(programming) The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
haythorn
haywagon
haywagon
noun
Alternative spelling of hay wagon
haywards
haywards
noun
plural of hayward
haywires
haywires
noun
plural of haywire
hazardry
hazardry
noun
(obsolete) Gambling.
headachy
headachy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a headache.
Suffering from a headache
headstay
headstay
noun
(nautical) Synonym of forestay
headways
headways
noun
plural of headway
hearsays
hearsays
noun
plural of hearsay
heartily
heartily
adv
In a hearty manner.
heatedly
heatedly
adv
In a heated manner.
heathery
heathery
adj
Like or resembling heather.
Of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.
noun
A place where varieties of heath are grown in a controlled environment.
heavenly
heavenly
adj
(figurative) Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.
Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
adv
In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
heavyset
heavyset
adj
(of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.
hebetomy
hebotomy
hecticly
hecticly
adv
Alternative form of hectically
hectorly
hectorly
adj
Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting.
hegemony
hegemony
noun
(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
hegumeny
heighday
helicity
helicity
noun
(physics, fluid mechanics, electrodynamics) Any of certain measures of the extent to which vortex lines (in fluid flow) or field lines (in a magnetic or electromagnetic field) kink and twist and/or link and coil around one another.
(physics, quantum mechanics) The quantized spin component of a moving particle along the direction of its motion.
The quality of being helical.
helotomy
hemihdry
hemitery
hemitype
hemocyte
hemocyte
noun
(cytology) Any blood cell, especially that of an invertebrate
hemology
hemolyze
hemolyze
verb
To subject to hemolysis.
henchboy
henchboy
noun
(archaic) A follower; footman; page; a servant.
A young henchman
hendecyl
hendecyl
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) undecyl
hengyang
henhussy
henhussy
noun
(archaic) A housewife.
(obsolete) A girl or woman who tends chickens.
(obsolete, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman.
henmoldy
hennessy
henogeny
henryson
henryton
heptylic
heptylic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane.
heraldry
heraldry
noun
(countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
(uncountable) Pageantry.
(uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
hereaway
hereaway
adv
(regional) hereabouts, around here
heredity
heredity
noun
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
hermitry
hermitry
noun
(countable) The secluded place where a hermit dwells; hermitage.
(uncountable) The state of living as a hermit.
herniary
herniary
adj
Pertaining to or associated with hernia.
heroicly
heroicly
adv
(archaic) In a heroic way; heroically.
herrying
herrying
verb
present participle of herry
hetterly
hexandry
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
hexarchy
hexarchy
noun
A group of six states.
hexylene
hexylene
noun
(chemistry) A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
(chemistry) Any of several isomers of hexylene proper.
heydeguy
heydeguy
noun
(obsolete) A kind of hay (country dance or round) popular during the English Renaissance.
heydrich
heyworth
hickeyes
hiddenly
hiddenly
adv
In a hidden manner.
hideaway
hideaway
adj
Capable of being stored out of sight when not in use.
noun
a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
hierurgy
hierurgy
noun
A sacred performance.
higglery
higglery
noun
The trade or goods of a higgler.
highboys
highboys
noun
plural of highboy
hightoby
hightoby
noun
Alternative form of high toby
highways
highways
noun
plural of highway
hilarity
hilarity
noun
(countable) Something that induces laughter.
(uncountable) A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter.
hilleary
hilliary
hillocky
hillocky
adj
Having hillocks.
Resembling a hillock.
himalaya
himyaric
himyaric
Adjective
Of or relating to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, or to his successors or people; applied especially to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic language.
hinayana
hinayana
Proper noun
Theravada Buddhism.
hinckley
hinderly
hinderly
adv
(archaic) In the hinder or rear position.
hinnying
hinnying
verb
present participle of hinny
hintedly
hipberry
hitchily
hitchily
adv
In a hitchy manner.
hiyakkin
hoarsely
hoarsely
adv
With a dry, harsh voice.
hobbyism
hobbyism
noun
An interest in hobbies.
hobbyist
hobbyist
noun
(slang, sex work) A client in a girlfriend experience.
A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.
hockelty
hogmanay
hogmanay
Noun
New Year's Eve.
A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.
hogmenay
hogmolly
hogmolly
noun
Synonym of hogsucker (“a kind of fish”)
hogtying
hogtying
verb
present participle of hogtie
hoistway
hoistway
noun
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
hokypoky
holandry
holandry
noun
The property of being holandric.
holidays
holidays
noun
(Canada, US) The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's Day.
(informal, Ireland) (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home
plural of holiday
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of holiday
holladay
holliday
holloway
holloway
noun
(UK) A road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either side, not formed by recent engineering but possibly of much greater age.
hollowly
hollowly
adv
in a hollow manner
hologamy
hologamy
noun
(biology) A form of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are approximately the same shape and size as the somatic cells
hologyny
holotony
holotype
holotype
noun
(taxonomy) The single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used to formally describe the species (or lower-order taxon), subsequently to be kept as a reference.
holydays
holydays
noun
plural of holyday
holyhead
holyhead
Proper noun
A town on the island of Angelsey, Wales
holyoake
holyrood
holyrood
Proper noun
A relic believed to be part of the True Cross
An area of Edinburgh, the home of the Scottish Parliament
the Scottish Parliament
holytide
holytide
noun
(religion) A holy day, or religious festival.
homebody
homebody
noun
(Canada, US, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
homelily
homelily
adv
In a homely way; plainly; inelegantly.
homestay
homestay
noun
A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.
