+
hard
superl.
Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
+
holla
interj.
Hollo.
+
hoodwink
v.t.
To cover; to hide.
+
hangerson
pl.
of Hanger-on
+
halse
v.t.
To haul; to hoist.
+
hedged
imp.|p.p.
of Hedge
+
histogenesis
n.
The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.
+
hesitancy
n.
A stammering; a faltering in speech.
+
holophote
n.
A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
+
hast

2d pers. sing. pres. of. Have, contr. of havest.
+
hard
superl.
Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
+
hypochlorite
n.
A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.
+
hydrometallurgical
a.
Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores.
+
house
n.
A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
+
horrid
a.
Rough; rugged; bristling.
+
heathclad
a.
Clad or crowned with heath.
+
heightened
imp.|p.p.
of Heighten
+
haversack
n.
A bag for oats or oatmeal.
+
hyracoidea
n.pl.
An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus Hyrax.
+
heroine
n.
A woman of an heroic spirit.
+
hedgehog
n.
A form of dredging machine.
+
homespun
a.
Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.
+
husband
n.
The male of a pair of animals.
+
harmel
n.
A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation.
+
hastened
imp.|p.p.
of Hasten
+
harestail
n.
A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.
+
hitherto
adv.
To this place; to a prescribed limit.
+
hatband
n.
A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.
+
hurons
n.pl.
; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650.
+
hackney
n.
A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
+
holderforth
n.
One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.
+
hotbed
n.
A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
+
homophony
n.
Sameness of sound; unison.
+
harlotry
n.
A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage.
+
hour
n.
Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
+
homogonous
a.
Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.
+
hypodicrotous
a.
Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.
+
hame
n.
One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.
+
hysteresis
n.
A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.
+
hound
v.t.
To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
+
heart
n.
A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
+
homologue
n.
That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.
+
hookah
n.
A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.
+
harem
n.
The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
+
hieromancy
n.
Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.
+
hoddydoddy
n.
An awkward or foolish person.
+
homonymy
n.
Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.
+
halving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Halve
+
habituation
n.
The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
+
hypersecretion
n.
Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.
+
hematherm
n.
A warm-blooded animal.
+
hooker
n.
A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
+
hawk
n.
An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
+
hubby
a.
Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.
+
hydracrylic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water.
+
haggish
a.
Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.
+
heap
v.t.
To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
+
halcyon
a.
Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
+
history
n.
A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.
+
hieroglyphic
a.
A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.
+
horehound
n.
A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc.
+
heady
a.
Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
+
hesitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hesitate
+
hunkerism
n.
Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.
+
howdah
n.
A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders.
+
handicraft
n.
A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
+
housekeeper
n.
One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household.
+
homespun
n.
An unpolished, rustic person.
+
haf
imp.
Hove.
+
hinderest
a.
Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a.
+
heirdom
n.
The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
+
haemochrome
n.
Same as Haemachrome.
+
homotropal
a.
Alt. of Homotropous
+
halogenous
a.
Of the nature of a halogen.
+
hydrocephalous
a.
Having hydrocephalus.
+
hostess
n.
A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
+
helleborism
n.
The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.
+
harmonizer
n.
One who harmonizes.
+
headlong
a.
Steep; precipitous.
+
hie
v.i.
To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.
+
honorary
a.
Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
+
hypsometric
a.
Alt. of Hypsometrical
+
homebound
a.
Kept at home.
+
heave
v.t.
To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.
+
helpmate
n.
A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
+
hunt
v.i.
To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
+
hot

of Hight
+
hyperchloric
a.
See Perchloric.
+
handygripe
n.
Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.
+
heavy
superl.
Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
+
hendecagon
n.
A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles.
+
hang
v.i.
To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.
+
huffy
a.
Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
+
hydrocarbonate
n.
A hydrocarbon.
+
hamper
n.
Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
+
homespun
n.
Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
+
headstone
n.
The stone at the head of a grave.
+
hilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hill
+
henna
n.
The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.
+
hangmanship
n.
The office or character of a hangman.
+
harlock
n.
Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
+
haitic
a.
Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.
+
henotheism
n.
Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest.
+
horner
n.
One who horns or cuckolds.
+
huddled
imp.|p.p.
of Huddle
+
harvester
n.
A harvesting ant.
+
haunt
n.
Practice; skill.
+
hault
a.
Lofty; haughty.
+
hematic
n.
A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood.
+
handiwork
n.
Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.
+
hearing
n.
Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.
+
heart
n.
Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
+
hepper
n.
A young salmon; a parr.
+
hydrosulphurous
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.
+
heel
n.
The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
+
heavyhaded
a.
Clumsy; awkward.
+
heterauxesis
n.
Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
+
hardly
adv.
Unwillingly; grudgingly.
+
honorably
adv.
In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor.
+
homaged
imp.|p.p.
of Homage
+
hydrothecas
pl.
of Hydrotheca
+
hand
v.t.
To seize; to lay hands on.
+
howel
n.
A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.
+
hygeist
n.
One skilled in hygiena; a hygienist.
+
halituous
a.
Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
+
hogh
n.
A hill; a cliff.
+
hypodermis
n.
Same as Hypoblast.
+
holding
n.
The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
+
homotypal
a.
Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.
+
halfway
a.
Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
+
hamulate
a.
Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
+
hollowed
imp.|p.p.
of Hollow
+
hydropathist
n.
One who practices hydropathy; a water-cure doctor.
+
honiton lace

A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.
+
hussy
n.
A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach.
+
homeopathic
a.
Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy.
+
hollow
a.
Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
+
hooked
a.
Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.
+
haemocytolysis
n.
See Haemocytotrypsis.
+
helix
n.
The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
+
haul
v.t.
To pull or draw with force; to drag.
+
hook
n.
That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
+
haemoglobinometer
n.
Same as Hemochromometer.
+
hagged
a.
Like a hag; lean; ugly.
+
hampering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hamper
+
haranguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harangue
+
hanging
a.
Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
+
haloing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Halo
+
hemacite
n.
A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.
+
halfdecked
a.
Partially decked.
+
heartwood
n.
The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
+
homonymy
n.
Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.
+
het

of Hete
+
hydromantic
a.
Of or pertaining to divination by water.
+
housewife
n.
The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
+
hobbletehoy
n.
A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
+
hypertrophied
a.
Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.
+
haustoria
pl.
of Haustorium
+
honest
a.
To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
+
hierarchy
n.
Dominion or authority in sacred things.
+
harbor
n.
To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).
+
halfhearted
a.
Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
+
harddihead
n.
Hardihood.
+
howell
n.
The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
+
hang
v.i.
To lean or incline; to incline downward.
+
har monically
adv.
In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct.
+
herd
n.
A crowd of low people; a rabble.
+
hartsear
n.
An Asiatic species of Cacalia (C. Kleinia), used medicinally in India.
+
homodromous
a.
Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.
+
horseflesh
n.
Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh.
+
haunch
n.
Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
+
hanoverian
n.
A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
+
hater
n.
One who hates.
+
hangnail
n.
A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail.
+
heartfelt
a.
Hearty; sincere.
+
horse
v.t.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
+
hush
v.t.
To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
+
heating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heat
+
harness
n.
Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.
+
hydrodynamometer
n.
An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.
+
honest
a.
Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
+
hydrocorallia
n.pl.
A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora.
+
hybridist
n.
One who hybridizes.
+
hebdomadally
adv.
In periods of seven days; weekly.
+
hourly
a.
Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
+
hideous
a.
Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
+
heartily
adv.
With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he heartily assisted the prince.
+
hungerstarve
v.t.
To starve with hunger; to famish.
+
homotypical
a.
Same as Homotypal.
+
hemself
pron.
Alt. of Hemselven
+
hydrobromide
n.
A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base.
+
haematoscope
n.
A haemoscope.
+
hydrogenate
v.t.
To hydrogenize.
+
hock
n.
Alt. of Hough
+
homoplasty
n.
The formation of homologous tissues.
+
hemiplegy
n.
Hemiplegia.
+
hearing
n.
A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.
+
heedy
a.
Heedful.
+
headborrow
n.
A petty constable.
+
hectoliter
n.
Alt. of Hectolitre
+
hierogrammatic
a.
Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.
+
harm
n.
To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.
+
havelock
n.
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
+
herniotomy
n.
A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.
+
hogchain
n.
A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
+
hippodrome
n.
A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
+
humble
v.t.
To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
+
haloxyline
n.
An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
+
huxter
n.|v.i.
See Huckster.
+
handselling

of Handsel
+
heterogony
n.
The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.
+
heteroclite
n.
A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.
+
heteronomous
a.
Subject to the law of another.
+
hinduism
n.
The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
+
heel
n.
The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
+
haberdine
n.
A cod salted and dried.
+
hat
a.
Hot.
+
hierogrammatist
n.
A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.
+
hobnob
adv.
At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)
+
hydrometry
n.
The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc.
+
hermogenian
n.
A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter.
+
hearth
n.
The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.
+
hickup
n.|v.i.
See Hiccough.
+
hebetude
n.
Dullness; stupidity.
+
harlotry
n.
The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
+
humble
superl.
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
+
high
superl.
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
+
heart
v.t.
To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.
+
hairen
a.
Hairy.
+
hooded
imp.|p.p.
of Hood
+
halter
n.
A strong strap or cord.
+
harlot
n.
A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.
+
hurdle
n.
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
+
hoyman
n.
One who navigates a hoy.
+
headstall
n.
That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
+
hydriodide
n.
A compound of hydriodic acid with a base; -- distinguished from an iodide, in which only the iodine combines with the base.
+
hypo

A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous acid.
+
headwork
n.
Mental labor.
+
holm
n.
An islet in a river.
+
hogwash
n.
Swill.
+
hematotherma
n.pl.
The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya.
+
hothouse
n.
A heated room for drying green ware.
+
hollowness
n.
Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery.
+
honeyed
a.
Covered with honey.
+
historiographer
n.
An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.
+
hospitage
n.
Hospitality.
+
hasten
v.i.
To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
+
hold
n.
The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
+
hazing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Haze
+
head
v.i.
To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.
+
hematuria
n.
Passage of urine mingled with blood.
+
hanoverian
a.
Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
+
hydra
n.
A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.
+
heterodromous
a.
Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.
+
harvesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harvest
+
heren
a.
Made of hair.
+
hoodless
a.
Having no hood.
+
hystricomorphous
a.
Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group (Hystricomorpha) of rodents.
+
housecarl
n.
A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.
+
hurds
n.
The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
+
halfway
adv.
In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.
+
hegelian
n.
A follower of Hegel.
+
hem
v.t.
To border; to edge
+
heavenward
a|adv.
Toward heaven.
+
hogsback
n.
A hogback.
+
huddle
v.t.
To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together.
+
hungred
a.
Hungered; hungry.
+
haemadremometer
n.
Same as Hemadrometer.
+
harmonist
n.
One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.
+
heavened
imp.|p.p.
of Heaven
+
hamilton period

A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
+
herborist
n.
A herbalist.
+
hamadryads
pl.
of Hamadryad
+
house
n.
The body, as the habitation of the soul.
+
hall
n.
The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
+
however
adv.
At all events; at least; in any case.
+
hyperion
n.
The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.
+
hooker
n.
One who, or that which, hooks.
+
hoo
interj.
Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy.
+
headlong
a.|adv.
Hastily; without delay or respite.
+
hardfern
n.
A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.
+
highproof
a.
So as to stand any test.
+
heptagynous
a.
Having seven pistils.
+
habiliment
n.
A garment; an article of clothing.
+
homilete
n.
A homilist.
+
hooded
a.
Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
+
hesitancy
n.
The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.
+
hunching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hunch
+
handing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hand
+
healthfulness
n.
The state of being healthful.
+
holdback
n.
The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
+
homonymously
adv.
In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.
+
hemstitching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hemstitch
+
hazelwort
n.
The asarabacca.
+
hebenon
n.
See Henbane.
+
heulandite
n.
A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
+
hoveling
n.
A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
+
half seas over

Half drunk.
+
hunch
v.t.
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
+
helicoid
a.
Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
+
husbandry
n.
The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.
+
hunting
n.
The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
+
hallage
n.
A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.
+
horny
superl.
Hard; callous.
+
highpalmed
a.
Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
+
hypostatical
a.
Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation.
+
hards
n.pl.
The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow.
+
hit
v.t.
To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
+
homicide
v.t.
One who kills another; a manslayer.
+
hold
v.t.
To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
+
heartless
a.
Without a heart.
+
halcyonian
a.
Halcyon; calm.
+
humorist
n.
One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
+
heyten
adv.
Hence.
+
hamper
n.
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
+
haematocryal
a.
Cold-blooded.
+
hybernation

See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.
+
hobbler
n.
One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
+
headland
n.
A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.
+
hippocratism
n.
The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.
+
hypognatous
a.
Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.
+
habit
n.
To inhabit.
+
hooker
n.
A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland.
+
honeybee
n.
Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced.
+
hew
v.t.
To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
+
harlot
n.
A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.
+
hand
v.t.
To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
+
huller
n.
One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.
+
horn
n.
Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn
+
hurter
n.
One who hurts or does harm.
+
hopper
n.
A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow.
+
highprincipled
a.
Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
+
heaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heave
+
heliconia
n.
One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.
+
huff
v.t.
To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
+
hellkite
n.
A kite of infernal breed.
+
humbugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Humbug
+
heminae
pl.
of Hemina
+
hamadryades
pl.
of Hamadryad
+
hymnology
n.
The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.
+
hoit
v.i.
To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
+
horse
n.
A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
+
herbous
a.
Abounding with herbs.
+
heterodox
a.
Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons.
+
homesick
a.
Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.
+
hazarder
n.
A player at the game of hazard; a gamester.
+
hough
v.t.
To cut with a hoe.
+
hogget
n.
A young boar of the second year.
+
hollow
adv.
Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.
+
harshness
n.
The quality or state of being harsh.
+
haught
a.
High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud.
+
headsman
n.
An executioner who cuts off heads.
+
heronry
n.
A place where herons breed.
+
himselven
pron.pl.
Themselves. See Hemself.
+
hautboy
n.
A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.
+
hem
v.i.
To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
+
hippophagy
n.
The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.
+
hydrocephaloid
a.
Resembling hydrocephalus.
+
herb
n.
Grass; herbage.
+
horal
a.
Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours.
+
hurtle
v.t.
To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
+
headline
n.
The line at the head or top of a page.
+
hydrographical
a.
Of or relating to hydrography.
+
haunt
n.
A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
+
hackney
n.
A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
+
halfblooded
a.
Degenerate; mean.
+
hostel
n.
An inn.
+
hydraulic
a.
Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.
+
huzzaing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Huzza
+
hack
n.
A notch; a cut.
+
hypostatic
a.
Alt. of Hypostatical
+
huggermugger
a.
Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
+
haematoblast
n.
One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.
+
hope
n.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
+
hull
v.t.
To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
+
heavy
v.t.
To make heavy.
+
handcuff
v.t.
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
+
healthful
a.
Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.
+
hung

of Hang
+
humoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Humor
+
hospitable
a.
Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.
+
hyponitrous
a.
Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.
+
hir
pron.
See Here, pron.
+
hardhead
n.
A California salmon; the steelhead.
+
hydrogenation
n.
The act of combining with hydrogen, or the state of being so combined.
+
humectation
n.
A moistening.
+
hello
interj.|n.
See Halloo.
+
haddock
n.
A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.
+
hydroid
n.
One of the Hydroideas.
+
hellbroth
n.
A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation.
+
hornwrack
n.
A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
+
hawk
v.i.
To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
+
hote
v.t.|i.
To command; to enjoin.
+
hydroxylamine
n.
A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
+
horsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Horse
+
hexahedral
a.
In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.
+
hireless
a.
Without hire.
+
habiitancy
n.
Same as Inhabitancy.
+
hair
n.
A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
+
hymenophore
n.
That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.
+
halloo
n.
A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
+
hete
imp.|p.p.
of Hete
+
hydropsy
n.
Same as Dropsy.
+
haruspication
n.
See Haruspicy.
+
hying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hie
+
hire
n.
A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
+
haltersack
n.
A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged.
+
halp
imp.
Helped.
+
hibernaculum
n.
A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.
+
hygrometric
a.
Alt. of Hygrometrical
+
hastily
adv.
Passionately; impatiently.
+
herald
n.
In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.
+
hydrosorbic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.
+
hortulan
a.
Belonging to a garden.
+
harm
n.
That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
+
heelpiece
n.
A piece of armor to protect the heels.
+
hortation
n.
The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
+
homoplast
n.
One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoorgan.
+
hypoplastron
n.
The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.
+
home
n.
A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
+
handle
v.t.
To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
+
hap
v.i.
To happen; to befall; to chance.
+
handicap
n.
An old game at cards.
+
haggard
n.
A stackyard.
+
hepaticae
pl.
of Hepatica
+
heartlet
n.
A little heart.
+
hasty pudding

A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk.
+
hexavalent
p.pr.
Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads.
+
hydrographic
a.
Alt. of Hydrographical
+
halftimbered
a.
Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.
+
hedonic
a.
Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
+
hen
n.
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.
+
herbaria
pl.
of Herbarium
+
horsiness
n.
The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse.
+
holosteric
a.
Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.
+
howler
n.
One who howls.
+
heliotype
n.
A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
+
hemicerebrum
n.
A lateral half of the cerebrum.
+
heroine
n.
The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.
+
hellgramite
n.
The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.
+
hexad
n.
An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.
+
horse
n.
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
+
hectometer
n.
Alt. of Hectometre
+
hollowness
n.
State of being hollow.
+
have
v.t.
To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
+
howled
imp.|p.p.
of Howl
+
hat
n.
A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.
+
heptamerous
a.
Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens.
+
hand staves
pl.
of Hand
+
hash
n.
A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
+
hydropathy
n.
The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.
+
hermeneutically
adv.
According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.
+
hatteria
n.
A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera.
+
haply
adv.
By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.
+
hefted
imp.|p.p.
of Heft
+
hyoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.
+
himselve
pron.
See 1st Himself.
+
huffy
a.
Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
+
harmonicon
n.
A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds.
+
heathenishly
adv.
In a heathenish manner.
+
homography
n.
A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
+
heckle
n.|v.t.
Same as Hackle.
+
hard
superl.
Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.
+
hasty
n.
Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
+
horoscopist
n.
One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
+
hederiferous
a.
Producing ivy; ivy-bearing.
+
handling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Handle
+
hexapoda
n.pl.
The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
+
horn
v.t.
To cause to wear horns; to cuckold.
+
harbingered
imp.|p.p.
of Harbinger
+
hang
v.i.
To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.
+
haymow
n.
A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
+
hairsplitter
n.
One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
+
hit
n.
A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
+
hunger
v.t.
To make hungry; to famish.
+
hang
v.i.
To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.
+
haul
n.
That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
+
hexametrist
n.
One who writes in hexameters.
+
hand
n.
The quota of cards received from the dealer.
+
hardiment
n.
Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action.
+
heartspoon
n.
A part of the breastbone.
+
hylopathist
n.
One who believes in hylopathism.
+
humectant
n.
A diluent drink or medicine.
+
honorableness
n.
Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
+
hive
n.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
+
haulage
n.
Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
+
hermetical
a.
Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically.
+
heavy
superl.
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
+
houris
pl.
of Houri
+
hail
a.
Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
+
horsed
imp.|p.p.
of Horse
+
howling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Howl
+
headland
n.
A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence.
+
hell
v.t.
The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
+
headhunter
n.
A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.
+
heirship
n.
The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.
+
home
n.
See Homelyn.
+
hog
v.t.
To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
+
has

3d pers. sing. pres. of Have.
+
hornpout
n.
See Horned pout, under Horned.
+
hoarsen
v.t.
To make hoarse.
+
hutted
imp.|p.p.
of Hutch
+
herborization
n.
The act of herborizing.
+
hydrofluosilicate
n.
A salt of hydrofluosilic acid; a silicofluoride. See Silicofluoride.
+
hastate
n.
Alt. of Hastated
+
hone
v.i.
To pine; to lament; to long.
+
hot

imp. & p. p. of Hote.
+
have
v.t.
To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.
+
heterogeny
n.
Heterogenesis.
+
huzzaed
imp.|p.p.
of Huzza
+
herbescent
a.
Growing into herbs.
+
high
superl.
Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
+
hansard
n.
A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.
+
humerus
n.
The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.
+
hooded
a.
Covered with a hood.
+
huggle
v.t.
To hug.
+
hypocraterimorphous
a.
Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.
+
hard
adv.
Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.
+
halieutics
n.
A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
+
housing
n.
A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
+
higgle
v.i.
To hawk or peddle provisions.
+
hoplite
n.
A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
+
homestead
n.
The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.
+
homogene
a.
Homogeneous.
+
homeopathist
n.
A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy.
+
heaven
n.
The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.
+
hydropult
n.
A machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc.
+
helmed
imp.|p.p.
of Helm
+
hexapla
sing.
A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.
+
hoot
n.
The cry of an owl.
+
hearty
superl.
Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.
+
humanitarian
n.
One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist.
+
heartache
n.
Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.
+
humbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Humble
+
hand
n.
That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
+
hog
n.
A young sheep that has not been shorn.
+
herculean
a.
Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.
+
historize
v.t.
To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize.
+
hagiographal

Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
+
haguebut
n.
See Hagbut.
+
hum
v.i.
To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
+
hairsbreadth

The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.
+
honesty
a.
The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
+
hushing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hush
+
halfer
n.
One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
+
hackmatack
n.
The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.
+
harnessing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harness
+
hopping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hop
+
holocaust
n.
Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
+
holily
adv.
Sacredly; inviolably.
+
hoteldieu
n.
A hospital.
+
henpecking
p.pr.|vb.
of Henpeck
+
hyrax
n.
Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.
+
harassed
imp.|p.p.
of Harass
+
happen
v.i.
To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
+
helldoomed
a.
Doomed to hell.
+
hesitative
a.
Showing, or characterized by, hesitation.
+
hostel
n.
A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
+
homeliness
n.
Familiarity; intimacy.
+
hote
p.p.
of Hote
+
heavy
adv.
Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
+
harslet
n.
See Haslet.
+
halfcock
v.t.
To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
+
halloo
v.i.
To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
+
hewed
imp.
of Hew
+
headstock
n.
The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock.
+
harborage
n.
Shelter; entertainment.
+
hete
v.t.|i.
Variant of Hote.
+
herbar
n.
An herb.
+
heedful
a.
Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.
+
hoax
n.
A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
+
hesychast
n.
One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.
+
hydroperitoneum
n.
Same as Ascites.
+
hackneyed
imp.|p.p.
of Hackney
+
hectic
a.
In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.
+
homogeneity
n.
Same as Homogeneousness.
+
hastener
n.
That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.
+
helm
n.
See Haulm, straw.
+
hiddenite
n.
An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.
+
hansom

Alt. of Hansom cab
+
homekeeping
n.
A staying at home.
+
highcolored
a.
Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
+
homiletical
a.
Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
+
handsome
superl.
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
+
hole
n.
To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
+
heptandrous
a.
Having seven stamens.
+
hypostasize
v.t.
To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.
+
halt
a.
Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
+
hedgerow
n.
A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
+
handful
n.
A hand's breadth; four inches.
+
hush
n.
Stillness; silence; quiet.
+
hatcheling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hatchel
+
heteromerous
a.
Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
+
hyen
n.
A hyena.
+
hug
v.t.
To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
+
hind
n.
The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
+
hudibrastic
a.
Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.
+
hyads
n.pl.
A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun.
+
hitherward
adv.
Toward this place; hither.
+
hydrofluosilicic
a.
Pertaining to, or denoting, a compound consisting of a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon; silicofluoric. See Silicofluoric.
+
happenny
n.
A half-penny.
+
hypogene
a.
Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene.
+
homotonous
a.
Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.
+
huddle
n.
A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
+
hereinbefore
adv.
In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).
+
hoo
interj.
See Ho.
+
haemapoietic
a.
Bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen.
+
hedge
v.t.
To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
+
hackbolt
n.
The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
+
hoard
v.i.
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
+
hard
superl.
Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
+
hag
n.
An ugly old woman.
+
handfast
n.
Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
+
hogfish
n.
The pigfish or sailor's choice.
+
helmsmen
pl.
of Helmsman
+
hoop
n.
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
+
hyperbolically
adv.
With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth.
+
homocerebrin
n.
A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.
+
hygrology
n.
The science which treats of the fluids of the body.
+
hone
n.
A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
+
hive
n.
A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
+
himself
pron.
An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
+
hard
adv.
Close or near.
+
hypnotized
imp.|p.p.
of Hypnotize
+
hindrance
v.t.
That which hinders; an impediment.
+
hereinafter
adv.
In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).
+
height
n.
Degree of latitude either north or south.
+
hatrack
n.
A hatstand; hattree.
+
helterskelter
adv.
In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.
+
hookes joint

A universal joint. See under Universal.
+
hognut
n.
In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.
+
hydrous
a.
Containing water; watery.
+
humanistic
a.
Pertaining to polite kiterature.
+
holostraca
n.pl.
A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.
+
hematocrystallin
n.
See Hemoglobin.
+
haybote
n.
An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote.
+
homilies
pl.
of Homily
+
hawhaw
v.i.
To laugh boisterously.
+
hum
n.
A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
+
hiccough
n.
A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.
+
hyperbatic
a.
Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.
+
hemitrope
n.
That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
+
heathendom
n.
Heathenism.
+
heave
v.i.
To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle.
+
hyperoxygenated
a.
Alt. of Hyperoxygenized
+
highcolored
a.
Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.
+
humiliation
n.
The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.
+
hepatized
imp.|p.p.
of Hepatize
+
hypermyriorama
n.
A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or views.
+
herschel
n.
See Uranus.
+
handicapped
imp.|p.p.
of Handicap
+
heavy
superl.
Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
+
hemiditone
n.
The lesser third.
+
humate
n.
A salt of humic acid.
+
hogringer
n.
One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.
+
halisauria
n.pl.
The Enaliosauria.
+
helicoid
a.
Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family.
+
hammer
n.
An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
+
hungarian
n.
A native or one of the people of Hungary.
+
hazarder
n.
One who hazards or ventures.
+
hibernianism
n.
An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
+
havoc
n.
A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
+
hanaper
n.
A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.
+
hypapophyles
pl.
of Hypapophysis
+
hardiness
n.
Hardship; fatigue.
+
hop
v.i.
To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
+
horseshoer
n.
One who shoes horses.
+
hum
v.t.
To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
+
houdah
n.
See Howdah.
+
handsome
superl.
Ample; moderately large.
+
hobbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hobble
+
hexabasic
a.
Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
+
huckle
n.
A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
+
hydrostatic
a.
Alt. of Hydrostatical
+
hind
a.
In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
+
hybodus
n.
An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth.
+
harborless
a.
Without a harbor; shelterless.
+
hurt
v.t.
To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
+
hebe
n.
An African ape; the hamadryas.
+
hush
a.
Silent; quiet.
+
hardshell
a.
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
+
homochromous
a.
Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.
+
happen
v.i.
To take place; to occur.
+
hedge
v.i.
To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
+
hyoscyamine
n.
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
+
hooknosed
a.
Having a hooked or aquiline nose.
+
havanese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.
+
hamulus
n.
A hooked barbicel of a feather.
+
horrorsticken
a.
Struck with horror; horrified.
+
hustings
n.pl.
The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors.
+
hopingly
adv.
In a hopeful manner.
+
hatchure
n.
Same as Hachure.
+
hematosis
n.
Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.
+
hierarchism
n.
The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
+
herbal
n.
A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium.
+
housing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of House
+
headbeard
n.
A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.
+
hallier
n.
A kind of net for catching birds.
+
hamuli
pl.
of Hamulus
+
homeopath
n.
A practitioner of homeopathy.
+
heck
n.
A bend or winding of a stream.
+
harefoot
n.
A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.
+
hobandnob
v.i.
Same as Hobnob.
+
hogback
n.
See Hogframe.
+
harping
a.
Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies.
+
hydratainted
a.
Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.
+
hierotheca
n.
A receptacle for sacred objects.
+
hiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hide
+
hastings
v.
Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.
+
hysterology
n.
A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
+
heat
n.
A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.
+
halacha
n.
The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.
+
holdfast
n.
Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
+
horsefeet
pl.
of Horsefoot
+
hoodoo
n.
One who causes bad luck.
+
haunt
v.t.
To accustom; to habituate.
+
hymning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hymn
+
hobnob
adv.
Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
+
harioiation
n.
Prognostication; soothsaying.
+
holland
n.
A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.
+
heteropathic
a.
Of or pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic.
+
hurrah
v.t.
To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.
+
hurrah
interj.
Alt. of Hurra
+
histogenesis
n.
Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
+
holostei
n.pl.
An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
hebraism
n.
A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.
+
hockamore
n.
A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock.
+
hypophosphate
n.
A salt of hypophosphoric acid.
+
hemostatic
a.
Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.
+
hickwall
n.
Alt. of Hickway
+
hackney
v.t.
To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
+
howadji
n.
A traveler.
+
huso
n.
A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen.
+
hiss
n.
Any sound resembling that above described
+
harpoon
n.
A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.
+
homogony
n.
The condition of having homogonous flowers.
+
house
n.
Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
+
hilum
n.
The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.
+
hairiness
n.
The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.
+
hebraically
adv.
After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.
+
hopper
n.
A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.
+
horoscope
n.
The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune.
+
hearty
n.
Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.
+
hiding
n.
The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.
+
hagiographa
n.pl.
The lives of the saints.
+
historier
n.
An historian.
+
heeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heed
+
hemadromometry
n.
The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry.
+
helminthologic
a.
Alt. of Helminthological
+
heptagynia
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.
+
hey
interj.
A cry to set dogs on.
+
hopple
v.t.
Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
+
hack
n.
A kick on the shins.
+
have
v.t.
To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.
+
heather
n.
Heath.
+
hellenize
v.i.
To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.
+
houtou
n.
A beautiful South American motmot.
+
hypermeter
n.
A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.
+
hand flus
pl.
of Handful
+
hyacinth
n.
A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.
+
hazardable
a.
Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.
+
haemoglobin
n.
Same as Hemoglobin.
+
herdbook
n.
A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.
+
homeliness
n.
Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
+
horrified
imp.|p.p.
of Horrify
+
harbrough

A shelter.
+
hexandrous
a.
Having six stamens.
+
hang
n.
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
+
handling
n.
A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
+
heavenliness
n.
The state or quality of being heavenly.
+
hood
n.
A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
+
hebraizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hebraize
+
housekeeping
n.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
+
huzza
interj.
A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.
+
headpan
n.
The brainpan.
+
hamstringing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hamstring
+
hoveler
n.
One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
+
hearkener
n.
One who hearkens; a listener.
+
heterodromous
a.
Having spirals of changing direction.
+
horner
n.
One who winds or blows the horn.
+
hemapophysis
n.
The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.
+
hurt
n.
A husk. See Husk, 2.
+
heliacal
a.
Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun.
+
hydrophytology
n.
The branch of botany which treats of water plants.
+
haustellata
n.pl.
An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.
+
honorable
a.
Of reputable association or use; respectable.
+
homonymously
adv.
Equivocally; ambiguously.
+
house
v.t.
To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.
+
hermaphrodite
a.
Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.
+
hellborn
a.
Born in or of hell.
+
hinny
n.
A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.
+
hesitate
v.i.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
+
helmless
a.
Without a helm or rudder.
+
hulking
a.
Alt. of Hulky
+
hebrew
n.
The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.
+
hearse
n.
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
+
hornbeak
n.
A fish. See Hornfish.
+
headmost
a.
Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.
+
herewith
adv.
With this.
+
halved
a.
Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
+
hypostasis
n.
Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
+
hydrometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water.
+
homiletics
n.
The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
+
homotropous
a.
Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.
+
hyoglossus
n.
A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.
+
horseshoe
n.
A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
+
humor
n.
State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.
+
horn
n.
A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
+
hoosier
n.
A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.
+
hum
interj.
An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
+
housing
n.
A niche for a statue.
+
hostile
a.
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
+
habendum
n.
That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum.
+
hanseatic
a.
Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
+
hyperoxide
n.
A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; a peroxide.
+
hawhaw
n.
See Ha-ha.
+
hutch
n.
A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
+
hurst
n.
A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.
+
harping iron

A harpoon.
+
hautboy
n.
A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
+
harpist
n.
A player on the harp; a harper.
+
horsedrench
n.
The appliance by which the dose is administred.
+
hemistich
n.
Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
+
harpooning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harpoon
+
hypanthiums
pl.
of Hypanthium
+
halloo
v.t.
To encourage with shouts.
+
haak
n.
A sea fish. See Hake.
+
height
n.
Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
+
hived
imp.|p.p.
of Hive
+
hypochondrium
n.
Either of the hypochondriac regions.
+
hence
v.t.
To send away.
+
hook
n.
The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
+
hydrotropic
a.
Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.
+
hellbender
n.
A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog.
+
humanitarianism
n.
The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.
+
helicin
n.
A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.)
+
hame
n.
Home.
+
hydrocaulus
n.
The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea.
+
hydrate
n.
A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.
+
holly
adv.
Wholly.
+
homeliness
n.
Domesticity; care of home.
+
hydraemia
n.
An abnormally watery state of the blood; anaemia.
+
horselitter
n.
A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
+
hasty
n.
Forward; early; first ripe.
+
hither
a.
Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.
+
hurtled
imp.|p.p.
of Hurtle
+
hektogram
n.
Alt. of Hektometer
+
humiliant
a.
Humiliating; humbling.
+
harmonium
n.
A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.
+
house
n.
A firm, or commercial establishment.
+
hothead
n.
A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
+
heelspur
n.
A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
+
how
adv.
In what state, condition, or plight.
+
herded
imp.|p.p.
of Herd
+
hyomandibular
n.
The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.
+
hemlock
n.
The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
+
haresear
n.
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves.
+
harry
v.i.
To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
+
hemisphere
n.
Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.
+
har monically
adv.
In harmonical progression.
+
harsh
a.
disagreeable to the taste.
+
heterodactyl
n.
One of the Heterodactylae.
+
harmonies
pl.
of Harmony
+
halcyon
n.
A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
+
hexdecylic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.
+
hindleys screw

A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.
+
hieromnemon
n.
A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.
+
hustings
n.pl.
A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant.
+
hare
v.t.
To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
+
hack
v.i.
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
+
homiform
a.
In human form.
+
humbug
n.
One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
+
hurl
v.i.
To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
+
halve
v.t.
To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.
+
homily
n.
A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.
+
hexachord
n.
A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
+
horsetail
n.
A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.
+
hand
n.
An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
+
hygrodeik
n.
A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
+
humorously
adv.
Facetiously; wittily.
+
hustings
n.pl.
Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
+
honor
n.
That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
+
harness
n.
The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
+
hard
superl.
Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
+
heartstruck
a.
Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken.
+
hemicycle
n.
A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room.
+
horn
n.
The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.
+
heavenly
adv.
In a manner resembling that of heaven.
+
humpshouldered
a.
Having high, hunched shoulders.
+
hop
n.
A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
+
high
v.i.
To hie.
+
huia bird

A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.
+
haste
n.
The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
+
hydractinian
n.
Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata.
+
haphazard
n.
Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
+
hazardry
n.
Rashness; temerity.
+
heed
n.
Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
+
hundreder
n.
One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred.
+
heterographic
a.
Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic.
+
hypotrochoid
n.
A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
+
huckstering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Huckster
+
historian
n.
A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
+
harden
v.i.
To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.
+
hebraism
n.
The type of character of the Hebrews.
+
horribleness
n.
The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.
+
hungry
superl.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
+
harasser
n.
One who harasses.
+
hideous
a.
Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise.
+
highway
n.
A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.
+
heterology
n.
The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series.  Cf. Homology.
+
hashish
n.
A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.
+
hoidenish
a.
Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.
+
hunk
n.
A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread.
+
homestead
n.
The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
+
hypnotizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hypnotize
+
hammer
v.t.
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
+
horsefly
n.
Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
+
head
v.t.
To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.
+
haloscope
n.
An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.
+
hawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Haw
+
hessian
n.
See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
+
hydrosulphate
n.
Same as Hydrosulphurent.
+
hand
v.i.
To cooperate.
+
hone
n.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
+
held

imp. & p. p. of Hold.
+
hatch
n.
Development; disclosure; discovery.
+
huff
v.i.
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
+
haste
n.
To hasten; to hurry.
+
habiliment
n.
Dress, in general.
+
houri
n.
A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
+
hieroglyphically
adv.
In hieroglyphics.
+
hitch
v.t.
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
+
haematemesis
n.
Same as Hematemesis.
+
horoscoper
n.
Alt. of Horoscopist
+
helminthic
a.
Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.
+
hoazin
n.
A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
+
harmonized
imp.|p.p.
of Harmonize
+
hyporhachides
pl.
of Hyporhachis
+
hindermost
a.
Alt. of Hindmost
+
homodromal
a.
Alt. of Homodromous
+
harefoot
n.
A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
+
hippocrepiform
a.
Shaped like a horseshoe.
+
handicap
n.
An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
+
halysites
n.
A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.
+
hipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hip
+
hollo
interj.|n.
Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.
+
harsh
a.
Rough; disagreeable; grating
+
haemoscope
n.
An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
+
heat
n.
Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.
+
hymenopter
n.
One of the Hymenoptera.
+
hasty pudding

A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush.
+
hardening
n.
That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
+
holdfast
n.
A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.
+
hereditability
n.
State of being hereditable.
+
hacked
imp.|p.p.
of Hack
+
hydromel
n.
A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead.
+
handful
n.
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
+
home
n.
The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
+
hogscore
n.
A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
+
hemerocallis
n.
A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
+
halberdshaped
a.
Hastate.
+
humorous
a.
Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
+
hidage
n.
A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
+
huffiness
n.
The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
+
harmost
n.
A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.
+
haggling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Haggle
+
histologic
a.
Alt. of Histological
+
holy cross

The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
+
hallidome
n.
Same as Halidom.
+
han sa
n.
See 2d Hanse.
+
hickory
n.
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.  The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.
+
harborous
a.
Hospitable.
+
heyday
n.
The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.
+
harass
n.
Worry; harassment.
+
helpless
a.
Beyond help; irremediable.
+
harden
v.t.
To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
+
heliography
n.
Photography.
+
harass
v.t.
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.
+
hexatomic
a.
Having six atoms in the molecule.
+
horopter
n.
The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged.
+
here
adv.
In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
+
hag
n.
The hagdon or shearwater.
+
hodograph
n.
A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
+
hedgeborn
a.
Born under a hedge; of low birth.
+
hatcher
n.
One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
+
hydrosulphite
n.
A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base.
+
hydragogue
n.
A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.
+
heeltap
n.
A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.
+
hylaeosaur
n.
Alt. of Hylaeosaurus
+
henotic
a.
Harmonizing; irenic.
+
hankeypankey
n.
Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery.
+
hydromancy
n.
Divination by means of water, -- practiced by the ancients.
+
hole
n.
An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation.
+
homogangliate
a.
Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate.
+
homekeeping
a.
Staying at home; not gadding.
+
honor
n.
A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.
+
hemina
n.
A measure of half a sextary.
+
hurdlework
n.
Work after manner of a hurdle.
+
hank
n.
A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
+
haemocytotrypsis
n.
A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or haemcytolysis.
+
holmos
n.
A drinking cup having a foot and stem.
+
hummel
v.t.
To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
+
heartless
a.
Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.
+
husbandless
a.
Destitute of a husband.
+
hance

Alt. of Hanch
+
heartstring
n.
A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart.
+
holothure
n.
A holothurian.
+
hurter
n.
An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.
+
hum
v.t.
To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
+
headborough
n.
Alt. of Headborrow
+
hierogram
n.
A form of sacred or hieratic writing.
+
hyosternal
a.
Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.
+
hospital
n.
A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
+
harlequin
n.
A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.
+
haustellum
n.
The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.
+
hyperplasia
n.
An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
+
handleable
a.
Capable of being handled.
+
high
superl.
Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
+
historicize
v.t.
To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.
+
haggard
a.
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.
+
hospice
n.
A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
+
hog
n.
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
+
hide
v.t.
To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
+
humorsomeness
n.
Quality of being humorsome.
+
haematolin
n.
See Haematoin.
+
haematothermal
a.
Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
+
heathy
a.
Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills.
+
harboring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harbor
+
harlotry
n.
Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
+
hepatogenous
a.
Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.
+
hookes gearing

Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
+
hydrogenize
v.t.
To combine with hydrogen; to treat with, or subject to the action of, hydrogen; to reduce; -- contrasted with oxidize.
+
hodmen
pl.
of Hodman
+
hypothenar
n.
The hypothenar eminence.
+
honey
n.
That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
+
hill
v.t.
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.
+
heremit
n.
Alt. of Heremite
+
holp

Alt. of Holpen
+
hagbut
n.
A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.
+
healful
a.
Tending or serving to heal; healing.
+
husk
n.
The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
+
hazarding
p.pr.|vb.
of Hazard
+
helix
n.
A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
+
hypogeum
n.
The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.
+
hatch
n.
An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.
+
hectic
n.
Hectic fever.
+
hermitage
n.
The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.
+
homely
n.
Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.
+
herie
v.t.
To praise; to worship.
+
habituate
a.
Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
+
hot
superl.
Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
+
hive
v.i.
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
+
haughty
superl.
High; lofty; bold.
+
hartford
n.
The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.
+
horn
n.
A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle.
+
hydrofluate
n.
A supposed compound of hydrofluoris acid and a base; a fluoride.
+
heterosporous
a.
Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.
+
herd
n.
One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
+
hooker
n.
A Dutch vessel with two masts.
+
horn
n.
The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
+
haematogenous
a.
Originating in the blood.
+
hyalograph
n.
An instrument for tracing designs on glass.
+
haunted
a.
Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.
+
heliotrope
n.
See Bloodstone (a).
+
haustorium
n.
One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.
+
hatable
a.
Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.
+
homoousian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.
+
hooklet
n.
A little hook.
+
holibut
n.
See Halibut.
+
hardly
adv.
In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
+
hostess
n.
A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.
+
horseman
n.
A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).
+
hoatzin
n.
Same as Hoazin.
+
horaly
adv.
Hourly.
+
hypopharynx
n.
An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.
+
hybernate

Alt. of Hybernation
+
hemistichal
a.
Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.
+
hoe
v.i.
To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
+
habitude
n.
Habit of body or of action.
+
housing
n.
A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
+
hexagynia
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.
+
harper
n.
A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.
+
heat
imp.|p.p.
Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.
+
headband
n.
A fillet; a band for the head.
+
hypermetamorphosis
n.
A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.
+
heterotaxy
n.
Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.
+
halfer
n.
A male fallow deer gelded.
+
halfray
n.
A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.
+
han
v.t.
To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass.
+
humus
n.
That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.
+
hemiptera
n.pl.
An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.
+
however
adv.
In whetever manner, way, or degree.
+
hercynian
a.
Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.
+
hitch
v.t.
To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.
+
hematothermal
a.
Warm-blooded.
+
halfbreed
a.
Half-blooded.
+
hydrotic
a.
Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
+
handfish
n.
The frogfish.
+
horsewood
n.
A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.
+
heddles
pl.
of Heddle
+
haaf
n.
The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles.
+
hydrosoma
n.
All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds.
+
houghed
imp.|p.p.
of Hough
+
halfbeak
n.
Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.
+
huffingly
adv.
Blusteringly; arrogantly.
+
hammer
v.t.
To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
+
hosen
pl.
of Hose
+
healthy
superl.
Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
+
herpetotomist
n.
One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles.
+
helium
n.
A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.
+
hushing
n.
The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.
+
heterophony
n.
An abnormal state of the voice.
+
harm
n.
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
+
highstepper
n.
A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
+
hammering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hammer
+
houve
n.
A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.
+
hue
n.
A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
+
hard
v.t.
To harden; to make hard.
+
heredity
n.
Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
+
heraldship
n.
The office of a herald.
+
hull
v.t.
The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
+
hobbyhorsical
n.
Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.
+
heathenry
n.
Heathendom; heathen nations.
+
housing
n.
The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another.
+
hoiden
v.i.
To romp rudely or indecently.
+
harassing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harass
+
humoralist
n.
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
+
hungered
a.
Hungry; pinched for food.
+
hordeolum
n.
A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.
+
headpiece
n.
A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
+
hyostylic
a.
Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull.
+
hicksite
n.
A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.
+
hunted
imp.|p.p.
of Hunt
+
hazardous
a.
Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
+
heinous
a.
Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
+
horologe
n.
An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial.
+
ho
interj.
Alt. of Hoa
+
homeward
a.
Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.
+
hydrargyrate
a.
Of or pertaining to mercury; containing, or impregnated with, mercury.
+
hygrophanous
a.
Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry.
+
herse
n.
See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.
+
hounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hound
+
haunce
v.t.
To enhance.
+
horseworm
n.
The larva of a botfly.
+
hoy
interj.
Ho! Halloe! Stop!
+
hopple
n.
A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
+
horny
superl.
Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn.
+
heritable
a.
Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
+
honeysuckled
a.
Covered with honeysuckles.
+
hoard
n.
A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
+
hawk
v.t.
To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.
+
humpback
n.
A crooked back; a humped back.
+
hissing
n.
The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
+
hymning
n.
The singing of hymns.
+
hagiolatry
n.
The invocation or worship of saints.
+
hungered
imp.|p.p.
of Hunger
+
hoof
v.i.
To be on a tramp; to foot.
+
hilarity
n.
Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity.
+
hiphalt
a.
Lame in the hip.
+
hetairism
n.
Alt. of Hetarism
+
hacienda
n.
A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions.
+
haema

Alt. of Haemo-
+
haemadromograph
n.
An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.
+
horning
n.
Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.
+
holmos
n.
A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal.
+
hydrocarburet
n.
Carbureted hydrogen; also, a hydrocarbon.
+
halt

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
+
hankering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hanker
+
hoarhound
n.
Same as Horehound.
+
honorarium
a.
Alt. of Honorary
+
herbariums
pl.
of Herbarium
+
hypohyal
a.
Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal.
+
hypnotization
n.
The act or process of producing hypnotism.
+
havened
p.a.
Sheltered in a haven.
+
howl
v.i.
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
+
heptachord
n.
A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
+
hesperides
n.pl.
The garden producing the golden apples.
+
highwrought
a.
Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion.
+
homotype
n.
That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc.
+
homeborn
a.
Native; indigenous; not foreign.
+
handfastly
adv.
In a handfast or publicly pledged manner.
+
hornish
a.
Somewhat like horn; hard.
+
ho
interj.
Alt. of Hoa
+
hindoo
n.
Alt. of Hindu
+
hyrst
n.
A wood. See Hurst.
+
holocaust
n.
A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.
+
homeward
adv.
Alt. of Homewards
+
homoioptoton
n.
A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.
+
hydrochlorate
n.
Same as Hydrochloride.
+
haggis
n.
A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.
+
highness
n.
A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness.
+
hilltop
n.
The top of a hill.
+
hydrotical
a.
Hydrotic.
+
hackneymen
pl.
of Hackneyman
+
haltering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Halter
+
hintingly
adv.
In a hinting manner.
+
hoverer
n.
A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.
+
haytian
n.
A native of Hayti.
+
honeycombed
a.
Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.
+
horribly
adv.
In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.
+
headman
n.
A head or leading man, especially of a village community.
+
heathenism
n.
The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.
+
hurdleed
imp.|p.p.
of Hurdle
+
hut
n.
A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.
+
hawm
v.i.
To lounge; to loiter.
+
hazard
n.
The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
+
hemato

See Haema-.
+
haemachrome
n.
Hematin.
+
hazard
v.i.
To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
+
hygrophthalmic
a.
Serving to moisten the eye; -- sometimes applied to the lachrymal ducts.
+
hydropathical
a.
Of or pertaining to hydropathy.
+
hailstorm
n.
A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.
+
heathenishness
n.
The state or quality of being heathenish.
+
hovelling

of Hovel
+
hypaxial
a.
Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.
+
handle
v.t.
To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
+
hemitone
n.
See Semitone.
+
heterodont
a.
Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont.
+
hazardize
n.
A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.
+
haemic
a.
Pertaining to the blood; hemal.
+
hemi

A prefix signifying half.
+
hypercatalectic
a.
Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
+
haversack
n.
A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.
+
height
n.
That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
+
hermetical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.
+
hereabout
adv.
Alt. of Hereabouts
+
h

the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
+
hectorly
a.
Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting.
+
hircine
a.
Alt. of Hircinous
+
huckster
n.
A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.
+
hustle
v.i.
To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
+
hierologic
a.
Alt. of Hierological
+
hostelry
n.
An inn; a lodging house.
+
heartlings
interj.
An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
+
hallelujah
n.|interj.
Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.
+
hortative
a.
Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative.
+
horizon
n.
The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
+
hyo

A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental, etc.
+
heliolater
n.
A worshiper of the sun.
+
haloed
a.
Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.
+
highpriestship
n.
High-priesthood.
+
heroical
a.
Heroic.
+
haustella
pl.
of Haustellum
+
highbred
a.
Bred in high life; of pure blood.
+
holloing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hollo
+
hoise
v.t.
To hoist.
+
head
n.
The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.
+
haematozoa
pl.
of Haematozoon
+
householder
n.
The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.
+
horrifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Horrify
+
huguenotism
n.
The religion of the Huguenots in France.
+
hang
v.i.
To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.
+
humor
v.t.
To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
+
heed
v.t.
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
+
howbeit
conj.
Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
+
hissed
imp.|p.p.
of Hiss
+
hardwareman
n.
One who makes, or deals in, hardware.
+
hiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hide
+
hoodwink
v.t.
To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
+
hang
v.i.
To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.
+
heel
n.
The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
+
hematic
a.
Same as Haematic.
+
head
v.t.
To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.
+
hyetal
a.
Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.
+
husbandage
n.
The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
+
heterosomati
n.pl.
An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also Heterosomata, Heterosomi.
+
hermeneutics
n.
The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained.
+
hogcote
n.
A shed for swine; a sty.
+
hummock
n.
Timbered land. See Hammock.
+
heterocarpous
a.
Characterized by heterocarpism.
+
hawse
n.
The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
+
hire
pron.
See Here, pron.
+
hack
v.t.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
+
hypoglossal
a.
Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.
+
haily
a.
Of hail.
+
halpace
n.
See Haut pas.
+
hawk
v.i.
To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.
+
hackled
imp.|p.p.
of Hackle
+
homeliness
n.
Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.
+
hyloist
n.
Same as Hylotheist.
+
heterotopy
n.
A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
+
hetmans
pl.
of Hetman
+
hovel
v.t.
To put in a hovel; to shelter.
+
hulk
n.
Anything bulky or unwieldly.
+
hieroglyphic
a.
Alt. of Hieroglyphical
+
headlong
a.|adv.
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
+
hagiarchy
n.
A sacred government; by holy orders of men.
+
highlandry
n.
Highlanders, collectively.
+
hibernating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hibernate
+
hell
v.t.
A gambling house.
+
homocategoric
a.
Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.
+
headforemost
adv.
With the head foremost.
+
hermaphrodeity
n.
Hermaphrodism.
+
heatless
a.
Destitute of heat; cold.
+
homestall
n.
Place of a home; homestead.
+
helminthic
n.
A vermifuge; an anthelmintic.
+
holiday
a.
Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
+
men
pl.
of Herdsman
+
hellenistically
adv.
According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect.
+
hush
v.i.
To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
+
halfpace
n.
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
+
homage
n.
Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.
+
hyson
n.
A fragrant kind of green tea.
+
homoeomeric
a.
Alt. of Homoeomerical
+
hexapetalous
a.
Having six petals.
+
her
pron.|a.
The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
+
hindustani
n.
The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
+
huckstered
imp.|p.p.
of Huckster
+
hutch
n.
A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
+
hilarious
a.
Mirthful; noisy; merry.
+
honeyed
a.
Sweet, as, honeyed words.
+
hypertrophical
a.
Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.
+
hasty
n.
Demanding haste or immediate action.
+
hydrated
a.
Formed into a hydrate; combined with water.
+
headrope
n.
That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
+
hexagony
n.
A hexagon.
+
headlong
a.
Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
+
hulk
v.t.
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.
+
high
superl.
Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.
+
hedge
v.i.
To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
+
hydrophora
n.pl.
The Hydroidea.
+
homophony
n.
Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.
+
hereinto
adv.
Into this.
+
honorable
a.
Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
+
heated
imp.|p.p.
of Heat
+
hond
n.
Hand.
+
hoemother
n.
The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.
+
hernani
n.
A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors.
+
hyper

A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. [Obs.] See Per-.
+
hough
n.
The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.
+
hydromica
n.
A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite.
+
hepatic
a.
Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.
+
haythorn
n.
Hawthorn.
+
hesperidene
n.
An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
+
hemophilia
n.
See Hematophilia.
+
hoar
v.t.
To become moldy or musty.
+
hemidactyl
n.
Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.
+
halt
a.
To walk lamely; to limp.
+
homotropous
a.
Turned in the same direction with something else.
+
hoody
n.
The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.
+
howl
v.i.
To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
+
head
n.
An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
+
hardhack
n.
A very astringent shrub (Spiraea tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this name.
+
hypostatize
v.t.
To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.
+
hindustani
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.
+
hagridden
a.
Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.
+
hamule
n.
A little hook.
+
hoppet
n.
An infant in arms.
+
hypotyposis
n.
A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
+
histrionicism
n.
The histronic art; stageplaying.
+
hand
n.
A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
+
homologous
a.
Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
+
haul
v.t.
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
+
humbuggery
n.
The practice of imposition.
+
hitchel
n.|v.t.
See Hatchel.
+
hurricane
n.
A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively.
+
holp
imp.
of Help
+
hydrostatics
n.
The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.
+
highflown
a.
Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
+
hottentotism
n.
A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.
+
hightytighty
a.
Hoity-toity.
+
holophrastic
a.
Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
+
hole
v.i.
To go or get into a hole.
+
hackster
n.
A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.
+
hommocky
a.
Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; -- said of ice.
+
huroniroquous
n.
A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York.
+
humorize
v.t.
To humor.
+
hairless
a.
Destitute of hair.
+
habit
n.
To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.
+
hoard
n.
See Hoarding, 2.
+
haemadrometer
n.
Alt. of Haemadremometer
+
haha
n.
A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.
+
higgler
n.
One who higgles.
+
hockling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hockle
+
holostean
a.
Pertaining to the Holostei.
+
hyposkeletal
a.
Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to episkeletal.
+
hamesucken
n.
The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.
+
hyperdicrotic
a.
Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.
+
hyperapophysis
n.
A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.
+
howdy
n.
A midwife.
+
hearse
n.
A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
+
hogback
n.
An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.
+
harmony
n.
The science which treats of their construction and progression.
+
heart
n.
The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc.
+
halve
v.t.
To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
+
healthsome
a.
Wholesome; salubrious.
+
hircin
n.
Hircic acid. See Hircic.
+
histolysis
n.
The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.
+
heteropathy
n.
That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
+
heyh
a.
Alt. of Heygh
+
hazard
n.
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
+
hackly
a.
Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.
+
hopomythumb
n.
Alt. of Hop-thumb
+
hydrography
n.
The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena.
+
hours
n.pl.
Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
+
heliotypy
n.
A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.
+
hosteler
n.
The keeper of a hostel or inn.
+
humiliating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Humiliate
+
histrionize
v.t.
To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
+
hooven
a.
Alt. of Hoven
+
hinderer
n.
One who, or that which, hinders.
+
heartwhole
a.
Of a single and sincere heart.
+
heat
n.
A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three.
+
hell
v.t.
A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
+
horologe
n.
A servant who called out the hours.
+
hybridized
imp.|p.p.
of Hybridize
+
helicoidal
a.
Same as Helicoid.
+
horntail
n.
Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.
+
hostry
n.
A hostelry; an inn or lodging house.
+
hoom
n.
Home.
+
historiette
n.
Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.
+
heterostyled
a.
Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths.
+
homicide
v.t.
The killing of one human being by another.
+
huckster
v.i.
To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.
+
hebetation
n.
The state of being blunted or dulled.
+
hop
n.
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
+
hucklebacked
a.
Round-shoulded.
+
harrow
v.t.
To pillage; to harry; to oppress.
+
housewife
n.
A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy.
+
how
adv.
At what price; how dear.
+
hockled
imp.|p.p.
of Hockle
+
his
pron.
Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
+
habitant
v.t.
An inhabitant; a dweller.
+
horizon
n.
A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
+
hebetate
a.
Obtuse; dull.
+
humanness
n.
The quality or state of being human.
+
hote
v.t.|i.
To promise.
+
head
v.t.
To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
+
hyades
n.pl.
Alt. of Hyads
+
hypocritical
a.
Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.
+
hammerhead
n.
A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
+
huff
v.i.
To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
+
hemipeptone
n.
A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
+
hatcheled
imp.|p.p.
of Hatchel
+
haemadromometry
n.
Same as Hemadrometry.
+
highflown
a.
Elevated; proud.
+
heterodox
a.
Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects.
+
hover
n.
A cover; a shelter; a protection.
+
hydroquinone
n.
A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxy benzene.
+
heart
n.
That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
+
herpetologic
a.
Alt. of Herpetological
+
hookey
n.
See Hockey.
+
haecceity

Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.
+
highsounding
a.
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
+
hyphen
n.
A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.
+
habitue
n.
One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater.
+
hypochondriums
pl.
of Hypochondrium
+
haggle
n.
The act or process of haggling.
+
hug
v.t.
To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
+
heterotricha
n.pl.
A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.
+
hydroscope
n.
An instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in air.
+
hanger
n.
A steep, wooded declivity.
+
haematozoon
n.
Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc.
+
hag
v.t.
To harass; to weary with vexation.
+
humbird
n.
Humming bird.
+
halotrichite
n.
An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.
+
hypnotizer
n.
One who hypnotizes.
+
hereat
adv.
At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.
+
hound
n.
A houndfish.
+
hearted
a.
Seated or laid up in the heart.
+
hayfield
n.
A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.
+
hydrosalt
n.
A hydrous salt; a salt combined with water of hydration or crystallization.
+
hurries
n.
A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.
+
hobnail
v.t.
To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
+
haematoplast
n.
Same as Haematoblast.
+
hank
v.t.
To form into hanks.
+
hyphen
v.t.
To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.
+
homopter
n.
One of the Homoptera.
+
heave
v.t.
To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.
+
hybridizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hybridize
+
harrow
interj.
Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.
+
hoary
a.
White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
+
hyaline
n.
The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation.
+
huntsman
n.
One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
+
hermetical
a.
Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.
+
hagioscope
n.
An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.
+
hydrometer
n.
An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
+
hound
n.
Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
+
herbid
a.
Covered with herbs.
+
heam
n.
The afterbirth or secundines of a beast.
+
helmage
n.
Guidance; direction.
+
hopper
n.
The larva of a cheese fly.
+
hoiden
n.
A rude, bold girl; a romp.
+
hypothenal
a.
Alt. of Hypothenar
+
howl
n.
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
+
hereabouts
adv.
About this place; in this vicinity.
+
helmet
n.
The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form.
+
haggled
imp.|p.p.
of Haggle
+
here
pron.
Her; hers. See Her.
+
holder
n.
One who, or that which, holds.
+
hemiplegia
n.
A palsy that affects one side only of the body.
+
homoplasy
n.
See Homogeny.
+
heater
n.
Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated.
+
hotbrained
a.
Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth.
+
hydrus
n.
A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.
+
hogfish
n.
A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).
+
habitance
n.
Dwelling; abode; residence.
+
heartbroken
a.
Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
+
handspring
n.
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
+
heal
v.t.
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
+
hydruret
n.
A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride.
+
heft
v.t.
To prove or try the weight of by raising.
+
harikari
n.
See Hara-kiri.
+
hire
n.
To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.
+
horoscopy
n.
Aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth.
+
haranguer
n.
One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer.
+
heel
n.
In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
+
helper
n.
One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
+
hote
v.t.|i.
To be called; to be named.
+
hamburg
n.
A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.
+
herbal
n.
A book containing the names and descriptions of plants.
+
hammer
n.
Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
+
haematodynamometer
n.
Same as Hemadynamometer.
+
healthily
adv.
In a healthy manner.
+
harbor
n.
Specif.: A lodging place; an inn.
+
heat
n.
Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency.
+
hotcockles
n.
A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
+
huffcap
a.
Blustering; swaggering.
+
hub
n.
A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
+
heddle
v.t.
To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
+
hoonoomaun
n.
An Indian monkey. See Entellus.
+
he
obj.
The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.
+
hackmen
pl.
of Hackman
+
hector
v.t.
To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.
+
haymaker
n.
A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
+
hazel
n.
A miner's name for freestone.
+
helpless
a.
Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.
+
heliograph
n.
A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
+
hindered
imp.|p.p.
of Hinder
+
haematometer
n.
An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
+
helianthin
n.
An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.
+
heteronomy
n.
A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires.
+
hawkweed
n.
A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.
+
harangued
imp.|p.p.
of Harangue
+
holly
n.
A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
+
hypersensibility
n.
See Hyperaesthesia.
+
hobble
n.
Same as Hopple.
+
herpetic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the herpes; partaking of the nature of herpes; as, herpetic eruptions.
+
heterophagi
n.pl.
Altrices.
+
hug
v.i.
To crowd together; to cuddle.
+
hypogyn
n.
An hypogynous plant.
+
hypsometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
+
helmet
n.
The upper part of a retort.
+
hurl
n.
Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
+
heathenish
a.
Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
+
hyalite
n.
A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Muller's glass.
+
homodermy
n.
Homology of the germinal layers.
+
hesperidium
n.
A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
+
haw
v.i.
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
+
halite
n.
Native salt; sodium chloride.
+
hers
pron.
See the Note under Her, pron.
+
haematic
a.
Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red.
+
henpecked
imp.|p.p.
of Henpeck
+
honestetee
n.
Honesty; honorableness.
+
helicoid
n.
A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.
+
help
v.t.
To change for the better; to remedy.
+
heft
n.
The act or effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion.
+
head
n.
A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.
+
hydropathic
a.
Alt. of Hydropathical
+
hanging
n.
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
+
harmonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harmonize
+
hosteler
n.
A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge.
+
hydra
n.
Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.
+
halt
v.t.
To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
+
harle
n.
The red-breasted merganser.
+
hoarding
n.
A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.
+
hazard
n.
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
+
hydrargochloride
n.
A compound of the bichloride of mercury with another chloride.
+
humpbacked
a.
Having a humped back.
+
honeytongued
a.
Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive.
+
hothouse
n.
A bagnio, or bathing house.
+
heave
v.t.
To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
+
humoralism
n.
The state or quality of being humoral.
+
hangby
n.
A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.
+
honestly
adv.
Honorably; becomingly; decently.
+
hem
v.t.
To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
+
hieratic
a.
Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.
+
hypocleidiums
pl.
of Hypocleidium
+
helldiver
n.
The dabchick.
+
hunker
n.
Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.
+
hospitaler
n.
One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.
+
herringbone
a.
Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.
+
hypotrachelium
n.
Same as Gorgerin.
+
heliotroper
n.
The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
+
horseshoe
n.
The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
+
heaven
v.t.
To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
+
hexacid
a.
Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
+
heathenism
n.
The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
+
hope
v.i.
To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.
+
holothurioidea
n.pl.
One of the classes of echinoderms.
+
hebrew
n.
An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
+
horseleechery
n.
The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
+
healthiness
n.
The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.
+
haematocrystallin
n.
Same as Hematocrystallin.
+
heterodactyl
a.
Heterodactylous.
+
homophone
n.
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
+
heresiarch
n.
A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
+
homomorphism
n.
The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.
+
halometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a goniometer.
+
hinderance
n.
Same as Hindrance.
+
hensfoot
n.
An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).
+
hesperian
n.
Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidae; a skipper.
+
horse
v.t.
To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
+
horometer
n.
An instrument for measuring time.
+
hay
v.i.
To cut and cure grass for hay.
+
hydrophlorone
n.
A white, crystalline benzene derivative, C8H10O2, obtained by the reduction of phlorone.
+
handicraftsman
n.
A man skilled or employed in handcraft.
+
hep tree

The wild dog-rose.
+
hold
v.t.
To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
+
horary
a.
Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.
+
herniae
pl.
of Hernia
+
huttonian
a.
Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton.
+
harlech group

A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.
+
harvestry
n.
The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested.
+
hide
v.t.
To flog; to whip.
+
halfbred
a.
Half-blooded.
+
honor
n.
The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors.
+
heterodactylae
n.pl.
A group of birds including the trogons.
+
hutting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hutch
+
high
n.
The highest card dealt or drawn.
+
husbandman
n.
A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
+
hunchbacked
a.
Having a humped back.
+
haemad
adv.
Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad.
+
hunter
n.
One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
+
humbler
n.
One who, or that which, humbles some one.
+
hornwork
n.
An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
+
halved
imp.|p.p.
of Halve
+
hugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hug
+
haggadoth
pl.
of Haggada
+
huke
n.
An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.
+
heben
n.
Ebony.
+
hopperings
n.
Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
+
hardiness
n.
Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance.
+
heptaspermous
a.
Having seven seeds.
+
hexametrical
a.
Consisting of six metrical feet.
+
hypnotic
n.
A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.
+
hold
n.
A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
+
hellebore
n.
A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
+
hemeralopia
n.
A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
+
hailse
v.t.
To greet; to salute.
+
hypotarsi
pl.
of Hypotarsus
+
hood
n.
A covering for a horse's head.
+
heptagonal
a.
Having seven angles or sides.
+
hither
adv.
To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.
+
hypaethral
a.
Alt. of Hypethral
+
huddle
v.t.
To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
+
hestern
a.
Alt. of Hesternal
+
hagseed
n.
The offspring of a hag.
+
heretification
n.
The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical.
+
humorsomely
adv.
Pleasantly; humorously.
+
hear
v.t.
To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.
+
hockle
v.t.
To mow, as stubble.
+
heavening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heaven
+
hent
v.t.
To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
+
houss
n.
A saddlecloth; a housing.
+
holometabolic
a.
Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.
+
hemadrometer
n.
Alt. of Hemadromometer
+
hausse
n.
A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.
+
hag
n.
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
+
hint
n.
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
+
horserake
n.
A rake drawn by a horse.
+
helved
imp.|p.p.
of Helve
+
hebraic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.
+
hydrophobia
n.
The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.
+
halvans
n.pl.
Impure ore; dirty ore.
+
holcad
n.
A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece.
+
hemelytra
pl.
of Hemelytrum
+
heteromera
n.pl.
A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi.
+
heaped
imp.|p.p.
of Heap
+
hurt
n.
A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
+
hit
v.t.
To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
+
hull
v.t.
To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
+
hyomental
a.
Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck.
+
hatch
v.t.
To close with a hatch or hatches.
+
household
n.
A line of ancestory; a race or house.
+
hematachometer
n.
Same as Haematachometer.
+
housebreaking
n.
The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
+
hypostoma
n.
The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.
+
heed
n.
Careful consideration; obedient regard.
+
hypothecate
v.t.
To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
+
hexoic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.
+
hypercritic
a.
Hypercritical.
+
hearkened
imp.|p.p.
of Hearken
+
helmetshaped
a.
Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.
+
housewifery
n.
The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.
+
hibernian
a.
Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.
+
hypoblast
n.
The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm.
+
hectored
imp.|p.p.
of Hector
+
hightener
n.
That which heightens.
+
haematoidin
n.
Same as Hematoidin.
+
hebraize
v.i.
To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.
+
hypostasis
n.
That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.
+
hence
adv.
From this source or origin.
+
hary
v.t.
To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence.
+
holder
n.
The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
+
halting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hail
+
hemimellitic
a.
Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic acid.
+
honor
n.
A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
+
hinniate
v.i.
Alt. of Hinny
+
humeri
pl.
of Humerus
+
hyacine
n.
A hyacinth.
+
humming
n.
A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.
+
haematosin
n.
Hematin.
+
hasard
n.
Hazard.
+
hooting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hoot
+
hunch
n.
A hump; a protuberance.
+
hollow
a.
Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
+
hydrotelluric
a.
Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or hydrogen telluride.
+
hastily
adv.
Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
+
homogenealness
n.
Homogeneousness.
+
hydropiper
n.
A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.
+
hornpipe
n.
An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
+
hammerer
n.
One who works with a hammer.
+
harpy
n.
A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.
+
haliographer
n.
One who writes about or describes the sea.
+
hedgebote
n.
Same as Haybote.
+
having
n.
Possession; goods; estate.
+
homodemic
a.
A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.
+
honor
n.
Fame; reputation; credit.
+
heterotropal
a.
Alt. of Heterotropous
+
herd
v.i.
To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
+
hutch
v.t.|i.
To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.
+
hase
v.t.
See Haze, v. t.
+
homosystemic
a.
Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.
+
hedging bill

A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
+
homedwelling
a.
Keeping at home.
+
hebete
a.
Dull; stupid.
+
humorous
a.
Moist; humid; watery.
+
hilding
a.
Base; spiritless.
+
hylozoism
n.
The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable.
+
having
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Have
+
hegelian
a.
Pertaining to Hegelianism.
+
hyoideal
a.
Alt. of Hyoidean
+
heartquake
n.
Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
+
huge
superl.
Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference.
+
halse
v.t.
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.
+
harebrained
a.
Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless.
+
hippocampus
n.
A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
+
homographic
a.
Possessing the property of homography.
+
haematothorax
n.
Same as Hemothorax.
+
heartsease
n.
Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.
+
hoven

p. p. of Heave.
+
heighho
interj.
An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc.
+
heptagynian
a.
Alt. of Heptagynous
+
hawm
n.
See Haulm, straw.
+
handtight
a.
As tight as can be made by the hand.
+
hangdog
a.
Low; sneaking; ashamed.
+
hydramide
n.
One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.
+
hymenium
n.
The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.
+
humidness
n.
Humidity.
+
haling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hale
+
hospodar
n.
A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.
+
hagdon
n.
One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.
+
heeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heel
+
hoarsened
imp.|p.p.
of Hoarsen
+
hydrophyllia
pl.
of Hydrophyllium
+
hand
v.t.
To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
+
hucksterage
n.
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
+
hunt
v.t.
To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
+
herblet
n.
A small herb.
+
haggardly
adv.
In a haggard manner.
+
highmindedness
n.
The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
+
headtire
n.
A headdress.
+
handbreadth
n.
A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
+
harmaline
n.
An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.
+
haze
n.
Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
+
hurl
v.i.
To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
+
half
adv.
In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
+
hoppet
n.
A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore.
+
hydrocephalic
a.
Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of the brain.
+
hydrotrope
n.
A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a pulsometer.
+
hadder
n.
Heather; heath.
+
heard

imp. & p. p. of Hear.
+
housling
a.
Sacramental; as, housling fire.
+
hope
v.i.
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.
+
himyaritic
a.
Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia.
+
hox
v.t.
To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.
+
heptavalent
a.
Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.
+
hafter
n.
A caviler; a wrangler.
+
housing
n.
The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
+
harken
v.t.|i.
To hearken.
+
heniquen
n.
See Jeniquen.
+
hostler
n.
An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
+
harmony
n.
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.
+
historic
a.
Alt. of Historical
+
hail
v.t.
To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
+
hydrina
n.pl.
The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong.
+
heifer
n.
A young cow.
+
heterodont
n.
Any animal with heterodont dentition.
+
hemitropy
n.
Twin composition in crystals.
+
harmonica
n.
A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
+
harpsichon
n.
A harpsichord.
+
hobbyhorse
n.
A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.
+
hornify
v.t.
To horn; to cuckold.
+
hanap
n.
A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.
+
hardening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harden
+
hypocrisies
pl.
of Hypocrisy
+
hederose
a.
Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy.
+
hush
v.t.
To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
+
heptyl
n.
A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.
+
hemicollin
n.
See Semiglutin.
+
hapuku
n.
A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
+
halfpike
n.
A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.
+
hogger
n.
A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
+
hogfish
n.
An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.
+
hot
superl.
Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air.
+
hutch
n.
The case of a flour bolt.
+
hemipter
n.
One of the Hemiptera.
+
hexagon
n.
A plane figure of six angles.
+
held
imp.|p.p.
of Hold
+
hurlbone
n.
A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse.
+
habituating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Habituate
+
homogamy
n.
The condition of being homogamous.
+
humph
interj.
An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
+
hew
v.t.
To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
+
honeycomb
n.
A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
+
humbugged
imp.|p.p.
of Humbug
+
heirloom
n.
Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.
+
hectometre
n.
A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.
+
hematinometer
n.
A form of hemoglobinometer.
+
hoddy
n.
See Dun crow, under Dun, a.
+
hotchpotch
n.
A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.
+
hug
v.t.
To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
+
homologoumena
n.pl.
Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.
+
halk
n.
A nook; a corner.
+
halibut
n.
A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.
+
have

of Have
+
hydrobromic
a.
Composed of hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid.
+
huloist
n.
See Hyloist.
+
haemacytometer
n.
An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
+
heretic
n.
One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.
+
holometabola
n.pl.
Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
+
halfmoon
n.
The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
+
hemmed
imp.|p.p.
of Hem
+
hympne
n.
A hymn.
+
haematinometric
a.
Same as Hematinometric.
+
herborization
n.
The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
+
hatch
n.
A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
+
hyposulphite
n.
A salt of hyposulphurous acid proper.
+
horridly
adv.
In a horrid manner.
+
high
superl.
Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
+
hyopastron
n.
The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.
+
heed
n.
A look or expression of heading.
+
heptandria
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens.
+
hessite
n.
A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.
+
headpiece
n.
Understanding; mental faculty.
+
hunger
n.
Any strong eager desire.
+
hectocotylus
n.
One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.
+
heliolatry
n.
Sun worship. See Sabianism.
+
heartsease
n.
A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.
+
hollow
n.
A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
+
hellcat 
n.
A witch; a hag.
+
hardpan
n.
The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.
+
hum
n.
The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
+
hecatompedon
n.
A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.
+
handsome
superl.
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
+
hazard
n.
To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
+
honored
imp.|p.p.
of Honor
+
harpooned
imp.|p.p.
of Harpoon
+
herdic
n.
A kind of low-hung cab.
+
humane
a.
Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
+
hall
n.
A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
+
hydro

Alt. of Hydr-
+
heavenize
v.t.
To render like heaven or fit for heaven.
+
harfang
n.
The snowy owl.
+
hydrosulphide
n.
One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical; as, potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans.
+
highpressure
a.
Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
+
harborer
n.
One who, or that which, harbors.
+
halsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Halse
+
heptade
n.
The sum or number of seven.
+
hieron
n.
A consecrated place; esp., a temple.
+
holt

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth.
+
howitzer
n.
A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
+
hydromedusae
pl.
of Hydromedusa
+
horseplay
n.
Rude, boisterous play.
+
holostomate
a.
Same as Holostomatous.
+
hybridizer
n.
One who hybridizes.
+
holla
v.i.
See Hollo, v. i.
+
hemadrometry
n.
Alt. of Hemadromometry
+
hagged
imp.|p.p.
of Hag
+
humanism
n.
The study of the humanities; polite learning.
+
hernial
a.
Of, or connected with, hernia.
+
honorableness
n.
The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.
+
hum
interj.
A kind of strong drink formerly used.
+
humeral
a.
Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial.
+
hopeless
a.
Unhoped for; despaired of.
+
hocus
n.
Drugged liquor.
+
holpen
p.p.
of Help
+
hip
n.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
+
hussy
n.
A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used jocosely.
+
hazardry
n.
Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.
+
helenin
n.
A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.
+
hottentot
n.
One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.
+
hogherd
n.
A swineherd.
+
halsed
imp.|p.p.
of Halse
+
hircinous
a.
Of a strong goatish smell.
+
hypocoristic
a.
Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name.
+
hag
n.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
+
homothermic
a.
Alt. of Homothermous
+
harmine
n.
An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
+
husbandry
n.
Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
+
heavy
superl.
Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
+
hermodactyl
n.
A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.
+
haemodynameter
n.
Same as Hemadynamics.
+
hearse
n.
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
+
hatch
v.t.
To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
+
heeltool
n.
A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.
+
hairbird
n.
The chipping sparrow.
+
hebraistic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.
+
hilled
imp.|p.p.
of Hill
+
halflearned
a.
Imperfectly learned.
+
hydrotic
n.
A hydrotic medicine.
+
harbor
n.
A mixing box materials.
+
humilities
pl.
of Humility
+
hirundine
a.
Like or pertaining to the swallows.
+
hurr
v.i.
To make a rolling or burring sound.
+
harpy
n.
A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
+
herbergage
n.
Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor.
+
honeystone
n.
See Mellite.
+
hoarsening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hoarsen
+
hymnographer
n.
One who writes on the subject of hymns.
+
hellenism
n.
The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.
+
hurry
v.t.
To cause to be done quickly.
+
hooding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hood
+
heel
n.
Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
+
hem
n.
An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
+
heal
v.i.
To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over.
+
haggard
a.
A fierce, intractable creature.
+
hearten
v.t.
To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.
+
house
n.
The grave.
+
hellespont
n.
A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora.
+
hemialbumin
n.
Same as Hemialbumose.
+
hyke
n.
See Haik, and Huke.
+
horror
n.
A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
+
horologist
n.
One versed in horology.
+
hypochlorous
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds.
+
helispheric
a.
Alt. of Helispherical
+
hool
a.
Whole.
+
hesperid
a.|n.
Same as 3d Hesperian.
+
hog
n.
A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
+
hempen
a.
Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
+
horseback
n.
The back of a horse.
+
hagtaper
n.
The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
+
hegemonical
a.
Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant.
+
harnessed
imp.|p.p.
of Harness
+
helm
n.
The place or office of direction or administration.
+
heart
n.
Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
+
has

of Have
+
hesitation
n.
A faltering in speech; stammering.
+
harden
v.i.
To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.
+
hand
n.
That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
+
humbug
v.t.
To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
+
hagiology
n.
The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.
+
habituate
v.t.
To settle as an inhabitant.
+
henxman
n.
Henchman.
+
hinge
n.
That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
+
hyperbolist
n.
One who uses hyperboles.
+
haloid
n.
A haloid substance.
+
houndstongue
n.
A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.
+
hobbism
n.
The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.
+
hay
v.i.
To lay snares for rabbits.
+
haemato
prefix.
See Haema-.
+
hang
v.i.
To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.
+
harumscarum
v.t.
Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.
+
harrow
n.
To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
+
hepatization
n.
Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.
+
hatch
n.
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
+
hele
n.
Health; welfare.
+
hyperdulia
n.
Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia.
+
hatless
a.
Having no hat.
+
hiss
v.i.
To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
+
hamadryad
n.
A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
+
humblehead
n.
Humble condition or estate; humility.
+
hebdomadary
a.
Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.
+
histography
n.
A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
+
herborough
n.
A harbor.
+
heteropod
a.
Heteropodous.
+
hoodman
n.
The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.
+
haberdasher
n.
A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.
+
horologer
n.
A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.
+
head
suffix.
A variant of -hood.
+
hydramine
n.
One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines.
+
hypo
n.
Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture.
+
hoper
n.
One who hopes.
+
hermaphrodism
n.
See Hermaphroditism.
+
helioscope
n.
A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light.
+
hiccius doctius

A juggler.
+
hydrogen
n.
A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights, and also of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. Atomic weight 1.
+
hemicardia
n.
A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left.
+
hardness
n.
The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
+
hurdle
v.t.
To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
+
hellenist
n.
One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.
+
honor
n.
To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.
+
hypochondriac
n.
A person affected with hypochondriasis.
+
homophonic
a.
Alt. of Homophonous
+
hematosis
n.
The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis.
+
harrier
n.
One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
+
harness
v.t.
To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.
+
hedging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hedge
+
hery
v.t.
To worship; to glorify; to praise.
+
honeyware
n.
See Badderlocks.
+
hemitropous
a.
Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.
+
haunt
v.t.
To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
+
had
imp.|p.p.
of Have
+
hibernaculum
n.
A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.
+
huff
n.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
+
himyaric
a.
Alt. of Himyaritic
+
hemuse
n.
The roebuck in its third year.
+
handed
a.
Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
+
hunt
v.t.
To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
+
heliac
a.
Heliacal.
+
hellbred
a.
Produced in hell.
+
hollander
n.
A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker.
+
humored
imp.|p.p.
of Humor
+
hexoctahedron
n.
A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.
+
hugger
v.t.|i.
To conceal; to lurk ambush.
+
helvetian
a.
Same as Helvetic.
+
halloo
v.t.
To call or shout to; to hail.
+
hindoos
pl.
of Hindu
+
hemimetabolic
a.
Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.
+
hazard
n.
A game of chance played with dice.
+
humming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hum
+
haircloth
n.
Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
+
homoplasmy
n.
Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.
+
hamesecken
n.
Alt. of Hamesucken
+
highering
a.
Rising higher; ascending.
+
halo
n.
An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
+
hyposulphite
n.
A salt of what was formerly called hyposulphurous acid; a thiosulphate.
+
hematite
n.
An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.
+
hippocratic
a.
Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
+
hulk
n.
A heavy ship of clumsy build.
+
hangeron
n.
One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted.
+
half blood
n.
A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.
+
head gear
n.
Alt. of Headgear
+
hostless
a.
Inhospitable.
+
harangueful
a.
Full of harangue.
+
hate
n.
To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
+
heteronymous
a.
Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations.
+
hautboyist
n.
A player on the hautboy.
+
hepatocystic
a.
Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.
+
hesitant
a.
Unready in speech.
+
hairbrush
n.
A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
+
hersal
n.
Rehearsal.
+
hippodrome
n.
An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.
+
hals
n.
The neck or throat.
+
holding
n.
That which holds, binds, or influences.
+
hodman
n.
A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.
+
help
v.t.
A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
+
hawkey
n.
See Hockey.
+
hydra
n.
A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
+
hoiden
a.
Rustic; rude; bold.
+
hemiprotein
n.
An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
+
handy
superl.
Performed by the hand.
+
holm
n.
Low, flat land.
+
honeysuckle
n.
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
+
highwayman
n.
One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
+
hypoarion
n.
An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.
+
hyperphysical
a.
Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural.
+
haemapophysis
n.
Same as Hemapophysis.
+
hyperbolism
n.
The use of hyperbole.
+
healthful
a.
Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
+
holiness
n.
The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.
+
horizon
n.
The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.
+
hornbook
n.
The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer.
+
hardfavored
a.
Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.
+
halberd
n.
An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.
+
hymenopterous
a.
Like, or characteristic of, the Hymenoptera; pertaining to the Hymenoptera.
+
haricot
n.
The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.
+
heartrobbing
a.
Depriving of thought; ecstatic.
+
huntsup
n.
A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call.
+
heapy
a.
Lying in heaps.
+
hag
n.
An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.
+
hoten

of Hight
+
hypnotism
n.
A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body.
+
humanize
v.t.
To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
+
hurtle
v.t.
To push; to jostle; to hurl.
+
heavy
superl.
Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
+
hyperpyrexia
n.
A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.
+
heliopora
n.
An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.
+
hotheaded
a.
Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
+
hypogeous
a.
Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground.
+
haslet
n.
The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.
+
hypercritical
a.
Excessively nice or exact.
+
hip
n.
The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
+
heriotable
a.
Subject to the payment of a heriot.
+
happily
adv.
By chance; peradventure; haply.
+
heft

of Heft
+
homodynamous
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.
+
holt
n.
A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.
+
haw
v.i.
To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee.
+
havoc
v.t.
To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
+
haematoxylon
n.
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.
+
homelyn
n.
The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
+
hypaspist
n.
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer.
+
haybird
n.
The European spotted flycatcher.
+
harbored
imp.|p.p.
of Harbor
+
hunt
n.
A district of country hunted over.
+
highfaluting
n.
High-flown, bombastic language.
+
harpagon
n.
A grappling iron.
+
hammer
n.
Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer
+
hibernicism
n.
Alt. of Hibernianism
+
height
n.
Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
+
horsetail
n.
A Turkish standard, denoting rank.
+
heave offering

An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering.
+
hasp
v.t.
To shut or fasten with a hasp.
+
hazelnut
n.
The nut of the hazel.
+
helix
n.
A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.
+
hoppling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hopple
+
hybodont
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones.
+
hostessship
n.
The character, personality, or office of a hostess.
+
have
indic.present
of Have
+
homostyled
a.
Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants.
+
hunched
imp.|p.p.
of Hunch
+
hostilize
v.t.
To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
+
hovel
n.
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
+
hygrostatics
n.
The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture.
+
herehence
adv.
From hence.
+
heresy
n.
Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.
+
halfcocked
imp.|p.p.
of Halfcock
+
hexastyle
n.
A hexastyle portico or temple.
+
herald
v.t.
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
+
hurled
imp.|p.p.
of Hurl
+
hazle
v.t.
To make dry; to dry.
+
humoralism
n.
The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism.
+
height
n.
The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.
+
heeler
n.
A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
+
honorific
a.
Conferring honor; tending to honor.
+
hijra
n.
See Hegira.
+
honeydew
n.
A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.
+
hijera
n.
Alt. of Hijra
+
hemipteran
n.
One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.
+
hypethral
a.
Exposed to the air; wanting a roof; -- applied to a building or part of a building.
+
home
adv.
Close; closely.
+
hydrometrograph
n.
An instrument for determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time.
+
heel
n.
The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
+
handbill
n.
A pruning hook.
+
hepatic
a.
Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
+
housing
n.
An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
+
headmold shot

Alt. of Headmould shot
+
hemitropal
a.
Alt. of Hemitropous
+
husband
n.
One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.
+
habnab
adv.
By chance.
+
halfcocking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Halfcock
+
hippurite
n.
A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.
+
hypostasis
n.
That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
+
highflier
n.
One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.
+
hektare
n.
Alt. of Hektometer
+
hexametric
a.
Alt. of Hexametrical
+
husky
a.
Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
+
horsewhip
v.t.
To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.
+
habitation
n.
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
+
heraud
n.
A herald.
+
hydrotellurate
n.
A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base.
+
homophony
n.
Sameness of sound.
+
helminthiasis
n.
A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
+
hinderling
a.
A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal.
+
hyporhachis
n.
The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.
+
hebdomadary
n.
A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
+
histories
pl.
of History
+
heathendom
n.
That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.
+
harmless
a.
Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
+
hawking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hawk
+
hypsometer
n.
An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.
+
hug
n.
A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.
+
hood
n.
A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
+
hyperdicrotous
a.
Hyperdicrotic.
+
harvestman
n.
A man engaged in harvesting.
+
hypochondriacism
n.
Hypochondriasis.
+
hap
v.t.
To clothe; to wrap.
+
hound
v.t.
To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
+
hang
v.i.
To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
+
holidam
n.
See Halidom.
+
haemadynameter

Alt. of Haemadynamometer
+
hectoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hector
+
hydrofluoric
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine; fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid.
+
hammerhead
n.
An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.
+
hatch
v.t.
To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy.
+
henroost
n.
A place where hens roost.
+
hipparion
n.
An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.
+
how
adv.
By what name, designation, or title.
+
holohemihedral
a.
Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes.
+
humanify
v.t.
To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate.
+
hyaline
n.
The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
+
homodynamic
a.
Homodynamous.
+
hog
n.
A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
+
henchman
n.
An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
+
hurry
v.t.
To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
+
herald
n.
Any messenger.
+
hypersthene
n.
An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.
+
hour
n.
Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
+
halteres
n.pl.
Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
+
harming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harm
+
homomallous
a.
Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
+
heeltap
v.t.
To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)
+
hyoganoidei
n.pl.
A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins.
+
honesty
a.
Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
+
hulver
n.
Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.
+
hunt
n.
An association of huntsmen.
+
honest
a.
Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
+
historiographership
n.
The office of an historiographer.
+
hadrosaurus
n.
An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
+
hippocrates
n.
A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
+
haematogenesis
n.
The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.
+
history
n.
A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
+
hank
n.
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
+
hunger
n.
To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
+
hand
n.
The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
+
hymning
a.
Praising with hymns; singing.
+
hendy
a.
See Hende.
+
homocentric
a.
Having the same center.
+
hand
n.
A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
+
hermes
n.
See Mercury.
+
hobble
n.
An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
+
heliocentric
a.
Alt. of Heliocentrical
+
hurried
imp.|p.p.
of Hurry
+
men
pl.
of Henchman
+
hulch
n.
A hunch.
+
hawked
imp.|p.p.
of Hawk
+
hermaphroditism
n.
The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.
+
hand
v.t.
To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
+
hodgepodge
n.
A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.
+
hypocrisy
n.
The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.
+
hiss
v.t.
To utter with a hissing sound.
+
hydriodic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; -- said of an acid produced by the combination of these elements.
+
hostile
n.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
+
heck
n.
A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
+
hammercloth
n.
The cloth which covers a coach box.
+
hoarsely
adv.
With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
+
hindering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hinder
+
hall
n.
The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
+
hob
n.
The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
+
habited
p.p.|a.
Inhabited.
+
hepatopancreas
n.
A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
+
hay
n.
A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.
+
hudsonian
a.
Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.
+
hesperides
n.pl.
The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
+
hypothecator
n.
One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
+
hemialbumose
n.
An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
+
heterogamous
a.
Characterized by heterogamy.
+
hoariness
n.
The state of being hoary.
+
hearted
a.
Shaped like a heart; cordate.
+
hurrah
v.i.
To utter hurrahs; to huzza.
+
halfandhalf
n.
A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
+
hold
v.t.
To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
+
homodromous
a.
Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
+
hornwort
n.
An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.
+
hovel
n.
A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
+
hierology
n.
A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.
+
hang
v.i.
To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
+
hatchway
n.
A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.
+
humiliated
imp.|p.p.
of Humiliate
+
hotspurred
a.
Violent; impetuous; headstrong.
+
halloysite
n.
A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.
+
hand
n.
Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
+
height
n.
Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.
+
haggard
a.
A hag.
+
hereon
adv.
On or upon this; hereupon.
+
hydrometrical
a.
Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations.
+
huntsman
n.
The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds.
+
housekeeping
a.
Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.
+
helve
n.
The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
+
herbarist
n.
A herbalist.
+
haw
n.
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.
+
hanged
imp.|p.p.
of Hang
+
hazarded
imp.|p.p.
of Hazard
+
helm
v.t.
To steer; to guide; to direct.
+
hatter
n.
One who makes or sells hats.
+
homacanth
a.
Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.
+
healed
imp.|p.p.
of Heal
+
horde
n.
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
+
house
n.
A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
+
herakline
n.
A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.
+
handsomely
adv.
Carefully; in shipshape style.
+
huswife
n.
A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.
+
heptachord
n.
A lyre with seven chords.
+
hark
v.i.
To listen; to hearken.
+
homologize
v.t.
To determine the homologies or structural relations of.
+
herne
n.
A corner.
+
hub
n.
The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
+
haemorrhoidal
a.
Same as Hemorrhoidal.
+
hirer
n.
One who hires.
+
hammer
n.
That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
+
halichondriae
n.pl.
An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.
+
heighten
v.t.
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
+
haloid
a.
Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.
+
house
n.
A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.
+
harmonious
a.
Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.
+
hastily
adv.
In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
+
hirsute
a.
Rough and coarse; boorish.
+
haft
n.
A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.
+
humanitarianism
n.
The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.
+
histoid
a.
Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.
+
hearing
n.
Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.
+
hydrological
a.
Of or pertaining to hydrology.
+
halffish
n.
A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
+
hang
v.i.
To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.
+
homiletic
a.
Alt. of Homiletical
+
hayrake
n.
A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
+
heterogenetic
a.
Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations.
+
hosiery
n.
The business of a hosier.
+
hypogea
pl.
of Hypogeum
+
halma
n.
The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.
+
hitch
n.
A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
+
hifalutin
n.
See Highfaluting.
+
hamous

Having the end hooked or curved.
+
house
n.
A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.
+
hotpressed
a.
Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
+
highly
adv.
In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
+
handsome
superl.
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
+
hinny
n.
A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.
+
hemisection
n.
A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.
+
hell
v.t.
A place where outcast persons or things are gathered
+
hastated
n.
Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
+
hackneys
pl.
of Hackney
+
hereby
adv.
Close by; very near.
+
hank
n.
A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
+
hushed
imp.|p.p.
of Hush
+
hold
v.t.
To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
+
heartsome
a.
Merry; cheerful; lively.
+
hazel
a.
Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
+
hackney
v.t.
To carry in a hackney coach.
+
headgear
n.
Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
+
hyperorthodoxy
n.
Orthodoxy pushed to excess.
+
hydrolytic
a.
Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.
+
heterarchy
n.
The government of an alien.
+
haint

A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't.
+
hesperidin
n.
A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
+
hematophilia
n.
A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.
+
hisingerite
n.
A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
+
histogenetic
a.
Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
+
hasp
n.
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
+
halfstrained
a.
Half-bred; imperfect.
+
helm
n.
One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
+
hircinous
a.
Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.
+
holo

A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.
+
herd
v.t.
To form or put into a herd.
+
hypocleidium
n.
A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.
+
hematology
n.
The science which treats of the blood.
+
howlet
n.
An owl; an owlet.
+
hymeneal
n.
Alt. of Hymenean
+
hypernoea
n.
Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See Eupnoea, and Dispnoea.
+
huisher
n.
See Usher.
+
hood
n.
A covering for a mortar.
+
homoeomorphism
n.
A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.
+
heavy
superl.
Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
+
handcart
n.
A cart drawn or pushed by hand.
+
hardhanded
a.
Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
+
hound
n.
A despicable person.
+
holily
adv.
Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.
+
heat
n.
A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.
+
huswife
n.
A case for sewing materials. See Housewife.
+
helamys
n.
See Jumping hare, under Hare.
+
horn
n.
The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
+
hyperkinetic
a.
Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.
+
hypoderma
n.
A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
+
hug
v.i.
To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
+
herbiferous
a.
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
+
hop
v.i.
To dance.
+
hackbuss
n.
Same as Hagbut.
+
heady
a.
Violent; impetuous.
+
headsail
n.
Any sail set forward of the foremast.
+
help
v.t.
To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
+
humorism
n.
The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.
+
humbug
n.
A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
+
homothermous
a.
Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; haematothermal.
+
heap
n.
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
+
hardvisaged
a.
Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured.
+
hussar
n.
Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
+
heel
v.t.
To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
+
highbuilt
a.
Of lofty structure; tall.
+
horography
n.
The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.
+
hyacinthian
a.
Hyacinthine.
+
hypozoic
a.
Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains.
+
hooped
imp.|p.p.
of Hoop
+
hurry
v.t.
To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
+
hydroextractor
n.
An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal.
+
hemoothorax
n.
An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
+
home
adv.
To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
+
heap
v.t.
To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
+
hazeless
a.
Destitute of haze.
+
hub
n.
The hilt of a weapon.
+
hagiographer
n.
One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
+
hepatica
n.
A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
+
hinny
v.i.
To neigh; to whinny.
+
haggle
v.i.
To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
+
horsejockey
n.
A trainer and dealer in horses.
+
hagging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hag
+
head
n.
The antlers of a deer.
+
hoared
a.
Moldy; musty.
+
however
conj.
Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it.
+
here
adv.
To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.
+
headnote
n.
A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.
+
huckaback
n.
A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.
+
heralding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Herald
+
hardware
n.
Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.
+
hypohyal
n.
One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages.
+
hardhead
n.
Clash or collision of heads in contest.
+
hellgamite
n.
Alt. of Hellgramite
+
hydantoic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. See Glycoluric.
+
hydrothorax
n.
An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.
+
hummeler
n.
One who, or a machine which, hummels.
+
hedge
v.t.
To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
+
havana
a.
Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar
+
hygiology
n.
A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health.
+
huckleberry
n.
The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.
+
hackling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hackle
+
hectostere
n.
A measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.
+
harpooner
n.
One who throws the harpoon.
+
homocercal
a.
Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
+
hero
n.
The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the Aeneid.
+
holiday
n.
A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
+
homologated
imp.|p.p.
of Homologate
+
heartwhole
a.
With unbroken courage; undismayed.
+
highflying
a.
Extravagant in opinions or ambition.
+
hairy
a.
Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
+
hurrying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hurry
+
hoop
n.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
+
hour
n.
The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
+
him
pron.
The objective case of he. See He.
+
hibiscus
n.
A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.
+
hypermeter
n.
Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.
+
harvested
imp.|p.p.
of Harvest
+
herschelian
a.
Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope.
+
hawked
a.
Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
+
hendiadys
n.
A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.
+
hewed
p.p.
of Hew
+
hereditably
adv.
By inheritance.
+
herpetotomy
n.
The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
+
hesper
n.
The evening; Hesperus.
+
halesia
n.
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
+
host
n.
Any great number or multitude; a throng.
+
hoodmanblind
n.
An old term for blindman's buff.
+
hexylic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.
+
hough
n.
The popliteal space; the ham.
+
hide
n.
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
+
her
pron.pl.
Alt. of Here
+
hagiologist
n.
One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
+
hetarism
n.
A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common.
+
hyemation
n.
The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.
+
holmos
n.
A name given to a vase having a rounded body
+
hearty
superl.
Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
+
heptine
n.
Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
+
hyphae
n.pl.
The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed.  They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.
+
homeopathically
adv.
According to the practice of homeopathy.
+
housing
n.
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
+
helminthology
n.
The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
+
haemotachometer
n.
Same as Haematachometer.
+
half
a.
Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
+
heuristic
a.
Serving to discover or find out.
+
halter
v.t.
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.
+
hornpipe
n.
A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
+
hindrance
v.t.
The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
+
hirsute
a.
Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
+
historian
n.
One versed or well informed in history.
+
housewright
n.
A builder of houses.
+
hermit
n.
A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
+
horse
v.i.
To get on horseback.
+
hearer
n.
One who hears; an auditor.
+
hither
adv.
To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.
+
hobbledehoy
n.
Alt. of Hobbletehoy
+
hinder
a.
To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
+
harmonize
v.i.
To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.
+
hemispheroidal
a.
Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.
+
halt
v.i.
To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
+
homoeopathic
n.
Alt. of Homoeopathy
+
higgledypiggledy
adv.
In confusion; topsy-turvy.
+
halve
n.
A half.
+
herl
n.
Same as Harl, 2.
+
heliographic
a.
Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography.
+
housewifely
a.
Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.
+
hornito
n.
A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit.
+
hydrophyte
n.
An aquatic plant; an alga.
+
hieroglyphist
n.
One versed in hieroglyphics.
+
heathen
a.
Irreligious; scoffing.
+
homocercy
n.
The possession of a homocercal tail.
+
hawserlaid
a.
Made in the manner of a hawser.  Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.
+
hooper
n.
The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.
+
halloo
n.
An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
+
hire
n.
The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.
+
handy
superl.
Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
+
hound
n.
A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
+
headpiece
n.
Head.
+
hawker
v.i.
To sell goods by outcry in the street.
+
heteroousian
a.
Having different essential qualities; of a different nature.
+
heavy spar

Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.
+
highgo
n.
A spree; a revel.
+
hydr

A combining form from Gr. /, /, water (see Hydra).
+
host
n.
An army; a number of men gathered for war.
+
haemochromogen
n.
A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.
+
hawker
n.
One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
+
houselessness
n.
The state of being houseless.
+
heliotropism
n.
The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
+
hammerkop
n.
A bird of the Heron family; the umber.
+
heptangular
a.
Having seven angles.
+
homogamous
a.
Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
+
hydrorhiza
n.
The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea.
+
hepatical
a.
Hepatic.
+
hoist
v.t.
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
+
hoary
a.
White or whitish.
+
hexahedra
pl.
of Hexahedron
+
hod
n.
A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.
+
haikal
n.
The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.
+
heteroplasm
n.
An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition.
+
howadji
n.
A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.
+
historiography
n.
The art of employment of an historiographer.
+
hag
n.
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
+
hippobosca
n.
A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
+
hercogamous
a.
Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
+
hernshaw
n.
Heronshaw.
+
hydronephrosis
n.
An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.
+
hexapod
n.
An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
+
hederal
a.
Of or pertaining to ivy.
+
higgled
imp.|p.p.
of Higgle
+
hanging
n.
Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
+
hitch
n.
The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
+
hobnail
n.
A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
+
hie
n.
Haste; diligence.
+
hell
v.t.
A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
+
hosting
n.
An encounter; a battle.
+
hurricano
n.
A waterspout; a hurricane.
+
hearten
v.t.
To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
+
halomancy
n.
See Alomancy.
+
hearken
v.t.
To hear by listening.
+
hyposternums
pl.
of Hyposternum
+
heteracanth
a.
Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
+
haemodromograph
n.
Same as Haemadromograph.
+
hurtle
v.t.
To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
+
haltered
imp.|p.p.
of Halter
+
helvetic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.
+
homoiousian
a.
Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.
+
homage
n.
A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.
+
hemstitch
v.t.
To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
+
henfish
n.
A young bib. See Bib, n., 2.
+
help
v.t.
To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
+
historically
adv.
In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
+
hardbake
n.
A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc.
+
heaven
n.
The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense.
+
hailshot
n.pl.
Small shot which scatter like hailstones.
+
hyperopia
n.
Hypermetropia.
+
hypermetropia
n.
Alt. of Hypermetropy
+
husky
n.
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
+
hawser
n.
A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
+
hydrosulphuric
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as, hydrosulphuric acid, a designation applied to the solution of hydrogen sulphide in water.
+
hybridizable
a.
Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock.
+
houyhnhnm
n.
One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.
+
hyenas
pl.
of Hyena
+
hemerobid
a.
Of relating to the hemerobians.
+
historical
a.
Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.
+
hymenogeny
n.
The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.
+
hereford
n.
One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.
+
hatte
pres.|imp.
of Hote
+
hellbrewed
a.
Prepared in hell.
+
humanitian
n.
A humanist.
+
halfcaste
n.
One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.
+
harlequin
n.i.
To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
+
handy
superl.
Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.
+
halation
n.
An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.
+
hearthstone
n.
Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.
+
hypochondriacal
a.
Same as Hypochondriac, 2.
+
highblown
a.
Inflated, as with conceit.
+
hatchel
n.
To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.
+
head
n.
The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.
+
hippocamp
n.
See Hippocampus.
+
hospital
n.
A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.
+
hibernated
imp.|p.p.
of Hibernate
+
hypsiloid
a.
Resembling the Greek letter / in form; hyoid.
+
helping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Help
+
humble
superl.
Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.
+
huff
v.i.
To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
+
hyblaean
a.
Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for its bees.
+
highmettled
a.
Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
+
hatcher
n.
One who contrives or originates; a plotter.
+
hall
n.
A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
+
haberdasher
n.
A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
+
horsedrench
n.
A dose of physic for a horse.
+
horrific
a.
Causing horror; frightful.
+
hauerite
n.
Native sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.
+
hakim
n.
A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan.
+
hieronymite
n.
See Jeronymite.
+
hydrography
n.
That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.
+
hefty
a.
Moderately heavy.
+
harassment
n.
The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
+
harbor
v.i.
To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.
+
honeymoon
n.
The first month after marriage.
+
hopeless
a.
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
+
haunting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Haunt
+
hearse
n.
A hind in the year of its age.
+
hydropical
a.
Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
+
hid

imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.
+
hamadryas
n.
The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
+
haematoplastic
a.
Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.
+
halter
n.
A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
+
hearken
v.t.
To give heed to; to hear attentively.
+
haul
n.
A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
+
hydrobranchiata
n.pl.
An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera.
+
hygiene
n.
That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.
+
headroom
n.
See Headway, 2.
+
hereafter
n.
A future existence or state.
+
hatbox
n.
A box for a hat.
+
harlequinade
n.
A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.
+
hypostatical
a.
Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.
+
heterocarpism
n.
The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpaea, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
+
helmet
n.
That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
+
haemin
n.
Same as Hemin.
+
hay
n.
Grass cut and cured for fodder.
+
hearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hear
+
hinge
v.t.
To bend.
+
hygienic
a.
Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.
+
hiccoughed
imp.|p.p.
of Hiccough
+
hostler
n.
The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.
+
hatchel
n.
To tease; to worry; to torment.
+
hook
v.t.
To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
+
herdgroom
n.
A herdsman.
+
host
n.
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
+
head
n.
A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.
+
homographic
a.
Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
+
hurtle
v.t.
To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
+
havanese
a.
Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.
+
heptachord
n.
A system of seven sounds.
+
holding
n.
The burden or chorus of a song.
+
hydrothecae
pl.
of Hydrotheca
+
hierological
a.
Pertaining to hierology.
+
hide
n.
A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
+
hydrencephsloid
a.
Same as Hydrocephaloid.
+
hypochondria
pl.
of Hypochondrium
+
hempen
a.
Like hemp.
+
haematachometry
n.
The measurement of the velocity of the blood.
+
hilary term

Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.
+
hook
v.i.
To bend; to curve as a hook.
+
heptane
n.
Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.
+
house
v.t.
To admit to residence; to harbor.
+
huffer
n.
A bully; a blusterer.
+
hirsuteness
n.
Hairiness.
+
harten
v.t.
To hearten; to encourage; to incite.
+
hermetically
adv.
In an hermetical manner; chemically.
+
housemaid
n.
A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.
+
hyoidean
a.
Same as Hyoid, a.
+
hitch
v.t.
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
+
herald
n.
An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
+
haulm
n.
A part of a harness; a hame.
+
hert
n.
A hart.
+
hot blast

See under Blast.
+
helminthite
n.
One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.
+
hautpas
n.
A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.
+
hem
n.
The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
+
heave
v.t.
To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
+
harlot
a.
Wanton; lewd; low; base.
+
hornyhead
n.
Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.
+
how
adv.
To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.
+
housel
n.
The eucharist.
+
hackney
n.
A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
+
honor
n.
Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
+
hexylene
n.
A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.
+
holpen

imp. & p. p. of Help.
+
hydrographer
n.
One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters.
+
hypothecated
imp.|p.p.
of Hypothecate
+
haver
n.
A possessor; a holder.
+
hypochondriac
a.
Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
+
hebetation
n.
The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.
+
heteroclitic
a.
Alt. of Heteroclitical
+
haven
v.t.
To shelter, as in a haven.
+
hoppestere
a.
An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing,"  "warlike."
+
heartburned
a.
Having heartburn.
+
hold
n.i.
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
+
half blood

The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.
+
head
n.
The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.
+
hidden
p.p.|a.
from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.
+
hamite
n.
A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.
+
hemathermal
a.
Warm-blooded; hematothermal.
+
hitch
n.
A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
+
hearselike
a.
Suitable to a funeral.
+
hollyhock
n.
A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
+
harehearted
a.
Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
+
habilimented
a.
Clothed. Taylor (1630).
+
hirudinea
n.pl.
An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.
+
heir
n.
One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
+
horn
n.
A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape.
+
hatchment
n.
A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement.
+
hereabouts
adv.
Concerning this.
+
holder
n.
One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
+
halfendeal
adv.
Half; by the part.
+
hebe
n.
The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.
+
humite
n.
A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.
+
hamel
v.t.
Same as Hamele.
+
hexapod
a.
Having six feet.
+
homogeneal
a.
Homogeneous.
+
helmet
n.
The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
+
hawkeyed
a.
Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
+
heteropod
n.
One of the Heteropoda.
+
handmaiden
n.
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
+
heartrobbing
a.
Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
+
hydrozoa
pl.
of Hydrozoon
+
halyard
v.t.
A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.
+
heterotopy
n.
A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
+
hardy
a.
Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
+
huckster
n.
A mean, trickish fellow.
+
housel
v.t.
To administer the eucharist to.
+
homonym
n.
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
+
hash
n.
That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
+
harbinger
v.t.
To usher in; to be a harbinger of.
+
hair grass

A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.
+
hawkbill
n.
A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
+
hosannas
pl.
of Hosanna
+
hardly
adv.
Certainly; surely; indeed.
+
haketon
n.
Same as Acton.
+
holystone
v.t.
To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
+
honorary
a.
Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree.
+
hermae
pl.
of Herma
+
halo
n.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
+
hardness
n.
The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.
+
headless
a.
Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
+
hydrated
imp.|p.p.
of Hydrate
+
hyperoxymuriate
n.
A perchlorate.
+
heremitical
a.
Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.
+
headtire
n.
The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
+
hilted
a.
Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.
+
hoarder
n.
One who hoards.
+
homodermic
a.
Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.
+
heugh
n.
A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.
+
hope
n.
A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
+
hagbutter
n.
A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
+
huzza
n.
A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.
+
hylotheism
n.
The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism.
+
happening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Happen
+
hilding
n.
A base, menial wretch.
+
heterogeneity
n.
The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
+
hollands
n.
See Holland.
+
headborrow
n.
The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder.
+
hermeneutical
a.
Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
+
hocuspocus
n.
A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.
+
helve
n.
A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
+
how
adv.
In what manner or way; by what means or process.
+
hoop
v.i.
To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
+
hemaphaein
n.
Same as Haemaphaein.
+
hurling
n.
The act of throwing with force.
+
homeless
a.
Destitute of a home.
+
hodiern
a.
Alt. of Hodiernal
+
hemisphere
n.
A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.
+
humanity
n.
The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
+
hutch
n.
A measure of two Winchester bushels.
+
husking
n.
A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also
+
hires
pron.
Alt. of Hirs
+
hardfavoredness
n.
Coarseness of features.
+
hood
n.
Anything resembling a hood in form or use
+
hyperboloid
a.
Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.
+
housemate
n.
One who dwells in the same house with another.
+
hierography
n.
Sacred writing.
+
hetchel
v.t.
Same as Hatchel.
+
hexadactylous
a.
Having six fingers or toes.
+
halfbreed
n.
A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.
+
hebdomatical
a.
Weekly; hebdomadal.
+
hazy
n.
Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.
+
hurryingly
adv.
In a hurrying manner.
+
halffaced
a.
Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
+
haemony
n.
A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."
+
head
v.i.
To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?
+
highth
n.
Variant of Height.
+
hungry
superl.
Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
+
heathenize
v.t.
To render heathen or heathenish.
+
haze
v.t.
To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
+
hayfork
n.
A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
+
hum
v.i.
To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.
+
henhouses
pl.
of Henhouse
+
hors de combat

Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
+
hyperbaton
n.
A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."
+
highmen
n.pl.
Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.
+
hindgut
n.
The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.
+
huckleberry
n.
The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa.
+
highlander
n.
An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.
+
hummer
n.
One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.
+
holocephali
n.pl.
An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimaeras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimaera; also Illustration in Appendix.
+
harping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harp
+
hutched
imp.|p.p.
of Hutch
+
heterosporic
a.
Alt. of Heterosporous
+
heterogangliate
a.
Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of certain invertebrate animals.
+
harangue
n.
A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
+
himself
pron.pl.
Alt. of Himselven
+
heave
v.t.
To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
+
homestead
n.
The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
+
haematoporphyrin
n.
See Haematoin.
+
hindooism
n.
Alt. of Hinduism
+
hyoid
n.
The hyoid bone.
+
habit
n.
Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.
+
histolytic
a.
Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.
+
hearken
v.i.
To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.
+
highfed
a.
Pampered; fed luxuriously.
+
hanker
v.i.
To linger in expectation or with desire.
+
hamadryad
n.
A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
+
hellhound
n.
A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
+
hydrometallurgy
n.
The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.
+
hailfellow
n.
An intimate companion.
+
horn
n.
A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
+
hepatization
n.
Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
+
horseflies
pl.
of Horsefly
+
homonymous
a.
Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.
+
hit
n.
A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
+
harmonic
a.
Alt. of Harmonical
+
handsomeness
n.
The quality of being handsome.
+
homotaxic
a.
Relating to homotaxis.
+
hardily
adv.
Same as Hardly.
+
hurl
n.
The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
+
hackamore
n.
A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.
+
hyleosaur
n.
Same as Hylaeosaur.
+
hebdomad
n.
A week; a period of seven days.
+
hylobate
n.
Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.
+
hornotine
n.
A yearling; a bird of the year.
+
herbwoman
n.
A woman that sells herbs.
+
hydras
pl.
of Hydra
+
harberous
a.
Harborous.
+
hast

of Have
+
help
v.t.
To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
+
hypocaust
n.
A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.
+
headquarters
n.sing.
The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.
+
halled
imp.|p.p.
of Hail
+
homologating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Homologate
+
hillock
n.
A small hill.
+
hemoptysis
n.
The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
+
heart
n.
Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
+
hellenistical
a.
Pertaining to the Hellenists.
+
hepatitis
n.
Inflammation of the liver.
+
horometry
n.
The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
+
heelpost
n.
The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
+
heft
n.
The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled.
+
hearken
v.i.
To inquire; to seek information.
+
heft
v.t.
To heave up; to raise aloft.
+
hepatorenal
a.
Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
+
hydage
n.
A land tax. See Hidage.
+
humanist
n.
One versed in knowledge of human nature.
+
hardspun
a.
Firmly twisted in spinning.
+
halleluiah
n.|interj.
Alt. of Hallelujah
+
honeyless
a.
Destitute of honey.
+
heatingly
adv.
In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated.
+
heresies
pl.
of Heresy
+
herte
n.
A heart.
+
husband
n.
A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.
+
hairbrown
a.
Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
+
hariali grass

The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.
+
hay
n.
A hedge.
+
hiss
n.
The noise made by a serpent.
+
hedge
v.t.
To surround so as to prevent escape.
+
heteromorphy
n.
The state or quality of being heteromorphic.
+
hatcheler
n.
One who uses a hatchel.
+
haematogenesis
n.
The origin and development of blood.
+
hard
superl.
Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
+
hallow
v.t.
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
+
hazily
adv.
In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.
+
heteromerous
a.
With the parts not corresponding in number.
+
hauteur
n.
Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
+
hydragogue
a.
Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
+
hit

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
+
hardhead
n.
A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).
+
hoof
n.
See Ungula.
+
hock
n.
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
+
heterotopism
n.
Alt. of Heterotopy
+
hough
n.
Same as Hock, a joint.
+
hourly
adv.
Every hour; frequently; continually.
+
helmeted
a.
Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.
+
hornbug
n.
A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.
+
housing
n.
A houseline. See Houseline.
+
hereditable
a.
Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
+
hammerhead
n.
A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
+
heliotrope
n.
A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
+
hyppogriff
n.
See Hyppogriff.
+
haemadynamometer

Same as Hemadynamometer.
+
heterogenous
a.
Of or pertaining to heterogenesis; heterogenetic.
+
hid
imp.
of Hide
+
henrys
pl.
of Henry
+
hylozoic
a.
Of or pertaining to hylozoism.
+
horn
n.
A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
+
hizz
v.i.
To hiss.
+
howsoever
adj.|conj.
In what manner soever; to whatever degree or extent; however.
+
honorable
a.
High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
+
hexateuch
n.
The first six books of the Old Testament.
+
hardmouthed
a.
Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.
+
hand
n.
Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
+
halfclammed
a.
Half-filled.
+
herdswoman
n.
A woman who tends a herd.
+
hellenistic
a.
Alt. of Hellenistical
+
humanitarian
a.
Benevolent; philanthropic.
+
heat
v.i.
To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.
+
hub
n.
A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
+
hydrozoal
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.
+
hymnologist
n.
A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
+
highness
n.
The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.
+
honeycomb
n.
Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.
+
humicubation
n.
The act or practice of lying on the ground.
+
honor
n.
Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.
+
haemadynamics
n.
Same as Hemadynamics.
+
house
v.t.
To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
+
homager
n.
One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal.
+
hosiery
n.
Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
+
hider
n.
One who hides or conceals.
+
hand
n.
Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
+
hotfoot
adv.
In haste; foothot.
+
heteropelmous
a.
Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append.
+
historial
a.
Historical.
+
hill
v.t.
To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
+
hygrometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere.
+
hope
v.t.
To expect; to fear.
+
herby
a.
Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage.
+
hexaphyllous
a.
Having six leaves or leaflets.
+
hymnic
a.
Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics.
+
hang
v.i.
To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
+
hummel
a.
Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow.
+
holostomatous
a.
Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.
+
hither
a.
Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.
+
heterostylism
n.
The condition of being heterostyled.
+
haemocytometer
n.
See Haemacytometer.
+
habergeon
n.
Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.
+
highhanded
a.
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
+
hidden
p.p.
of Hide
+
hematinometric
a.
Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.
+
hiermartyr
n.
A priest who becomes a martyr.
+
hungry
superl.
Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
+
handsel
n.
To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
+
hunter
n.
A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
+
handseling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Handsel
+
hyalography
n.
Art of writing or engraving on glass.
+
hallowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hallow
+
herbal
a.
Of or pertaining to herbs.
+
hemselven
pron.
Themselves; -- used reflexively.
+
heterogonous
a.
Characterized by heterogony.
+
hood
n.
A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
+
hookedness
n.
The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
+
humanization
n.
The act of humanizing.
+
hood
n.
An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
+
haver
n.
The oat; oats.
+
higgle
v.i.
To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
+
hem
interj.
An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
+
handle
v.t.
To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
+
hern
n.
A heron; esp., the common European heron.
+
honey
v.t.
To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
+
handle
n.
That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
+
headpiece
n.
An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
+
harpa
n.
A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.
+
hubbub
v.i.
A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
+
homage
n.
Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection.
+
hydrocephalus
n.
An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously.
+
honorable
a.
Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
+
hurlbone
n.
See Whirlbone.
+
hippocampus
n.
A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
+
hum
n.
A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
+
headway
n.
The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
+
henfish
n.
A marine fish; the sea bream.
+
harrow
n.
An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
+
hooted
imp.|p.p.
of Hoot
+
hack
v.i.
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
+
horseback
n.
An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition.
+
headed
imp.|p.p.
of Head
+
hard
adv.
With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
+
household
a.
Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.
+
hemp
n.
The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.
+
hunch
v.t.
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
+
hypochondriasm
n.
Hypochondriasis.
+
honor
n.
To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
+
honeybag
n.
The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.
+
hardly
adv.
Confidently; hardily.
+
horripilation
n.
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
+
heterogenist
n.
One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis.
+
hastile
a.
Same as Hastate.
+
heaves
n.
A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
+
horoscope
n.
The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment.
+
hegelianism
n.
Alt. of Hegelism
+
heft
n.
Same as Haft, n.
+
harangue
v.i.
To make an harangue; to declaim.
+
hostilely
adv.
In a hostile manner.
+
henhearted
a.
Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.
+
hypostatically
adv.
In a hypostatic manner.
+
haul
v.t.
To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
+
helm
v.t.
To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.
+
hydr

A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen as an ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product obtained by hydrogen, as hydroquinone.
+
hodometer
n.
See Odometer.
+
hemastatical
a.|n.
Same as Hemostatic.
+
hygrometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.
+
hydrargyrism
n.
A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism.
+
hoot
v.i.
To cry out or shout in contempt.
+
hanger
n.
A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
+
heptone
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
+
hog
n.
A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow.
+
harl
n.
A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.
+
habitan
n.
Same as Habitant, 2.
+
hypothenuse
n.
The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.
+
hexactinelline
a.
Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
+
handyfight
n.
A fight with the hands; boxing.
+
head
v.t.
To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.
+
hypocleida
pl.
of Hypocleidium
+
horsiness
n.
Fondness for, or interest in, horses.
+
hollowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hollow
+
hymnal
n.
A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
+
hallelujatic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.
+
huff
v.t.
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
+
highroad
n.
A highway; a much traveled or main road.
+
hoot
v.i.
To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
+
hasped
imp.|p.p.
of Hasp
+
heat
n.
Sexual excitement in animals.
+
hippophagous
a.
Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
+
hamatum
n.
See Unciform.
+
haltingly
adv.
In a halting or limping manner.
+
hunt
v.t.
To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
+
housebote
n.
Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
+
hyperbolical
a.
Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.
+
hardly
adv.
Severely; harshly; roughly.
+
hoymen
pl.
of Hoyman
+
hepatize
v.t.
To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
+
hystrix
n.
A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
+
had
imp.|p.p.
See Have.
+
hemadynamometer
n.
An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer.
+
horseleech
n.
A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
+
hereticate
v.t.
To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical.
+
hussite
n.
A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.
+
hoot
v.t.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
+
hare
n.
A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
+
harvest
n.
That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
+
hectogramme
n.
The same as Hectogram.
+
hullo
interj.
See Hollo.
+
halter
n.
A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
+
hordock
n.
An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.
+
hyperchromatism
n.
The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.
+
hang
v.i.
To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.
+
haemato

Alt. of Haemo-
+
heresy
n.
An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.
+
halflength
a.
Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
+
heliostat
n.
An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
+
hook
n.
An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
+
huff
v.t.
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
+
hedgehog
n.
A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called.
+
hydrocyanide
n.
A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines.
+
heel
n.
A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.
+
head
a.
Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
+
hymenomycetes
n.pl.
One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed.
+
haematoid
a.
Same as Hematoid.
+
heteromerous
a.
Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.
+
hair
n.
One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
+
harlot
n.
A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.
+
hack
n.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
+
hyssop
n.
A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste.
+
hebraize
v.t.
To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.
+
hoitytoity
a.
Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
+
housebreaker
n.
One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
+
half blood
n.
A person so related to another.
+
heteroousious
a.
See Heteroousian.
+
hareld
n.
The long-tailed duck.
+
hacqueton
n.
Same as Acton.
+
hendecatoic
a.
Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.
+
huskily
adv.
In a husky manner; dryly.
+
heteroclitical
a.
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
+
hoop
n.
The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
+
hump
n.
A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
+
hunt
n.
The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
+
hotmouthed
a.
Headstrong.
+
husk
v.t.
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
+
habilitate
a.
Qualified or entitled.
+
hoddengray
a.
Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants.
+
hereby
adv.
By means of this.
+
harmotome
n.
A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.
+
hake
n.
A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
+
heart
n.
The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
+
ha
interj.
An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to  "Well, it is so."
+
have
v.t.
To accept possession of; to take or accept.
+
hiver
n.
One who collects bees into a hive.
+
hide
v.t.
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
+
hum
v.i.
To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
+
heat
v.i.
To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.
+
highhoe
n.
The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
+
hod
n.
A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.
+
haver
v.i.
To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter.
+
hold
v.t.
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
+
hungerbitten
a.
Pinched or weakened by hunger.
+
husked
imp.|p.p.
of Husk
+
heliometry
n.
The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer.
+
homefelt
a.
Felt in one's own breast; inward; private.
+
hollowhorned
a.
Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.
+
horse guards

A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign.
+
hypotheses
pl.
of Hypothesis
+
hydrosulphuret
n.
A hydrosulphide.
+
hippophagi
n.pl.
Eaters of horseflesh.
+
histrionic
a.
Alt. of Histrionical
+
hanker
v.i.
To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town.
+
hollow
interj.
Hollo.
+
hold
v.t.
To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
+
hoarded
imp.|p.p.
of Hoard
+
hemorrhage
n.
Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
+
herma
n.
See Hermes, 2.
+
hammer
n.
The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.
+
happy
superl.
Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.
+
hence
adv.
From this reason; as an inference or deduction.
+
hastening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hasten
+
hexyl
n.
A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.
+
heck
n.
The bolt or latch of a door.
+
hemelytron
n.
Alt. of Hemelytrum
+
host
v.i.
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
+
hack
v.t.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
+
hood

A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
+
hangbird
n.
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
+
hockherb
n.
The mallow.
+
hyomandibular
a.
Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes.
+
hopplebush
n.
Same as Hobblebush.
+
hunte
n.
A hunter.
+
hulky
a.
Bulky; unwiedly.
+
heteroptera
n.pl.
A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
+
hereunto
adv.
Unto this; up to this time; hereto.
+
hole
n.
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
+
hogshead
n.
A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
+
heelpiece
n.
A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
+
heel
n.
The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
+
hollands
n.
Gin made in Holland.
+
hewn
a.
Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
+
heterodoxy
n.
An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy.
+
huguenot
n.
A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.
+
hypnobate
n.
A somnambulist.
+
heved
n.
The head.
+
hazed
imp.|p.p.
of Haze
+
hight
v.t.|i.
To command; to direct; to impel.
+
haplomi
n.pl.
An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.
+
humdrum
n.
A dull fellow; a bore.
+
humanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Humanize
+
healthy
superl.
Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.
+
hanging
a.
Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
+
hurdleing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hurdle
+
humulin
n.
An extract of hops.
+
hemelytrum
n.
One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
+
hard
n.
A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
+
hepatite
n.
A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
+
honeybird
n.
The honey guide.
+
hum
v.i.
To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
+
huso
n.
The huchen, a large salmon.
+
heliochrome
n.
A photograph in colors.
+
heterogamous
a.
The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.
+
habile
a.
Fit; qualified; also, apt.
+
homogenesis
n.
That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
+
hint
v.i.
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
+
hierophantic
a.
Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.
+
hunt
v.i.
To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
+
hip
n.
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
+
halfhatched
a.
Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
+
hatter
v.t.
To tire or worry; -- out.
+
hithe
n.
A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth.
+
hanger
n.
A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
+
hose
n.
Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.
+
handiness
n.
The quality or state of being handy.
+
homography
n.
That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.
+
harrow
n.
To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.
+
handicap
v.t.
To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
+
hydroid
a.
Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea.
+
hinge
n.
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
+
honestation
n.
The act of honesting; grace; adornment.
+
hierapicra
n.
A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.
+
heavy
a.
Having the heaves.
+
heterodoxal
a.
Not orthodox.
+
harmonious
a.
Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.
+
harmed
imp.|p.p.
of Harm
+
huzza
v.t.
To receive or attend with huzzas.
+
hotness
n.
Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury.
+
highbinder
n.
A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.
+
head
n.
Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
+
hiatus
pl.
of Hiatus
+
hoecake
n.
A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe.
+
headgear
n.
Headdress.
+
hoppled
imp.|p.p.
of Hopple
+
hoe
n.
The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
+
homophyly
n.
That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
+
hastiness
n.
The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
+
heathen
n.
An irreligious person.
+
hissing
n.
The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
+
harvest
n.
The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.
+
homunculus
n.
A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.
+
horologiographic
a.
Of or pertaining to horologiography.
+
hyperbolize
v.i.
To speak or write with exaggeration.
+
hilal
a.
Of or pertaining to a hilum.
+
hector
v.i.
To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
+
hydrozoons
pl.
of Hydrozoon
+
hashed
imp.|p.p.
of Hash
+
hierarch
n.
One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
+
hexangular
a.
Having six angles or corners.
+
haematocrya
n.pl.
The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.
+
hemihedral
a.
Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron.
+
humanities
pl.
of Humanity
+
heteroclite
a.
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
+
harry
v.t.
To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.
+
hypercritically
adv.
In a hypercritical manner.
+
horrent
a.
Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling.
+
hardily
adv.
Boldly; stoutly; resolutely.
+
hugged
imp.|p.p.
of Hug
+
haired
a.
In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
+
heaved
p.p.
of Heave
+
hyrcan
a.
Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea.
+
have
v.t.
To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
+
hypothecation
n.
A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry.
+
hope
n.
That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
+
hold
n.
A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
+
homology
n.
The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other.  Cf. Heterology.
+
hatch
v.t.
To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched.
+
helm
n.
A helmet.
+
hydrotherapy
n.
See Hydropathy.
+
hypural
a.
Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes.
+
hold
n.
The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
+
hyetography
n.
The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.
+
hopeite
n.
A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.
+
heterocyst
n.
A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc.
+
hire
n.
To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.
+
homograph
n.
One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
+
heel
v.i.
To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
+
hurdle
n.
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
+
historiology
n.
A discourse on history.
+
handwork
n.
See Handiwork.
+
horn
n.
A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.
+
hyacinthine
a.
Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth.
+
haematology
n.
The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.
+
hopscotch
n.
A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers.
+
honk
n.
The cry of a wild goose.
+
hop
n.
A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
+
hemmer
n.
One who, or that which, hems with a needle.
+
hypercarbureted
a.
Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates.
+
hexdecyl
n.
The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.
+
hairspring
n.
The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
+
houlet
n.
An owl. See Howlet.
+
heroner
n.
A hawk used in hunting the heron.
+
harmonics
n.
The doctrine or science of musical sounds.
+
hoten

of Hote
+
humective
a.
Tending to moisten.
+
hawaiian
n.
A native of Hawaii.
+
hispanicism
n.
A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.
+
cae
pl.
of Hierotheca
+
horseleech
n.
A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.
+
hyperborean
n.
One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.
+
hispidulous
a.
Minutely hispid.
+
hinder
a.
To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
+
hysteron proteron

An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.
+
holding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hold
+
horse
n.
Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
+
hermes
n.
Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.
+
heariness
n.
The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.
+
hoyden
n.
Same as Hoiden.
+
hornless
a.
Having no horn.
+
hint
v.t.
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
+
heptarchic
a.
Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy.
+
helmet
n.
A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.
+
hexandrian
a.
Alt. of Hex-androus
+
haversack
n.
A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
+
horsemen
pl.
of Horseman
+
hypogastric
a.
Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.
+
hope
n.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
+
holothurian
n.
One of the Holothurioidea.
+
hemihedron
n.
A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.
+
horseweed
n.
A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.
+
harmonite
n.
One of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.
+
horseradish
n.
A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.
+
heading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Head
+
horn
n.
The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
+
horse power

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second, etc.
+
hostilities
pl.
of Hostility
+
heavy
superl.
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
+
hobanob
v.i.
Alt. of Hobandnob
+
housekeeper
n.
One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.
+
histology
n.
That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
+
hability
n.
Ability; aptitude.
+
horary
a.
Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.
+
hag
n.
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
+
howp
v.i.
To cry out; to whoop.
+
horticultural
a.
Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.
+
hunter
n.
A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
+
heyday
interj.
An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
+
hypodermatic
a.
Hypodermic.
+
hyperplastic
a.
Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.
+
hoary
a.
remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
+
hippocras
n.
A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
+
hypertrophy
n.
A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
+
hail
n.
A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
+
holohedral
a.
Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.
+
hypocritely
adv.
Hypocritically.
+
hovering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hover
+
hypobranchial
n.
A hypobranchial bone or cartilage.
+
hypidiomorphic
a.
Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form.
+
hawthorn
n.
A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
+
hogweed
n.
In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.
+
hautgout
n.
High relish or flavor; high seasoning.
+
high priest

A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
+
haughtily
adv.
In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
+
homalographic
a.
Same as Homolographic.
+
heliometric
a.
Alt. of Heliometrical
+
hight
n.
A variant of Height.
+
histrionism
n.
Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
+
handwinged
a.
Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera.
+
husher
n.
An usher.
+
histrionical
a.
Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense.
+
harlot
v.i.
To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
+
have
v.t.
To cause or force to go; to take.
+
hippa
n.
Alt. of Hippe
+
hinnies
pl.
of Hinny
+
hilly
a.
Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.
+
havener
n.
A harbor master.
+
hitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hit
+
hydroxanthane
n.
A persulphocyanate.
+
handhole
n.
A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc.
+
herder
n.
A herdsman.
+
hasp
n.
A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.
+
heading
n.
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
+
hearkening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hearken
+
hydrologist
n.
One skilled in hydrology.
+
heteromorphous
a.
Heteromorphic.
+
heteropter
n.
One of the Heteroptera.
+
haematachometer
n.
A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.
+
heterophyllous
a.
Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
+
harmonics
n.
Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones.
+
haloed
imp.|p.p.
of Halo
+
hamper
n.
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
+
hover
v.i.
To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
+
houseleek
n.
A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.
+
helly
a.
Hellish.
+
handle
n.
That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
+
hallooed
imp.|p.p.
of Halloo
+
his
pron.
The possessive of he; as, the book is his.
+
hydrometeorology
n.
That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc.
+
hazy
n.
Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.
+
heap
v.t.
To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
+
hypocrystalline
a.
Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.
+
halloa

See Halloo.
+
hour
n.
A measure of distance traveled.
+
husband
v.t.
To cultivate, as land; to till.
+
hide
v.t.
To remove from danger; to shelter.
+
hydrophid
n.
Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail for swimming.
+
homesteader
n.
One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner.
+
hammer
n.
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
+
habitude
n.
Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
+
hognosesnake

A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.
+
heteromorphism
n.
Alt. of Heteromorphy
+
hectograph
n.
A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin.
+
haul
v.i.
To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
+
heptarch
n.
Same as Heptarchist.
+
headline
n.
See Headrope.
+
hobgoblin
n.
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.
+
henceforward
adv.
From this time forward; henceforth.
+
hiving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hive
+
heavily
adv.
As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.
+
heartrending
a.
Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
+
humor
n.
A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
+
huckstress
n.
A female huckster.
+
heathen
pl.
of Heathen
+
hydrophobia
n.
An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
+
handwheel
n.
Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.
+
hail
v.i.
To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.
+
habited
imp.|p.p.
of Habit
+
honorable
a.
An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.
+
hungrily
adv.
In a hungry manner; voraciously.
+
haustellate
a.
Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.
+
hennes
adv.
Hence.
+
hath
dpers.sing.pres.
Has.
+
harness
v.t.
To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.
+
hurt
v.t.
To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
+
herd
a.
Haired.
+
hydrochloride
n.
A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; -- distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base.
+
henen
adv.
Hence.
+
henhussy
n.
A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.
+
hyperotreta
n.pl.
An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish.
+
hypnogenic
a.
Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep.
+
hypophysial
a.
Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.
+
humor
n.
That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
+
haw
n.
The fruit of the hawthorn.
+
homageable
a.
Subject to homage.
+
histogeny
n.
Same as Histogenesis.
+
hepatology
n.
The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.
+
helminthoid
a.
Wormlike; vermiform.
+
hippocrene
n.
A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
+
hilling
n.
The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
+
herse
v.t.
Same as Hearse, v. t.
+
honorer
n.
One who honors.
+
hoarse
superl.
Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
+
heraldry
n.
The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
+
holloed
imp.|p.p.
of Hollo
+
hegemonic
a.
Alt. of Hegemonical
+
hydroxy

A combining form, also used adjectively, indicating hydroxyl as an ingredient.
+
heap
n.
A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
+
hanuman
n.
See Hoonoomaun.
+
hoist
n.
That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
+
hippe
n.
A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
+
herpetological
a.
Pertaining to herpetology.
+
haystalk
n.
A stalk of hay.
+
hierourgy
n.
A sacred or holy work or worship.
+
highpriesthood
n.
The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
+
histozyme
n.
A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.
+
harmony
n.
Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
+
hypermetrical
a.
Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure.
+
hip
n.
Alt. of Hipps
+
horror
n.
A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
+
hated
imp.|p.p.
of Hate
+
huntress
n.
A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana.
+
heterogene
a.
Heterogenous.
+
hylism
n.
A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil.
+
hissingly
adv.
With a hissing sound.
+
habit
n.
Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.
+
hydropic
a.
Alt. of Hydropical
+
hirudo
n.
A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
+
hob
n.
A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
+
head
n.
A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.
+
harpy
n.
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
+
homotaxy
n.
Same as Homotaxis.
+
hobble
v.t.
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
+
halliard
n.
See Halyard.
+
headed
a.
Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
+
hyperbole
n.
A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.
+
hyperesthesia
n.
Same as Hyperaesthesia.
+
hagiographa
n.pl.
The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
+
hand
n.
An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
+
hat

sing. pres. of Hote to be called.  Cf.
+
honeymouthed
a.
Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.
+
heliotrope
n.
An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
+
horseknop
n.
Knapweed.
+
horsefish
n.
The sauger.
+
hide
n.
The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
+
haye
n.
The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.
+
hydrophylliums
pl.
of Hydrophyllium
+
haunted
imp.|p.p.
of Haunt
+
handbarrow
n.
A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
+
housing
n.
That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
+
hair
n.
Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
+
hansel
n.|v.
See Handsel.
+
henware
n.
A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.
+
hydrous
a.
Containing water of hydration or crystallization.
+
hyacinth
n.
The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
+
humanize
v.t.
To give a human character or expression to.
+
hypophysis
n.
See Pituitary body, under Pituitary.
+
hippotomy
n.
Anatomy of the horse.
+
hydrogenizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hydrogenize
+
hemerobian
n.
A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.
+
hobnailed
a.
See with hobnails, as a shoe.
+
hypochondres
n.pl.
The hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondrium.
+
heritability
n.
The state of being heritable.
+
hachure
n.
A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.
+
hyparterial
a.
Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
+
hattree
n.
A hatstand.
+
hall
n.
A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
+
horse power

A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor.
+
hyperbolically
adv.
In the form of an hyperbola.
+
haycock
n.
A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.
+
helpful
a.
Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
+
herrnhuter
n.
One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.
+
hoolock
n.
A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.
+
haiduck
n.
Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts.
+
heptad
n.
An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.
+
haybird
n.
The European blackcap.
+
honeysucker
n.
See Honey eater, under Honey.
+
highminded
a.
Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
+
helotism
n.
The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.
+
hydrocyanate
n.
See Hydrocyanide.
+
hippophagism
n.
Hippophagy.
+
hypostases
pl.
of Hypostasis
+
hang
n.
The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.
+
hospitable
a.
Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.
+
hippophagist
n.
One who eats horseflesh.
+
heptaglot
n.
A book in seven languages.
+
horizontal
a.
Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.
+
heralded
imp.|p.p.
of Herald
+
hackle
n.
A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
+
humorousness
n.
Facetiousness; jocularity.
+
hurtling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hurtle
+
handkercher
n.
A handkerchief.
+
hobbies
pl.
of Hobby
+
hankered
imp.|p.p.
of Hanker
+
headily
adv.
In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.
+
hyaena
n.
Same as Hyena.
+
haemochromometer
n.
An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.
+
hierarchic
a.
Pertaining to a hierarch.
+
hep
n.
See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
+
havior
n.
Behavior; demeanor.
+
hagberry
n.
A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry.
+
haemotachometry
n.
Same as Haematachometry.
+
homonymous
a.
Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.
+
hardship
n.
That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
+
hydraulical
a.
Hydraulic.
+
hit
n.
A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
+
harped
imp.|p.p.
of Harp
+
hebetated
imp.|p.p.
of Hebetate
+
hyposulphuric
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid.
+
heliograph
n.
An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
+
handicraft
n.
A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
+
hyperaesthesia
n.
A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it.
+
hyperinosis
n.
A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases.
+
heteronym
n.
That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
+
hooky
a.
Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
+
hyloism
n.
Same as Hylotheism.
+
hauler
n.
One who hauls.
+
heterogamy
n.
That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate.
+
hemadynamics
n.
The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.
+
husking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Husk
+
hawk moth

Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.
+
herbaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
+
hairsplitting
a.
Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
+
heat
n.
The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.
+
harvest
v.t.
To reap or gather, as any crop.
+
haggard
a.
Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.
+
herborizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Herborize
+
hydrochloric
a.
Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric.
+
hackneying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hackney
+
hop
v.i.
To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
+
herse
n.
A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.
+
heretic
n.
One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church."
+
hillside
n.
The side or declivity of a hill.
+
haemo

Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.
+
harrage
v.t.
To harass; to plunder from.
+
haricot
n.
A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
+
heavy
superl.
Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
+
history
v.t.
To narrate or record.
+
hemostatic
n.
A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
+
helving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Helve
+
hold
n.i.
In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
+
harvesthome
n.
The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.
+
husband
v.t.
To furnish with a husband.
+
haematozoon
n.
The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.
+
husbandman
n.
The master of a family.
+
heteroclitous
a.
Heteroclitic.
+
habited
p.p.|a.
Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.
+
helena
n.
See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint.
+
hurdygurdy
n.
A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
+
hobbyhorse
n.
A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride.
+
hard
superl.
Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
+
heeltapped
imp.|p.p.
of Heeltap
+
hexapodous
a.
Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
+
hoarse
superl.
Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.
+
healing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heal
+
hesitatory
a.
Hesitating.
+
hogged
imp.|p.p.
of Hog
+
hurl
v.t.
To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
+
humiliate
v.t.
To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.
+
hogreeve
n.
A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
+
heal
v.t.
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
+
hypoxanthin
n.
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin.
+
hye
n.|v.
See Hie.
+
holiday
a.
Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
+
humerus
n.
The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
+
hostility
n.
An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.
+
hogsties
pl.
of Hogsty
+
hallucinatory
a.
Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
+
hueless
a.
Destitute of color.
+
headfish
n.
The sunfish (Mola).
+
hennery
n.
An inclosed place for keeping hens.
+
hypoarian
a.
Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.
+
husked
a.
Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
+
heelball
n.
A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
+
hundred
n.
A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
+
hemming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hem
+
head
n.
A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.
+
hade
n.
The descent of a hill.
+
hypobranchial
a.
Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch.
+
hugger
n.
One who hugs or embraces.
+
helming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Helm
+
harttongue
n.
A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.
+
hollowly
adv.
Insincerely; deceitfully.
+
hardfeatured
a.
Having coarse, unattractive or stern features.
+
heartburning
a.
Causing discontent.
+
heterogeneal
a.
Heterogeneous.
+
haze
v.i.
To be hazy, or tick with haze.
+
healing
a.
Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
+
hydrobromate
n.
Same as Hydrobromide.
+
hendecasyllabic
a.
Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.
+
homogeny
n.
The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.
+
horoscope
n.
The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.
+
hortus siccus

A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.
+
homophylic
a.
Relating to homophily.
+
hunch
n.
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
+
hardy
n.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
+
hard
superl.
Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.
+
howve
n.
A hood. See Houve.
+
hink
n.
A reaping hook.
+
huswifely
a.
Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent.
+
hazelly
a.
Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown.
+
hask
n.
A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish.
+
humanity
n.
Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.
+
holyday
n.
A religious festival.
+
horatian
a.
Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.
+
hopyard
n.
A field where hops are raised.
+
hotly
a.
In a lustful manner; lustfully.
+
herd
v.i.
To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
+
homer
n.
A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.
+
hypobole
n.
A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order.
+
hippolith
n.
A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.
+
heddling
vb.n.
The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.
+
hyp
v.t.
To make melancholy.
+
heteromyaria
n.pl.
A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.
+
halfyearly
a.
Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
+
habitual
n.
Formed or acquired by habit or use.
+
hemispheroid
n.
A half of a spheroid.
+
hang
v.i.
To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
+
hippish
a.
Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
+
healthy
superl.
Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
+
hellenotype
n.
See Ivorytype.
+
hispanicize
v.t.
To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.
+
huchen
n.
A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.
+
hardened
imp.|p.p.
of Harden
+
hornet
n.
A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits.
+
hydatoid
a.
Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.
+
hadji
n.
A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem.
+
hub
n.
A block for scotching a wheel.
+
hirling
n.
The young of the sea trout.
+
hirsute
a.
Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
+
holiday
n.
A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
+
heptahedron
n.
A solid figure with seven sides.
+
heaviness
n.
The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
+
hircic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin.
+
happily
adv.
In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.
+
hanger
n.
That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
+
helminthes
n.pl.
One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha.
+
hermitage
n.
A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Drome.
+
half
a.
One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
+
harderian
a.
A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
+
heckimal
n.
The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus).
+
hook
v.t.
To steal.
+
hang
n.
Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.
+
hit
imp.|p.p.
of Hit
+
hydranth
n.
One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.
+
hateful
a.
Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.
+
hexone
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
+
homopolic
a.
In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology.
+
hoofless
a.
Destitute of hoofs.
+
hydrocele
n.
A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.
+
hazard
n.
Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
+
hygienics
n.
The science of health; hygiene.
+
heartburning
n.
Same as Heartburn.
+
horse
n.
The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.
+
horrisonous
a.
Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
+
hobbly
a.
Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
+
heliogravure
n.
The process of photographic engraving.
+
hyndreste
a.
See Hinderest.
+
horrid
a.
Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.
+
hartshorn
n.
Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
+
hyphening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hyphen
+
hugy
a.
Vast.
+
habitable
a.
Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world.
+
hexahemeron
n.
The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.
+
hinting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hint
+
hebridean
a.
Alt. of Hebridian
+
hoe
n.
A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
+
hybridize
v.t.
To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.
+
head
n.
Power; armed force.
+
hexagonally
adv.
In an hexagonal manner.
+
hoarseness
n.
Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.
+
hanger
n.
One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
+
handcraftsman
n.
A handicraftsman.
+
hollaed
imp.|p.p.
of Holla
+
hove

of Heave
+
hymnody
n.
Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.
+
halfdeck
n.
A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.
+
habiture
n.
Habitude.
+
hungerer
n.
One who hungers; one who longs.
+
hemastatic
a.|n.
Alt. of Hemastatical
+
harbinger
n.
A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
+
homage
v.t.
To pay reverence to by external action.
+
hocuspocus
n.
A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense.
+
hoven
a.
Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.
+
harmony
n.
See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
+
hymeneal
n.
Alt. of Hymenean
+
hydra
n.
Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.
+
humor
n.
Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
+
hole
n.
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
+
hamated
a.
Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate.
+
homoeopathist
n.
Alt. of Homoeopathy
+
hemipteral
a.
Alt. of Hemipterous
+
hate
n.
To love less, relatively.
+
honor
n.
A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable.
+
heartsick
a.
Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.
+
hypostatical
a.
Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
+
hartshorn
n.
The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
+
hepatize
v.t.
To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
+
hobby
n.
Alt. of Hobbyhorse
+
hyperthetical
a.
Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical.
+
harbor
n.
The mansion of a heavenly body.
+
hydrodynamics
n.
That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.
+
heterography
n.
That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.
+
helvine
n.
Alt. of Helvite
+
hystricine
a.
Like or pertaining to the porcupines.
+
hydrogalvanic
a.
Pertaining to, produced by, or consisting of, electricity evolved by the action or use of fluids; as, hydrogalvanic currents.
+
hell
v.t.
To overwhelm.
+
holocryptic
a.
Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.
+
headlugged
a.
Lugged or dragged by the head.
+
hornfoot
a.
Having hoofs; hoofed.
+
hatchet
n.
A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
+
hell
v.t.
The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
+
humiliation
n.
The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission.
+
houseling
a.
Same as Housling.
+
horror
n.
That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness.
+
humanate
a.
Indued with humanity.
+
hackery
n.
A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.
+
hunter
n.
A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
+
hexapterous
a.
Having six processes.
+
hemisystole
n.
Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.
+
heresiography
n.
A treatise on heresy.
+
heliograph
n.
An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See Heliotrope, 3.
+
heavenly
adv.
By the influence or agency of heaven.
+
hundredth
n.
One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.
+
hyponitrite
n.
A salt of hyponitrous acid.
+
hysterogenic
a.
Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria.
+
hebetating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hebetate
+
house
v.t.
To drive to a shelter.
+
hearsecloth
n.
A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
+
hysterotomy
n.
The Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.
+
heighten
v.t.
To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
+
harp
n.
A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
+
haematitic
a.
Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.
+
hove
v.i.|t.
To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
+
heterophemy
n.
The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness.
+
hermit
n.
A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
+
hematocrya
n.pl.
The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma.
+
hospitalism
n.
A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
+
honest
a.
Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
+
haemapod
n.
An haemapodous animal.
+
hydrosome
n.
Alt. of Hydrosoma
+
heygh
a.
High.
+
humin
n.
A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.
+
hornowl
n.
See Horned Owl.
+
hand
n.
Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
+
heterocercal
a.
Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
+
harpoon
v.t.
To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
+
handily
adv.
In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
+
haematophlina
n.pl.
A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.
+
homomorphic
a.
Alt. of Homomorphous
+
hudge
n.
An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.
+
here
n.
Hair.
+
harebell
n.
A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell.
+
hexadecane
n.
See Hecdecane.
+
head
v.t.
To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
+
haemacyanin
n.
A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
+
hedgeless
a.
Having no hedge.
+
heap
n.
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
+
heal
v.t.
To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
+
hack
n.
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
+
homodont
a.
Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.
+
hospitium
n.
An inn; a lodging; a hospice.
+
humorously
adv.
Capriciously; whimsically.
+
hummocking
n.
The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.
+
hose
pl.
of Hose
+
happily
adv.
With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.
+
hydrate
n.
A substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime.
+
herbergeour
n.
A harbinger.
+
highfinished
a.
Finished with great care; polished.
+
hydrophoby
n.
See Hydrophobia.
+
halt
n.
The act of limping; lameness.
+
home
n.
One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
+
hamleted
p.a.
Confined to a hamlet.
+
hoy
n.
A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
+
hotel
n.
A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.
+
home
n.
The home base; he started for home.
+
haematozoon
n.
A parasite inhabiting the blood
+
homespeaking
n.
Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.
+
hopping
n.
A gathering of hops.
+
hong
v.t.|i.
To hang.
+
hydrotheca
n.
One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and Campanularian.
+
haunt
v.i.
To persist in staying or visiting.
+
heterosis
n.
A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?"
+
hoful
a.
Careful; wary.
+
honorable
a.
Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
+
hounding
n.
The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
+
harper
n.
A player on the harp; a minstrel.
+
hygroscopic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.
+
helm
n.
The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
+
hove

of Heave
+
homicidal
a.
Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.
+
hydromedusa
n.
Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae.
+
historied
a.
Related in history.
+
heading
n.
That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
+
hortyard
n.
An orchard.
+
hideous
a.
Hateful; shocking.
+
harrow
n.
An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
+
horridness
n.
The quality of being horrid.
+
hire
n.
To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.
+
headlong
a.|adv.
With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
+
humanity
n.
The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.
+
hate
v.
Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love.
+
herald
n.
A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
+
harvesting

a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.
+
handmade
a.
Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.
+
husbandly
a.
Frugal; thrifty.
+
heroship
n.
The character or personality of a hero.
+
heal
v.t.
To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
+
hap
n.
That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
+
humanize
v.t.
To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
+
handsel
n.
To give a handsel to.
+
hebrewess
n.
An Israelitish woman.
+
hunter
n.
A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
+
house
n.
A public house; an inn; a hotel.
+
hasty
n.
Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
+
hexane
n.
Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.
+
harl
n.
A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies.
+
hyperdicrotism
n.
A hyperdicrotic condition.
+
halted
imp.|p.p.
of Halt
+
hierophant
n.
The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.
+
habeas corpus

A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial.
+
hematitic
a.
Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
+
heathenized
imp.|p.p.
of Heathenize
+
heading
n.
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
+
hygieist
n.
A hygienist.
+
howitz
n.
A howitzer.
+
homologinic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.
+
holiness
n.
The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness.
+
hobblebush
n.
A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
+
hamble
v.t.
To hamstring.
+
hexamerous
a.
In six parts; in sixes.
+
hoard
v.t.
To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.
+
headstrong
a.
Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.
+
halloween
n.
The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.
+
hobiler
n.
A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler.
+
hydropically
adv.
In a hydropical manner.
+
here
adv.
In the present life or state.
+
homopterous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.
+
honorably
adv.
Decently; becomingly.
+
homilist
n.
One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.
+
hey
interj.
An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.
+
haematotherma
n.pl.
Same as Hematotherma.
+
heartily
adv.
From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity.
+
healingly
adv.
So as to heal or cure.
+
hierarchy
n.
A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.
+
hustled
imp.|p.p.
of Hustle
+
hardhead
n.
The gray whale.
+
heavy
superl.
Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
+
hard
superl.
Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
+
hatch
n.
A flood gate; a a sluice gate.
+
housewive
v.t.
To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.
+
healthful
a.
Well-disposed; favorable.
+
hindus
pl.
of Hindu
+
hauberk
v.t.
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon.
+
hood
v.t.
To cover; to hide; to blind.
+
handmaid
n.
Alt. of Handmaiden
+
hemisect
v.t.
To divide along the mesial plane.
+
hemipterous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.
+
heptastich
n.
A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
+
hair
n.
An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
+
hungerly
a.
Wanting food; starved.
+
heading
n.
The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
+
hylicist
n.
A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.
+
hyoglossal
a.
Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane.
+
honorless
a.
Destitute of honor; not honored.
+
homodynamy
n.
The homology of metameres. See Metamere.
+
hectic
a.
Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
+
holloa
n.|v.i.
Same as Hollo.
+
humorousness
n.
Moodiness; capriciousness.
+
hump
n.
A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
+
hobble
v.t.
To perplex; to embarrass.
+
hawker
n.
A falconer.
+
hogskin
n.
Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.
+
haemolutein
n.
See Hematoidin.
+
hayrack
n.
A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.
+
hausen
n.
A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.
+
haughty
superl.
Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
+
hearteating
a.
Preying on the heart.
+
hydroxyl
n.
A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
+
hearsay
n.
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
+
highstomached
a.
Having a lofty spirit; haughty.
+
hypophosphorous
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid.
+
hornblendic
a.
Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.
+
headsmen
pl.
of Headsman
+
haematin
n.
Same as Hematin.
+
hawfinch
n.
The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.
+
hanse
n.
An association; a league or confederacy.
+
hexactinia
n.pl.
The Anthozoa.
+
helleborein
n.
A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.
+
hebrew
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.
+
homogenetic
a.
Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.
+
hindu
n.
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
+
harakiri
n.
Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari.
+
hyperoxygenized
a.
Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides.
+
hackle
n.
Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
+
haematite
n.
Same as Hematite.
+
hashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hash
+
hemihedrism
n.
The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.
+
herd
v.i.
To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
+
homedriven
a.
Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.
+
hyperplastic
a.
Tending to excess of formative action.
+
homoiothermal
a.
Maintaining a uniform temperature; haematothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.
+
habited
p.p.|a.
Fixed by habit; accustomed.
+
hurter
n.
A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
+
hight
v.t.|i.
To commit; to intrust.
+
ham
n.
Home.
+
hemapophyses
pl.
of Hemapophysis
+
hunger
n.
An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
+
hylozoist
n.
A believer in hylozoism.
+
hayloft
n.
A loft or scaffold for hay.
+
hear
v.t.
To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
+
halfmoon
n.
A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
+
heretically
adv.
In an heretical manner.
+
hied
imp.|p.p.
of Hie
+
hoaxer
n.
One who hoaxes.
+
hadj
n.
The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.
+
hairdresser
n.
One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
+
high
superl.
Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
+
hesperetin
n.
A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
+
hewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hew
+
heptarchist
n.
A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
+
hemmel
n.
A shed or hovel for cattle.
+
hot

of Hote
+
hoist
n.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
+
handwriting
n.
The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.
+
hound
n.
A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.
+
hooked
imp.|p.p.
of Hook
+
haberdashery
n.
The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles.
+
hastener
n.
One who hastens.
+
heteroscian
n.
One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
+
harshly
adv.
In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
+
harness
v.t.
Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.
+
hungerbit
a.
Alt. of Hunger-bitten
+
hyperoartia
n.pl.
An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.
+
huddle
v.i.
To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
+
hope
v.t.
To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
+
homo

A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint.
+
huckle
n.
The hip; the haunch.
+
hasted
imp.|p.p.
of Haste
+
hinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hinge
+
hackle
v.t.
To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
+
homoplastic
a.
Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.
+
hymen
n.
A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
+
hypogastrium
n.
The lower part of the abdomen.
+
haughty
superl.
Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
+
hema

Same as Haema-.
+
harsh
a.
Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
+
hydriad
n.
A water nymph.
+
hatred
n.
Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
+
heterocercy
n.
Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
+
haquebut
n.
See Hagbut.
+
hard
superl.
Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
+
heel
n.
Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
+
hypophyllous
a.
Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.
+
hemitropous
a.
Turned half round; half inverted.
+
heliacally
adv.
In a heliacal manner.
+
hiproofed
a.
Having a hip roof.
+
harmonization
n.
The act of harmonizing.
+
hitch
n.
A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
+
header
n.
A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header.
+
highhearted
a.
Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
+
hoop
v.t.
To drive or follow with a shout.
+
hale
v.t.
To pull; to drag; to haul.
+
helped
imp.|p.p.
of Help
+
habitat
v.t.
Place where anything is commonly found.
+
hitching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hitch
+
hornstone
n.
A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
+
hospital
a.
Hospitable.
+
hoa
interj.
Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.
+
honor
n.
A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
+
hawse
n.
That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
+
headstock
n.
A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine
+
heng
imp.
Hung.
+
hirsute
a.
Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
+
harmonize
v.t.
To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
+
haplessly
adv.
In a hapless, unlucky manner.
+
healall
n.
A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea.
+
hiccoughing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hiccough
+
heliotrope
n.
An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
+
hapless
a.
Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.
+
him
pron.
Them. See Hem.
+
horsejockey
n.
A professional rider and trainer of race horses.
+
hematoidin
n.
A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called haemolutein.
+
hacker
n.
One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.
+
hoggerpipe
n.
The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump.
+
hoar
a.
White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
+
haruspicy
n.
The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.
+
hotbed
n.
A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
+
hogo
n.
High flavor; strong scent.
+
hinged
a.
Furnished with hinges.
+
healthless
n.
Without health, whether of body or mind; in firm.
+
haled
imp.|p.p.
of Hale
+
hammerdressed
a.
Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.
+
hydrogenous
a.
Of or pertaining to hydrogen; containing hydrogen.
+
horsechestnut
n.
The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes.
+
humdrum
a.
Monotonous; dull; commonplace.
+
heathenness
n.
State of being heathen or like the heathen.
+
hence
adv.
From this place; away.
+
hart
n.
A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.
+
header
n.
One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.
+
hypinosis
n.
A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.
+
hollow
v.t.
To urge or call by shouting.
+
heroess
n.
A heroine.
+
humpy
a.
Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
+
hide
n.
An abode or dwelling.
+
halfbound
n.
Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
+
harpress
n.
A female harper.
+
hypoderm
n.
Same as Hypoblast.
+
hygienist
n.
One versed in hygiene.
+
hebridian
a.
Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland.
+
haul
n.
A pulling with force; a violent pull.
+
honor
n.
A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors.
+
hitter
n.
One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
+
hodgkins disease

A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
+
hoistway
n.
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom.
+
hail
v.t.
To name; to designate; to call.
+
handsel
n.
Price; payment.
+
hepatogenic
a.
Alt. of Hepatogenous
+
hylophagous
a.
Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.
+
hackberry
n.
A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States.
+
hydrophanous
a.
Made transparent by immersion in water.
+
hooded
a.
Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
+
housekeeping
n.
Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.
+
hear
v.i.
To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
+
headstock
n.
The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.
+
happily
adv.
By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
+
hamstring
n.
One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
+
hospitalize
v.t.
To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
+
honeysweet
a.
Sweet as honey.
+
horsefoot
n.
The coltsfoot.
+
hardy
a.
Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
+
harmonical
a.
Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body.
+
horizon
n.
The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
+
head
n.
A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.
+
hummed
imp.|p.p.
of Hum
+
hackee
n.
The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel.
+
hest
n.
Command; precept; injunction.
+
hoof
n.
A hoofed animal; a beast.
+
hypocritic
a.
See Hypocritical.
+
hymenopteral
a.
Alt. of Hymenopterous
+
housewife
v.t.
Alt. of Housewive
+
hood
n.
State; condition.
+
hemipode
n.
Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.
+
hypostome
n.
Alt. of Hypostoma
+
houghing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hough
+
hybrid
n.
The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.
+
homely
adv.
Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.
+
haubergeon
n.
See Habergeon.
+
hopple
v.t.
To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.
+
hotel
n.
In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.
+
homophonous
a.
Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.
+
histority
v.t.
To record in or as history.
+
hide
v.i.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
+
hatted
a.
Covered with a hat.
+
hyetograph
n.
A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.
+
hit
n.
A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
+
hoppo
n.
A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.
+
heading
n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
+
hexatomic
a.
Having six replaceable radicals.
+
horizontal
a.
Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.
+
humbugger
n.
One who humbugs.
+
heliometer
n.
An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
+
humbleness
n.
The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.
+
hoot
n.
A derisive cry or shout.
+
hunch
n.
A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
+
have
v.t.
To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
+
hardened
a.
Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.
+
harmonica
n.
A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
+
honorary
a.
Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.
+
hairpin
n.
A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.
+
high
superl.
Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
+
humorous
a.
Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.
+
hallowmas
n.
The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.
+
huggermugger
a.
Secret; clandestine; sly.
+
hont
n.|v.
See under Hunt.
+
harmonist
n.
Alt. of Harmonite
+
heraldically
adv.
In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
+
hydriodate
n.
Same as Hydriodide.
+
hurdle
n.
In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
+
haulse
v.
See Halse.
+
hood
n.
A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
+
hob
n.
A countryman; a rustic; a clown.
+
hireling
a.
Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
+
hardy
a.
Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
+
halfhourly
a.
Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
+
heaver
n.
One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
+
hull
v.t.
The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
+
heelpiece
n.
The end.
+
harmonize
v.i.
To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.
+
hommock
n.
A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock.
+
hasp
n.
An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.
+
hemimetabola
n.pl.
Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.
+
hood
n.
The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
+
hyaloid
a.
Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
+
hoten

p. p. of Hote.
+
hendecasyllable
n.
A metrical line of eleven syllables.
+
hippocampus
n.
A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
+
housekeeper
n.
One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.
+
haliography
n.
Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.
+
handled
imp.|p.p.
of Handle
+
hilum
n.
The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
+
hard
superl.
Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
+
hundredth
a.
Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a tenth.
+
heremite
n.
A hermit.
+
heppen
a.
Neat; fit; comfortable.
+
hanch

A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.
+
heavenly
a.
Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng.
+
holder
n.
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
+
hew
n.
Shape; form.
+
hoar
a.
Musty; moldy; stale.
+
hypersthenic
a.
Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.
+
hair
n.
A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
+
hap
n.
A cloak or plaid.
+
hegelism
n.
The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).
+
homologation
n.
Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.
+
highchurchism
n.
The principles of the high-church party.
+
homoeomery
n.
Same as Homoeomeria.
+
heavy
superl.
Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.
+
humanitarian
a.
Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.
+
horrify
v.t.
To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.
+
humped
a.
Having a hump, as the back.
+
harnesser
n.
One who harnesses.
+
horoscopy
n.
The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.
+
hybridity
n.
Hybridism.
+
heydeguy
n.
A kind of country-dance or round.
+
home
adv.
To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.
+
hemal
a.
Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural.
+
hartwort
n.
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).
+
hypogean
a.
Hypogeous.
+
heterogenesis
n.
Spontaneous generation, so called.
+
homer
n.
A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
+
hottentot
n.
The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds.
+
hemp
n.
A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.
+
heald
n.
A heddle.
+
heft
n.
Weight; ponderousness.
+
hypophosphite
n.
A salt of hypophosphorous acid.
+
hawse
n.
The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
+
hydropneumatic
a.
Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and gaseous substances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases over water or other liquids.
+
hoofbound
a.
Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.
+
huddler
n.
One who huddles things together.
+
high
adv.
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
+
hack
n.
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
+
heptene
n.
Same as Heptylene.
+
homogeneousness
n.
Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.
+
hewhole
n.
The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
+
holster
n.
A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.
+
hypocarpogean
a.
Producing fruit below the ground.
+
henry
n.
The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampere a second.
+
haemocyanin
n.
Same as Haemacyanin.
+
hardtail
n.
See Jurel.
+
honorable
a.
Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.
+
heliotropic
a.
Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.
+
hypercritical
a.
Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.
+
helianthoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.
+
harpies
pl.
of Harpy
+
hysterical
a.
Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful.
+
helpmeet
n.
A wife; a helpmate.
+
holaspidean
a.
Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
+
horrorstruck
a.
Horror-stricken; horrified.
+
hocus
v.t.
To stupefy with drugged liquor.
+
highstrung
a.
Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
+
homoeopathy
n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
+
hydrogenide
n.
A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. [R.] See Hydride.
+
halfport
n.
One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
+
hooping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hoop
+
hermaphroditical
a.
Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism.
+
hair
n.
Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
+
heelpost
n.
The quoin post of a lock gate.
+
haw
n.
The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
+
hooded
a.
Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
+
hoop
v.t.
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
+
hemispheric
a.
Alt. of Hemispherical
+
hardwaremen
pl.
of Hardwareman
+
harbor master

An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
+
hyperbolized
imp.|p.p.
of Hyperbolize
+
hematoma
n.
A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
+
hang
v.i.
To be, or be like, a suspended weight.
+
hochepot
n.
Hotchpot.
+
heliconian
a.
Of or pertaining to Helicon.
+
highchurch
a.
Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
+
hippodame
n.
A fabulous sea monster.
+
hydrometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity of fluids.
+
hard
adv.
With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.
+
heartwhole
a.
Having the heart or affections free; not in love.
+
hoodcap
n.
See Hooded seal, under Hooded.
+
house
v.i.
To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
+
holosiderite
n.
Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.
+
homefield
n.
A field adjacent to its owner's home.
+
housekeeping
n.
The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.
+
hexicology
n.
The science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
+
hamstring
v.t.
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
+
hierarchy
n.
A rank or order of holy beings.
+
hoidenhood
n.
State of being a hoiden.
+
henbit
n.
A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.
+
heliochromic
a.
Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy.
+
hoodwink
v.t.
To blind by covering the eyes.
+
h

The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.
+
herbarium
n.
A book or case for preserving dried plants.
+
haut
a.
Haughty.
+
heptarchy
n.
A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
+
humectant
a.
Diluent.
+
hood
n.
A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
+
hipps
n.
See Hyp, n.
+
hemicarp
n.
One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.
+
hepar
n.
Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (/).
+
humanly
adv.
In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue.
+
huntsmen
pl.
of Huntsman
+
holystone
n.
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
+
hopeless
a.
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
+
hyperoxymuriatic
a.
Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid.
+
hundreder
n.
An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.
+
hematin
n.
Hematoxylin.
+
hatchet
n.
Specifically, a tomahawk.
+
hopeful
a.
Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
+
hylic
a.
Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.
+
hobornob
adv.
See Hobnob.
+
hadsome
v.t.
To render handsome.
+
herderite
n.
A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.
+
hektograph
n.
See Hectograph.
+
heroic
a.
Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
+
heaven
n.
The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
+
hackle
n.
An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
+
haveless
a.
Having little or nothing.
+
hit
v.t.
To guess; to light upon or discover.
+
harlequin
v.t.
Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
+
harpooneer
n.
An harpooner.
+
homophone
n.
A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
+
hollowhearted
a.
Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
+
heptaphyllous
a.
Having seven leaves.
+
halfsword
n.
Half the length of a sword; close fight.
+
hemorrhoids
n.pl.
Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods.
+
hutch
n.
A jig for washing ore.
+
heartstrike
v.t.
To affect at heart; to shock.
+
hoteldeville
n.
A city hall or townhouse.
+
heartwounded
a.
Wounded to the heart with love or grief.
+
hawaiian
a.
Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.
+
holoblastic
a.
Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
+
hidebound
a.
Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.
+
helical
a.
Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring.
+
hyporadius
n.
One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather.
+
hartbeest
n.
A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white.
+
hemiorthotype
a.
Same as Monoclinic.
+
heavenlyminded
a.
Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious.
+
huisher
v.t.
To usher.
+
humorless
a.
Destitute of humor.
+
hough
v.t.
Same as Hock, to hamstring.
+
handicap
n.
A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
+
horse
n.
A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
+
honeying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Honey
+
hymned
imp.|p.p.
of Hymn
+
hailstone
n.
A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.
+
hybridous
a.
Same as Hybrid.
+
hold
n.
Something that may be grasped; means of support.
+
hence
adv.
From this time; in the future; as, a week hence.
+
hippopotamus
n.
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.
+
heddleeye
n.
The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.
+
harpsichord
n.
A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.
+
hypostrophe
n.
The act of a patient turning himself.
+
histonomy
n.
The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
+
he
obj.
Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively.
+
helpless
a.
Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of.
+
hammerless
a.
Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.
+
hematosin
n.
The hematin of blood.
+
hackly
a.
Rough or broken, as if hacked.
+
hemicrania
n.
A pain that affects only one side of the head.
+
hyperspace
n.
An imagined space having more than three dimensions.
+
hyetographic
a.
Of or pertaining to to hyetography.
+
heck
n.
An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
+
holographic
a.
Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.
+
hygrometrical
a.
Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as, hygrometric substances, like potash.
+
herse
n.
A funeral ceremonial.
+
hockday
n.
A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide.
+
hammerharden
v.t.
To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.
+
halos
pl.
of Halo
+
hanger
n.
A bridle iron.
+
halfwitted
a.
Weak in intellect; silly.
+
homologous
a.
Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
+
hedge
v.t.
To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.
+
hemispherical
a.
Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.
+
he
obj.
Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.
+
haw
n.
A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
+
hoeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hoe
+
hassock
n.
A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
+
hepar
n.
Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (/).
+
hydriform
a.
Having the form or structure of a hydra.
+
herpetology
n.
The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.
+
housed
imp.|p.p.
of House
+
haul
n.
A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
+
homomorphism
n.
Same as Homomorphy.
+
hypotenuse
n.
Alt. of Hypothenuse
+
hemoglobin
n.
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
+
huer
n.
One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker.
+
hydrometeor
n.
A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.
+
handiron
n.
See Andrion.
+
holing
n.
Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass.
+
hoggery
n.
Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
+
hurried
a.
Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job.
+
hornbill
n.
Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.
+
hired
imp.|p.p.
of Hire
+
hurrier
n.
One who hurries or urges.
+
hemiopia
n.
Alt. of Hemiopsia
+
hypothenar
a.
Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.
+
header
n.
A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
+
hickway
n.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.
+
harrier
n.
One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).
+
homological
a.
Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology.
+
hurting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hurt
+
hyperboliform
a.
Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola.
+
husband
n.
A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
+
habituated
imp.|p.p.
of Habituate
+
haemoplastic
a.
Same as Haematoplastic.
+
hypnagogic
a.
Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.
+
house
v.t.
To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.
+
height
n.
The condition of being high; elevated position.
+
hyoscyamus
n.
The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
+
hepatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hepatize
+
henogenesis
n.
Same as Ontogeny.
+
helpless
a.
Bringing no help; unaiding.
+
hektometer
n.
Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
+
hack
v.t.
Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
+
honeywort
n.
A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees.
+
hobnail
n.
A clownish person; a rustic.
+
hydromellonic
a.
See Cyamellone.
+
hydrargyrum
n.
Quicksilver; mercury.
+
heck
n.
A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
+
heath
n.
A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.
+
hightop
n.
A ship's masthead.
+
humanitarian
n.
One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
+
hydracid
n.
An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no oxygen, from the oxygen acids or oxacids. See Acid.
+
helcoplasty
n.
The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.
+
hedonic
a.
Pertaining to pleasure.
+
haitian
a.|n.
See Haytian.
+
horsly
a.
Horselike.
+
hellenic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.
+
hawk
n.
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
+
head
n.
The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.
+
humpback
n.
A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.
+
headdress
n.
A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.
+
hogchoker
n.
An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.
+
humble
a.
Hornless. See Hummel.
+
hockey
n.
A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
+
hyppish
a.
Affected with hypochondria; hypped.
+
hoverhawk
n.
The kestrel.
+
hunting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hunt
+
helm
n.
A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
+
help
v.i.
To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
+
heel
n.
The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
+
handystroke
n.
A blow with the hand.
+
hieroglyph
a.
Alt. of Hieroglyphic
+
heart
n.
A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
+
herculean
a.
Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
+
hexastich
n.
Alt. of Hexastichon
+
hoop
v.i.
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
+
harlotry
n.
Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.
+
hearties
pl.
of Hearty
+
hamulose
a.
Bearing a small hook at the end.
+
hymeniums
pl.
of Hymenium
+
honesty
a.
Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
+
hedger
n.
One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
+
howsoever
adj.|conj.
Although; though; however.
+
hidebound
a.
Niggardly; penurious.
+
herbwomen
pl.
of Herb-woman
+
hydrobilirubin
n.
A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.
+
heelless
a.
Without a heel.
+
hew
n.
Hue; color.
+
hornblower
n.
One who, or that which, blows a horn.
+
holiday
n.
A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
+
hoped
imp.|p.p.
of Hope
+
hurkaru
n.
In India, a running footman; a messenger.
+
hack
a.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
+
helmed
a.
Covered with a helmet.
+
heaping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heap
+
hoax
v.t.
To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
+
hebraized
imp.|p.p.
of Hebraize
+
headstrong
a.
Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
+
homoiousian
n.
One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian.
+
hyperborean
n.
An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
+
hirundo
n.
A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
+
hepatoscopy
n.
Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
+
hurtful
a.
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.
+
hoop
n.
A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
+
hornsnake
n.
A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.
+
handle
v.t.
To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
+
harmonometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.
+
herdman
n.
Alt. of Herdsman
+
hum
v.t.
To express satisfaction with by humming.
+
hourglass
n.
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
+
haruspice
n.
A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.
+
horseman
n.
A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
+
hessian
a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
+
haymow
n.
The place in a barn where hay is deposited.
+
honesty
a.
Chastity; modesty.
+
haggler
n.
One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.
+
harmony
n.
A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
+
hubblebubble
n.
A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.
+
homecoming
n.
Return home.
+
holdback
n.
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
+
hyalea
n.
A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
+
hemautography
n.
The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.
+
havana
n.
An Havana cigar.
+
hypercriticism
n.
Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.
+
horse
v.t.
To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
+
hostry
n.
A stable for horses.
+
hyena
n.
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits.
+
hyperborean
a.
Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere.
+
hypnotize
v.t.
To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.
+
heavyarmed
a.
Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.
+
homeopathy
n.
The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy.
+
hill
n.
The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
+
hatel
a.
Hateful; detestable.
+
hockle
v.t.
To hamstring; to hock; to hough.
+
hippopotamuses
pl.
of Hippopotamus
+
haematoglobulin
n.
Same as Hematoglobin.
+
huyghenian
a.
Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope.
+
hoop
v.t.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
+
hygrine
n.
An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste and odor.
+
hammock
n.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
+
hysterics
n.pl.
Hysteria.
+
horseshoe
n.
Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
+
hamstrung
imp.|p.p.
of Hamstring
+
horn
n.
The pointed beak of an anvil.
+
halloo
v.t.
To chase with shouts or outcries.
+
halfheard
a.
Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
+
hitch
n.
A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
+
henchboy
n.
A page; a servant.
+
highholder
n.
The flicker; -- called also high-hole.
+
hyracoid
n.
One of the Hyracoidea.
+
highwaymen
pl.
of Highwayman
+
hollow
v.i.
To shout; to hollo.
+
host
v.t.
To give entertainment to.
+
hypoptilum
n.
An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.
+
hatstand
n.
A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.
+
herbarium
n.
A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.
+
hyemal
a.
Belonging to winter; done in winter.
+
hobble
n.
Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
+
hexameter
a.
Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
+
hasheesh
n.
Alt. of Hashish
+
hypothetical
a.
Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon.
+
hippopathology
n.
The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.
+
harvesthome
n.
The opportunity of gathering treasure.
+
hereditable
a.
Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable.
+
help
v.t.
Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
+
haggler
n.
One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.
+
hornbeam
n.
A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.
+
heavily
adv.
In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.
+
happed
p.a.
Wrapped; covered; cloaked.
+
himself
pron.
One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
+
home
a.
Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
+
humanitarian
a.
Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.
+
hip
n.
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina).
+
hydrogenized
imp.|p.p.
of Hydrogenize
+
heartseed
n.
A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart.
+
hemorrhoidal
a.
Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.
+
howl
n.
A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
+
harp
n.
To play on the harp.
+
handcuffed
imp.|p.p.
of Handcuff
+
headstone
n.
The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
+
haziness
n.
The quality or state of being hazy.
+
highseasoned
a.
Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
+
hull
v.i.
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
+
hip tree

The dog-rose.
+
hydrangea
n.
A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan.
+
heavyheaded
a.
Dull; stupid.
+
harsh
a.
Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
+
hellespontine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hellespont.
+
haunched
a.
Having haunches.
+
homebred
a.
Bred at home; domestic; not foreign.
+
hogframe
n.
A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
+
heliocentrical
a.
pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical.
+
havenage
n.
Harbor dues; port dues.
+
handless
a.
Without a hand.
+
hyracoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hyracoidea.
+
horizon
n.
A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.
+
hypospadias
n.
A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.
+
hack
n.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
+
halfwit
n.
A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
+
hospitaler
n.
One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042.  They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.
+
head
n.
The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.
+
highproof
a.
Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.
+
hostie
n.
The consecrated wafer; the host.
+
habitant
v.t.
An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural.
+
humdrum
n.
Monotonous and tedious routine.
+
horn
n.
The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
+
holmia
n.
An oxide of holmium.
+
handseled
imp.|p.p.
of Handsel
+
hexagynous
a.
Having six pistils.
+
hangnest
n.
A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
+
heartbreak
n.
Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.
+
hunt
n.
The game secured in the hunt.
+
hexade
n.
A series of six numbers.
+
handcuff
n.
A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.
+
hansard
n.
An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
+
hornedness
n.
The condition of being horned.
+
haemomanometer
n.
Same as Hemadynamometer.
+
hydrosalt
n.
An acid salt.
+
hydr

