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| Word | Definition |
| habanera | slow and seductive Cuban dance |
| habergeon | sleeveless mail coat |
| habilable | capable of being clothed |
| habilatory | of, like or pertaining to clothes or dressing |
| habile | dexterous; adroit |
| habiliment | attire |
| habilitate | to equip or finance; to qualify |
| habromania | insanity featuring cheerful delusions |
| haèek | mark placed over consonant in Slavic languages to indicate palatalization |
| hachure | shading or lines showing a slope on a map |
| hackle | comb for flax or hemp |
| hackney | four-wheeled two-horse carriage |
| hadal | parts of the ocean below 6000 metres |
| hadeharia | constant use of the word “hell” |
| haecceity | aspect of existence on which individuality depends |
| haemal | of, like or pertaining to blood |
| haemataulics | study of movement of blood through blood vessels |
| haemathermal | warm-blooded |
| haematic | blood-coloured |
| haematogenesis | production of blood |
| haemophilia | hereditary disease causing excesssive bleeding |
| hagiarchy | government by saints or holy persons |
| hagiocracy | government by holy men |
| hagiography | writing of the lives of saints |
| hagiolatry | worship or reverence for saints |
| hagiology | study of saints |
| hagiomania | mania for sainthood |
| hagioscope | opening in wall to enable viewing of altar |
| hakenkreuz | swastika |
| halation | blurring in a photograph due to light reflection |
| halcyonine | of, like or pertaining to kingfishers |
| halecret | light half-suit of plate armour |
| halfpace | landing or broad step |
| halibiotic | of, like or pertaining to the entirety of life under the sea |
| halieutic | of, like or pertaining to fishing |
| halieutics | study of fishing |
| haligraphy | treatise on salt |
| haliography | description of the sea |
| halitosis | bad breath |
| halitous | vaporous |
| halitus | vapour; breath |
| hallux | big toe |
| halolimnic | of, like or pertaining to sea creatures who spend time in fresh water |
| halomancy | divination using salt |
| halophilous | tolerant of salt or salt-water |
| halyard | rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails |
| hamarchy | government by a cooperative body of parts |
| hamartia | flaw in a character leading to his downfall |
| hamartiology | study of sin |
| hamate | hooked |
| hamble | to mutilate a dog by cutting of the balls of its feet |
| hambo | Swedish folk dance in three-four time |
| hame | curved projection attached to the collar of a draft horse |
| hamiform | shaped like a hook |
| hammerkop | brown African heron with hammer-shaped crest on head |
| hamose | hooked |
| hamshackle | to fetter; to restrain |
| hamular | like a small hook |
| hamulate | tipped with a small hook |
| hamulus | a small hook or hook-like process |
| hanap | chalice used in communion whose cover is a second chalice |
| hanaster | one who paid the entrance fee for Oxford's medieval merchant's guild |
| handfast | a firm grip; a contract |
| handlist | list without detail |
| handsel | inaugural gift; first installment or payment |
| handspike | bar used as a lever |
| hank | series of rings or clips for attaching a jib or staysail to a stay |
| hansom | light two-wheeled cab |
| hapax | word which occurs only once |
| hapaxanthous | flowering only once |
| haplography | omission of words or lines in recopying text |
| haplology | omission of a doubled or similar sound or syllable in a word |
| haptic | of, like or pertaining to the sense of touch |
| haptometer | instrument measuring sensitivity to touch |
| haptotropic | curving in response to touch |
| haqueton | stuffed jacket worn under mail |
| hardihood | boldness; audacity |
| hardparts | skeletal parts of an organism |
| harengiform | shaped like a herring |
| hariolate | to divine; to foretell |
| hark | to pay close attention; to listen |
| harl | barb of feather used to make artificial fishing fly |
| harmonics | study of musical acoustics |
| harmoniphone | keyboard instrument with reeds |
| harmonograph | instrument drawing curves representing vibrations |
| harmonometer | instrument measuring harmonic relations of sounds |
| harn | coarse linen |