A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.
hominify
homodyne
homodyne
adj
(physics, of radiation) Pertaining to two waves which originate from a single radiation source, or have exactly the same frequency.
verb
To combine two waves of identical frequency.
homogamy
homogamy
noun
(biology) Breeding between similar individuals.
(botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant.
(sociology) Marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex.
homogeny
homogeny
noun
(biology) Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships
homogony
homogony
noun
(botany) The condition of having homogonous flowers.
homology
homology
noun
(algebra) Given a chain complex {Gₙ} and its associated set of homomorphisms {Hₙ}, the rule which explains how each Hₙ maps Gₙ into the kernel of Gₙ₊₁.
(anthropology) The relationship, between temporally separated human beliefs, practices or artefacts, of possessing shared characteristics attributed to genetic or historical links to a common ancestor.
(biology, psychology) The relationship, between characteristics or behaviours, of having a shared evolutionary or developmental origin;
(chemistry) The relationship, between elements, of being in the same group of the periodic table.
(evolutionary theory) specifically, a correspondence between structures in separate life forms having a common evolutionary origin, such as that between flippers and hands.
(genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in different but related genes.
(geometry, projective geometry) An automorphism of the projective plane (representing a perspective projection) that leaves all the points of some straight line (the homology axis) fixed and maps all the lines through some single point (the homology centre) onto themselves.
(geometry, projective geometry) specifically, such relationship in the context of the geometry of perspective.
(organic chemistry) The relationship, between organic compounds, of being in the same homologous series.
(topology, algebraic topology) A general way of associating a sequence of algebraic objects, such as abelian groups or modules, to a sequence of topological spaces; also used attributively: see Usage notes below.
The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship;
homonomy
homonomy
noun
(biology) The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.
homonyms
homonyms
noun
plural of homonym
homonymy
homonymy
noun
(semantics) The property of being a homonym.
homotaxy
homotaxy
noun
Alternative form of homotaxis
homotony
homotony
noun
The quality of being homotonous.
homotopy
homotopy
noun
(informal) Ellipsis of homotopy theory. (the systematic study of homotopies and their equivalence classes).
(topology) A continuous deformation of one continuous function or map to another.
(topology) A system of groups associated with a topological space.
(topology) A theory associating a system of groups with each topological space.
(uncountable) The relationship between two continuous functions where homotopy from one to the other is evident.
homotype
homotype
noun
(biology) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else.
homotypy
homotypy
noun
(biology, dated) serial homology
honestly
honestly
adv
(manner) In an honest manner.
Frankly, to be honest.
intj
Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc.
honeybee
honeybee
noun
Alternative form of honey bee
honeybun
honeybun
noun
(colloquial) Honey; sweetheart (term of endearment)
A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
honeycup
honeycup
noun
A North American shrub of the genus Zenobia
honeydew
honeydew
adj
Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
noun
(countable) Short for honeydew melon (“a melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind”).
(countable, figuratively) Something that is enjoyable or pleasant.
(uncountable) A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1.
(uncountable) A light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
(uncountable) A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.
(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.
(uncountable, originally US) In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses).
honeyful
honeyful
adj
(poetic) Full of honey.
honeying
honeying
verb
present participle of honey
honeyman
honeypod
honeypot
honeypot
noun
(US slang, dated) A romantic pet name; "honey".
(chiefly Britain) A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
(computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
(espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A chamberpot.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A slop bucket.
(slang) A vulva or vagina.
A pot of honey.
A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
honorary
honorary
adj
Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels.
Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
Voluntary.
noun
(US) A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement.
A person who holds an honorary appointment.
An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.
hoorayed
hoorayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hooray
hopingly
hopingly
Adverb
In a hopeful manner.
horatiye
horatory
hornstay
horology
horology
noun
(Christianity) The office-book of the Greek Church for the canonical hours.
The study of time, and the art, science and technology of timekeeping and timekeepers (such as clocks, watches and sundials).
horotely
horotely
noun
(biology) Evolution of an organism at a normal rate.
horribly
horribly
adv
(degree, often modifying a negative adverb or adjective) To an extreme degree or extent.
(evaluative) With a very bad effect.
(manner) In a horrible way; very badly.
horridly
horridly
adv
In a horrid manner.
horseboy
horsefly
horsefly
noun
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
horseway
horseway
noun
A crude road for travellers on horseback, or for horses in an underground mine.
horsyism
hortyard
hortyard
noun
Obsolete form of orchard.
hostelry
hostelry
noun
(countable) An inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).
(uncountable) The art and skill of guest management at a commercial facility such as a hotel, inn, motel, bed and breakfast, or hostel.
hostiley
houseboy
houseboy
noun
(chiefly historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times.
(chiefly historical, derogatory, offensive) A non-white adult male domestic servant.
housefly
housefly
noun
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
howdying
howdying
verb
present participle of howdy
hoydened
hoydened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoyden
hoyleton
hradcany
hueytown
humanely
humanely
adv
in a humane way
humanify
humanify
verb
(transitive) To give humanity to; to make human or relatable.
humanity
humanity
noun
Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Humankind; human beings as a group.
The human condition or nature.
The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.