Commonly used words in written English - letter H with 332 words, sorted by frequency
The list of words starting with the letter H that occur frequently in written English is based on an analysis of the Google Books Ngram (a collection compiled by Peter Norvig in 2012, containing close to one trillion words).
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Word Frequency is calculated as the number of occurrences in one million words.
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Word Definition is sourced from the WordNet dictionary. You'll have to look up each word page for its complete definition and Part of Speech (POS) categories.
| Word | Frequency | Definition |
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5,526 | (pronoun) the man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated; (noun) the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | |
4,855 | (pronoun) belonging or pertaining to 'him'; used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun | |
4,120 | (verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | |
3,516 | (verb) past tense and past participle of have | |
2,195 | (pronoun) the form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun 'she' | |
2,194 | (verb) third person present of have | |
1,587 | (pronoun) used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified | |
847 | (preposition) used in questions, the way or manner in which | |
698 | (adverb) despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | |
591 | (adverb) at a great altitude; (adjective) greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount | |
581 | (adverb) in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; (noun) the present location; this place | |
517 | (verb) contain or cover; (noun) a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families | |
419 | (pronoun) an emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; used as a subject usually with 'he' | |
403 | (verb) guide or conduct or usher somewhere; (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | |
391 | (adverb) at or to or in the direction of one's home or family; (verb) provide with, or send to, a home | |
387 | (noun) the aggregate of past events | |
375 | (adjective) characteristic of humanity | |
361 | (verb) to go or travel towards; (noun) the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | |
352 | (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | |
269 | (adverb) partially or to the extent of a half; (adjective) (of siblings) related through one parent only | |
240 | (adjective) occupied or in the control of; often used in combination | |
232 | (noun) a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | |
226 | (verb) expect and wish; (noun) a specific instance of feeling hopeful | |
216 | (noun) the locus of feelings and intuitions | |
202 | (adjective) advanced in complexity or elaboration | |
189 | (noun) (with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child | |
188 | (adverb) with effort or force or vigor; (adjective) dispassionate | |
186 | (adjective) being ten more than ninety; (noun) ten 10s | |
174 | (verb) have or hold in one's hands or grip; (noun) power by which something or someone is affected or dominated | |
173 | (verb) come to pass | |
162 | (adjective) detected or perceived by the sense of hearing | |
160 | (noun) a period of time assigned for work | |
129 | (verb) provide with a horse or horses; (noun) solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times | |
126 | (verb) form into a hill; (noun) a local and well-defined elevation of the land | |
120 | (adjective) of or relating to the study of history | |
117 | (verb) perceive (sound) via the auditory sense | |
116 | (noun) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day | |
113 | (verb) make hot or hotter; (noun) a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature | |
113 | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | |
109 | (adverb) slowly as if burdened by much weight; (adjective) of comparatively great physical weight or density | |
109 | (noun) a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second | |
107 | (pronoun) an emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; used as a subject with 'she' | |
106 | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | |
104 | (adverb) to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect | |
99 | (noun) a large room for gatherings or entertainment | |
98 | (adverb) from this place | |
97 | (noun) the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
94 | (noun) a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss | |
88 | (adjective) enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure | |
84 | (adjective) belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power | |
82 | (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | |
82 | (adjective) used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning | |
74 | (adverb) almost not | |
67 | (verb) put a habit on; (noun) an established custom | |
65 | (noun) the abode of God and the angels | |
65 | (noun) a social unit living together | |
64 | (noun) (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence | |
61 | (noun) a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | |
60 | (noun) the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top | |
60 | (verb) hit the ball into the hole; (noun) an opening into or through something | |
56 | (verb) be suspended or hanging; (noun) the way a garment hangs | |
56 | (verb) be the host of or for; (noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there | |
52 | (noun) a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations | |
49 | (verb) cause to move by striking; (noun) (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) | |
49 | (noun) structures collectively in which people are housed | |
47 | (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon; (noun) the state of being honored | |
45 | (noun) a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength | |
44 | (adjective) unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope | |
43 | (verb) touch, lift, or hold with the hands; (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | |
42 | (noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | |
42 | (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon; (noun) the state of being honored | |
41 | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | |
38 | (verb) put on or wear a hat; (noun) headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim | |
37 | (noun) any place of pain and turmoil | |
36 | (verb) prevent from being seen or discovered; (noun) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | |
35 | (verb) give trouble or pain to; (adjective) suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle | |
34 | (adjective) having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease | |
34 | (adjective) designed to elude detection | |
34 | (adjective) parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; (noun) something that is oriented horizontally | |
32 | (noun) the quality of being humane | |
31 | (verb) cause or do harm to | |
31 | (noun) a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades | |
31 | (noun) a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe | |
30 | (noun) American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638) | |
30 | (adjective) having a heading or caption | |
30 | (adverb) to a considerable degree | |
30 | (adjective) providing assistance or serving a useful function | |
30 | (adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent | |
29 | (noun) manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something | |
29 | (noun) an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | |
29 | (noun) a major road for any form of motor transport | |
28 | (adjective) having or involving the use of hands | |
28 | (noun) compatibility in opinion and action | |
28 | (verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | |
27 | (verb) dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; (noun) the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | |
27 | (noun) someone who hunts game | |
26 | (verb) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; (noun) a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it | |
26 | (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | |
25 | (verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint; (noun) an indirect suggestion | |
24 | (noun) (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise | |
24 | (noun) the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet | |
24 | (noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | |
24 | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | |
23 | (noun) (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day | |
23 | (noun) Irish mathematician (1806-1865) | |
23 | (verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; (noun) the consequence of an effort or activity | |
23 | (noun) a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another | |
23 | (noun) a day on which work is suspended by law or custom | |
23 | (adjective) characterized by enmity or ill will; (noun) troops belonging to the enemy's military forces | |
23 | (noun) English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943) | |
23 | (verb) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); (noun) an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport | |
22 | (noun) decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window | |
22 | (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); (noun) a place of refuge and comfort and security | |
22 | (noun) a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | |
22 | (noun) the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature | |
22 | (noun) a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | |
22 | (adjective) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | |
22 | (noun) a holding device | |
22 | (noun) a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level | |
22 | (noun) intense and profound fear | |
21 | (adjective) given or giving freely | |
21 | (noun) an event that happens | |
21 | (noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | |
21 | (noun) the natural process by which the body repairs itself | |
21 | (noun) the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel | |
21 | (verb) engage or hire for work; (noun) a newly hired employee | |
21 | (noun) German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) | |
20 | (noun) an expression of greeting | |
20 | (adverb) used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time | |
20 | (verb) cause to be unpretentious; (adjective) marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful | |
19 | (noun) practices that are handed down from the past by tradition | |
19 | (verb) apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; (noun) the most interesting or memorable part | |
19 | (verb) remove the interior of; (adjective) not solid; having a space or gap or cavity | |
19 | (noun) temporary military shelter | |
18 | (noun) a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location | |
18 | (adjective) having a usually specified type of handle | |
18 | (noun) United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908) | |
18 | (adjective) made warm or hot ('het' is a dialectal variant of 'heated') | |
18 | (noun) United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924) | |
18 | (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | |
18 | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; (noun) a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India | |
17 | (noun) someone who plays the harp | |
17 | (noun) the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | |
17 | (noun) (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War | |
17 | (verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; (noun) a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans | |
17 | (noun) either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh | |
17 | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds | |
16 | (verb) cause to stop | |
16 | (noun) major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile) | |
16 | (noun) a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary | |
16 | (verb) follow at the heels of a person; (noun) the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation | |
16 | (adjective) having services engaged for a fee | |
16 | (verb) put into a good mood; (noun) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | |
16 | (verb) feel the need to eat; (noun) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | |
16 | (adjective) feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food | |
15 | (noun) the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs | |
15 | (verb) secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals); (noun) a place of refuge and comfort and security | |
