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Hockeynouna 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 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
Hocus-Pocusnounverbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some wayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hodnounan open box attached to a long pole handleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hod CarriernounMWEa laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hodgepodgenouna theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideasverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hodmannouna laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hodometernouna meter that shows mileage traversedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hodoscopenoun(physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoe HandlenounMWEthe handle of a hoeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoecakenounthin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmealverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoeismnounto have the characteristics of a sex worker or sexually liberal personverifiedMay 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
Hogannouna Navajo lodge covered with earthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hogbacknouna narrow ridge of hillsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hogchokernounuseless as foodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hogfishnounfound from Long Island southwardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoggnouna sheep up to the age of one yearverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoggetnouna sheep up to the age of one yearverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoggishnessnounan excessive desire for foodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hognose BatnounMWEsmall-eared Mexican bat with a long slender noseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hognose SnakenounMWEharmless North American snake with upturned noseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hogsheadnouna British unit of capacity for alcoholic beveragesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hogwashnoununacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Hogweednountall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoi PolloinounMWEthe common people generallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoisin SaucenounMWEa thick sweet and pungent Chinese condimentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hoisternounan operator of a hoistverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hokumnouna message that seems to convey no meaningverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holandric GenenounMWEa gene located on a Y chromosomeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hold-Downnouna limitation or constraintverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holdallnouna capacious bag or basketverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holdernounthe person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds itverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holdingnounthe act of retaining somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holding CellnounMWEa jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trialverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holding CompanynounMWEa company with controlling shares in other companiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holding DevicenounMWEa device for holding somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holding PaddocknounMWEa pen where livestock is temporarily confinedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holding PatternnounMWEthe flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to landverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holding PennounMWEa pen where livestock is temporarily confinedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holding YardnounMWEa pen where livestock is temporarily confinedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holdup MannounMWEan armed thiefverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hole CardnounMWE(poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdownverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hole-In-The-Wallnouna small unpretentious out-of-the-way placeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holibutnounmarine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern PacificverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holiday ResortnounMWEa hotel located in a resort areaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holiday SeasonnounMWEa time when many people take holidaysverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holidaymakernounsomeone who travels for pleasureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holinessnounthe quality of being holyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holismnounthe theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the wholeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holistic MedicinenounMWEmedical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holistic TheorynounMWEthe theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the wholeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollanouna very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollandaisenouneggs and butter with lemon juiceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holloanouna very loud utterance, like the sound of an animalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollow-Backnounan abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral columnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollowarenounsilverware serving dishesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollownessnounthe state of being hollow: having an empty space withinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollowwarenounsilverware serving dishesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollynounany tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edgesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holly FamilynounMWEwidely distributed shrubs and treesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holly FernnounMWEany of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like hollyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holly-Leaf CherrynounMWECalifornia evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holly-Leaved CherrynounMWECalifornia evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holly-Leaved OaknounMWEevergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of hollyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holly-Leaves BarberrynounMWEornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollygrapenounornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hollyhocknounany of various tall plants of the genus AlceaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holm OaknounMWEevergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of hollyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holm TreenounMWEevergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of hollyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holmiumnouna trivalent metallic element of the rare earth groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holocaustnounan act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Holocephalannounfish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tailverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holocephaliannounfish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tailverifiedMay 18, 2026
Hologramnounthe intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holographyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holographnounthe intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holographyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holographynounthe branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional imageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holometabolanouninsects that undergo complete metamorphosisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holometabolismnouncomplete metamorphosis in insectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holometabolynouncomplete metamorphosis in insectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holonymnouna word that names the whole of which a given word is a partverifiedMay 18, 2026
Holonymynounthe semantic relation that holds between a whole and its partsverifiedMay 18, 2026