9-letter words starting with H
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter H. This section showcases how H at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with H, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| happening | 17 | an event that happens | - |
| happiness | 16 | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | - |
| hopefully | 20 | with hope; in a hopeful manner | we searched hopefully for a good position |
| honeymoon | 17 | a holiday taken by a newly married couple | - |
| household | 16 | a social unit living together | It was a good Christian household |
| hilarious | 12 | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | hilarious broad comedy |
| honorable | 14 | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent | - |
| hurricane | 14 | a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | - |
| heartbeat | 14 | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | - |
| handcuffs | 21 | - | - |
| hamburger | 17 | beef that has been ground | - |
| heartless | 12 | lacking in feeling or pity or warmth | - |
| humiliate | 14 | cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss |
| housewife | 18 | a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | - |
| hypocrite | 19 | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | - |
| horoscope | 16 | a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place | - |
| holocaust | 14 | the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 | - |
| handshake | 20 | grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | - |
| hereafter | 15 | the time yet to come | - |
| highlight | 20 | move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics |
| hairstyle | 15 | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | - |
| hypocrisy | 22 | an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction | - |
| historian | 12 | a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | - |
| horseback | 20 | on the back of a horse | he rode horseback to town |
| healthier | 15 | improved in health or physical condition | - |
| hostility | 15 | the feeling of a hostile person | he could no longer contain his hostility |
| horrified | 16 | stricken with horror | - |
| hammering | 17 | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | - |
| harmonica | 16 | a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | - |
| housework | 19 | the work of cleaning and running a house | - |
| horseshit | 15 | obscene words for unacceptable behavior | - |
| hesitated | 13 | - | - |
| hepatitis | 14 | inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | - |
| heartfelt | 15 | sincerely earnest | heartfelt condolences |
| hierarchy | 20 | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | - |
| humankind | 19 | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women |
| heartache | 17 | intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | - |
| hijacking | 26 | robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force | - |
| hillbilly | 17 | a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person | - |
| hazardous | 22 | involving risk or danger | skydiving is a hazardous sport |
| hydraulic | 18 | moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil) | hydraulic erosion |
| hunchback | 25 | an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | - |
| highlands | 17 | a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse) | - |
| hypnotize | 26 | induce hypnosis in | - |
| hindsight | 17 | understanding the nature of an event after it has happened | hindsight is always better than foresight |
| horseshoe | 15 | U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof | - |
| hitchhike | 24 | travel by getting free rides from motorists | - |
| homicidal | 17 | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being | a homicidal rage |
| headlight | 17 | a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive | - |
| handiwork | 20 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| heartburn | 14 | a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder | - |
| hourglass | 13 | a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes | - |
| hollering | 13 | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | - |
| housemaid | 15 | a female domestic | - |
| hermitage | 15 | the abode of a hermit | - |
| hydroxide | 24 | a compound of an oxide with water | - |
| hundredth | 17 | one part in a hundred equal parts | - |
| homeowner | 17 | someone who owns a home | - |
| hurriedly | 16 | in a hurried or hasty manner | the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful |
| hypnotist | 17 | a person who induces hypnosis | - |
| hysterics | 17 | an attack of hysteria | - |
| headstone | 13 | a stone that is used to mark a grave | - |
| honeycomb | 21 | a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees | - |
| honorably | 17 | in an honorable manner | he acted honorably |
