- habitableadj.Fit to be dwelt in
 
- habitantn.Dweller
 
- habitualadj.According to usual practice
 
- habituden.Customary relation or association
 
- hackneyv.To make stale or trite by repetition
 
- haggardadj.Worn and gaunt in appearance
 
- halcyonadj.Calm
 
- haleadj.Of sound and vigorous health
 
- handwritingn.Penmanship
 
- hanger-onn.A parasite
 
- happy-go-luckyadj.Improvident
 
- haranguen.A tirade
 
- harassv.To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances
 
- harbingern.One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing
 
- hard-heartedadj.Lacking pity or sympathy
 
- hardihoodn.Foolish daring
 
- harmoniousadj.Concordant in sound
 
- havocn.Devastation
 
- hawthornn.A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges
 
- hazardn.Risk
 
- head firstadv.Precipitately, as in diving
 
- head foremostadv.Precipitately, as in diving
 
- heartrendingadj.Very depressing
 
- heathenishadj.Irreligious
 
- heedlessadj.Thoughtless
 
- heifern.A young cow
 
- heinousadj.Odiously sinful
 
- hemorrhagen.Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel
 
- hemorrhoidsn.pl.Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum
 
- henchmann.A servile assistant and subordinate
 
- henpeckv.To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances
 
- heptagonn.A figure having seven sides and seven angles
 
- heptarchyn.A group of seven governments
 
- herbaceousadj.Having the character of a herb
 
- herbariumn.A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study
 
- herbivorousadj.Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals
 
- hereditaryadj.Passing naturally from parent to child
 
- heredityn.Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring
 
- heresyn.An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles
 
- hereticn.One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy
 
- heritagen.Birthright
 
- hernian.Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position
 
- hesitancyn.A pausing to consider
 
- hesitantadj.Vacillating
 
- hesitationn.Vacillation
 
- heterodoxadj.At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion
 
- heterogeneityn.Unlikeness of constituent parts
 
- heterogeneousadj.Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds
 
- heteromorphicadj.Deviating from the normal form or standard type
 
- hexangularadj.Having six angles
 
- hexapodadj.Having six feet
 
- hexagonn.A figure with six angles
 
- hiatusn.A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting
 
- hibernaladj.Pertaining to winter
 
- Hibernianadj.Pertaining to Ireland, or its people
 
- hideousadj.Appalling
 
- hilariousadj.Boisterously merry
 
- hillockn.A small hill or mound
 
- hinderv.To obstruct
 
- hindmostadj.Farthest from the front
 
- hindrancen.An obstacle
 
- hirsuteadj.Having a hairy covering
 
- hoardv.To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation
 
- hoarseadj.Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue
 
- homagen.Reverential regard or worship
 
- homogeneityn.Congruity of the members or elements or parts
 
- homogeneousadj.Made up of similar parts or elements
 
- homologousadj.Identical in nature, make-up, or relation
 
- homonymn.A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another
 
- homophonen.A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another
 
- honorariumn.A token fee or payment to a professional man for services
 
- hoodwinkv.To deceive
 
- horden.A gathered multitude of human beings
 
- hosieryn.A stocking
 
- hospitableadj.Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness
 
- hospitalityn.The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness
 
- hostilityn.Enmity
 
- huckstern.One who retails small wares
 
- humaneadj.Compassionate
 
- humanitariann.A philanthropist
 
- humanizev.To make gentle or refined
 
- humbugn.Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead
 
- humiliatev.To put to shame
 
- hussarn.A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine
 
- hustlev.To move with haste and promptness
 
- hybridadj.Cross-bred
 
- hydran.The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules
 
- hydraulicadj.Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion
 
- hydrodynamicsn.The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids
 
- hydroelectricadj.Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam
 
- hydromechanicsn.The mechanics of fluids
 
- hydrometern.An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation
 
- hydrostaticsn.The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids
 
- hydrousadj.Watery
 
- hygienen.The branch of medical science that relates to improving health
 
- hypercriticaladj.Faultfinding
 
- hypnosisn.An artificial trance-sleep
 
- hypnoticadj.Tending to produce sleep
 
- hypnotismn.An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion
 
- hypnotizev.To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions
 
- hypocrisyn.Extreme insincerity
 
- hypocriten.One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs
 
- hypodermicadj.Pertaining to the area under the skin
 
- hypotenusen.The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle
 
- hypothesisn.A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion
 
- hysterian.A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying