English words from Middle English
- horsehoofThe hoof of a horse
- horse-leechA type of sucking worm, Haemopis sanguisuga, larger than the common leech.
- horselyPertaining to, relating to, or similar to horses; horselike or equine.
- horsemintA coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
- horsenOf or pertaining to horses; equine
- horsenailA kind of nail, for fixing a horseshoe to the hoof; a horseshoe nail.
- horse-wainA wain (i.e. wagon) drawn by horse.
- hostressA female host.
- hot as fireVery hot
- hotfootThe prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
- houndishLike, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.
- houndlyOf, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.
- hound's tongueAny member of the genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World.
- hounskullA type of visor, drawn out into a conical point like a muzzle or beak which improved ventilation and deflected blows, or a helmet having such a visor.
- houppelandeA robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.
- housecarlA member of the Scandinavian royal household troops.
- house doorA door to a house; a house's door.
- householdingManagement of a household; housekeeping.
- houseleekAny of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves.
- houselessLacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
- houselingThe act of administering the eucharist.
- housewifelyBefitting a housewife.
- housewiferyThe state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
- housewifeshipThe management of a household; housewifery.
- howletAn owl; an owlet.
- how soHow?; In what way?
- howsoHowever, in whatever manner.
- hue and cryThe public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase.
- hugeousHuge.
- hugeouslyHugely.
- hugyHuge; vast.
- hulchA hunch, hump (on the back).
- hulverholly (plant)
- humblebeeA bumblebee.
- humblehoodThe quality, state, or condition of being humble; humility
- humblesseHumility, humbleness.
- hundrederSynonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred.
- HungarlandHungary (Magyarország).
- hurcheonA hedgehog.
- hurtleberrySynonym of whortleberry.
- hurtlessNot causing hurt; harmless.
- husbandhoodThe condition of being a husband
- husbandlandThe landholding of a husbandman, that is, a manorial tenant.
- husbandlessWithout a husband.
- husbandlyCharacteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.
- hussifA housewife.
- hustingA platform where candidates in an election give speeches.
- hustlementMiscellaneous household items; odds and ends.
- huxenThe hough; the back of the hip.
- hydromancerOne who practices hydromancy.
- hydropicDropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
- i-Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-.
- -ialForms a noun from a verb ending in -y.
- -icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
- -icalUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning "of or pertaining to"; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Greek or Latin origin, but used with other words also.
- ice-coldVery cold.
- IcelandishIcelandic (of or relating to the North Germanic language spoken in Iceland).
- icenTo make or become iced or icy; frost (all senses)
- id estSynonym of i.e. or that is.
- idleheadOne who is vain and foolish.
- idlehoodThe state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness.
- idleshipThe property or characteristic of being idle; idleness, worthlessness, vanity.
- idolastreAn idolater.
- -ierspelling of the suffix sequence -y followed by -er, or of any word ending in -(e)y suffixed with -er.
- -ificationForms nouns denoting the act or process whereby a subject becomes something else.
- -ifyForms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
- illustreSynonym of illustrious.
- ill willA spiteful or vengeful attitude; a grudge; dislike.
- ill-willedShowing ill will.
- ill-willingHaving or displaying malevolence or ill-will.
- imbrueTo stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’].
- imellIn the middle; between.
- immateriallyIn an immaterial manner.
- immensurableunmeasurable, immeasurable; not able to be measured, therefore connoting extremely large
- immoderatelyIn an immoderate manner.
- immovablyIn an immovable manner.
- immureTo cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- impoisonerA poisoner.
- importuneTo bother, irritate, trouble.
- importunelyIn an importune manner.
- impregnTo impregnate; to make fruitful.
- in-in, into, towards, within.
- inanitionThe act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
- inasmuch asBecause of the fact that; since.
- inbearTo carry in; bring in; furnish; provide; supply; put forth.
- inbeatTo beat in.
- inblowTo blow into; puff up; inflate.
- inborrowSecurity; bail.
- inbreatheTo breathe (something) in; imbreathe.
- inbringTo bring in; introduce; present; usher in; adduce; induce; cause to come in.
- inburnTo burn in; burn or affect as to make a permanent or lasting impression or mark.
- incarnativeCausing growth of new flesh i.e. healing or regenerative.
- incertainNot certain, uncertain.
- incontinencySynonym of incontinence.
- increasementAn increase; growth.
- increateThat exists without having been created.
- indelveTo bury.
- in despite ofin spite of
- IndishIndian
- inditeTo physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe.