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- hurrahinterjection
An exclamation of joy, approval, or encouragement.
- hurrayinterjection
An exclamation of joy, approval, or encouragement.
- hurricanenoun
A severe tropical storm with winds exceeding 74 mph (119 km/h), typically occurring in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean.
- hurryverb/noun
To move or act with haste; to rush.
- hurtverb
To cause physical pain or injury to someone or something.
- hurtingverb
Present participle of hurt; causing pain or injury.
- hurtsverb
Third person singular present tense of hurt.
- husbandnoun
A married man in relation to his spouse.
- husbandsnoun
Plural of husband; married men in relation to their spouses.
- hushverb
(verb) To make or become silent or quiet.
- hustleverb
(verb) To move or act quickly and energetically.
- hutnoun
A small, simple dwelling or shelter, often made of natural materials.
- hutchnoun
A cage or enclosed structure for keeping small animals, especially rabbits.
- hyahinterjection
An exclamation used to urge a horse to go faster or move.
- hybridnoun
(noun) The offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties.
- hydranoun
(Greek mythology) A many-headed serpent or water monster slain by Hercules; when one head was cut off, two more grew in its place.
- hydrogennoun
A colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas; the lightest and most abundant chemical element in the universe, with atomic number 1 and symbol H.
- hygienenoun
Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
- hypnosisnoun
An artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened suggestibility and responsiveness to direction.
- hypocritenoun
A person who pretends to have virtues, moral principles, or beliefs that they do not actually possess; someone whose actions contradict their stated beliefs.
- hypothesisnoun
A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, made as a starting point for further investigation; a tentative assumption to be tested.
- hypotheticaladjective
Based on or involving a hypothesis; supposed but not necessarily real or true.
- hypotheticallyadverb
In a hypothetical manner; by way of hypothesis or supposition; theoretically.
- hystericaladjective
Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion; unable to control one's feelings.
- hyungnoun
(Korean) A term used by males in Korean culture to address or refer to an older male friend or older brother; equivalent to "big brother."