See under Hydro-.
+
hollandish
a.
Relating to Holland; Dutch.
+
hamlet
n.
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
+
hastive
n.
Forward; early; -- said of fruits.
+
hounded
imp.|p.p.
of Hound
+
hederic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series.
+
hypocrateriform
a.
hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped.
+
hadji
n.
A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor.
+
homing
a.
Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
+
hitched
imp.|p.p.
of Hitch
+
hydrostatical
a.
Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
+
hereof
adv.
Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.
+
handicapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Handicap
+
hesp
n.
A measure of two hanks of linen thread.
+
hairbrained
a.
See Harebrained.
+
hythe
n.
A small haven. See Hithe.
+
heptandrian
a.
Alt. of Heptandrous
+
heroism
n.
The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
+
halse
v.t.
To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
+
hybernacle

Alt. of Hybernation
+
hodmandod
n.
See Dodman.
+
hydrometeorological
a.
Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc.
+
have
v.t.
To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
+
hoboy
n.
A hautboy or oboe.
+
heteronomy
n.
Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
+
horology
n.
The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.
+
huntsmanship
n.
The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
+
hierographical
a.
Of or pertaining to sacred writing.
+
horsechestnut
n.
The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.
+
horsehead
n.
The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).
+
hippuric
a.
Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid.
+
harvest
n.
The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
+
harmoniphon
n.
An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.
+
habitual
n.
According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.
+
hellenian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks.
+
harvestman
n.
See Daddy longlegs, 1.
+
hexahemeron
n.
A term of six days.
+
help
v.t.
To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object.
+
hopper
n.
See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree.
+
men
pl.
of Handcraftsman
+
herodian
n.
One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.
+
halo
v.t.|i.
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
+
hemina
n.
A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
+
human
n.
A human being.
+
hydration
n.
The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.
+
handcraft
n.
Same as Handicraft.
+
horseman
n.
A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
+
humbled
imp.|p.p.
of Humble
+
harborough

Alt. of Harbrough
+
hot
superl.
Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
+
holour
n.
A whoremonger.
+
haunt
n.
The habit of resorting to a place.
+
harvestmen
pl.
of Harvestman
+
habit
n.
The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.
+
handle
v.t.
To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
+
hypanthium
n.
A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.
+
hang
v.i.
To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.
+
hiss
v.i.
To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
+
humorsome
a.
Jocose; witty; humorous.
+
hotchpotch
n.
A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given.
+
heartener
n.
One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.
+
handfast
n.
Strong; steadfast.
+
hazel
a.
Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.
+
heirless
a.
Destitute of an heir.
+
hold
n.i.
To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
+
humifuse
a.
Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.
+
hysteroepilepsy
n.
A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body.
+
hop
v.t.
To impregnate with hops.
+
horizontally
adv.
In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
+
hiems
n.
Winter.
+
hylodes
n.
The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.
+
hyaline
a.
Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.
+
humect
v.t.
Alt. of Humectate
+
holostome
n.
One of the Holostomata.
+
hewn

of Hew
+
hocuspocus
n.
A juggler or trickster.
+
halt
v.i.
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
+
hibernacle
n.
That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant.
+
hydrachnid
n.
An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna. The hydrachnids, while young, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels.
+
hilly
a.
Lofty; as, hilly empire.
+
help
v.t.
To forbear; to avoid.
+
heliolite
n.
A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks.
+
holethnic
a.
Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.
+
hummock
n.
A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
+
halfblooded
a.
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.
+
hydrogenated
imp.|p.p.
of Hydrogenate
+
hyperaemia
n.
A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body.
+
harass
n.
Devastation; waste.
+
hobble
n.i.
To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
+
headed
a.
Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
+
husked
a.
Covered with a husk.
+
hatch
v.i.
To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
+
heterodactylous
a.
Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
+
hopper
n.
A game. See Hopscotch.
+
humblebee
n.
The bumblebee.
+
heartshaped
a.
Having the shape of a heart; cordate.
+
hypanthia
pl.
of Hypanthium
+
hecatomb
n.
A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
+
hoofs
pl.
of Hoof
+
halser
n.
See Hawser.
+
holm
n.
A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.
+
heteropodous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.
+
hough
n.
An adz; a hoe.
+
hysteranthous
a.
Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened.
+
hundred
a.
Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
+
high
n.
An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
+
hierolatry
n.
The worship of saints or sacred things.
+
hooper
n.
One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
+
head
n.
Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.
+
hairbell
n.
See Harebell.
+
hemstitched
a.
Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
+
hurly
n.
Noise; confusion; uproar.
+
hight
imp.
of Hight
+
hidebound
a.
Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
+
hemostatic
a.
Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
+
horror
n.
A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.
+
harvesthome
n.
The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.
+
homoousian
n.
One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.
+
horner
n.
One who works or deal in horn or horns.
+
hominy
n.
Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.
+
halones
n.pl.
Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.
+
heel
v.t.
To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
+
holy
superl.
Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
+
hand
n.
A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
+
halt
n.
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
+
helvetian
n.
A Swiss; a Switzer.
+
hogmanay
n.
The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant.
+
handful
n.
A small quantity.
+
hipped
imp.|p.p.
of Hip
+
humoristic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.
+
harmattan
n.
A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.
+
housage
n.
A fee for keeping goods in a house.
+
hoping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hope
+
hyposterna
pl.
of Hyposternum
+
hammerable
a.
Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer.
+
hydrophane
n.
A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
+
harmony
n.
The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.
+
men
pl.
of Handi-craftsman
+
hegemony
n.
Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.
+
huswife
n.
A worthless woman; a hussy.
+
hade
n.
The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
+
hydrodynamical
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the dynamical action of water of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power.
+
house
n.
An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
+
hoa
interj.
Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
+
heroologist
n.
One who treats of heroes.
+
happiness
n.
Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language.
+
harengiform
a.
Herring-shaped.
+
homogeny
n.
Joint nature.
+
hereupon
adv.
On this; hereon.
+
hangman
n.
One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office.
+
hydrazine
n.
Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc.  They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc.
+
hessian
n.
A mercenary or venal person.
+
hog
v.i.
To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
+
hack
v.i.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
+
horned
a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
+
haffle
v.i.
To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
+
henpeck
v.t.
To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).
+
hoove
n.
A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.
+
humanist
n.
One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title.
+
hetercephalous
a.
Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
+
horography
n.
An account of the hours.
+
hem
n.
Border; edge; margin.
+
hemisecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hemisect
+
hemiopsia
n.
A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.
+
hoist
n.
The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
+
hydrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hydrate
+
hamshackle
v.t.
To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.
+
herodiones
n.pl.
A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii.
+
headachy
a.
Afflicted with headache.
+
hydrozoon
n.
One of the Hydrozoa.
+
homemade
a.
Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country.
+
hordeic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.
+
heteromerous
a.
Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras.
+
hasting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Haste
+
hyperboloid
n.
A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.
+
hibernian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.
+
horseshoeing
n.
The act or employment of shoeing horses.
+
heat
v.t.
To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.
+
hieroglyphical
a.
Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.
+
heartstricken
a.
Shocked; dismayed.
+
have
v.t.
To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
+
houseroom
n.
Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
+
heel
v.t.
To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
+
hematein
n.
A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
+
hyperbolical
a.
Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression.
+
heartpea
n.
Same as Heartseed.
+
horsefly
n.
The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
+
hydroferricyanic
n.
Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferricyanic acid. See Ferricyanic.
+
half
a.
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
+
husbandmen
pl.
of Husbandman
+
hatte

pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote.
+
hem
n.
A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
+
hazardable
a.
Such as can be hazarded or risked.
+
hymenean
n.
Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites.
+
hedgehog
n.
A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.
+
hold
n.
A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
+
hexastichon
n.
A poem consisting of six verses or lines.
+
headache
n.
Pain in the head; cephalalgia.
+
hector
n.
A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
+
highchurchmanship
n.
The state of being a high-churchman.
+
hanging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hang
+
handed
imp.|p.p.
of Hand
+
hobnob
v.i.
To drink familiarly (with another).
+
hesternal
a.
Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a.
+
hoar
n.
Hoariness; antiquity.
+
heretog
n.
The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal.
+
hearse
v.t.
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
+
hood moulding

A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.
+
homology
n.
The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.
+
hip
v.t.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
+
homelike
a.
Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.
+
hymn
n.
An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.
+
harry
v.t.
To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
+
huswifely
adv.
In a huswifely manner.
+
hit
v.i.
To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.
+
holyday
n.
A secular festival; a holiday.
+
hende
a.
Skillful; dexterous; clever.
+
head
n.
Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.
+
hue
n.
A shouting or vociferation.
+
halberdier
n.
One who is armed with a halberd.
+
heartedness
n.
Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.
+
hoven
a.
Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle.
+
halcyon
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
+
hatchelling

of Hatchel
+
hysteria
n.
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.
+
hastings sands

The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England.
+
hurryskurry
adv.
Confusedly; in a bustle.
+
haematinometer
n.
Same as Hematinometer.
+
herself
pron.
An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself.
+
hyponasty
n.
Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface.
+
husbanded
imp.|p.p.
of Husband
+
hotblooded
a.
Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.
+
horse
v.t.
To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.
+
housework
n.
The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.
+
halfbrother
n.
A brother by one parent, but not by both.
+
headmen
pl.
of Headman
+
handyydandy
n.
A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.
+
holometer
n.
An instrument for making of angular measurements.
+
hydatid
n.
A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. See these words in the Vocabulary.
+
hot

of Hote
+
harre
n.
A hinge.
+
hinge
v.t.
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
+
headway
n.
Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath.
+
histotomy
n.
The dissection of organic tissues.
+
hermitical
a.
Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit.
+
heroes
pl.
of Hero
+
herd
n.
A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.
+
hasping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hasp
+
halo
n.
A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
+
hogback
n.
A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
+
hinder
v.i.
To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
+
heartyhale
a.
Good for the heart.
+
hydrocauli
pl.
of Hydrocaulus
+
hawkweed
n.
A plant of the genus Senecio (S. hieracifolius).
+
honing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hone
+
hematoxylin
n.
Haematoxylin.
+
howl
v.t.
To utter with outcry.
+
hulotheism
n.
See Hylotheism.
+
hysteron proteron

A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."
+
humid
a.
Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.
+
henna
n.
A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
+
hellish
a.
Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical.
+
hydrocarbon
n.
A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
+
histiology
n.
Same as Histology.
+
hubner
n.
A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
+
hornmad
a.
Quite mad; -- raving crazy.
+
hairbreadth

Alt. of Hair'sbreadth
+
hundredweight
n.
A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.
+
humanity
n.
The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
+
helicotrema
n.
The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.
+
hear
v.t.
To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.
+
halfness
n.
The quality of being half; incompleteness.
+
homolographic
a.
Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.
+
hypophosphoric
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid.
+
hemlock
n.
An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
+
horsehair
n.
A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.
+
hold
v.t.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
+
hold
n.i.
Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
+
henhouse
n.
A house or shelter for fowls.
+
hollow
a.
Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
+
helvite
n.
A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
+
hoist
p.p.
Hoisted.
+
hypnology
n.
A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.
+
howler
n.
Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.
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hallmark
n.
The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.
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heliochromy
n.
The art of producing photographs in color.
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heathen
a.
Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
+
huck
v.i.
To higgle in trading.
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humanity
n.
Mankind collectively; the human race.
+
hook
v.t.
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
+
hepatogastric
a.
See Gastrohepatic.
+
healthless
n.
Not conducive to health; unwholesome.
+
huffish
a.
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
+
tyla
pl.
of Hypodactylum
+
hob
n.
A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
+
homotaxial
a.
Alt. of Homotaxic
+
hissing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hiss
+
horologiographer
n.
A maker of clocks, watches, or dials.
+
harish
a.
Like a hare.
+
hoiden
n.
A rude, clownish youth.
+
hank
v.t.
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
+
hymn
v.t.
To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.
+
halfendeal
n.
A half part.
+
ho
pron.
Who.
+
huddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Huddle
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hour
n.
The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
+
highreaching
a.
Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring.
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hippocampal
a.
Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
+
hypnum
n.
The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.
+
harquebus
n.
Alt. of Harquebuse
+
house
n.
Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
+
hypoplastra
pl.
of Hypoplastron
+
habilitation
n.
Equipment; qualification.
+
hypotarsus
n.
A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.
+
hospitalities
pl.
of Hospitality
+
hypocarpium
n.
A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.
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hant

A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.
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horsemint
n.
In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
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honed
imp.|p.p.
of Hone
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hurt
imp.|p.p.
of Hurt
+
handspike
n.
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
+
header
n.
A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
+
hemmer
n.
A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
+
hum
n.
Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
+
hegge
n.
A hedge.
+
hatchettine
n.
Alt. of Hatchettite
+
heat
v.t.
To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
+
humanism
n.
Human nature or disposition; humanity.
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hurter
v.t.
A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.
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halfread
a.
Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
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highsouled
a.
Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
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huch
n.
Alt. of Huchen
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harmonize
v.i.
To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
+
hummer
n.
A humming bird.
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hammermen
pl.
of Hammerman
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hereafterward
adv.
Hereafter.
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herborize
v.i.
To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
+
horrification
n.
That which causes horror.
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haemaphaein
n.
A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
+
hierologist
n.
One versed in, or whostudies, hierology.
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hairsplitting
n.
The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
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hardener
n.
One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.
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humming
a.
Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
+
hernias
pl.
of Hernia
+
hood
n.
The top or head of a carriage.
+
histrion
n.
A player.
+
helmet
n.
A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
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howitzer
n.
A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.
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hammer
v.i.
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
+
hetero

A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.
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hysteric
a.
Alt. of Hysterical
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hayrick
n.
A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
+
hamite
n.
A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.
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hit
pron.
It.
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habilatory
a.
Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes.
+
heart
n.
One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
+
hibernaculum
n.
Winter home or abiding place.
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hogged
a.
Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.
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hurlyburly
n.
Tumult; bustle; confusion.
+
harier
n.
See Harrier.
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harelip
n.
A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare.
+
hitherto
adv.
Up to this time; as yet; until now.
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hallowed
imp.|p.p.
of Hallow
+
hight
v.t.|i.
To be called or named.
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harp
v.t.
To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
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hautein
a.
High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds.
+
hermetically
adv.
By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
+
housebuilder
n.
One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.
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hispid
a.
Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
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hinder
a.
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
+
hutching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hutch
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hyoscyamus
n.
A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.
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heartbreaking
a.
Causing overpowering sorrow.
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hemigamous
a.
Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.
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hind
n.
A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
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hebraistically
adv.
In a Hebraistic sense or form.
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hypothesis
n.
A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.
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hive
v.t.
To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
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holt
n.
A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place.
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hygienism
n.
Hygiene.
+
himpne
n.
A hymn.
+
hove

imp. & p. p. of Heave.
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helminthological
a.
Of or pertaining to helminthology.
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hiddenly
adv.
In a hidden manner.
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horticultor
n.
One who cultivates a garden.
+
hesitate
v.t.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
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hin
n.
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.
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hollo
interj.
To call out or exclaim; to halloo.  This form is now mostly replaced by hello.
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hine
n.
A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind.
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heel
n.
The after end of a ship's keel.
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hothouse
n.
A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
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huntcounter
n.
A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.
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hydrognosy
n.
A treatise upon, or a history and description of, the water of the earth.
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hasty
n.
Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
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hanse
n.
That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
+
harp
n.
A grain sieve.
+
humility
n.
An act of submission or courtesy.
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homelily
adv.
Plainly; inelegantly.
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harbor
n.
A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
+
health
n.
A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.
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holwe
a.
Hollow.
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hoa
interj.
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
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haversian
a.
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
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heathenish
a.
Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel.
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honeyed
imp.|p.p.
of Honey
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hydrocarbostyril
n.
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline and carbostyril.
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halmas
a.
The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas.
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hyposulphurous
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation.
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haemapodous
a.
Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.
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hearth
n.
The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
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hoop
n.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
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herbivorous
a.
Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
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hightoned
a.
Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
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hercules
n.
A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
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heresy
n.
An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.
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hotpress
v.t.
To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
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highlow
n.
A laced boot, ankle high.
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hardock
n.
See Hordock.
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harness cask

A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.
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helicine
a.
Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis.
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hoe
v.t.
To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn.
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halfbred
a.
Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.
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harridan
n.
A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
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horsewomen
pl.
of Horsewoman
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hoary
a.
Of a pale silvery gray.
+
men
pl.
of High-churchman
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halfsister
n.
A sister by one parent only.
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herbage
n.
Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture.
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hemin
n.
A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.
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huff
n.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
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haugh
n.
A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
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hesperornis
n.
A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.
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hurry
v.i.
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
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hydrocarbonate
n.
A hydrous carbonate, as malachite.
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hibernate
v.i.
To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
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halcyonold
a.|n.
See Alcyonoid.
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horizontal
a.
Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.
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handed
a.
With hands joined; hand in hand.
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hazard
n.
To venture to incur, or bring on.
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habit
n.
To dress; to clothe; to array.
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humankind
n.
Mankind.
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handle
v.t.
To treat; to use, well or ill.
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hunger
n.
To have an eager desire; to long.
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homewards
adv.
Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.
+
hieromnemon
n.
The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
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halwe
n.
A saint.
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homaxonial
a.
Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.
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hostage
n.
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
+
hear
v.t.
To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
+
hatching
n.
A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.
+
hemadromometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.
+
hogging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hog
+
hangbies
pl.
of Hang-by
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herbaged
a.
Covered with grass.
+
hardlabored
a.
Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied.
+
hearth
n.
The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.
+
heathenizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heathenize
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hackle
v.t.
To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
+
harsh
a.
disagreeable to the touch.
+
humanized
imp.|p.p.
of Humanize
+
humbug
n.
An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
+
hoodlum
n.
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow.
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hecdecane
n.
A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.
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hellenize
v.t.
To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word.
+
hoker
n.
Scorn; derision; abusive talk.
+
horseman
n.
A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
+
hood
n.
A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
+
hypnocyst
n.
A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.
+
homoeomorphous
a.
Manifesting homoeomorphism.
+
hardness
n.
The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.
+
hebetate
a.
Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
+
hammerbeam
n.
A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.
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horsewoman
n.
A woman who rides on horseback.
+
humectate
v.t.
To moisten; to wet.
+
harvestless
a.
Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
+
haul
n.
Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
+
hyperkinesis
n.
Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.
+
hold
v.t.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
+
hemionus
n.
A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang.
+
hyrcanian
a.
Alt. of Hyrcan
+
hetman
n.
A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
+
hypogynous
a.
Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant.
+
hit
v.i.
To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
+
helve
n.
The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.
+
hansom cab

A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
+
header
n.
One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
+
half
a.
Part; side; behalf.
+
helix
n.
A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
+
handle
v.i.
To use the hands.
+
hided
imp.|p.p.
of Hide
+
haresfoot fern

A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.
+
hog
v.t.
To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.
+
house
n.
One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.
+
homespun
a.
Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse.
+
hack
n.
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
+
hoggerpump
n.
The for pump in the pit.
+
hylotheist
n.
One who believes in hylotheism.
+
hale
n.
Welfare.
+
hy
a.
High.
+
hesperus
n.
Evening.
+
high
superl.
Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
+
hulled
imp.|p.p.
of Hull
+
hurlbat
n.
See Whirlbat.
+
hackneyman
n.
A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
+
houseline
n.
A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.
+
handkerchief
n.
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
+
hagiography
n.
Same Hagiographa.
+
hogshead
n.
An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
+
honey
n.
A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
+
homoeozoic
a.
Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface.
+
hero
n.
A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.
+
heron
n.
Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons.
+
hustle
v.t.
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.
+
hormogonium
n.
A chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated.
+
hummum
n.
A sweating bath or place for sweating.
+
homophonous
a.
Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.
+
habitat
v.t.
The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
+
handy
superl.
Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
+
hock
v.t.
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
+
hop
v.i.
To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
+
heliconian
a.
Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius.
+
horometrical
a.
Belonging to horometry.
+
hostility
n.
State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
+
heterogenesis
n.
That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.
+
heliometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
+
halftounue
n.
A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
+
healthful
a.
Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition.
+
hydrometric
a.
Alt. of Hydrometrical
+
hammerman
n.
A hammerer; a forgeman.
+
hurtle
v.t.
To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
+
hybrid
a.
Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.
+
hardhead
n.
Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.
+
heave
n.
An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.
+
haurient
a.
In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.
+
hieroscopy
n.
Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
+
histological
a.
Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.
+
harmonist
n.
One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.
+
homaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Homage
+
hypapophysis
n.
A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as haemal spines, and chevron bones.
+
hack
n.
A procuress.
+
hatching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hatch
+
hydrogenating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hydrogenate
+
haft
n.
A dwelling.
+
hypoderma
n.
An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
+
hypochondria
n.
Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
+
harmonical
a.
Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like.
+
hypallage
n.
A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.
+
horrible
a.
Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.
+
humpback
n.
A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
+
herring
n.
One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities.
+
herdsman
n.
The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
+
halachoth
pl.
of Halacha
+
hearing
n.
The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.
+
hennotannic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
+
halfen
a.
Wanting half its due qualities.
+
homer
n.
See Hoemother.
+
horn
n.
An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
haft
v.t.
To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
+
hoarfrost
n.
The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost.
+
heteronereis
n.
A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
+
hymenean
n.
A marriage song.
+
homomorphous
a.
Characterized by homomorphism.
+
hilar
a.
Belonging to the hilum.
+
holophanerous
a.
Same as Holometabolic.
+
hydrogenium
n.
Hydrogen; -- called also in view of its supposed metallic nature.
+
hocus
v.t.
To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker.
+
hyaline
n.
A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.
+
hawkbit
n.
The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).
+
higtaper
n.
A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]
+
hectolitre
n.
A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2/ Winchester bushels.
+
hile
v.t.
To hide. See Hele.
+
hypocrite
n.
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
+
haminura
n.
A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.
+
helichrysum
n.
A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."
+
hundreder
n.
A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs.
+
homeling
n.
A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling.
+
hundredfold
n.
A hundred times as much or as many.
+
hindmost
a.
Furthest in or toward the rear; last.
+
haystack
n.
A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
+
heliciform
a.
Having the form of a helix; spiral.
+
hosanna
n.
A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings.
+
hessian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Hesse.
+
hungarian
a.
Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary.
+
heteroptics
n.
False optics.
+
heavy
superl.
Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
+
hypostyle
a.
Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
+
hyperbolic
a.
Alt. of Hyperbolical
+
honest
a.
Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
+
hungering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hunger
+
harsh
a.
disagreeable to the ear.
+
hygroscopicity
n.
The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.
+
hulling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hull
+
heal
v.t.
To restore to original purity or integrity.
+
hemispherule
n.
A half spherule.
+
haytian
a.
Of pertaining to Hayti.
+
hemastatics
n.
Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
+
hasty
n.
Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
+
hoisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hoist
+
hotness
n.
The quality or state of being hot.
+
heroicomic
a.
Alt. of Heroicomical
+
hispanic
a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.
+
heretoch
n.
Alt. of Heretog
+
habitation
n.
Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
+
hematoid
a.
Resembling blood.
+
hyrse
n.
Millet.
+
heelpost
n.
The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
+
happy
superl.
Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
+
hockey
n.
The stick used by the players.
+
hyponastic
a.
Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.  Cf. Epinastic.
+
hud
n.
A huck or hull, as of a nut.
+
harmonical
a.
Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
+
highmost
a.
Highest.
+
hum
v.i.
To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
+
hunt
v.t.
To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
+
hypodermic
a.
Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.
+
hyosternum
n.
See Hyoplastron.
+
higgling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Higgle
+
hoed
imp.|p.p.
of Hoe
+
hippocrepian
n.
One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema.
+
hunt
n.
A pack of hounds.
+
hencoop
n.
A coop or cage for hens.
+
harpings
n.pl.
The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem.
+
heir
n.
One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
+
honey
n.
Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.
+
hold
n.
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
+
husk
n.
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
+
homogeneous
a.
Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.
+
homoorgan

Same as Homoplast.
+
hurtless
a.
Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm.
+
hindoostanee
a.
Alt. of Hindustani
+
homeric
a.
Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.
+
hearse
n.
A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
+
help
v.t.
Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
+
hemidemisemiquaver
n.
A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.
+
hastif
a.
Hasty.
+
happiness
n.
Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
+
hypogaeic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut (Arachis hypogaea).
+
highland
n.
Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
+
hospitate
v.i.
To receive hospitality; to be a guest.
+
humanly
adv.
Kindly; humanely.
+
heartless
a.
Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent.
+
harquebuse
n.
A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.
+
horn
n.
One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
+
homomorphy
n.
Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.
+
haze
v.t.
To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.
+
hunchback
n.
A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
+
hero
n.
An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
+
humorist
n.
One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.
+
horological
a.
Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
+
houses
pl.
of House
+
heteropoda
n.pl.
An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.
+
humiri
n.
A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.
+
hypo
n.
Hypochondria.
+
hose
n.
Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
+
highembowed 
a.
Having lofty arches.
+
hotspur
n.
A rash, hot-headed man.
+
histophyly
n.
The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly.
+
handsomely
adv.
In a handsome manner.
+
hurtleberry
n.
See Whortleberry.
+
hellward
adv.
Toward hell.
+
hesitantly
adv.
With hesitancy or doubt.
+
hight
v.t.|i.
To promise.
+
hatchery
n.
A house for hatching fish, etc.
+
headship
n.
Authority or dignity; chief place.
+
housekeeper
n.
A house dog.
+
hobble
n.i.
To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
+
hydromagnesite
n.
A hydrous carbonate of magnesia occurring in white, early, amorphous masses.
+
hough
n.
A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.
+
hamiform
n.
Hook-shaped.
+
hogsty
n.
A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs.
+
hymen
n.
Marriage; union as if by marriage.
+
hermitess
n.
A female hermit.
+
herbivore
n.
One of the Herbivora.
+
heritable
a.
Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.
+
hagborn
a.
Born of a hag or witch.
+
hid

of Hide
+
hotly
a.
In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.
+
herbergh
n.
Alt. of Herberwe
+
hele
v.t.
To hide; to cover; to roof.
+
heady
a.
Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
+
hectic
n.
A hectic flush.
+
hateful
a.
Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.
+
herbarize
v.t.
See Herborize.
+
hew
v.t.
To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.
+
healthfully
adv.
In health; wholesomely.
+
hairbreadth
a.
Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
+
honied
a.
See Honeyed.
+
habiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Habit
+
heugh
n.
A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides.
+
histologist
n.
One versed in histology.
+
hornel
n.
The European sand eel.
+
humdrum
n.
A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.
+
halm
n.
Same as Haulm.
+
homotaxia
n.
Same as Homotaxis.
+
heterologous
a.
Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs.
+
hyosternal
a.
Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck.
+
hone
v.t.
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
+
hexactinellid
a.
Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinae.
+
hebridian
n.
A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.
+
hiss
n.
The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
+
hosen
n.pl.
See Hose.
+
hable
a.
See Habile.
+
hepta

A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven.
+
hyposulphate
n.
A salt of hyposulphuric acid.
+
hoop
n.
A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
hance
v.t.
To raise; to elevate.
+
hoist
n.
The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
+
hyperbola
n.
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.
+
hive
v.t.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
+
hardy
a.
Able to withstand the cold of winter.
+
hellanodic
n.
A judge or umpire in games or combats.
+
humpback
n.
Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis.
+
hotspur
a.
Alt. of Hotspurred
+
hopthumb
n.
See Hop-o'-my-thumb.
+
horticulturist
n.
One who practices horticulture.
+
haustellate
n.
One of the Haustellata.
+
hankeringly
adv.
In a hankering manner.
+
heterotactous
a.
Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.
+
husband
n.
The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.
+
hook
n.
A snare; a trap.
+
heronshaw
n.
A heron.
+
hellenism
n.
A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.
+
humane
a.
Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent.
+
headless
a.
Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
+
holoblast
n.
an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.
+
hydrant
n.
A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.
+
homologous
a.
Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
+
helve
v.t.
To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
+
hibernoceltic
n.
The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.
+
heartstruck
a.
Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.
+
heroicomical
a.
Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.
+
haycutter
n.
A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.
+
hear
v.t.
To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.
+
hard
adv.
So as to raise difficulties.
+
hurl
n.
A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
+
homologon
n.
See Homologue.
+
hellhaunted
a.
Haunted by devils; hellish.
+
halfcracked
a.
Half-demented; half-witted.
+
hymenopteran
n.
One of the Hymenoptera.
+
haste
n.
Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
+
huanaco
n.
See Guanaco.
+
huggermugger
n.
Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
+
hydrobarometer
n.
An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by its pressure.
+
hogpen
n.
A pen or sty for hogs.
+
heronsew
n.
A heronshaw.
+
humoral
a.
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever.
+
hypsometry
n.
That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively.
+
hives
n.
The croup.
+
horse
a.
A jackstay.
+
herpetologist
n.
One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.
+
hobit
n.
A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
+
headfirst
adv.
Alt. of Headforemost
+
hydrophyllium
n.
One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.
+
heritor
n.
A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
+
hunter
n.
One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
+
hairsalt
n.
A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.
+
harbingering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harbinger
+
host
n.
The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
+
hydrophore
n.
An instrument used for the purpose of obtaining specimens of water from any desired depth, as in a river, a lake, or the ocean.
+
homologous
a.
Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
+
head
v.i.
To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.
+
hamose

