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# English words: H

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · **H** · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

779 words under H; 1–100 on this page.

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- [ha](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ha/) — Ha is a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when they are surprised or have won. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [habiliment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habiliment/) — Clothes, especially special clothes worn for a job or ceremony.
- [habit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habit/) — A habit is something you do often and regularly, often without thinking about it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [habitable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habitable/) — Good enough for people or animals to live in, as in «a habitable house». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [habitat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habitat/) — A habitat is the natural home of an animal or plant, where it finds the food, water, shelter and space it needs.
- [habitation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habitation/) — The act of living in a place: «The house was not fit for human habitation.». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [habitual](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habitual/) — Done often, as a habit: his habitual walk after dinner.
- [habitually](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habitually/) — Habitually means doing something regularly, as a habit, again and again.
- [habituate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habituate/) — To habituate someone means to make them used to something by doing or meeting it again and again.
- [habitus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habitus/) — A Latin word meaning a condition, bearing or state. — Jewish tradition
- [habsburg](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/habsburg/) — The Habsburgs were a royal family of Europe who ruled Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and other lands for hundreds of years, from…
- [hack](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hack/) — To hack means to cut something roughly with hard, quick strokes, like with an axe or a big knife.
- [hacker](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hacker/) — A hacker is a person who uses computer skills to get into computers or systems, often without permission, which is a crime.
- [hackles](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hackles/) — The hairs or feathers along the back of the neck of a dog, cat or bird that stand up when it is angry or frightened.
- [hackney](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hackney/) — Hackney, a borough (area) in East London. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [haddock](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haddock/) — A haddock is a sea fish of the North Atlantic, related to cod, with a black line along its side and a dark spot near its fins; it is a…
- [hadrosaur](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hadrosaur/) — A hadrosaur is a duck-billed dinosaur: a large plant-eating dinosaur with a wide, flat mouth like a duck's beak.
- [hadst](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hadst/) — you had.
- [haemoglobin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haemoglobin/) — The red substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs around the body and gives blood its red colour.
- [haemorrhage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haemorrhage/) — A lot of bleeding from a broken blood vessel, inside or outside the body; a serious emergency.
- [haft](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haft/) — The handle of a knife or sword. — Jewish tradition
- [hag](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hag/) — A hag is an ugly, old and unpleasant woman.
- [hagfish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hagfish/) — A hagfish is a long, eel-shaped sea fish with no jaws and no proper backbone that lives on the deep sea floor and eats dead animals.
- [haggard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haggard/) — Haggard means looking tired, thin and worn out, from worry, hunger or illness.
- [haggle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haggle/) — To haggle is to argue over a price, each side trying to pay less or get more.
- [haggling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haggling/) — Arguing about the price of something to make it cheaper, especially at a market.
- [haiku](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haiku/) — A haiku is a very short poem that comes from Japan, usually with three lines.
- [hail](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hail/) — Hail is small balls of ice that fall from storm clouds like hard rain. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [hailstone](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hailstone/) — A small ball of ice that falls from storm clouds, like frozen rain; many hailstones together are called hail. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [hair](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hair/) — Hair is what grows on your head and on parts of your body. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [hairball](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairball/) — A ball of hair that forms in the stomach of an animal, especially a cat, after it licks its fur, and is then coughed up.
- [hairbrush](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairbrush/) — A brush with a handle used to make your hair smooth and tidy.
- [haircut](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haircut/) — The act of having your hair cut.
- [hairdo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairdo/) — The way someone's hair is cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style.
- [hairdresser](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairdresser/) — A hairdresser is a person whose job is to cut, wash, colour and style people's hair.
- [hairgrip](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairgrip/) — A small, thin metal clip used to hold hair in place.
- [hairless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairless/) — Having no hair or very little hair, as in «a hairless cat» or «a hairless baby mouse».
- [hairnet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairnet/) — A thin net worn over the hair to keep it in place or to stop hairs falling into food.
- [hairstyle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairstyle/) — The way someone's hair is cut and arranged.
- [hairy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hairy/) — Hairy means covered in a lot of hair. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [haitian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haitian/) — Haitian means from or to do with Haiti, a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola.
- [hajj](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hajj/) — The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that every adult Muslim who is healthy and can afford it should make at least…
- [halal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halal/) — Halal means allowed by Islamic law; it is used especially for food, such as meat from animals killed in the correct way, and no pork or…
- [halberd](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halberd/) — An old weapon used from about the 1300s to the 1600s: a long wooden pole with an axe blade, a sharp spike on top and often a hook at the…
- [halberdier](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halberdier/) — A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top.
- [hale](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hale/) — Hale means strong and healthy, usually said about an older person.
- [half](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/half/) — A half is one of two equal parts of something. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [halfpenny](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halfpenny/) — A halfpenny is an old British coin worth half a penny.
- [halfway](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halfway/) — Halfway means in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up the hill. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [halibut](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halibut/) — A very large flat fish that lives in cold northern seas, such as the North Atlantic and North Pacific, eaten as food.