| harpagon | harpoon |
| harridan | sharp-tongued; scolding woman |
| harrier | medium-sized scenting dog for hunting hares |
| harry | to plunder; to ravage; to destroy |
| haruspication | divination by inspecting animal entrails |
| haslock | wool on sheep's throat and neck |
| haslot | cooked animal entrails |
| hassock | kneeling cushion in a church |
| hastate | spear-shaped |
| hatchment | coat of arms of a deceased person |
| hauberk | long chain mail coat |
| haulm | stems of plants or straw collectively |
| haurient | rising as if to breathe |
| hausse-col | mail or plate armour for the neck |
| haussmannize | to open out; to rebuild |
| haustellum | sucking proboscis or sucking end |
| haustorial | having a sucking proboscis |
| haut | high; haughty |
| hauteur | haughtiness; arrogance |
| havelock | white cover for a military cap |
| haver | foolish nonsense |
| haversack | bag worn over the shoulder for carrying provisions |
| havier | castrated deer |
| hawkshaw | detective |
| hawse | distance between ship's bow and its anchor |
| hawsehole | hole for ship's cable |
| hawser | large rope for mooring or towing a ship |
| haycock | conical pile of hay in a field |
| haysel | hay season |
| headborough | petty constable |
| headland | cape; point; promontory |
| headsail | sail set forward of the foremast of a ship |
| headstock | device for supporting end or head of a member |
| heapstead | buildings and places around a mine shaft |
| hearsecloth | cloth lain over coffin during funeral |
| heartsome | exhilarating; merry |
| heaume | massive helmet covering head and shoulders |
| hebamic | of, like or pertaining to the socratic method |
| hebdomadally | every week |
| hebenon | anything with poisonous juices |
| hebephrenia | form of dementia occurring at puberty |
| hebetate | to make dull or obtuse |
| hebetic | of, like or pertaining to puberty |
| hebetude | stupidity |
| hecatarchy | government by one hundred people; hecatontarchy |
| hecatomb | large sacrifice or slaughter; killing of one hundred animals or people |
| hecatontarchy | government by one hundred people |
| hectography | process for producing multiple copies of writing |
| hector | to intimidate by bluster, pomp or arrogance |
| heddle | series of vertical cords to receive warp-thread |
| hedera | ivy-leaf sign used to separate paragraphs |
| hederaceous | of, like or pertaining to ivy |
| hederated | crowned with a wreath of ivy |
| hederiferous | ivy-bearing |
| hederiform | shaped like ivy |
| hednon | wedding present |
| hedonics | part of ethics or psychology dealing with pleasure |
| hedonism | belief that pleasure is the highest good |
| heeler | a worker for a local politician or political party |
| hegemony | leadership of one state within a confederacy |
| hegumene | head of a nunnery |
| hekistotherm | plant which can grow in very cold environments |
| helcoid | ulcerous |
| helcology | study of ulcers |
| heliac | solar; coincident with that of the sun |
| helicograph | instrument for drawing spirals on a plane |
| helicoid | screw-shaped; like a coil |
| helicon | bass tuba |
| helicosophy | geometry that deals with spirals |
| helictite | twisted; branching stalactite |
| heliofugal | moving away from the sun |
| heliograph | instrument for measuring intensity of sunlight |
| heliography | description of the sun |
| heliolatry | sun worship |
| heliology | science of the sun |
| heliometer | instrument for measuring apparent diameter of the sun |
| heliophilous | preferring or attracted to the sunlight |
| heliophobia | fear of sunlight |
| heliosciophyte | plant that thrives in sun better than shade |
| helioscope | instrument for observing sun without injury to the eyes |
| helioseismology | study of sun's interior by observing its surface oscillations |
| heliosis | exposure to the sun; sunburn |
| heliotaxis | response of an organism to the sun's rays |
| heliotrope | purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror |
| heliotropism | movement of plants towards sunlight |
| helix | screw-shaped coil |
| hellbender | large flat North American aquatic salamander |
| Hellenomania | obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania |
| hellkite | kite of infernal breed; extremely cruel person |
| helm | ship's steering wheel |
| helminth | worm |
| helminthiasis | infestation with worms |
| helminthoid | worm-shaped |
| helminthology | study of worms |
| helobious | living in marshes or moors |
| helotage | the state of helots or being enslaved |
| helotry | class of slaves |
| helve | handle of an axe or similar tool |
| hemacytometer | instrument for counting blood cells |
| hematology | study of blood |
| hematomancy | divination using blood |
| hemeralopia | day-blindness; vision requiring dim light |
| hemerology | calendar |
| hemialgia | pain in one side of the body alone |
| hemianopsia | blindness in one eye |
| hemiolic | based on the ratio of 3 to 2 |
| hemiplegic | paralyzed on one side only |
| hemistich | half a verse line |
| hemitery | congenital deformity |
| hendecagon | eleven-sided figure |
| hendecarchy | government by eleven people |
| hendiadys | expression of adjective and noun as two adjectives |
| henism | doctrine that there is only one kind of existence |
| henotheism | belief in one tribal or community god, but not as the only god |
| henotic | tending to unify or reconcile; promoting harmony |
| henry | unit of electrical inductance |
| hent | to grasp; to seize |
| heortology | study of religious feasts |
| hepatic | of, like or pertaining to or acting upon the liver |
| hepatology | study of liver |
| hepatoscopy | divination by examining animal livers |
| hephaestic | of, like or pertaining to iron-working and blacksmiths |
| heptamerous | having parts in sevens |
| heptarchy | government by seven people |
| hepteris | ship with seven rows of oars |
| herbarium | collection of preserved plants and herbs |
| herbescent | growing like an herb |
| herborize | to gather or tend herbs |
| herbose | abounding with herbs |
| hercogamy | prevention of self-pollination in plants |
| herdic | low-hung carriage with back entrance |
| hereditament | property that may pass on to an heir |
| heresiarch | leader of a heretical movement |
| heresiography | written description or treatise on heresies or heretics |
| heresiology | study of heresies |
| hereticaster | a petty or contemptible heretic |
| hereticate | to denounce as heretical |
| hereticide | killing of heretics |
| heretofore | until now |
| hericide | killing of one's lord or master |
| heriot | payment to feudal lord upon death of tenant farmer |
| hérissé | bristled |
| herisson | swinging beam bearing iron spikes |
| herm | head or bust of Hermes with a big wang on a square base |
| hermeneutic | of, like or pertaining to the interpretation of passages |
| hermetic | of, like or pertaining to sorcery or alchemy |
| heroarchy | government by heroes |
| heroon | temple to a hero; temple-shaped tomb |
| herpetic | creeping |
| herpetiform | resembling or shaped like a reptile |
| herpetography | written description of herpes |
| herpetoid | of, like or pertaining to snakes |
| herpetology | study of reptiles and amphibians |
| herpetophobia | fear of snakes |
| herringbone | twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines |
| herward | toward her |
| hesternal | of, like or pertaining to yesterday |
| hesternopothia | yearning for yesterday or earlier times |
| hesychastic | keeping silence; soothing or quieting |
| hetaera | paramour; prostitute; concubine |
| hetaerocracy | government by paramours |
| hetairism | concubinage; system of communal marriage |
| heterarchy | government by a foreign ruler |
| heterism | variation |
| heterochrony | divergence from normal time sequence |
| heteroclitous | irregularly inflected |
| heterodymus | conjoined twins with two heads and torsos but one pair of legs |
| heterodyne | interference due to different wave frequencies |
| heteroecious | parasitism upon several hosts |
| heteroepy | irregular or non-standard pronunciation |
| heterogenesis | spontaneous or alternate generation |
| heterography | incorrect or unorthodox spelling |
| heterology | differences due to different origin |
| heteronomous | subject to different or foreign laws |
| heteronym | word having same spelling but different sound and meaning |
| heteropathy | excessive sensitivity |
| heterophemy | accidental use of word different from that meant |
