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Heartlessadjectivelacking in feeling or pity or warmthcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heartrendingadjectivecausing or marked by grief or anguishcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heartsickadjectivewithout or almost without hopecandidateMay 18, 2026

Heartwarmingadjectivecausing gladness and pleasurecandidateMay 18, 2026

Heartyadjectiveendowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental healthcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heat-Absorbingadjective(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heat-Releasingadjective(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heatableadjectivecapable of becoming hotcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heatedadjectivemade warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')candidateMay 18, 2026

Heated UpadjectiveMWEmade warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')candidateMay 18, 2026

Heathenadjectivenot acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and IslamcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heathenishadjectivenot acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and IslamcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heathlikeadjectiveresembling heathcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heatlessadjectivewithout generating heatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heaven-Sentadjectivepeculiarly fortunate or appropriatecandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavenlyadjectiverelating to or inhabiting a divine heavencandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavenwardadjectivedirected toward heaven or the skycandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavier-Than-Airadjectiverelating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displacescandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavily TraveledadjectiveMWEsubject to much traffic or travelcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavyadjective(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weightcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavy-Armedadjectivehaving massive armscandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavy-Coatedadjectivewearing a heavy coatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavy-Dutyadjectivedesigned for heavy workcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavy-Footedadjectivelacking ease or lightnesscandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavy-Handedadjectivelacking physical movement skills, especially with the handscandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavy-Ladenadjectivebearing a physically heavy weight or loadcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavy-Limbedadjectivehaving heavy limbscandidateMay 18, 2026

HeavyheartedadjectivedepressedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heavysetadjectivehaving a short and solid form or staturecandidateMay 18, 2026

Hebdomadaladjectiveof or occurring every seven dayscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hebdomadaryadjectiveof or occurring every seven dayscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hebephrenicadjectivesuffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behaviorcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hebraicadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the HebrewscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hebraicaladjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the HebrewscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hebrewadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the HebrewscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hebrideanadjectiveof or relating to the HebridescandidateMay 18, 2026

Hecticadjectivemarked by intense agitation or emotioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Hedgedadjectiveevasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statementcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hedonicadjectivedevoted to pleasurecandidateMay 18, 2026

Hedonisticadjectivedevoted to pleasurecandidateMay 18, 2026

Heedfuladjectivecautiously attentivecandidateMay 18, 2026

Heedlessadjectivemarked by or paying little heed or attentioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Heftyadjectivepossessing physical strength and weight, referring to a personcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hegelianadjectiveof or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophycandidateMay 18, 2026

Heighteningadjectivereaching a higher intensitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Heinousadjectiveextremely wicked, deeply criminalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heldadjectiveoccupied or in the control ofcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heliacadjectivepertaining to or near the suncandidateMay 18, 2026

Heliacaladjectivepertaining to or near the suncandidateMay 18, 2026

Helicaladjectivein the shape of a coilcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heliocentricadjectivehaving the sun as the centercandidateMay 18, 2026

Hell-Bentadjectiverecklessly determinedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hellenicadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek languagecandidateMay 18, 2026

Hellenisticadjectiverelating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilizationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hellenisticaladjectiverelating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilizationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hellishadjectiveextremely evil or cruelcandidateMay 18, 2026

Helmet-Shapedadjectivehaving the convex shape of a helmetcandidateMay 18, 2026

Helmetedadjectiveequipped with or wearing a helmetcandidateMay 18, 2026

Helminthicadjectivecapable of expelling or destroying parasitic wormscandidateMay 18, 2026

Helpfuladjectiveproviding assistance or serving a useful functioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Helplessadjectivelacking in or deprived of strength or powercandidateMay 18, 2026

Helter-Skelteradjectivelacking a visible order or organizationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemaladjectiverelating to the blood vessels or bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemataladjectiverelating to the blood vessels or bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hematicadjectiverelating to or containing or affecting bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hematogenicadjectivepertaining to the formation of blood or blood cellscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hematologicadjectiveof or relating to or involved in hematologycandidateMay 18, 2026

Hematologicaladjectiveof or relating to or involved in hematologycandidateMay 18, 2026

Hematopoieticadjectivepertaining to the formation of blood or blood cellscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemicadjectiverelating to or containing or affecting bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemimetabolicadjective(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adultcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemimetabolousadjective(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adultcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemimetamorphousadjective(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adultcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemingwayesqueadjectivein the manner of Ernest HemingwaycandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemiparasiticadjectiveof or relating to plants that are hemiparasitescandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemisphericadjectiveof or relating to the cerebral hemispherescandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemisphericaladjectiveof or relating to or being a hemispherecandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemodynamicadjectiveor of relating to or involved in hemodynamicscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemolyticadjectiverelating to or involving or causing hemolysiscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemophilicadjectiverelating to or having hemophiliacandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemopoieticadjectivepertaining to the formation of blood or blood cellscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemorrhagicadjectiveof or relating to a hemorrhagecandidateMay 18, 2026

Hemostaticadjectivetending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vesselscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hempenadjectivehaving or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jutecandidateMay 18, 2026

Henpeckedadjectiveharassed by persistent naggingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hepadjectiveinformed about the latest trendscandidateMay 18, 2026

Hepaticadjectivepertaining to or affecting the livercandidateMay 18, 2026

Hepatotoxicadjectivetoxic to the livercandidateMay 18, 2026

Heraldedadjectivepublicly announcedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Heraldicadjectiveindicative of or announcing something to comecandidateMay 18, 2026

Heraldistadjectiveof or relating to heraldrycandidateMay 18, 2026

Herbaceousadjectivecharacteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant partcandidateMay 18, 2026

Herbaladjectiveof or relating to herbscandidateMay 18, 2026

Herbivorousadjectivefeeding only on plantscandidateMay 18, 2026

Herculeanadjectivedisplaying superhuman strength or powercandidateMay 18, 2026

Hereadjectivebeing here nowcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hereditaryadjectiveinherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hereticaladjectivecharacterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standardscandidateMay 18, 2026

Heritableadjectivecapable of being inheritedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Hermaphroditeadjectiveof animal or plantcandidateMay 18, 2026