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Habitability
Habitableness.
Hmoscope
An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
Hairiness
The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.
Halfbeak
Any slender, marine fish of the genus , or of the family , having an elongated protruding lower jaw; -- called also .
half-light
a grayish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors).
Halfness
The quality of being half; incompleteness.
Halituous
Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
Hallelujatic
Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.
Hammochrysos
A stone with spangles of gold color in it.
Hamulus
A hook, or hooklike process.
Handcraft
Same as .
Handsomeness
The quality of being handsome.
Hansard
An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
Happen
To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
Harden
To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; .
Hardtail
See .
Hark
To listen; to hearken.
Harlot
A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.
Hastener
One who hastens.
Haunce
To enhance.
Haunter
One who, or that which, haunts.
Heal
To grow sound; to return to a sound state; ; -- sometimes with or ; .
Hearsay
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Heartdeep
Rooted in the heart.
Heater
One who, or that which, heats.
Heavenly
Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly;
Helvetic
Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions;
Hematocrystallin
See .
Hen
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds;
Hence
From this place; away.
Here
See , their.
Here
In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to .
Hereditably
By inheritance.
Heterogenetic
Relating to heterogenesis; .
Hewe
A domestic servant; a retainer.
Hexylic
Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; .
Hide
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
Histographical
Of or pertaining to histography.
Hoax
A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
Hobblebush
A low bush () having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also .
Holocrystalline
Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.
Holstein
One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches.
homburg
A felt hat with a crown that is creased lengthwise, and a brim that is slightly curled upward at the edge.
homeless
Those people who have no permanent residence, especially those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the definite phrase .
Homoplast
One of the plastids composing the of Haeckel; -- also called .
Homoplasy
See .
Hoofed
Furnished with hoofs.
Hornsnake
A harmless snake (), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.
Horrent
Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling.
Horseman
A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
Horsy
Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing;
hospitalisation insurance
A form of that pays for all or part of the fees for a person's residence and treatment in a hospital.
Hot
of .
Housewifely
Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.
Hovel
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
Howp
To cry out; to whoop.
Huff
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; .
Humbles
Entrails of a deer.
Humdrum
A dull fellow; a bore.
Humoral
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; .
Hunchback
A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
Hungerly
Wanting food; starved.
Husbandable
Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
Hut
A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.
Hydrocyanic
Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen and cyanogen.
Hydro-extractor
An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal.
Hydromantic
Of or pertaining to divination by water.
Hydruret
A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride.
Hymen
A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina in virgins; the vaginal membrane. It is usually torn by sexual intercourse.
Hypochondria
An excessive concern about one's own health, particularly a morbid worry about illnesses which a person imagines are affecting him, often focusing on specific symptoms; also called .
Hysteretic
Of or pertaining to hysteresis.
Hysterology
A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also .