Alt. of Hamous
+
hunt
v.t.
To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
+
heavenly
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.
+
hierarchies
pl.
of Hierarchy
+
highpressure
a.
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
+
home
n.
The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.
+
hereafter
adv.
In time to come; in some future time or state.
+
hurried
a.
Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.
+
haw
v.t.
To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.
+
hemachrome
n.
Same as Haemachrome.
+
hot
superl.
Lustful; lewd; lecherous.
+
hexene
n.
Same as Hexylene.
+
hightoned
a.
High in tone or sound.
+
hooked
a.
Provided with a hook or hooks.
+
halicore
n.
Same as Dugong.
+
hop
n.
A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.
+
heyne
n.
A wretch; a rascal.
+
homoeomerous
a.
Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.
+
hydrocarbonaceous
a.
Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons.
+
hydrostatician
n.
One who is versed or skilled in hydrostatics.
+
heddle
n.
One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
+
hypotheca
n.
An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.
+
husbandable
a.
Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
+
husbanding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Husband
+
handle
v.t.
To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
+
hoofed
a.
Furnished with hoofs.
+
hucksterer
n.
A huckster.
+
hypothetist
n.
One who proposes or supports an hypothesis.
+
highchurchman
n.
One who holds high-church principles.
+
hydatiform
a.
Resembling a hydatid.
+
haematosac
n.
A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.
+
haunch
n.
The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
+
hutch
v.t.
To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
+
horizon
n.
The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
+
hellier
v.t.
One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
+
hexeikosane
n.
A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.
+
hornpike
n.
The garfish.
+
hardhead
n.
The menhaden. See Menhaden.
+
hygroscope
n.
An instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.
+
hauls
n.
See Hals.
+
hydrogode
n.
The negative pole or cathode.
+
humanistic
a.
Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion.
+
hipped
a.
Alt. of Hippish
+
hist
interj.
Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
+
hyperbolizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hyperbolize
+
hulan
n.
See Uhlan.
+
hemiglyph
n.
The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
+
high
n.
People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
+
heat
n.
Fermentation.
+
herpetism
n.
See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous.
+
headspring
n.
Fountain; source.
+
heterochronism
n.
Alt. of Heterochrony
+
heat
n.
Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation.
+
hammer
v.i.
To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
+
hectogram
n.
A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.
+
hedge
n.
A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
+
hatchel
n.
An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.
+
hypodermis
n.
Same as Hypoderma, 2.
+
hymen
n.
A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.
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hereditament
n.
Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir.
+
henbane
n.
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
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headstrongness
n.
Obstinacy.
+
haemadrometry
n.
Alt. of Haemadromometry
+
hasten
v.t.
To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
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hempy
a.
Like hemp.
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hogging
n.
Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
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hyalonema
n.
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope.
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hyalophane
n.
A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar.
+
hyalospongia
n.pl.
An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinae.
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hacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hack
+
homaloid
a.
Alt. of Homaloidal
+
hitch
v.t.
To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
+
heat
n.
High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.
+
hilt
n.
A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
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hurricanoes
pl.
of Hurricano
+
hewe
n.
A domestic servant; a retainer.
+
hurl
v.t.
To twist or turn.
+
head
n.
The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.
+
holotricha
n.pl.
A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.
+
hectocotyli
pl.
of Hectocotylus
+
hypocarp
n.
Alt. of Hypocarpium
+
haddie
n.
The haddock.
+
hopped
imp.|p.p.
of Hop
+
heaper
n.
One who heaps, piles, or amasses.
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help
v.t.
To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony."
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haggle
v.t.
To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.
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hierarchy
n.
A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
+
hind
n.
A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
+
heep
n.
The hip of the dog-rose.
+
harts clover

Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.
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hale
a.
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
+
harmonic
n.
A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics.
+
housing
n.
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
+
haggishly
adv.
In the manner of a hag.
+
hating
p.pr.|pr.|vb.n.
of Hate
+
hundredth
a.
Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.
+
helminth
n.
An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
+
hawk
n.
A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.
+
heroic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
+
helmwind
n.
A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm.
+
hobby
n.
A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
+
hustling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hustle
+
homogenous
a.
Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.
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human
a.
Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.
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heat
n.
Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.
+
hydrothermal
a.
Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.
+
hebetate
v.t.
To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.
+
haemo
prefix.
See Haema-.
+
hydrorhizas
pl.
of Hydrorhiza
+
homoeomeria
n.
The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.
+
hypocycloid
n.
A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle.  Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
+
hurrah
n.
A cheer; a shout of joy, etc.
+
halter
n.
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
+
halting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Halt
+
hop
n.
The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
+
hypochondry
n.
Hypochondriasis.
+
hamster
n.
A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.
+
herbist
n.
A herbalist.
+
hypnosis
n.
Supervention of sleep.
+
hautein
a.
Haughty; proud.
+
heterochromous
a.
Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
+
hederaceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.
+
harrower
n.
One who harries.
+
hairstreak
n.
A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).
+
holding
n.
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
+
hawk
v.t.
To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
+
havildar
n.
In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
+
halfdeck
n.
See Half deck, under Deck.
+
hypochondriasis
n.
A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health.
+
hydraulicon
n.
An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ.
+
hun
n.
One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
+
hoggerel
n.
A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
+
heuk
n.
Variant of Huke.
+
haemometer
n.
Same as Hemadynamometer.
+
histographer
n.
One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.
+
hatched
imp.|p.p.
of Hatch
+
housewife
n.
A hussy.
+
hydria
n.
A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form.
+
harrier
n.
One who harries.
+
hyoglossal
a.
Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.
+
hitch
v.t.
To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
+
hoistaway
n.
A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
+
hopbind
n.
The climbing stem of the hop.
+
harder
n.
A South African mullet, salted for food.
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humanics
n.
The study of human nature.
+
heave
v.i.
To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
+
highred
a.
Of a strong red color.
+
heresiographer
n.
One who writes on heresies.
+
hydroxanthic
a.
Persulphocyanic.
+
healthward
a.|adv.
In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.
+
historionomer
n.
One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
+
howl
v.i.
To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
+
handbook
n.
A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.
+
hub
n.
A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
+
herdess
n.
A shepherdess; a female herder.
+
hejira
n.
See Hegira.
+
headlight
n.
A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.
+
horsefoot
n.
The Limulus or horseshoe crab.
+
hypothesis
n.
A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.
+
hawed
imp.|p.p.
of Haw
+
huzza
v.i.
To shout huzza; to cheer.
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highraised
a.
Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
+
hear
v.i.
To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.
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hong
n.
A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage.
+
hoop
n.
A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.
+
humanizer
n.
One who renders humane.
+
heath
n.
Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
+
harehound
n.
See Harrier.
+
huswifery
n.
The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill.
+
hydrocyanic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen and cyanogen.
+
halfboot
n.
A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.
+
heathenesse
n.
Heathendom.
+
henoge ny
n.
Alt. of Henogenesis
+
havoc
n.
Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
+
hamate
a.
Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
+
hinged
imp.|p.p.
of Hinge
+
hote

of Hight
+
hood
n.
The top of a pump.
+
hindi
n.
The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.
+
herb
n.
A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
+
hymnology
n.
A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
+
homeborn
a.
Of or pertaining to the home or family.
+
holograph
n.
A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.
+
humble
v.t.
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
+
hypo

A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath.
+
hully
a.
Having or containing hulls.
+
hereto
adv.
To this; hereunto.
+
hemianaesthesia
n.
Anaesthesia upon one side of the body.
+
hang
v.i.
To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.
+
hibernal
a.
Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish.
+
hebraist
n.
One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
+
helicograph
n.
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
+
hyalescence
n.
The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.
+
hermaphrodite
n.
An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.
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hobbist
n.
One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.
+
haematexylin
n.
The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.
+
heathens
pl.
of Heathen
+
helixes
pl.
of Helix
+
hefting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heft
+
haven
n.
A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.
+
haematosis
n.
Same as Hematosis.
+
hatch
n.
A bedstead.
+
hydroguret
n.
A hydride.
+
horn
n.
The Ionic volute.
+
heeltap
n.
One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
+
have
v.t.
To hold, regard, or esteem.
+
hard grass

A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived.
+
hullabaloo
n.
A confused noise; uproar; tumult.
+
hieroglyphical
a.
Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
+
health
n.
The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
+
hippocentaur
n.
Same as Centaur.
+
heroicness
n.
Heroism.
+
heathery
a.
Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.
+
hereditary
a.
Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
+
hornobbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hobnob
+
hammer
n.
The malleus.
+
hemachate
n.
A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
+
hepatocele
n.
Hernia of the liver.
+
handbill
n.
A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
+
hook
n.
See Eccentric, and V-hook.
+
headband
n.
The band at each end of the back of a book.
+
heterodox
n.
An opinion opposed to some accepted standard.
+
harttongue
n.
A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida.
+
hatchettite
n.
Mineral t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.
+
ham
n.
The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
+
hollow
n.
A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
+
haemal
a.
Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.
+
hydroferrocyanic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferrocyanic acid. See Ferrocyanic.
+
hip
v.t.
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
+
hammer
v.t.
To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.
+
hangmen
pl.
of Hangman
+
harmonize
v.t.
To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.
+
hairworm

A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.
+
han
inf.|pluralpres.
To have; have.
+
hovel
n.
A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
+
haplostemonous
a.
Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.
+
hieroglyphic
a.
Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark.
+
hertely
a.|adv.
Hearty; heartily.
+
huffcap
n.
A blusterer; a bully.
+
harvester
n.
One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
+
horologiography
n.
An account of instruments that show the hour.
+
heel
n.
The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
+
hinge
n.
The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
+
hexacapsular
a.
Having six capsules or seed vessels.
+
hoary
a.
Moldy; mossy; musty.
+
hamular
a.
Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.
+
histographical
a.
Of or pertaining to histography.
+
heptoic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.
+
halsening
a.
Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
+
hardtack
n.
A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.
+
hectare
n.
A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.
+
harddihood
n.
Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
+
heel
n.
The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
+
hulk
n.
The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.
+
hoult
n.
A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.
+
hypoaria
pl.
of Hypoarion
+
hallucinator
n.
One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
+
hovered
imp.|p.p.
of Hover
+
hyper

A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.
+
hypophysis
n.
Cataract.
+
hymar
n.
The wild ass of Persia.
+
hiccough
v.i.
To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
+
hermaphroditic
a.
Alt. of Hermaphroditical
+
honeydew
n.
A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.
+
hol
a.
Whole.
+
helmet
n.
A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.
+
halt
a.
To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
+
hyoscine
n.
An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance.
+
highwrought
a.
Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.
+
hammochrysos
n.
A stone with spangles of gold color in it.
+
herself
pron.
Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself.
+
hierarchal
a.
Alt. of Hierarchic
+
hydrorhizae
pl.
of Hydrorhiza
+
hypermetropy
n.
A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia.  Cf. Emmetropia.
+
hackman
n.
The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
+
hewn
a.
Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
+
heterology
n.
The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.
+
hussy
n.
A housewife or housekeeper.
+
helotry
n.
The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen.
+
hayward
n.
An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.
+
haunt
v.t.
To practice; to devote one's self to.
+
hoopoe
n.
Alt. of Hoopoo
+
hey
a.
High.
+
hobbyhorse
n.
A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.
+
hurden
n.
A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden.
+
hearted
a.
Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
+
halloing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Halloo
+
herapathite
n.
The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
+
holothurian
a.
Belonging to the Holothurioidea.
+
hoarding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hoard
+
heath
n.
A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
+
hile
n.
Same as Hilum.
+
handfast
n.
Contract; specifically, espousal.
+
hotchpot
n.
Alt. of Hotchpotch
+
humility
n.
The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness.
+
har monically
adv.
In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.
+
humor
v.t.
To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.
+
hood
n.
A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
+
hexastyle
a.
Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.
+
hexine
n.
A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylene.
+
hemicycle
n.
A half circle; a semicircle.
+
hardy
a.
Strong; firm; compact.
+
hiss
n.
A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.
+
humbles
n.pl.
Entrails of a deer.
+
heliotypic
a.
Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
+
hussy
n.
A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.
+
heart
v.i.
To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.
+
horn
n.
The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
+
hovelled

of Hovel
+
hallucination
n.
The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
+
hydrozoa
n.pl.
The Acalephae; one of the classes of coelenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.
+
home
a.
Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
+
hemorrhoidal
a.
Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.
+
hippopotami
pl.
of Hippopotamus
+
hail
v.t.
An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
+
handsaw
n.
A saw used with one hand.
+
hoppo
n.
A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce.
+
hummocky
a.
Abounding in hummocks.
+
headmould shot

An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures.
+
horse power

The power which a horse exerts.
+
herbalism
n.
The knowledge of herbs.
+
hematinon
n.
A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.
+
haymaking
n.
The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
+
hood
v.t.
To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
+
hewer
n.
One who hews.
+
handcloth
n.
A handkerchief.
+
herborize
v.t.
To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.
+
homily
n.
A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.
+
hit
n.
A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
+
heaver
n.
A bar used as a lever.
+
haemostatic
a.
Same as Hemostatic.
+
hospitium
n.
An inn of court.
+
household
n.
Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
+
harried
imp.|p.p.
of Harry
+
hollaing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Holla
+
hyposternum
n.
See Hypoplastron.
+
hyperduly
n.
Hyperdulia.
+
hyacinth
n.
A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.
+
hagiocracy
n.
Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
+
honorary
a.
A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.
+
hectorism
n.
The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying.
+
horse
a.
A breastband for a leadsman.
+
hall
n.
Any corridor or passage in a building.
+
hairtail
n.
Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.
+
happened
imp.|p.p.
of Happen
+
horologiography
n.
The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.
+
house
v.i.
To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8.
+
hand
n.
Rate; price.
+
heaving
n.
A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
+
hulled
a.
Deprived of the hulls.
+
hermitary
n.
A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
+
harpy
n.
One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
+
hake
n.
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.
+
halfmast
n.
A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
+
harmful
a.
Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.
+
horse
n.
Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.
+
horse
n.
A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
+
hemiholohedral
a.
Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.
+
houseless
a.
Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
+
heave
v.i.
To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
+
heterotropous
a.
Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
+
hurlwind
n.
A whirlwind.
+
hersillon
n.
A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.
+
herber
n.
A garden; a pleasure garden.
+
here
pron.pl.
Of them; their.
+
hangnest
n.
A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
+
healthlessness
n.
The state of being health/ess.
+
hypoptilums
pl.
of Hypoptilum
+
hallux
n.
The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.
+
heightening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heighten
+
herald
n.
A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
+
hypoptila
pl.
of Hypoptilum
+
holostomata
n.pl.
An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.
+
hypoglossal
n.
One of the hypoglossal nerves.
+
honor
n.
To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.
+
herisson
n.
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.
+
hireling
n.
One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.
+
hydrae
pl.
of Hydra
+
hake
v.t.
To loiter; to sneak.
+
hylarchical
a.
Presiding over matter.
+
header
n.
In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.
+
highspirited
a.
Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
+
hallucinate
v.i.
To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
+
hydrokinetic
a.
Of or pertaining to the motions of fluids, or the forces which produce or affect such motions; -- opposed to hydrostatic.
+
himalayan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.
+
hollander
n.
A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.
+
horrisonant
a.
Horrisonous.
+
horn
v.t.
To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
+
hydroidea
n.pl.
An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acalephae.
+
hanging
a.
Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
+
halidom
n.
Holy doom; the Last Day.
+
hopping
n.
The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
+
hook
n.
A field sown two years in succession.
+
hold
n.i.
Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
+
hyperapophyses
pl.
of Hyperapophysis
+
hornobbed
imp.|p.p.
of Hobnob
+
homoptera
n.pl.
A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera.
+
hiding
n.
A flogging.
+
hypodactylum
n.
The under side of the toes.
+
horner
n.
The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).
+
hyemation
n.
The act of affording shelter in winter.
+
hypostatize
v.t.
To attribute actual or personal existence to.
+
humblesse
n.
Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance.
+
heretofore
adv.
Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past.
+
hard
adv.
With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
+
hymnography
n.
The art or act of composing hymns.
+
here
pron.
See Her, their.
+
hauling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Haul
+
hackney
n.
A horse or pony kept for hire.
+
heavisome
a.
Heavy; dull.
+
hyphenated
a.
United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.
+
hood molding

Alt. of Hood moulding
+
hoaxing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hoax
+
hip
v.t.
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
+
hangdog
n.
A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
+
homilite
n.
A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.
+
hitch
n.
A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
+
haematometer
n.
Same as Hemadynamometer.
+
hotshort
a.
More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.
+
homonomous
a.
Of or pertaining to homonomy.
+
hexandria
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens.
+
have
v.t.
To understand.
+
hemimorphic
a.
Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.
+
honorable
a.
Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.
+
heartgrief
n.
Heartache; sorrow.
+
women
pl.
of Herdswoman
+
haymaker
n.
One who cuts and cures hay.
+
horsemint
n.
A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).
+
hurl
v.t.
To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
+
hypothetic
a.
Alt. of Hypothetical
+
heave
v.i.
To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
+
head
v.t.
To behead; to decapitate.
+
hind
n.
A domestic; a servant.
+
heck
n.
A rack for cattle to feed at.
+
hyperborean
a.
Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.
+
heteromorphic
a.
Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.
+
hiatus
n.
The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.
+
heightener
n.
One who, or that which, heightens.
+
hirudine
a.
Of or pertaining to the leeches.
+
hydraulics
n.
That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like.
+
horse
n.
See Footrope, a.
+
homely
n.
Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.
+
hiss
v.t.
To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
+
hive
n.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
+
haughtiness
n.
The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
+
harbor
n.
A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
+
harrower
n.
One who harrows.
+
hindbrain
n.
The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
+
helices
pl.
of Helix
+
half
v.t.
To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
+
herr
n.
A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.
+
higre
n.
See Eagre.
+
helminthagogue
n.
A vermifuge.
+
hogfish
n.
A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolaemus).
+
helm
n.
A helve.
+
hearsal
n.
Rehearsal.
+
hue
n.
Color or shade of color; tint; dye.
+
heraldic
a.
Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
+
hoisted
imp.|p.p.
of Hoist
+
hermetic
a.
Alt. of Hermetical
+
horselaugh
n.
A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw.
+
horsehide
n.
Leather made of the hide of a horse.
+
humor
n.
Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
+
hylopathism
n.
The doctrine that matter is sentient.
+
hypodicrotic
a.
Alt. of Hypodicrotous
+
hopper
n.
See Grasshopper, 2.
+
heartdear
a.
Sincerely beloved.
+
hand
n.
That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
+
hill
n.
A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
+
hellenist
n.
One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1).
+
hortative
n.
An exhortation.
+
hydropath
n.
A hydropathist.
+
heat
v.t.
To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
+
heteroplastic
a.
Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone.
+
humbly
adv.
With humility; lowly.
+
hexahedrons
pl.
of Hexahedron
+
hoveled
imp.|p.p.
of Hovel
+
heave
n.
A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
+
hybridization
n.
The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
+
haberdash
v.i.
To deal in small wares.
+
homopteran
n.
An homopter.
+
hydroelectric
a.
Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.
+
home
n.
One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.
+
hypercritic
n.
One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.
+
hover
v.i.
To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something.
+
hazel
n.
A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert.
+
halfhearted
a.
Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
+
hypothecation
n.
The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re.
+
harmonious
a.
Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.
+
hobbled
imp.|p.p.
of Hobble
+
hack
v.t.
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
+
hung

imp. & p. p. of Hang.
+
hag
n.
A fury; a she-monster.
+
hardfisted
a.
Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
+
horopteric
a.
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
+
heavy
superl.
With child; pregnant.
+
halo
n.
A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
+
hektoliter
n.
Alt. of Hektometer
+
humorism
n.
The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
+
heer
n.
A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.
+
hopper
n.
One who, or that which, hops.
+
hyperaspist
n.
One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender.
+
headless
a.
Destitute of a chief or leader.
+
holly
n.
The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
+
hives
n.
An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.
+
hyemate
v.i.
To pass the winter.
+
heathen
a.
Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.
+
hematin
n.
A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.
+
hyperbolize
v.t.
To state or represent hyperbolically.
+
humation
n.
Interment; inhumation.
+
heeltapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Heeltap
+
hoveringly
adv.
In a hovering manner.
+
hesperian
a.
Western; being in the west; occidental.
+
horn
n.
One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
+
hething
n.
Contempt; scorn.
+
hoveling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hovel
+
hydrarthrosis
n.
An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.
+
heterochrony
n.
In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
+
heliozoa
n.pl.
An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
+
heterophemist
n.
One liable to the fault of heterophemy.
+
homotypic
a.
Alt. of Homotypical
+
hiveless
a.
Destitute of a hive.
+
handsome
superl.
Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
+
hymenia
pl.
of Hymenium
+
homatropine
n.
An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.
+
hiss
n.
The note of a goose when irritated.
+
hardheaded
a.
Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
+
hollow
v.t.
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
+
husking
n.
The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.
+
hospitably
adv.
In a hospitable manner.
+
hyperthyrion
n.
That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.
+
henceforth
adv.
From this time forward; henceforward.
+
hebdomadal
a.
Alt. of Hebdomadary
+
hydrophobic
a.
Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.
+
hemibranchi
n.pl.
An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.
+
humstrum
n.
An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
+
heiress
n.
A female heir.
+
humane
a.
Pertaining to man; human.
+
harness
n.
The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
+
hoof
v.i.
To walk as cattle.
+
hummock
n.
A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
+
handsel
n.
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.
+
hack
n.
A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
+
hospitality
n.
The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.
+
hypnotic
a.
Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
+
heard
imp.|p.p.
of Hear
+
hente
imp.
of Hent
+
haggada
n.
A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.
+
hypnologist
n.
One who is versed in hypnology.
+
hexagonal
a.
Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
+
hemorrhagic
a.
Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.
+
hoopoo
n.
A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.
+
herborized
imp.|p.p.
of Herborize
+
hypnotic
n.
Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
+
helmsman
n.
The man at the helm; a steersman.
+
hippophile
n.
One who loves horses.
+
hooves
pl.
of Hoof
+
handicapper
n.
One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
+
heir
v.t.
To inherit; to succeed to.
+
hibernation
n.
The act or state of hibernating.
+
handfast
v.t.
To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.
+
hedge
v.i.
To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
+
hocuspocus
v.t.
To cheat.
+
hornyhanded
a.
Having the hands horny and callous from labor.
+
hight
p.p.
of Hight
+
hopbine
n.
Alt. of Hopbind
+
hymenoptera
n.pl.
An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.
+
hesitated
imp.|p.p.
of Hesitate
+
homoeothermal
a.
See Homoiothermal.
+
hemlock
n.
The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
+
hypoblastic
a.
Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac.
+
harns
n.pl.
The brains.
+
headdress
n.
A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.
+
horoscope
n.
A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places.
+
humic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid. See Humin.
+
hobbler
n.
One who hobbles.
+
huskiness
n.
Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.
+
hybridism
n.
The state or quality of being hybrid.
+
houndfish
n.
Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.
+
horrendous
a.
Fearful; frightful.
+
hypocist
n.
An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
+
hypertrophic
a.
Alt. of Hypertrophical
+
hundred
n.
The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
+
honewort
n.
An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
+
hard
superl.
Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
+
haunt
v.t.
To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
+
helianthoidea
n.pl.
An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.
+
handle
v.t.
To deal with; to make a business of.
+
happiness
n.
An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.
+
honorary
a.
An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.
+
hyalotype
n.
A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency.
+
holorhinal
a.
Having the nasal bones contiguous.
+
hatch
n.
An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
+
hardfought
a.vigorously
contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
+
hercules
n.
A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
+
hakesdame
n.
See Forkbeard.
+
hydrate
v.t.
To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.
+
holstered
a.
Bearing holsters.
+
hamamelis
n.
A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally.
+
hank
n.
Hold; influence.
+
hindberry
n.
The raspberry.
+
holy
superl.
Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.
+
head
n.
A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.
+
hauled
imp.|p.p.
of Haul
+
hesitation
n.
The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
+
hereditary
a.
Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
+
hydric
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen; as, hydric oxide.
+
hunks
n.
A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.
+
haemastatics
n.
Same as Hemastatics.
+
haidingerite
n.
A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.
+
highflushed
a.
Elated.
+
halidom
n.
Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
+
hellenic
n.
The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.
+
hole
a.
Whole.
+
horizontality
n.
The state or quality of being horizontal.
+
heriot
n.
Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.
+
hospitate
v.t.
To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
+
hygroplasm
n.
The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.
+
hanging
n.
That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
hinted
imp.|p.p.
of Hint
+
hymn
v.i.
To sing in praise or adoration.
+
horse
a.
An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
+
holsom
a.
Wholesome.
+
hallucination
n.
The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.
+
hum
interj.
Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
+
husband
v.t.
To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
+
hawebake
n.
Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2.
+
heer
n.
Hair.
+
here
adv.
At this point of time, or of an argument; now.
+
hyoid
a.
Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [/].
+
hallucal
a.
Of or pertaining to the hallux.
+
hypothenusal
a.
Of or pertaining to hypothenuse.
+
hail
v.i.
To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
+
holethnos
n.
A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.
+
harlotize
v.i.
To harlot.
+
hoarding
n.
A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.
+
hypericum
n.
A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.
+
holocrystalline
a.
Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.
+
humanist
n.
One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.
+
hyphened
imp.|p.p.
of Hyphen
+
hampered
imp.|p.p.
of Hamper
+
heteroousian
n.
One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.
+
hardbeam
n.
A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.
+
heracleonite
n.
A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.
+
hosier
n.
One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
+
hanch

See Hanse.
+
hew
n.
Destruction by cutting down.
+
hygeian
a.
Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation.
+
harrowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Harrow
+
homotypy
n.
A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.
+
honestly
adv.
In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly.
+
herding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Herd
+
harem
n.
The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
+
hilliness
n.
The state of being hilly.
+
hatchboat
n.
A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.
+
humanize
v.i.
To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.
+
horny
superl.
Having horns or hornlike projections.
+
hindu
n.
Same as Hindoo.
+
hand
v.t.
To manage; as, I hand my oar.
+
hornblende
n.
The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species.
+
hamulus
n.
A hook, or hooklike process.
+
hymnographer
n.
A writer or composed of hymns.
+
hedgehog
n.
The Canadian porcupine.
+
hipshot
a.
Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.
+
horn
n.
An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
+
huswife
v.t.
To manage with frugality; -- said of a woman.
+
high
superl.
Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
+
handcuffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Handcuff
+
heathen
n.
An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.
+
herberwe
n.
A harbor.
+
horse
v.t.
To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.
+
hocco
n.
The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow.
+
happy
superl.
Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
+
heed
v.i.
To mind; to consider.
+
hah
interj.
Same as Ha.
+
heritage
a.
A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.
+
hermeneutic
a.
Alt. of Hermeneutical
+
howker
n.
Same as Hooker.
+
hydrometer
n.
An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge.
+
heptateuch
n.
The first seven books of the Testament.
+
homage
v.t.
To cause to pay homage.
+
hereditarily
adv.
By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
+
horsenail
n.
A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.
+
harp
n.
To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon.
+
hesitatingly
adv.
With hesitation or doubt.
+
halfmoon
n.
An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
+
hydrotropism
n.
A tendency towards moisture.
+
horsepond
n.
A pond for watering horses.
+
hold
n.i.
To restrain one's self; to refrain.
+
harden
v.t.
To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.
+
handling
v.t.
The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.
+
hiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hire
+
homebred
a.
Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
+
hirtellous
a.
Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.
+
hypothecating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Hypothecate
+
hydantoin
n.
A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glycolyl urea.
+
hemisphere
n.
The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
+
hatch
n.
The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
+
head
n.
The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
+
housekeeper
n.
One who keeps or stays much at home.
+
hypothenuse
n.
Same as Hypotenuse.
+
helicon
n.
A mountain in Boeotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.
+
hate
n.
To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
+
hyporadii
pl.
of Hyporadius
+
high
superl.
Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
+
hesitant
a.
Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.
+
heritage
a.
That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
+
heterocera
n.pl.
A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form.
+
hall
n.
A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
+
hopped
p.a.
Impregnated with hops.
+
hall
n.
Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
+
hand
n.
Side; part; direction, either right or left.
+
hurl
v.i.
To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
+
homarus
n.
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.
+
hand
n.
Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
+
hurler
n.
One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
+
honor
n.
That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank.
+
halogen
n.
An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.
+
hypothec
n.
A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
+
handseled

of Handsel
+
homiletical
a.
Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable.
+
high
superl.
Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.
+
heterogamy
n.
The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.
+
hobblingly
adv.
With a limping step.
+
howso
adv.
Howsoever.
+
hokeday
n.
Same as Hockday.
+
houp
n.
See Hoopoe.
+
herbivora
n.pl.
An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.
+
hold
v.t.
To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
+
hove
v.i.
To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.
+
heptylene
n.
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.
+
highminded
a.
Proud; arrogant.
+
high
superl.
Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection
+
hedonistic
a.
Same as Hedonic, 2.
+
heterogeneous
a.
Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.
+
homology
n.
Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.
+
hygroscopic
a.
Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.
+
hydrostat
n.
A contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers.
+
hotlivered
a.
Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.
+
hypostasis
n.
Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.
+
hornbook
n.
A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
+
homomorphism
n.
The possession of but one kind of larvae or young, as in most insects.
+
hear
v.i.
To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.
+
hydroscope
n.
A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube.
+
habitus
n.
Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.
+
hoaxed
imp.|p.p.
of Hoax
+
hospitableness
n.
The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.
+
hurry
n.
The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.
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