| hoarding | (noun) large outdoor signboard | Synonyms: billboard |
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| holding | (noun) the act of retaining something | Synonyms: keeping, retention |
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| (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | Synonyms: belongings, property |
| hollering | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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| homecoming | (noun) a coming to or returning home | Synonyms: return |
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| (noun) an annual school or university reunion for graduates | - |
| homemaking | (noun) the management of a household | - |
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| honoring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honouring, observance |
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| honouring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, observance |
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| hoofing | (noun) dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures | Synonyms: step dancing |
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| hooking | (noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: draw, hook |
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| hopsacking | (noun) a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing | Synonyms: hopsack |
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| horsewhipping | (noun) the act of whipping with a horsewhip | - |
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| housebreaking | (noun) trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent | Synonyms: break-in, breaking and entering |
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| housecleaning | (noun) the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house | - |
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| (noun) (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions | - |
| housekeeping | (noun) the work of cleaning and running a house | Synonyms: housework |
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| housewarming | (noun) a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home | - |
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| housing | (noun) structures collectively in which people are housed | Synonyms: living accommodations, lodging |
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| (noun) a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component | - |
| (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, trapping |
| howling | (noun) a long loud emotional utterance | Synonyms: howl, ululation |
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| huffing | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: puffing, snorting |
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| hugging | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| humming | (noun) the act of singing with closed lips | - |
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| (noun) a humming noise | Synonyms: hum |
| humoring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humouring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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| humouring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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| hunting | (noun) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts | Synonyms: hunt |
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| (noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport | Synonyms: hunt |
| (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, search |
| hurdling | (noun) a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | Synonyms: hurdle race, hurdles |
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| hurling | (noun) a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each | - |
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| hurrying | (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: speed, speeding |
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| hurting | (noun) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | Synonyms: pain |
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| hushing | (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hissing, sibilation |
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| husking | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, denudation, stripping, uncovering |
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| hybridizing | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, interbreeding |
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| hydrocracking | (noun) the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst | - |
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| icing | (noun) (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal | Synonyms: icing the puck |
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| (noun) a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes | Synonyms: frosting, ice |
| (noun) the formation of frost or ice on a surface | Synonyms: frost |
| idling | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idleness, loafing |
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| imaging | (noun) (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body | Synonyms: tomography |
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| (noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagery, imagination, mental imagery |
| imbibing | (noun) the act of consuming liquids | Synonyms: drinking, imbibition |
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| immobilizing | (noun) the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement | Synonyms: immobilisation, immobilization |
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| imparting | (noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: conveyance, impartation |
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| impinging | (noun) the physical coming together of two or more things | Synonyms: contact, striking |
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| importing | (noun) the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | Synonyms: importation |
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| impounding | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impoundment, internment, poundage |
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| imprinting | (noun) a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established | - |
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| inbreeding | (noun) the act of mating closely related individuals | - |
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| inclining | (noun) the act of inclining; bending forward | Synonyms: inclination |
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| incoming | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, ingress |
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| incurring | (noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable) | - |
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| indexing | (noun) the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve | - |
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| inducing | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducement |
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| indulging | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, pampering |
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| infighting | (noun) boxing at close quarters | - |
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| (noun) conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders) | - |
| inflaming | (noun) arousal to violent emotion | Synonyms: inflammation |
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| infolding | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: introversion, intussusception, invagination |
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| informing | (noun) a speech act that conveys information | Synonyms: making known |
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| (noun) to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | Synonyms: ratting |
| ingathering | (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, solicitation |
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| ingraining | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: inculcation, instilling |
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| inkling | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, intimation |
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| inning | (noun) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | Synonyms: frame |
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| inoculating | (noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity | Synonyms: vaccinating |
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| inpouring | (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpour, inrush |
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| inquiring | (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: questioning |
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| insisting | (noun) continual and persistent demands | Synonyms: insistence |
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| installing | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installment, instalment |
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| instilling | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: inculcation, ingraining |
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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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| interbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing |
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| (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, miscegenation |
| interlocking | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlock, mesh, meshing |
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| (noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: engagement, mesh, meshing |
| interpreting | (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, rendering, rendition |
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| inventorying | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventory, stock-taking, stocktaking |
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| investigating | (noun) the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | Synonyms: investigation |
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| investing | (noun) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | Synonyms: investment |
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| ironing | (noun) the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles | - |
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| (noun) garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed | - |
| issuing | (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issuance, issue |
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| itching | (noun) an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch | Synonyms: itch, itchiness |
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| jabbering | (noun) rapid and indistinct speech | Synonyms: gabble, jabber |
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| jabbing | (noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jab, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting |
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| jamming | (noun) deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems | Synonyms: electronic jamming, jam |
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| jeering | (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, mockery, scoff, scoffing |
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| jerking | (noun) an abrupt spasmodic movement | Synonyms: jerk, jolt, saccade |
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| jogging | (noun) running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise | - |
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| joining | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connection, connexion |
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| jostling | (noun) the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) | Synonyms: jostle |
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| jotting | (noun) a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note | Synonyms: jot |
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| journeying | (noun) the act of traveling from one place to another | Synonyms: journey |
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| judging | (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
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| juggling | (noun) throwing and catching several objects simultaneously | Synonyms: juggle |
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| (noun) the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression | Synonyms: juggle |
| jumping | (noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump | - |
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| (noun) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | Synonyms: jump |
| junketing | (noun) taking an excursion for pleasure | - |
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| jutting | (noun) the act of projecting out from something | Synonyms: jut, projection, protrusion |
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| keeping | (noun) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | Synonyms: guardianship, safekeeping |
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| (noun) conformity or harmony | - |
| (noun) the act of retaining something | Synonyms: holding, retention |
| kenning | (noun) conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry | - |
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| kicking | (noun) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | Synonyms: boot, kick |
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| (noun) a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics | Synonyms: kick |
| kidnapping | (noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | Synonyms: snatch |
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| killing | (noun) the act of terminating a life | Synonyms: kill, putting to death |
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| (noun) an event that causes someone to die | Synonyms: violent death |
| (noun) a very large profit | Synonyms: cleanup |
| kindling | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, inflammation, lighting |
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| (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: punk, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
| king | (noun) (chess) the weakest but the most important piece | - |
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| (noun) one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king | - |
| (noun) a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward | - |
| (noun) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom | Synonyms: male monarch, Rex |
| (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
| (noun) a male competitor who holds a preeminent position | - |
| (noun) the husband or widower of a queen | - |
| (noun) preeminence in a particular category or group or field | - |
| kissing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| kneeling | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneel |
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| knitting | (noun) creating knitted wear | - |
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| (noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | Synonyms: knit, knitwork |
| knocking | (noun) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | Synonyms: knock |
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| knowing | (noun) a clear and certain mental apprehension | - |
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| lacewing | (noun) any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids | Synonyms: lacewing fly |
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