| heteroscian | dweller of a temperate zone |
| heterosis | use of one form of a noun or pronoun in place of another for rhetorical effect |
| heterotaxis | anomalous arrangement of body parts |
| heterothermal | taking the temperature of the surroundings |
| heterotransplantation | transplantation of tissue from an individual of another species |
| heterotrichosis | having hair of varied or mixed colours |
| heterotropic | squinting |
| heuristic | helping to discover by trial and error |
| hexactinal | having six rays |
| hexaemeron | period of six days of creation |
| hexamerous | having six parts |
| hexametromania | mania for writing in hexameter |
| hexastichal | having six lines or rows |
| hexeris | galley with six rows of oars |
| heyday | expression of elation or wonder |
| hiant | gaping |
| hibber-gibber | gibberish |
| hibernaculum | winter retreat |
| hibernal | of, like or pertaining to winter |
| hidation | measuring or assessing land by hides |
| hide | old unit of land area equal to 120 acres |
| hidrotic | causing or exuding sweat |
| hiemal | of, like or pertaining to winter |
| hieratical | priestly; bound by religious convention |
| hierocracy | government by priests or religious ministers |
| hierodule | temple slave |
| hierogram | sacred or hieroglyphic symbol |
| hierography | description of sacred things |
| hierolatry | worship of saints or sacred things |
| hierology | science of sacred matters |
| hieromachy | fight or quarrel between priests |
| hieromancy | divination by studying objects offered in sacrifice |
| hieromania | pathological religious visions or delusions |
| hieromonach | monk who also serves as a priest |
| hieropathic | pertaining to a strong love of the clergy |
| hierophant | one who shows or reveals sacred things |
| hierophobia | fear of sacred things |
| hieroscopy | divination using entrails |
| hierurgy | sacred performance |
| highbinder | a scheming or corrupt politician |
| hight | named; called; to command or call |
| hilasmic | propitiatory |
| himation | loose outer garment worn by ancient Greeks |
| himward | toward him |
| hindermate | companion who is a hindrance |
| hindforemost | with the back part in the front place |
| hinnable | able to neigh or whinny |
| hiplings | with the hips foremost |
| hipparchy | rule or control of horses |
| hipped | melancholy; peevish; offended |
| hippiatric | of, like or pertaining to the treatment of horses' diseases |
| hippiatrics | study of diseases of horses |
| hippic | of, like or pertaining to horses |
| hippocras | medieval hot spiced wine |
| hippocrepian | horseshoe-shaped |
| hippocrepiform | shaped like a horseshoe |
| hippodamist | horse-tamer |
| hippoid | equine; of, like or pertaining to horses |
| hippology | the study of horses |
| hippomancy | divination using horses |
| hippomania | obsession with horses |
| hippometer | instrument to measure height of horses |
| hippomobile | horse-drawn vehicle |
| hippophagy | feeding on horses |
| hippophile | lover of horses |
| hippophobe | hater of horses |
| hircine | goat-like; having a goatish smell; of, like or pertaining to smelly goats |
| hircismus | stinky armpits |
| hircosity | goatishness |
| hirrient | roughly trilled |
| hirsute | having or covered with coarse shaggy hair |
| hirsuties | hairiness |
| hirudine | of, like or pertaining to leeches |
| hirudinean | of, like or pertaining to leeches |
| hirundine | of, like or pertaining to swallows |
| hispid | rough with or covered with strong hairs or bristles |
| hist | expression used to attract attention |
| histogenesis | the formation or differentiation of tissues |
| histology | study of the tissues of organisms |
| histopathology | study of changes in tissue due to disease |
| historicism | belief that all phenomena are historically determined |
| historiography | study of writing history |
| historiology | study of history |
| histrionic | of, like or pertaining to the stage or actors |
| hither | to this place |
| hithermost | nearest on this side |
| hitherside | the nearest side |
| hoary | pale silver-grey colour; grey with age |
| hoatzin | South American tropical bird whose young have clawed wings |
| hobbish | clownish |
