Nouns

histidine

noun

an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important...

histiocyte

noun

a macrophage that is found in connective tissue

histogram

noun

a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights o...

histologist

noun

anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal...

histone

noun

a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; presen...

historicism

noun

a theory that social and cultural events are determined by h...

historiographer

noun

a person who is an authority on history and who studies it a...

hoactzin

noun

crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have cl...

hoagy

noun

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise...

hoar

noun

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects...

hoarfrost

noun

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects...

hoatzin

noun

crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have cl...

hoarseness

noun

a throaty harshness

hobbledehoy

noun

an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy

hobnail

noun

a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of...

hodeida

noun

an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea

hoder

noun

(Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his...

hodman

noun

a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers

hodometer

noun

a meter that shows mileage traversed

hodur

noun

(Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his...

hoecake

noun

thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; origina...

hoenir

noun

(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beaut...

hogback

noun

a narrow ridge of hills

hogchoker

noun

useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and...

hogfish

noun

large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a p...

hogget

noun

a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

hogmanay

noun

New Year's Eve in Scotland

hoggishness

noun

an excessive desire for food

hogshead

noun

a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages

hogweed

noun

tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to...

hohenlinden

noun

a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defea...

hohenzollern

noun

a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia

holdfast

noun

restraint that attaches to something or holds something in p...

holibut

noun

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacifi...

holism

noun

the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cann...

hollands

noun

gin made in the Netherlands

holloa

noun

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

hollowware

noun

silverware serving dishes

holmium

noun

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs...

holograph

noun

handwritten book or document

holography

noun

the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent lig...

holophyte

noun

an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis

holothuroidea

noun

class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers

holothurian

noun

echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles...

holotype

noun

the original specimen from which the description of a new sp...

holystone

noun

a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship

homeotherm

noun

an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively con...

homesteader

noun

someone who settles lawfully on government land with the int...

homestretch

noun

the end of an enterprise

homiletics

noun

the art of preaching