| homestead | 15 | dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land | - |
| heartland | 13 | the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture | - |
| harmonium | 16 | a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows | - |
| habitable | 16 | fit for habitation | the habitable world |
| humongous | 15 | (used informally) very large | - |
| houseboat | 14 | a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling | - |
| hairbrush | 17 | a brush used to groom a person's hair | - |
| harvester | 15 | someone who helps to gather the harvest | - |
| hopscotch | 21 | a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone | - |
| hypnotism | 19 | the act of inducing hypnosis | - |
| hindrance | 15 | the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | - |
| hairpiece | 16 | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment | - |
| harnessed | 13 | brought under control and put to use | electricity from the harnessed Colorado River |
| hairspray | 17 | - | - |
| handstand | 14 | the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position | - |
| hygienist | 16 | a medical specialist in hygiene | - |
| herbalist | 14 | a therapist who heals by the use of herbs | - |
| homophobe | 21 | a person who hates or fears homosexual people | - |
| harrowing | 16 | extremely painful | - |
| handbrake | 19 | - | - |
| homegrown | 18 | grown or originating in a particular place | stands selling homegrown fruits and vegetables |
| homemaker | 20 | a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | - |
| heretical | 14 | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | - |
| headliner | 13 | a performer who receives prominent billing | - |
| hibernate | 14 | sleep during winter | Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves |
| hexagonal | 20 | having six sides or divided into hexagons | - |
| hailstorm | 14 | a storm during which hail falls | - |
| horseplay | 17 | rowdy or boisterous play | - |
| headdress | 14 | clothing for the head | - |
| headfirst | 16 | with the head foremost | a headfirst plunge down the stairs |
| headboard | 16 | a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead | - |
| harbinger | 15 | something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | - |
| hotheaded | 17 | quickly aroused to anger | a hotheaded commander |
| headphone | 18 | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | - |
| healthily | 18 | in a levelheaded manner | the answers were healthily individual |
| hindering | 14 | preventing movement | - |
| handlebar | 15 | the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle | - |
| humorless | 14 | lacking humor | it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning |
| housemate | 14 | someone who resides in the same house with you | - |
| heaviness | 15 | used of a line or mark | - |
| hideously | 16 | in a hideous manner | her face was hideously disfigured after the accident |
| hortensia | 12 | deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue | - |
| hydration | 16 | the process of combining with water; usually reversible | - |
| hyperbole | 19 | extravagant exaggeration | - |
| henpecked | 21 | harassed by persistent nagging | - |
| hankering | 17 | a yearning for something or to do something | - |
| hypnotise | 17 | induce hypnosis in | - |
| headscarf | 18 | a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin | - |
| handsomer | 15 | - | - |
| harshness | 15 | the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses | - |
| hardening | 14 | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | the hardening of concrete |
| haematoma | 16 | a localized swelling filled with blood | - |
| hamstring | 15 | one of the tendons at the back of the knee | - |
| halitosis | 12 | offensive breath | - |
| humanness | 14 | the quality of being human | - |
| histamine | 14 | amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions | - |
| harlequin | 21 | a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) | - |
| harmonize | 23 | go together | The colors don't harmonize |
| harmonics | 16 | the study of musical sound | - |
| horniness | 12 | a state of sexual arousal | - |
| honorific | 17 | an expression of respect | the Japanese use many honorifics |
| hyphenate | 20 | divide or connect with a hyphen | hyphenate these words and names |
| herniated | 13 | - | - |
| haphazard | 27 | without care; in a slapdash manner | the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard |
| homestyle | 17 | - | - |
| husbandry | 18 | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | - |
| hydrangea | 17 | any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea | - |
| haversack | 21 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| healthful | 18 | free from filth and pathogens | - |
| housecoat | 14 | a loose dressing gown for women | - |
| horsewhip | 20 | a whip for controlling horses | - |