| hobbledehoy | awkward; gawky youth |
| hobnail | thick and strong nail for shoeing horses |
| hobohemia | community of hoboes |
| hocco | South American bird resembling a turkey |
| hod | V-shaped trough for carrying bricks or mortar on the shoulders |
| hodden | coarse undyed woollen cloth |
| hodiernal | of, like or pertaining to the present day |
| hodometry | measurement of distance of a sea voyage |
| hodoscope | instrument for tracing paths of ionizing particles |
| hoggaster | young sheep, hog, or boar |
| hogget | one-year-old sheep or colt |
| hoggin | sifted gravel |
| hogmanay | gift or cake made on New Year's Eve |
| hogshead | unit of capacity equal to 63 gallons |
| hogwash | nonsense; worthless idea |
| holderbat | clamp fixed around sides of pipe |
| holism | belief that fundamental universal principle is creation of wholes |
| holland | coarse plain-woven cotton or linen |
| holm | island in a river |
| holobaptism | belief in baptism with total immersion in water |
| holobenthic | passing entire life in the deep ocean |
| holocryptic | inscrutable; undecipherable |
| holograph | text written entirely in its author's handwriting |
| holography | process of producing holographic images |
| holophrase | single word expressing sentence or phrase |
| holoptic | having the eyes meeting in front |
| holosteric | totally solid |
| holt | woody hill or grove |
| holystone | sandstone material used to scrape ships' decks |
| homaloidal | of the nature of a plane; flat; plane-shaped |
| homarine | of, like or pertaining to lobsters |
| homeomerous | composed of similar parts |
| homeoteleuton | the use or occurrence of similar word endings |
| homichlophobia | fear of fog |
| homiletical | of, like or pertaining to homilies |
| homiletics | the art of preaching |
| homiliary | book of sermons |
| hominiform | shaped like a human |
| hommock | ridge in an ice field |
| homnivorous | eating humans |
| homocentric | having the same central or focal point |
| homochiral | identically shaped |
| homodont | having teeth all alike |
| homoeoptoton | use of series of words sharing the same verb or noun inflections |
| homograph | words spelled the same but of different meaning |
| homoiousia | similarity but not identicality in substance |
| homolegomena | books of the Bible used in early Christianity |
| homologate | to confirm; to agree; to ratify |
| homomerous | possessing similar parts or components |
| homonym | words having the same sound but different meanings |
| homoousia | identicality in substance |
| homophile | one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual |
| homophobia | fear of homosexuals |
| homophyly | resemblance due to common ancestry |
| homoplasty | resemblance due to convergent evolution |
| homotaxic | arranged in a similar manner |
| homuncule | little artificial person |
| honorificabilitudinity | honourableness |
| hooey | nonsense; humbug |
| hoplarchy | government by the military |
| hoplite | a heavily armed Greek foot soldier |
| hoplology | the study of weapons |
| hoplomachy | fighting while heavily armoured |
| hopple | to restrain by tying the feet together |
| hopsack | rough-surfaced loose fabric |
| hora | circle dance |
| horal | of, like or pertaining to hours; hourly |
| horary | of, like or pertaining to an hour; continuing for an hour; hourly |
| hordeaceous | of, like or pertaining to barley |
| hordeiform | shaped like a barleycorn |
| horme | goal-directed or purposive behaviour |
| hornbook | rudimentary treatise |
| hornito | low oven |
| hornpipe | lively British folk dance |
| hornwork | cuckoldry |
| horography | art of constructing sundials or clocks |
| horologiography | description of timepieces |
| horology | science of time measurement |
| horometry | time measurement |
| horrent | bristling |
| horrescent | expressing or showing horror |
| horripilation | process causing goose-bumps |
| horrisonant | dreadful-sounding |
| hortatory | giving exhortation or advice |
| hortensial | of, like or pertaining to gardens |
| hortulan | of, like or pertaining to gardens |
| hospitate | to greet; to welcome |
| hospiticide | killer of one's guest or host |
| hospitium | hospice |
| hosticide | killer of one's enemy |
