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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Hip toadjectiveMWEinformed about the latest trendscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hipped RoofnounMWEa roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sidesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hipped TilenounMWEa tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roofverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hippocratic OathnounMWEan oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from HippocratesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hire CarnounMWEa rented carverifiedMay 18, 2026
hire outverbMWEgrant the services of or the temporary use of, for a feeverifiedJun 3, 2026
Hired GunnounMWEa professional killer who uses a gunverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hired HandnounMWEa hired laborer on a farm or ranchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hired HelpnounMWEemployee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Hired MannounMWEa hired laborer on a farm or ranchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hiring FreezenounMWEa freeze on hiringverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hiring HallnounMWEa union-operated placement office where jobs are allotted to applicants according to seniority or rotationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hispid Pocket MousenounMWElarge stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United StatesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Histamine BlockernounMWEa medicine used to treat the gastric effects of histamine in cases of peptic ulcers and gastritis and gastroesophageal refluxverifiedMay 18, 2026
Histamine HeadachenounMWEa painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cellsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Histiocytic LeukaemianounMWEleukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the bloodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Histiocytic LeukemianounMWEleukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the bloodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Histocompatibility ComplexnounMWEa family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune responseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Historic PeriodnounMWEan era of history having some distinctive featureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Historical DocumentnounMWEwriting having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Historical LinguisticsnounMWEthe study of linguistic changeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Historical PapernounMWEwriting having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Historical PresentnounMWEthe use of the present tense to describe past actions or statesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Historical RecordnounMWEwriting having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Historical SchoolnounMWEa school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical termsverifiedMay 18, 2026
History DepartmentnounMWEthe academic department responsible for teaching historyverifiedMay 18, 2026
History LessonnounMWEa lesson in the facts of historyverifiedMay 18, 2026
hit homeverbMWErefer to or be relevant or familiar toverifiedJun 3, 2026
hit it upverbMWEbecome drunk or drink excessivelycandidateJun 3, 2026
Hit ListnounMWEa list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Hit MannounMWEa professional killer who uses a gunverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hit ParadenounMWEa collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kindverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hit SquadnounMWEa team of assassinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
hit the booksverbMWElearn by reading booksverifiedJun 3, 2026
hit the ceilingverbMWEget very angry and fly into a ragecandidateJun 3, 2026
hit the deckverbMWEfall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some dangercandidateJun 3, 2026
hit the dirtverbMWEfall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some dangerverifiedJun 3, 2026
hit the hayverbMWEprepare for sleepverifiedJun 3, 2026
hit the jackpotverbMWEsucceed by luckcandidateJun 3, 2026
hit the roofverbMWEget very angry and fly into a ragecandidateJun 3, 2026
hit the sackverbMWEprepare for sleepverifiedJun 3, 2026
hitch upverbMWEpull upverifiedJun 3, 2026
Hitchens's RazornounMWEa principle which asserts that claims made without evidence are not worthy of being taken seriouslyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hitching BarnounMWEa fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from strayingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hitching PostnounMWEa fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from strayingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hither and ThitheradverbMWEfrom one place or situation to anothercandidateMay 18, 2026
Hitting AveragenounMWE(baseball) a measure of a batter's performanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
hive awayverbMWEkeep or lay aside for future useverifiedJun 3, 2026
hive offverbMWEwithdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentionsverifiedJun 3, 2026
hive upverbMWEsave up as for future usecandidateJun 3, 2026
Hoarded WealthnounMWEaccumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary AlisonnounMWEtall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy podsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary AlyssumnounMWEtall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy podsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary Golden BushnounMWEwestern American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purpleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary MarmotnounMWElarge North American mountain marmotverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary PeanounMWEa plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy podsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary PlantainnounMWEwidely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary PuccoonnounMWEperennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoary WillownounMWENorth American shrub with whitish canescent leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hobble SkirtnounMWEa long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914verifiedMay 18, 2026
Hobo CampnounMWEa place where hoboes campverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey ClinicnounMWEa meeting at which hockey players receive special evaluation and instructionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey GamenounMWEa game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticksverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey LeaguenounMWEa league of hockey teamsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey PlayernounMWEan athlete who plays hockeyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey PucknounMWEa vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockeyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey SeasonnounMWEthe season when hockey is playedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey SkatenounMWEan ice skate worn for playing hockeyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey SticknounMWEsports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puckverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hockey TeamnounMWEa team that plays ice hockeyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hod CarriernounMWEa laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoe HandlenounMWEthe handle of a hoeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog BadgernounMWEsoutheast Asian badger with a snout like a pigverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog CholeranounMWEhighly infectious virus disease of swineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog CranberrynounMWEevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog MilletnounMWEextensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog MollynounMWEwidely distributed in warm clear shallow streamsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog PlumnounMWEsmall native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog Plum BushnounMWEsmall native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog SnappernounMWElarge wrasse of western AtlanticverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog SuckernounMWEwidely distributed in warm clear shallow streamsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog-Nosed BadgernounMWEsoutheast Asian badger with a snout like a pigverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hog-Nosed SkunknounMWElarge naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tailverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hognose BatnounMWEsmall-eared Mexican bat with a long slender noseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hognose SnakenounMWEharmless North American snake with upturned noseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoi PolloinounMWEthe common people generallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoisin SaucenounMWEa thick sweet and pungent Chinese condimentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holandric GenenounMWEa gene located on a Y chromosomeverifiedMay 18, 2026
hold backverbMWEsecure and keep for possible future use or applicationverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold closeverbMWEhold firmly, usually with one's handscandidateJun 3, 2026
hold dearverbMWEbe fond ofverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold downverbMWEkeep for a period of timeverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold fastverbMWEstick to firmlycandidateJun 3, 2026
hold firmverbMWErefuse to abandon one's opinion or beliefverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold forthverbMWEtalk at length and formally about a topicverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold inverbMWElessen the intensity ofverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold offverbMWEresist and fight to a standoffverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold onverbMWEstop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developmentscandidateJun 3, 2026
hold one's ownverbMWEmaintain one's position and be in control of a situationverifiedJun 3, 2026
hold openverbMWEretain rights toverifiedJun 3, 2026