| herbicide | 17 | a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | - |
| hobgoblin | 17 | an object of dread or apprehension | A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds |
| humdinger | 16 | someone of remarkable excellence | a humdinger of a secretary |
| herbivore | 17 | any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants | horses are herbivores |
| hematomas | 16 | - | - |
| hatchling | 18 | any recently hatched animal (especially birds) | - |
| heartiest | 12 | - | - |
| hesitancy | 17 | a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | - |
| highchair | 21 | a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray | - |
| hardcover | 18 | having a hard back or cover | - |
| haltingly | 16 | - | - |
| hottentot | 12 | any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa | - |
| horsetail | 12 | perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America | - |
| hellhound | 16 | (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon | - |
| hatchback | 25 | a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | - |
| hackneyed | 22 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | hackneyed phrases |
| hydrating | 17 | - | - |
| hydrofoil | 19 | a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds | - |
| hydrology | 20 | the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation | - |
| heartsick | 18 | full of sorrow | - |
| headspace | 17 | the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing | - |
| homebound | 17 | confined usually by illness | - |
| herculean | 14 | displaying superhuman strength or power | herculean exertions |
| handcraft | 18 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| humanlike | 18 | suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | - |
| horsemeat | 14 | the flesh of horses as food | - |
| haymaking | 22 | cutting grass and curing it to make hay | - |
| headlined | 14 | - | - |
| homewards | 18 | toward home | - |
| homeopath | 19 | a practitioner of homeopathy | - |
| hiccuping | 19 | - | - |
| howsoever | 18 | - | - |
| horsehair | 15 | a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery | - |
| haughtily | 19 | in a haughty manner | he peered haughtily down his nose |
| hastiness | 12 | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | - |
| hollyhock | 24 | any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | - |
| hereabout | 14 | in this general vicinity | the people are friendly hereabouts |
| hesitance | 14 | a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | - |
| hindbrain | 15 | the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem | - |
| hardheads | 17 | a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized | - |
| hackberry | 23 | small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States | - |
| halothane | 15 | a nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia; used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures | - |
| humanized | 24 | - | - |
| hydrocele | 18 | disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum) | - |
| husbandly | 18 | related to or suited to a husband | assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn |
| hyperlink | 21 | a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen | - |
| hemotoxic | 23 | - | - |
| headshake | 20 | the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement | I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me |
| headstand | 14 | an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands) | - |
| histology | 16 | the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues | - |
| hexameter | 21 | a verse line having six metrical feet | - |
| hidebound | 16 | stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded | - |
| hanseatic | 14 | - | - |
| handwoven | 19 | made on a handloom | handwoven tablecloth |
| hardliner | 13 | a conservative who is uncompromising | - |
| habituate | 14 | take or consume (regularly or habitually) | - |
| halfpenny | 20 | an English coin worth half a penny | - |
| humbucker | 22 | - | - |
| humidexes | 22 | - | - |
| humidices | 17 | - | - |
| humidness | 15 | wetness in the atmosphere | - |
| humifying | 21 | - | - |
| humiliant | 14 | - | - |
| humitures | 14 | - | - |
| hummelled | 17 | - | - |
| humicoles | 16 | - | - |
| humefying | 21 | - | - |
| humbugged | 19 | - | - |
| humbugger | 18 | - | - |
| humbuzzes | 34 | - | - |
| humectant | 16 | any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist | - |
| humectate | 16 | - | - |
| humecting | 17 | - | - |
| humective | 19 | - | - |
| hummeller | 16 | - | - |
| hummocked | 23 | - | - |
| humungous | 15 | - | - |
| hundreder | 14 | - | - |
| hundredor | 14 | - | - |
| hungerful | 16 | - | - |
| hungering | 14 | - | - |
| hungriest | 13 | - | - |
| humstrums | 16 | - | - |
| humpiness | 16 | - | - |
| humorally | 17 | - | - |
| humoresks | 18 | - | - |