- [halite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halite/) — The mineral name for natural rock salt, the same chemical as table salt (sodium chloride), often found as clear or white cube-shaped…
- [halitosis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halitosis/) — Halitosis is the medical word for bad breath — breath that smells unpleasant.
- [hall](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hall/) — A hall is a big room for meetings, concerts, plays or school assemblies.
- [hallelujah](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hallelujah/) — A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!". — Jewish tradition
- [halloo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halloo/) — To halloo is to shout loudly to call hunters or dogs, or to get attention.
- [hallow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hallow/) — To make holy, to set apart as holy, or to treat as holy. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [hallowed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hallowed/) — Hallowed means holy, made holy, or treated with great respect for God. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [halloween](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halloween/) — A festival held in the evening at the very end of October, when children dress up in costumes, carve pumpkins and go trick-or-treating.
- [hallucinate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hallucinate/) — To see, hear or feel things that are not really there, for example because of high fever, illness, lack of sleep or drugs.
- [hallucination](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hallucination/) — A hallucination is seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something that is not really there, as if it were real.
- [hallux](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hallux/) — The big toe, the first and largest toe of the foot; in birds, the toe that points backwards.
- [hallway](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hallway/) — A hallway is a long narrow passage inside a building, with doors to rooms.
- [halo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halo/) — A ring or circle of light drawn around the head of a holy person or angel in pictures.
- [halt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halt/) — To stop, or to make something stop. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [haltere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haltere/) — One of the two tiny knob-shaped organs on flies and mosquitoes, in place of a back pair of wings, which help them balance and steer while…
- [halve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/halve/) — To halve something is to cut or divide it into two equal parts.
- [ham](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ham/) — Meat from the back leg of a pig, usually salted or smoked, often sliced for sandwiches. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [hamburger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hamburger/) — A hamburger is a flat round cake of minced beef, fried or grilled and served in a bread bun, often with salad, cheese and sauce.
- [hame](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hame/) — Hame is an old Scots word for home: «brought hame the bull» means brought the bull home.
- [hamlet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hamlet/) — A very small village, often with no church.
- [hammer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hammer/) — A tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for hitting nails into wood. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [hammerhead](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hammerhead/) — A hammerhead (or hammerhead shark) is a shark whose head is wide and flat, shaped like the letter T or a hammer, with an eye at each end.
- [hammock](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hammock/) — A bed made of cloth or net hung between two trees or posts, which you lie in and can swing.
- [hammy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hammy/) — Acting in an over-the-top, exaggerated, not natural way.
- [hamper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hamper/) — A hamper is a large basket with a lid, used to carry food for a picnic or as a gift full of treats.
- [hampshire](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hampshire/) — Hampshire is a county on the south coast of England; its cities include Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester.
- [hamster](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hamster/) — A hamster is a small furry animal with short legs, a short tail and big cheek pouches, often kept as a pet.
- [hamstring](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hamstring/) — One of the strong tendons or muscles at the back of the thigh, above the knee.
- [han](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/han/) — The Han dynasty was a family of emperors who ruled China for about four hundred years, a famous golden age of Chinese history.
- [hand](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hand/) — A hand is the part of your body at the end of your arm, with four fingers and a thumb. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [handbag](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handbag/) — A handbag is a small bag, often with handles or a strap, used mostly by women to carry things like a purse, keys, phone and tissues.
- [handball](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handball/) — Handball is a team game in which players throw and pass a ball with their hands and try to throw it into the other team's goal.
- [handbook](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handbook/) — A handbook is a small book that gives useful facts and instructions about a subject, or rules about a place, such as a school or a club.
- [handbreadth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handbreadth/) — A short measure of length, the width of a hand across the palm. — Jewish tradition
- [handcuff](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handcuff/) — Two metal rings joined by a chain that police lock round a prisoner's wrists.
- [handel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handel/) — George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born composer who lived and worked in London; he wrote Messiah, Water Music and Music for…
- [handful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handful/) — The amount you can hold in one hand: «a handful of sweets». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [handicap](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handicap/) — Something that makes it harder for you to do well, a disadvantage, as in «Being small was a handicap in basketball».
- [handicraft](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handicraft/) — Handicraft is skill in making things with the hands, such as weaving, carving or pottery.
- [handiwork](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handiwork/) — Something made by a person's own hands; a thing someone has made. — Jewish tradition
- [handkerchief](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handkerchief/) — A small square of cloth (or paper) you carry in your pocket to wipe your nose, eyes or face.
- [handle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handle/) — A handle is the part of a door, cup, pan, bag or tool that you hold. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [handlebar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handlebar/) — Handlebars are the bar with handles at the front of a bicycle, scooter or motorbike that you hold to steer.
- [handler](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handler/) — A handler is a person who trains and looks after an animal, especially a working dog or horse.
- [handmade](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handmade/) — Made by a person using their hands or simple tools, not by a machine in a factory: a handmade card.
- [handmaid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handmaid/) — A handmaid is a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [handmaiden](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handmaiden/) — A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [handover](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handover/) — A handover is the act of passing something, such as a job, power or a place, from one person or group to another.
- [handrail](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handrail/) — A handrail is a long bar along stairs, a ramp, a bridge or a bath that you hold on to for support and safety.
- [handset](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/handset/) — The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth.