| handgrip | (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handle, hold |
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| hardinggrass | (noun) perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass | Synonyms: Harding grass, Phalaris aquatica, Phalaris tuberosa, toowomba canary grass |
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| hectogram | (noun) 100 grams | Synonyms: hg |
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| hectograph | (noun) duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy | Synonyms: heliotype |
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| heliogram | (noun) a message transmitted by means of the sun's rays | - |
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| heliograph | (noun) an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on | - |
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| heliogravure | (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: gravure, photogravure |
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| hellgrammiate | (noun) large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait | Synonyms: dobson |
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| heterograft | (noun) tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species | Synonyms: xenograft |
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| hexagram | (noun) a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles | - |
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| histogram | (noun) a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies | - |
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| historiographer | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | Synonyms: historian |
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| historiography | (noun) the writing of history | - |
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| (noun) a body of historical literature | - |
| hollygrape | (noun) ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries | Synonyms: holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium, mountain grape, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape |
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| hologram | (noun) the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography | Synonyms: holograph |
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| holograph | (noun) the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography | Synonyms: hologram |
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| (noun) handwritten book or document | Synonyms: manuscript |
| holography | (noun) the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image | - |
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| homograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: allograft |
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| homograph | (noun) two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) | - |
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| hungriness | (noun) strong desire for something (not food or drink) | Synonyms: hunger, thirst, thirstiness |
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| (noun) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | Synonyms: longing, yearning |
| (noun) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | Synonyms: hunger |
| hydrography | (noun) the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation | - |
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| hygrodeik | (noun) a wet and dry bulb hygrometer | - |
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| hygrometer | (noun) measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere | - |
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| hygrophyte | (noun) a plant that grows in a moist habitat | - |
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| hygroscope | (noun) hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere | - |
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| hymnography | (noun) (music) the craft of hymn composition. | - |
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| hypsography | (noun) measurement of the elevation of land above sea level | Synonyms: hypsometry |
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| (noun) the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level) | - |
| hysterosalpingogram | (noun) X ray of the uterus and Fallopian tubes; usually done in diagnosing infertility (to see if there any blockages) | - |
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| iconography | (noun) the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject | - |
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| ideogram | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideograph |
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| ideograph | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideogram |
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| ideography | (noun) the use of ideograms in writing | - |
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| immigrant | (noun) a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | - |
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| immigration | (noun) migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) | Synonyms: in-migration |
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| (noun) the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval | - |
| incongruity | (noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | Synonyms: incongruousness |
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| incongruousness | (noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | Synonyms: incongruity |
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| ingraining | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: inculcation, instilling |
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| ingrate | (noun) a person who shows no gratitude | Synonyms: thankless wretch, ungrateful person |
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| ingratiation | (noun) the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments | Synonyms: insinuation |
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| ingratitude | (noun) a lack of gratitude | Synonyms: ungratefulness |
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| ingredient | (noun) a component of a mixture or compound | - |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, factor |
| (noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: fixings |
| ingress | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, incoming |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse | Synonyms: immersion |
| ingressive | (noun) a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose. | - |
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| ingroup | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, inner circle, pack |
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| ingrowth | (noun) something that grows inward | - |
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| integral | (noun) the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x) | - |
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| integrality | (noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, entirety, totality |
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| integrating | (noun) the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community | Synonyms: desegregation, integration |
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| integration | (noun) the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community | Synonyms: desegregation, integrating |
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| (noun) the act of combining into an integral whole | Synonyms: consolidation |
| (noun) an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined | - |
| integrator | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure | Synonyms: planimeter |
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| integrity | (noun) moral soundness | - |
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| (noun) an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting | Synonyms: unity, wholeness |
| isogram | (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable | Synonyms: isarithm, isopleth |
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| kilogram | (noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: kg, kilo |
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| knotgrass | (noun) low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems | Synonyms: Paspalum distichum |
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| kymograph | (noun) scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) | Synonyms: cymograph |
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| landgrave | (noun) a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany | - |
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| latergram | (noun) a photo to be posted to Instagram at a later date | - |
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| lemongrass | (noun) a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka | Synonyms: lemon grass |
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| (noun) an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines | Synonyms: lemon grass, lemongrass oil |
| lexicographer | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicologist |
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| lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries | - |
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| lipogram | (noun) a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet | - |
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| lithograph | (noun) duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern | Synonyms: lithograph machine |
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| (noun) a print produced by lithography | - |
| lithographer | (noun) a printmaker who uses lithography | - |
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| lithography | (noun) the act of making a lithographic print | - |
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| (noun) a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface | - |
| logagraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, anorthography |
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| logogram | (noun) a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation | Synonyms: logograph |
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| logograph | (noun) a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation | Synonyms: logogram |
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| logrolling | (noun) rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) | Synonyms: birling |
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| (noun) act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects | - |
| longroot | (noun) deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States | Synonyms: Arenaria caroliniana, pine-barren sandwort |
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| lymphangiogram | (noun) an angiogram of the lymph nodes and lymph vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| lymphangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram | Synonyms: lymphography |
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| lymphogranuloma | (noun) swelling of a lymph node | - |
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| lymphography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram | Synonyms: lymphangiography |
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| magnetograph | (noun) a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field) | - |
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| maigre | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maiger, Sciaena aquila |
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| mammogram | (noun) X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast | - |
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| mammography | (noun) a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays | - |
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| mammothermography | (noun) the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots) | - |
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| mangrove | (noun) a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building | Synonyms: Rhizophora mangle |
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| margrave | (noun) a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) | - |
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| (noun) the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany | - |
| meadowgrass | (noun) any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture | Synonyms: meadow grass |
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| meagreness | (noun) the quality of being meager | Synonyms: exiguity, leanness, meagerness, poorness, scantiness, scantness |
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| megrim | (noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | Synonyms: hemicrania, migraine, sick headache |
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| megrims | (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, blues, vapors, vapours |
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| melagra | (noun) rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs | - |
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| microgram | (noun) one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram | Synonyms: mcg |
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| micrograph | (noun) a graphic reproduction (as a photograph) of the image of an object formed by a microscope. | - |
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| midgrass | (noun) any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone | - |
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| migraine | (noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | Synonyms: hemicrania, megrim, sick headache |
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| migrant | (noun) traveler who moves from one region or country to another | Synonyms: migrator |
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| migration | (noun) the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | - |
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| (noun) the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule | - |
| (noun) a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) | - |
| migrator | (noun) an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year | - |
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| (noun) traveler who moves from one region or country to another | Synonyms: migrant |
| millidegree | (noun) a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree | - |
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| milligram | (noun) one thousandth (1/1,000) gram | Synonyms: mg |
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| mimeograph | (noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) | Synonyms: mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph |
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| moneygrubber | (noun) someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking | - |
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| mongrel | (noun) an inferior dog or one of mixed breed | Synonyms: cur, mutt |
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| (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: bastard |
| monogram | (noun) a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing | - |
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| monograph | (noun) a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject | - |
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| multiprogramming | (noun) the execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer | Synonyms: concurrent execution |
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