| humorists | 14 | - | - |
| humorsome | 16 | - | - |
| humourful | 17 | - | - |
| humouring | 15 | - | - |
| humpbacks | 24 | - | - |
| hunkering | 17 | - | - |
| humblings | 17 | - | - |
| hovelling | 16 | - | - |
| huaqueros | 21 | - | - |
| huaraches | 17 | a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | - |
| huarachos | 17 | - | - |
| hubbuboos | 18 | - | - |
| hubristic | 16 | - | - |
| huckaback | 26 | toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | - |
| hucksters | 18 | - | - |
| huckstery | 21 | - | - |
| hoydenism | 18 | masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women) | - |
| hoydenish | 19 | used of girls; wild and boisterous | - |
| hoverport | 17 | - | - |
| howitzers | 24 | - | - |
| howlbacks | 23 | - | - |
| howlingly | 19 | - | - |
| howlround | 16 | - | - |
| howtowdie | 19 | - | - |
| hoydening | 17 | - | - |
| huffiness | 18 | a passing state of anger and resentment | - |
| huffishly | 24 | - | - |
| hugeously | 16 | - | - |
| humanizer | 23 | - | - |
| humanizes | 23 | - | - |
| humanoids | 15 | - | - |
| humblebee | 18 | robust hairy social bee of temperate regions | - |
| humanists | 14 | - | - |
| humanisms | 16 | - | - |
| huisaches | 17 | - | - |
| huissiers | 12 | - | - |
| hulloaing | 13 | - | - |
| hullooing | 13 | - | - |
| humanhood | 18 | - | - |
| humanised | 15 | - | - |
| humaniser | 14 | - | - |
| humanises | 14 | - | - |
| humblesse | 16 | - | - |
| hydrogels | 17 | - | - |
| hydrogens | 17 | - | - |
| hydrolase | 16 | - | - |
| hydrolyse | 19 | undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water | - |
| hydrolyte | 19 | - | - |
| hydrocast | 18 | - | - |
| hydriodic | 19 | - | - |
| hydrators | 16 | - | - |
| hydrazide | 26 | - | - |
| hydrazine | 25 | a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels | - |
| hydrazoic | 27 | - | - |
| hydremias | 18 | - | - |
| hydrillas | 16 | - | - |
| hydrolyze | 28 | undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water | - |
| hydromata | 18 | - | - |
| hydromels | 18 | - | - |
| hydrosome | 18 | - | - |
| hydrostat | 16 | - | - |
| hydrovane | 19 | - | - |
| hydroxyls | 26 | - | - |
| hydrozoan | 25 | colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant | - |
| hydrozoon | 25 | - | - |
| hyetology | 19 | - | - |
| hydrosoma | 18 | - | - |
| hydrosols | 16 | - | - |
| hydronaut | 16 | - | - |
| hydronium | 18 | - | - |
| hydropath | 21 | - | - |
| hydropses | 18 | - | - |
| hydroptic | 20 | - | - |
| hydropult | 18 | - | - |
| hydrosere | 16 | - | - |
| hydroskis | 20 | - | - |
| hygieists | 16 | - | - |
| hydrastis | 16 | small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan | - |
| huntaways | 18 | - | - |
| husbander | 15 | - | - |
| hushabied | 18 | - | - |
| hushabies | 17 | - | - |
| hushering | 16 | - | - |
| hushpuppy | 24 | deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) | - |
| huskiness | 16 | the property of being big and strong | - |
| husbanded | 16 | - | - |
| hurtfully | 18 | - | - |
| hurcheons | 17 | - | - |
| hurdlings | 14 | - | - |
| hurrahing | 16 | - | - |
| hurraying | 16 | - | - |
| hurricano | 14 | - | - |
| hurryings | 16 | - | - |
| hustlings | 13 | - | - |
| huzzahing | 34 | - | - |
| hyacinths | 20 | - | - |
| hybridous | 18 | - | - |
| hybristic | 19 | - | - |
| hydantoin | 16 | any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy | - |
| hydathode | 20 | a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants | - |
| hydracids | 19 | - | - |
| hydraemia | 18 | - | - |
| hydragogs | 18 | - | - |
| hybridoma | 20 | a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody | - |
| hybridize | 27 | breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | - |
| hyalinise | 15 | - | - |
| hyalinize | 24 | - | - |
| hyalogens | 16 | - | - |
| hyalonema | 17 | - | - |
| hybridise | 18 | breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | - |
| hybridism | 20 | - | - |
| hybridist | 18 | - | - |
| hybridity | 21 | - | - |
| hydranths | 19 | - | - |
| hovellers | 15 | - | - |
| hoopsters | 14 | - | - |
| horehound | 16 | a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant | - |
| horiatiki | 16 | - | - |
| horizonal | 21 | - | - |
| hornbeaks | 18 | - | - |
| hornbeams | 16 | - | - |
| hornbills | 14 | - | - |
| hornbooks | 18 | - | - |
| horngelds | 14 | - | - |
| hordeolum | 15 | an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid | - |
| hoorahing | 16 | - | - |
| hooraying | 16 | - | - |
| hoosegows | 16 | - | - |
| hootnanny | 15 | - | - |
| hoovering | 16 | - | - |
| hoplology | 18 | - | - |
| hoppercar | 18 | - | - |
| hornpipes | 16 | - | - |
| hornpouts | 14 | - | - |
| horologia | 13 | - | - |
| horologic | 15 | - | - |
| horometry | 17 | - | - |
| horopitos | 14 | - | - |
| horopters | 14 | - | - |
| horoscopy | 19 | the drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes | - |
| horribles | 14 | - | - |
| horologes | 13 | - | - |
| horologer | 13 | someone who makes or repairs watches | - |
| hornstone | 12 | a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks | - |
| horntails | 12 | - | - |
| hornworks | 19 | - | - |
| hornworms | 17 | - | - |
| hornworts | 15 | - | - |
| hornwrack | 21 | - | - |
| hornyhead | 19 | - | - |
| hornywink | 22 | - | - |
| horridest | 13 | - | - |
| hoopskirt | 18 | a skirt stiffened with hoops | - |
| homotypes | 19 | - | - |
| honeybuns | 17 | - | - |
| honeydews | 19 | - | - |
| honeyedly | 19 | - | - |
| honeyless | 15 | - | - |
| honeypots | 17 | - | - |
| honeytrap | 17 | - | - |
| honeybees | 17 | - | - |
| honeworts | 15 | - | - |
| homotypic | 21 | - | - |
| homousian | 14 | - | - |
| homuncles | 16 | - | - |
| homuncule | 16 | - | - |
| homunculi | 16 | - | - |
| honchoing | 18 | - | - |
| honestest | 12 | - | - |
| honesties | 12 | - | - |
| honorands | 13 | - | - |
| hoofbound | 18 | - | - |
| hoofprint | 17 | a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal | - |
| hookcheck | 27 | - | - |
| hooknosed | 17 | - | - |
| hooknoses | 16 | - | - |
| hookworms | 21 | - | - |
| hoolachan | 17 | - | - |
| hoolicans | 14 | - | - |
| hoofbeats | 17 | - | - |
| hoodwinks | 20 | - | - |
| honoraria | 12 | - | - |
| honorless | 12 | - | - |
| honourers | 12 | - | - |
| honouring | 13 | - | - |
| hoodmolds | 16 | - | - |
| hoodooing | 14 | - | - |
| hoodooism | 15 | a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities | - |
| hooligans | 13 | - | - |
| hostlesse | 12 | - | - |
| hotnesses | 12 | - | - |
| hotplates | 14 | - | - |
| hottering | 13 | - | - |
| hoummoses | 16 | - | - |
| houmouses | 14 | - | - |
| houndfish | 19 | - | - |
| hothouses | 15 | - | - |
| hothoused | 16 | - | - |
| hotbloods | 15 | - | - |
| hotchpots | 19 | - | - |
| hotdogged | 16 | - | - |
| hotdogger | 15 | - | - |
| hoteldoms | 15 | - | - |
| hoteliers | 12 | - | - |
| hotfooted | 16 | - | - |
| hourplate | 14 | - | - |
| houseboys | 17 | - | - |
| houselled | 13 | - | - |
| houseroom | 14 | space for accommodation in a house | I wouldn't give that table houseroom |
| housesits | 12 | - | - |
| housetops | 14 | - | - |
| houseling | 13 | - | - |
| houseline | 12 | - | - |
| housecarl | 14 | - | - |
| housefuls | 15 | - | - |
| housekeep | 18 | maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household | - |
| housekept | 18 | - | - |
| houseleek | 16 | - | - |
| houseless | 12 | - | - |
| houstonia | 12 | - | - |
| horsepond | 15 | a pond for watering horses | - |
| horserace | 14 | - | - |
| horseshod | 16 | - | - |
| horseways | 18 | - | - |
| horsemint | 14 | a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States | - |
| horrifies | 15 | - | - |
| horsebean | 14 | large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States | - |
| horsecars | 14 | - | - |
| horsehide | 16 | leather from the hide of a horse | - |
| horseless | 12 | - | - |
| horselike | 16 | - | - |
| horseweed | 16 | common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron | - |
| horsiness | 12 | - | - |
| hospitium | 16 | - | - |
| hospodars | 15 | - | - |
| hostelers | 12 | - | - |
| hosteling | 13 | - | - |
| hostelled | 13 | - | - |
| hosteller | 12 | an owner or manager of hotels | - |
| hostessed | 13 | - | - |
| hostesses | 12 | - | - |
| hospitals | 14 | - | - |
| hospitale | 14 | - | - |
| hortation | 12 | - | - |
| hortative | 15 | giving strong encouragement | - |
| hortatory | 15 | giving strong encouragement | - |
| hosannaed | 13 | - | - |
| hosannahs | 15 | - | - |
| hosepipes | 16 | - | - |
| hosieries | 12 | - | - |
| hospitage | 15 | - | - |
| hostilely | 15 | with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner | - |
| hypernymy | 25 | the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class | - |
| hyphening | 21 | - | - |
| hyphenise | 20 | - | - |
| hyphenism | 22 | - | - |
| hyphenize | 29 | - | - |
| hypinoses | 17 | - | - |
| hypinosis | 17 | - | - |
| hypnogeny | 21 | - | - |
| hyphemias | 22 | - | - |
| hypethral | 20 | partly or entirely open to the sky | - |
| hyperopes | 19 | - | - |
| hyperopia | 19 | abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | - |
| hyperopic | 21 | abnormal ability to focus of distant objects | - |
| hyperpnea | 19 | energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders | - |
| hyperpure | 19 | - | - |
| hyperreal | 17 | - | - |
| hypertext | 24 | machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected | Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper |
| hypesters | 17 | - | - |
| hypnoidal | 18 | - | - |
| hypnology | 21 | - | - |
| hypnotees | 17 | - | - |
| hypocists | 19 | - | - |
| hypocotyl | 22 | - | - |
| hypoderma | 20 | in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies | - |
| hypoderms | 20 | - | - |
| hypogaeal | 18 | - | - |
| hypogaean | 18 | - | - |