15 | (adjective) unpleasantly stern | |
15 | (verb) convert (plant material) into hay; (noun) grass mowed and cured for use as fodder | |
15 | (noun) a high place | |
15 | (verb) sweeten with honey; (adjective) of something having the color of honey | |
15 | (noun) a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition | |
15 | (noun) a republic in central Europe | |
14 | (verb) act or move at high speed | |
14 | (adjective) treated with dislike or contempt | |
14 | (adjective) of or belonging to heaven or god | |
14 | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity | |
14 | (noun) a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century | |
14 | (verb) sing a hymn; (noun) a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | |
13 | (noun) English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990) | |
13 | (noun) pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | |
13 | (noun) half of the terrestrial globe | |
13 | (adverb) in a future life or state | |
13 | (pronoun) used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with a female person or animal previously mentioned | |
13 | (adverb) throughout history | |
13 | (noun) infection by the human immunodeficiency virus | |
13 | (noun) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry | |
13 | (adjective) produced by crossbreeding; (noun) a composite of mixed origin | |
12 | (noun) a community of people smaller than a village | |
12 | (adverb) in a joyous manner | |
12 | (adjective) having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; (noun) United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957) | |
12 | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | |
12 | (noun) (formal) a person who announces important news | |
12 | (noun) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | |
12 | (noun) the state of being hidden | |
12 | (adjective) all of the same or similar kind or nature | |
12 | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | |
12 | (verb) cover with a hood; (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | |
12 | (verb) fasten with a hook; (noun) a catch for locking a door | |
12 | (noun) United States educator and theologian (1802-1887) | |
12 | (verb) remove the hulls from; (noun) dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut | |
12 | (verb) put into a good mood; (noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | |
12 | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of Hungary; (noun) a native or inhabitant of Hungary | |
12 | (adjective) moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste | |
11 | (verb) be a native of; (noun) precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents | |
11 | (verb) beat with or as if with a hammer; (noun) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled | |
11 | (noun) something that causes or entails suffering | |
11 | (verb) bestow in large quantities | |
11 | (adverb) (formal) by means of this | |
11 | (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | |
11 | (adjective) of or relating to the film industry in the United States; (noun) the film industry of the United States | |
11 | (noun) United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935) | |
11 | (verb) hit a home run; (noun) a base hit on which the batter scores a run | |
11 | (adjective) provoking horror | |
11 | (noun) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day | |
11 | (noun) English poet (born in 1930) | |
10 | (noun) a small number or amount | |
10 | (adjective) causing or capable of causing harm | |
10 | (noun) a male deer, especially an adult male red deer | |
10 | (noun) English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657) | |
10 | (adjective) lacking in or deprived of strength or power | |
10 | (noun) adult female chicken | |
10 | (exclamation) used to attract attention, to express surprise, interest, or annoyance, or to elicit agreement | |
10 | (verb) put at a disadvantage; (adjective) located at or near the back of an animal | |
10 | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | |
10 | (noun) Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC) | |
10 | (noun) the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
10 | (noun) a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater) | |
9 | (noun) a county of southern England on the English Channel | |
9 | (verb) run quickly, like a hare; (noun) swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes | |
9 | (verb) draw slowly or heavily | |
9 | (noun) a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands | |
9 | (verb) hunt with hawks; (noun) diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail | |
9 | (adjective) involving risk or danger | |
9 | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); (noun) a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | |
9 | (noun) German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831) | |
9 | (noun) indecision in speech or action | |
9 | (adjective) sexually attracted to members of your own sex; (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | |
9 | (noun) the quality of being honest | |
9 | (noun) Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776) | |
8 | (adjective) having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness; (noun) people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped | |
8 | (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | |
8 | (adverb) in a hurried or hasty manner | |
8 | (verb) get healthy again | |
8 | (adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam; (noun) a person who does not acknowledge your god | |
8 | (verb) become more extreme | |
8 | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel; (verb) lose blood from one's body | |
8 | (adverb) in this place or thing or document | |
8 | (noun) a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | |
8 | (adjective) classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers | |
8 | (verb) attach with a hinge; (noun) a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other | |
8 | (noun) the quality of being holy | |
8 | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | |
8 | (verb) jump lightly; (noun) the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) | |
8 | (adjective) without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success | |
8 | (noun) kindness in welcoming guests or strangers | |
8 | (noun) United States editor (1920-1993) | |
8 | (verb) take on color or become colored; (noun) the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength | |
8 | (noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | |
8 | (adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil) | |
8 | (noun) an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen | |
8 | (noun) a condition promoting sanitary practices | |
8 | (noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. | |
7 | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | |
7 | (noun) imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization | |
7 | (noun) the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale | |
7 | (adjective) not causing or capable of causing harm | |
7 | (adjective) of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm; (noun) a tone that is a component of a complex sound | |
7 | (noun) a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers | |
7 | (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | |
7 | (noun) an expression of greeting; (exclamation) used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation | |
7 | (noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | |
7 | (adverb) from this time forth; from now on | |
7 | (adjective) pertaining to or affecting the liver | |
7 | (noun) the main good female character in a work of fiction | |
7 | (adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | |
7 | (noun) any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers | |
7 | (adjective) related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture | |
7 | (verb) take greedily; take more than one's share; (noun) a person regarded as greedy and pig-like | |
7 | (noun) the country where you were born | |
7 | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | |
7 | (noun) United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) | |
7 | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | |
7 | (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | |
7 | (verb) fit closely or tightly; (noun) a tight or amorous embrace | |
7 | (noun) wetness in the atmosphere | |
7 | (noun) state of disgrace or loss of self-respect | |
6 | (adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | |
6 | (adjective) having or covered with hair | |
6 | (adjective) exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; (noun) a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been 'I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776) | |
6 | (adverb) at half the distance; at the middle; (adjective) at a point midway between two extremes | |
6 | (noun) a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League | |
6 | (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of; (noun) a basket usually with a cover | |
6 | (verb) attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant; (noun) advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning | |
6 | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | |
6 | (adjective) protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) | |
6 | (adjective) musically pleasing | |
6 | (verb) put a harness; (noun) a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute) | |
6 | (noun) United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929) | |
6 | (verb) emerge from the eggs; (noun) the production of young from an egg | |
6 | (noun) acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993) | |
6 | (noun) horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window | |
6 | (verb) publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline; (noun) the heading or caption of a newspaper article | |
6 | (noun) someone who listens attentively | |
6 | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | |
6 | (noun) (abbreviated 'ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters) | |
6 | (noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | |
6 | (noun) armor plate that protects the head | |
6 | (noun) inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | |
6 | (noun) United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987) | |
6 | (noun) 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) | |
6 | (noun) the quality of being high or lofty | |
6 | (noun) respectful deference | |
6 | (adverb) on the back of a horse; (noun) the back of a horse | |
6 | (noun) United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895) | |
6 | (verb) pursue or chase relentlessly; (noun) any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears | |
6 | (noun) a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents | |
6 | (noun) French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885) | |
6 | (verb) sing with closed lips; (noun) a humming noise | |
6 | (adjective) marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering | |
6 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism; (noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | |
6 | (noun) a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | |
5 | (noun) the native habitat or home of an animal or plant | |
5 | (adjective) easy to reach; (noun) United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) | |
5 | (noun) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | |
5 | (adjective) excessively quick | |
5 | (verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; (noun) a frequently visited place | |
5 | (adjective) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | |
5 | (adverb) with gusto and without reservation | |
5 | (adjective) showing warm and heartfelt friendliness | |
5 | (noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | |
5 | (adverb) used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time | |
5 | (noun) the act of contacting one thing with another | |
5 | (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; (noun) lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects | |
5 | (noun) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | |
5 | (adjective) without nationality or citizenship; (noun) someone unfortunate without housing | |
5 | (verb) settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead; (noun) the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family | |
5 | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | |
5 | (noun) a university degree with honors | |
5 | (adjective) having or manifesting hope | |
5 | (noun) a man skilled in equitation | |
5 | (verb) water with a hose; (noun) man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet | |
5 | (noun) the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz) |