Word origins

• hedgemakerOne who constructs a hedge.
• heir apparentSomeone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
• heirlessWithout an heir.
• hell gateThe entrance to hell, seen as an embodiment of evil.
• helplyAiding; assisting; ready to help; helpful.
• helter-skelterIn confused, disorderly haste.
• helveThe handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
• hempyLike hemp.
• hencoopA coop where hens are kept.
• herb bennetAn avens such as wood avens (Geum urbanum) or common avens (Geum aleppicum).
• hereatAt this time; upon this event.
• hereforFor this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this.
• hereforeFor this reason; on this account; therefore.
• herewithalherewith
• heritSynonym of inherit.
• heritanceInheritance; the act of inheriting or something inherited.
• heritorA person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
• heroicalHeroic.
• heronerA hawk used in hunting herons.
• heronsewA heron (originally specifically when small or young).
• herseA kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
• hersenHerself.
• heryeTo praise, to glorify, to honour.
• heweA domestic; a servant or retainer.
• HexhamshireA civil parish in Northumberland, England, to the south of Hexham.
• hickwallA lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
• hiddennessThe state, property or quality of being hidden.
• hidedHaving hide (skin) of a specified kind.
• hidelessWithout a hide; skinless.
• hidel-likeSecretly; hidingly.
• hidnessSecrecy; hiddenness.
• hieldTo bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
• high angelArchangel.
• highbishopArchbishop.
• highdayA feast day, holiday, or festival; a time of pleasure.
• highenTo make high; heighten.
• highfatherA respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather.
• high kingA chief king or ruler; a great, superior, or supreme king; a king of kings.
• highmanA man of rank, especially a high rank; a superior.
• high schoolAn institution which provides all or part of secondary education.
• high seaThe sea when it is very rough due to strong winds and storms, such that the sea encroaches much further inland than is normal, often causing damage.
• high streetThe main street of any town.
• hindberryThe raspberry.
• hinderlingA worthless, degenerate person or animal.
• hindermosthindmost
• hindfootA rear foot.
• hindwardToward the posterior extremity.
• hippocrasA cordial, made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, which are strained out by a cloth before the drink is consumed.
• hircineOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.
• hiremanhireling
• hisnHis.
• hoar frostOriginally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
• hoarinessThe characteristic of being hoary.
• hoastA cough.
• hobby horseThe Irish Hobby, an extinct breed of horse.
• hoggetA young sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
• hogherdA person who looks after pigs; a swineherd.
• hoglingA young, immature, or diminutive hog.
• hogstySynonym of pigsty.
• hoitTo behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool.
• holilyIn a holy way; with sanctity.
• holkA hollow cavity.
• Holy BookThe Bible or Quran, or by extension the scripture of another religion.
• Holy BreadThe consecrated bread used in the Eucharist.
• Holy ChurchThe Christian Church.
• holy crossA cross as a Christian symbol of the crucifixion of Christ
• Holy FatherGod or God the Father (in various Christian churches)
• holy fireAn ardent devotion or enthusiasm for God or Christian ideals; Christian fervor.
• Holy GhostThe plant Angelica archangelica.
• holy grailAnything that is highly sought-after but attained only through a difficult endeavor.
• holy roodSynonym of True Cross: the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
• Holy SepulchreThe tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion.
• Holy SpiritThe person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from (Eastern Orthodoxy) God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.
• Holy ThursdayMaundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter.
• holy trinityA triad of people or things considered essential.
• holy waterIn certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things.
• holy-water sprinkleSynonym of aspergillum (“an implement, in the form of a brush or of a rod with a perforated container, for sprinkling holy water”).
• holy writThe Bible.
• homagerOne who pays feudal homage, hence a vassal.
• homelinessThe property of being homely.
• homestallPlace of a home; homestead.
• honestnessQuality of being honest.
• honey beeAny of many subspecies of bee, in seven species of genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.
• honeybirdAny of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
• honeyfulFull of honey.
• honeysuckhoneysuckle
• honey-sweetAs sweet as honey; very sweet.
• -hoodA substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
• hoolyHoly.
• hoperOne who hopes.
• hornenMade of or consisting of horn; full of horns.
• hornpiperSomeone who plays a hornpipe.
• horologeSynonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day.
• horologerSynonym of horologist, a person skilled in horology, a maker or maintainer of timekeeping devices.
• horribilityThe quality of being horrible.
• horriblenessThe property of being horrible.
• horsecartA cart drawn by one or more horses.
• horse-combA comb used by horse groomers for combing the mane and tail of horses.
• horsehealThe plant elecampane.
• horseherdA person who tends to horses.