| hotchpot | aggregation of property prior to equal division among heirs |
| houghmagandy | fornication |
| houndstooth | fabric with an irregular checked pattern |
| hourd | timber gallery on summit of castle tower |
| housal | belonging to the house |
| housel | the eucharist; the act of taking the eucharist |
| howbeit | although |
| howdah | seat with a canopy erected on an elephant's back |
| hoy | large one-decked boat |
| hoyden | tomboy |
| huckaback | absorbent cotton or linen used for towels |
| huemul | yellow-brown South American deer |
| huggery | the action of hugging |
| huitain | group of eight lines of verse |
| hula | sinuous Polynesian dance with rhythmic hip movements |
| hulchy | swollen |
| humanism | belief that human interests and mind are paramount |
| humanitarianism | doctrine that the highest moral obligation is to improve human welfare |
| humect | to moisten; to cause to become moist |
| humectation | moisture |
| humgruffin | terrible person |
| humicubation | act of lying on the ground penitently |
| humify | to moisten |
| hummock | pile or ridge of ice |
| humoral | of, like or pertaining to body fluid |
| humpenscrump | crude musical instrument like a hurdy-gurdy |
| hustle | lively disco dance derived from swing elements with a plus-like pattern |
| hutia | large Caribbean rat-like rodent |
| hwyl | emotional state capable of arousing intense eloquence |
| hyacinthine | of a blue or purple colour |
| hyaline | glassy, of or like glass, transparent |
| hyalography | engraving upon glass |
| hyaloid | of, like or pertaining to glass |
| hyalopterous | having glassy or transparent wings |
| hydatoid | watery |
| hydragogue | removing water or serum |
| hydrargyrism | mercury poisoning |
| hydric | of, like or pertaining to an abundance of moisture |
| hydriotaphia | burial in an urn |
| hydrobiology | study of aquatic organisms |
| hydrodynamics | study of movement in liquids |
| hydrogenic | caused or formed by water |
| hydrogeology | study of ground water |
| hydrognosy | historical account of water surfaces of the earth |
| hydrography | study of investigating bodies of water |
| hydrokinetics | study of motion of fluids |
| hydrology | study of water resources |
| hydromancy | divination using water |
| hydromania | irrational craving for water |
| hydrometeorology | study of atmospheric moisture |
| hydrometer | instrument for measuring specific gravity of liquids |
| hydropathy | study of treating diseases with water |
| hydrophanous | becoming transparent when placed in water |
| hydrophilous | loving or preferring water |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| hydropic | dropsical; thirsty |
| hydroscope | instrument for viewing under water |
| hydroscopist | one who divines sources of fresh water |
| hydrospace | regions beneath the oceans' surface |
| hydrotaxis | movement towards or away from water |
| hydrotimeter | instrument for measuring water hardness |
| hyetal | rainy; of, like or pertaining to rainfall |
| hyetograph | instrument for recording rainfall |
| hyetology | science of rainfall |
| hyetometer | instrument for measuring rainfall |
| hyetometrograph | instrument for recording rainfall |
| hygeian | of, like or pertaining to health; healthy |
| hygeiolatry | excessive devotion to health |
| hygiastics | science of health and hygiene |
| hygiology | hygienics; study of cleanliness |
| hygric | of, like or pertaining to water or moisture |
| hygrograph | instrument for recording variations in atmospheric humidity |
| hygrology | study of humidity |
| hygrometer | instrument for measuring air moisture |
| hygrometry | science of humidity |
| hygrophilous | preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture |
| hygroscope | instrument for displaying changes in air humidity |
| hygrostat | machine for regulating humidity of air |
| hylactic | barking; in a barking manner |
| hylarchic | ruling over matter |
| hyle | matter |
| hylicism | materialism |
| hylobatine | of, like or pertaining to gibbons |
| hylogenesis | the origin of matter |
| hylomania | excessive tendency towards materialism |
| hylomorphism | belief that matter is cause of the universe |
