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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
High-Toppedadjective(of shoes or boots) having relatively high upperscandidateMay 18, 2026
High-Velocityadjectiveoperating at high speedcandidateMay 18, 2026
High-Voltageadjectiveoperating on or powered by a high voltagecandidateMay 18, 2026
High-Yieldadjectiveyielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial productioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Highbornadjectivebelonging to the peeragecandidateMay 18, 2026
Highbrowadjectivehighly cultured or educatedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Highbrowedadjectivehighly cultured or educatedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Higher-Rankingadjectivehaving a higher rankcandidateMay 18, 2026
Highfalutinadjectiveaffectedly genteelcandidateMay 18, 2026
Highfalutingadjectiveaffectedly genteelcandidateMay 18, 2026
Highflyingadjectiveextravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Highlandadjectiveused of high or hilly countrycandidateMay 18, 2026
Highly InfectiveadjectiveMWE(of a microorganism) extremely infectivecandidateMay 18, 2026
Highly SensitiveadjectiveMWEreadily affected by various agentscandidateMay 18, 2026
Highly StrungadjectiveMWEbeing in a tense statecandidateMay 18, 2026
Highly-Developedadjective(used of societies) having high industrial developmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Highly-Sexedadjectivehaving excessive sexual desire or appealcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hilaradjectiveof or relating to or located near a hilumcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hilariousadjectivemarked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughtercandidateMay 18, 2026
Hillyadjectivehaving hills and cragscandidateMay 18, 2026
Himalayanadjectiveof or relating to the HimalayascandidateMay 18, 2026
Hindadjectivelocated at or near the back of an animalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hinderingadjectivepreventing movementcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hindermostadjectivelocated farthest to the rearcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hindiadjectiveof or relating to or supporting HinduismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hindmostadjectivelocated farthest to the rearcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hindooadjectiveof or relating to or supporting HinduismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hinduadjectiveof or relating to or supporting HinduismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hindustaniadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or languagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hipadjectiveinformed about the latest trendscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hip toadjectiveMWEinformed about the latest trendscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hiplengthadjectiveextending to or just over the hipscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hiplessadjectivehaving or seeming to have no hipscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hippedadjective(of a roof) sloping on all sidescandidateMay 18, 2026
Hippocraticadjectiveof or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his namecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hircineadjectiveof or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor)candidateMay 18, 2026
Hiredadjectivehired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelerscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hirsuteadjectivehaving or covered with haircandidateMay 18, 2026
Hispanicadjectiverelated to a Spanish-speaking people or culturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hispaniolanadjectiveof or relating to the West Indian island of HispaniolacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hispidadjective(of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristlescandidateMay 18, 2026
Histologicadjectiveof or relating to histologycandidateMay 18, 2026
Histologicaladjectiveof or relating to histologycandidateMay 18, 2026
Historicadjectivebelonging to the pastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Historicaladjectivehaving once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendarycandidateMay 18, 2026
Historiedadjectivehaving an illustrious pastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Histrionicadjectivecharacteristic of acting or a stage performancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hit-And-Runadjectiveinvolving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accidentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hit-Or-Missadjectivedependent upon or characterized by chancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hitlerianadjectiveof or relating to or suggestive of Adolf Hitler or his Nazi regime in GermanycandidateMay 18, 2026
Hitlessadjectiveto go without a hit, usually in reference to a battercandidateMay 18, 2026
Hittiteadjectiveof or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hmongadjectiveof or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Ho-Humadjectiveso lacking in interest as to cause mental wearinesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hoaradjectiveshowing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white haircandidateMay 18, 2026
Hoarseadjectivedeep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Hoaryadjectiveshowing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white haircandidateMay 18, 2026
Hobnailedadjectivemarked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnailscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hoggedadjectiveof a ship, so weakened as to sag at each endcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hoggishadjectiveresembling swinecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hoity-Toityadjectiveaffectedly genteelcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hokeyadjectiveeffusively or insincerely emotionalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hole-And-Corneradjectiverelating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of lifecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hole-In-Corneradjectiverelating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of lifecandidateMay 18, 2026
Holeyadjectiveallowing passage in and outcandidateMay 18, 2026
Holier-Than-Thouadjectiveexcessively or hypocritically piouscandidateMay 18, 2026
Holisticadjectiveemphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the wholecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hollowadjectivedevoid of significance or pointcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hollow-Eyedadjectivecharacteristic of the bony face of a cadavercandidateMay 18, 2026
Hollow-Hornedadjectivehaving horns that are hollowcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hollywoodadjectiveof or relating to the film industry in the United StatescandidateMay 18, 2026
Holographicadjectivewritten wholly in the handwriting of the signercandidateMay 18, 2026
Holographicaladjectivewritten entirely in one's own handcandidateMay 18, 2026
Holometabolicadjective(of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Holometabolousadjective(of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Holophyticadjectiveobtaining nourishment as green plants docandidateMay 18, 2026
Holozoicadjectiveobtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic mattercandidateMay 18, 2026
Holyadjectivebelonging to or derived from or associated with a divine powercandidateMay 18, 2026
Homeadjectiverelating to or being where one lives or where one's roots arecandidateMay 18, 2026
Home-Bakedadjectivebaked at homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Home-Brewedadjectivebrewed at homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Home-Curedadjectivecured at homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Home-Lovingadjectivedevoted to home duties and pleasurescandidateMay 18, 2026
Home-Styleadjectiveas if in the homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homeboundadjectiveconfined usually by illnesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Homegrownadjectivegrown or originating in a particular placecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homelessadjectivephysically or spiritually homeless or deprived of securitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Homelikeadjectivehaving a feeling of homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homelyadjectivewithout artificial refinement or elegancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homemadeadjectivemade or produced in the home or by yourselfcandidateMay 18, 2026
Homeopathicadjectiveof or relating to the practice of homeopathycandidateMay 18, 2026
Homeostaticadjectiverelated to or characterized by homeostasiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Homeothermicadjectiveof birds and mammalscandidateMay 18, 2026
Homericadjectiverelating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to himcandidateMay 18, 2026
Homesickadjectivelonging to return homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homespunadjectivemade of cloth spun or woven in the homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homewardadjectiveoriented toward homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homeward-Boundadjectiveoriented toward homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homeyadjectivehaving a feeling of homecandidateMay 18, 2026
Homicidaladjectivecharacteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human beingcandidateMay 18, 2026