| hylopathism | belief in ability of matter to affect the spiritual world |
| hylophagous | eating wood |
| hylotheism | belief that the universe is purely material |
| hylotomous | wood-cutting |
| hylozoism | doctrine that all matter is endowed with life |
| hymeneal | of, like or pertaining to marriage |
| hymnal | collection of church hymns |
| hymnicide | killing of a hymn through inappropriate alterations |
| hymnody | hymns collectively; hymn-singing |
| hymnography | study of writing hymns |
| hymnology | study of hymns |
| hyoid | having a "U" shape |
| hypactic | purgative |
| hypaethral | roofless; open to the sky |
| hypalgesia | diminished susceptibility to pain |
| hypallage | figure in which relations between words are changed |
| hypaspist | shield-bearing elite soldier |
| hyperacusis | abnormally good sense of hearing |
| hyperalgia | extreme sensitivity to pain |
| hyperanarchy | condition of extreme anarchy |
| hyperaphia | extraordinarily keen sense of touch |
| hyperarchy | excessive government |
| hyperbaton | rhetorical device in which word order is reversed |
| hyperbole | impression by extravagant exaggeration |
| hyperborean | an inhabitant of the extreme north |
| hyperbulia | excessive zeal for action or activity |
| hypercatalectic | having an extra syllable on the end of a line of verse |
| hypercathexis | manic desire for a particular object |
| hyperdulia | veneration of the Virgin Mary above saints and angels |
| hyperemesis | excessive vomiting |
| hypergamy | marriage of a man to a woman of lower status |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| hypermania | severe mania |
| hypermetropia | long-sightedness |
| hypernym | word representing a class of words or things |
| hyperope | far-sighted person |
| hyperosmia | very keen sense of smell |
| hyperphagia | eating too much |
| hyperpyrexia | excessive body temperature |
| hypertrichologist | person who treats unsightly facial hair |
| hyphaeresis | omission of sound or letter from a word |
| hypnagogic | sleep-inducing; pertaining to drowsiness or sleep |
| hypnoetic | of, like or pertaining to unconscious logical thought |
| hypnogeny | production of the hypnotic state |
| hypnoid | like sleep or hypnosis |
| hypnology | study of sleep; study of hypnosis |
| hypnomancy | divination using sleep |
| hypnomogia | insomnia |
| hypnopompic | of, like or pertaining to period between sleep and wakefulness |
| hypnosophy | knowledge of phenomena relating to sleep |
| hypobole | anticipating and refuting objections to an argument |
| hypobulic | weak-willed; lacking willpower |
| hypocaust | space under floor for heating by hot air |
| hypocorism | pet-name; diminutive or abbreviated name |
| hypodynamia | loss of strength |
| hypogeal | underground |
| hypogeiody | surveying underground |
| hypogeum | underground chamber |
| hypogeusia | diminished sense of taste |
| hypolimnion | colder and deeper layer of water in a lake |
| hypomania | minor mania |
| hypometropia | shortsightedness |
| hyponychial | underneath fingernail or toenail |
| hyponym | term which is a member of a larger class |
| hypophora | statement of an opponent's probable but as yet unstated objection |
| hypophrenia | weakness of mental facilities |
| hypostasis | basis; foundation; essence |
| hypostrophe | return to primary argument after digression |
| hypostyle | pillar |
| hypotaxis | dependent construction |
| hypothecary | of, like or pertaining to mortgages |
| hypothecate | to mortgage; to place as security |
| hypotrichosis | hairlessness |
| hypotyposis | vivid description of a scene |
| hypsiloid | shaped like the Greek letter upsilon |
| hypsography | science of measuring heights |
| hypsometer | instrument for measuring height of trees through triangulation |
| hypsophobia | fear of high places |
| hypural | situated beneath the tail |
| hyrax | shrew |
| hyrax | small rodent-like ungulate |
| hysteresis | lagging of an effect behind its cause |
| hysterogenic | causing hysteria |
| hysteroid | like or resembling a womb |
| hysteromania | nymphomania |
| hysteron proteron | in rhetoric, putting first what normally comes last |
| hystricine | of, like or pertaining to porcupines |
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