| homebound | (noun) people who are confined to their homes | - |
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| homeboy | (noun) a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown | - |
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| (noun) a fellow male member of a youth gang | - |
| homebrew | (noun) an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home | Synonyms: home brew |
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| homebuilder | (noun) someone who builds houses as a business | Synonyms: home-builder, house-builder, housebuilder |
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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 | - |
| homefolk | (noun) the people of your home locality (especially your own family) | - |
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| homegirl | (noun) a fellow female member of a youth gang | - |
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| homeland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land |
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| homeless | (noun) poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in | - |
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| (noun) someone unfortunate without housing | Synonyms: homeless person |
| homelessness | (noun) the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets) | - |
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| homeliness | (noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | Synonyms: plainness |
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| (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, drabness |
| homemaker | (noun) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | Synonyms: housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house |
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| homemaking | (noun) the management of a household | - |
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| homeobox | (noun) one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development | Synonyms: homeobox gene |
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| homeopath | (noun) a practitioner of homeopathy | Synonyms: homoeopath |
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| homeopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated | Synonyms: homoeopathy |
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| homeostasis | (noun) (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes | - |
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| homeotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homoiotherm, homotherm |
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| homeowner | (noun) someone who owns a home | Synonyms: householder |
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| homepage | (noun) the opening page of a web site; also, the first page opened when a web browser is launched (default or start-up page) | Synonyms: home page |
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| homer | (noun) a base hit on which the batter scores a run | Synonyms: home run |
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| (noun) pigeon trained to return home | Synonyms: homing pigeon |
| (noun) an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs | Synonyms: kor |
| homeroom | (noun) a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business | Synonyms: home room |
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| homesickness | (noun) a longing to return home | - |
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| homespun | (noun) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home | - |
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| homestead | (noun) dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land | - |
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| (noun) the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family | - |
| (noun) land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law | - |
| homesteader | (noun) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it | Synonyms: nester, squatter |
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| homestretch | (noun) the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line | - |
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| (noun) the end of an enterprise | - |
| hometown | (noun) the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence | - |
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| homework | (noun) work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home | Synonyms: school assignment, schoolwork |
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| homicide | (noun) the killing of a human being by another human being | - |
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| homiletics | (noun) the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies | - |
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| (noun) the art of preaching | - |
| homily | (noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic | Synonyms: preachment |
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| hominid | (noun) a primate of the family Hominidae | - |
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| hominoid | (noun) a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea | - |
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| hominy | (noun) hulled corn with the bran and germ removed | - |
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| hommos | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hoummos, hummus, humous, humus |
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| homo | (noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | Synonyms: human, human being, man |
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| (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homophile, homosexual |
| homoeopath | (noun) a practitioner of homeopathy | Synonyms: homeopath |
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| homoeopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated | Synonyms: homeopathy |
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| homoeroticism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| homogenate | (noun) material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed) | - |
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| homogeneity | (noun) the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneousness |
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| (noun) the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure | - |
| homogeneousness | (noun) the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneity |
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| homogenisation | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenization |
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| homogenization | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenisation |
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| homogeny | (noun) (biology) similarity because of common evolution | - |
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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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| homoiotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homotherm |
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| homology | (noun) the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function | - |
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| homomorphism | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphy |
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| homomorphy | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphism |
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| homonym | (noun) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | - |
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| homonymy | (noun) the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning | - |
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| homophile | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homosexual |
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| homophobe | (noun) a person who hates or fears homosexual people | - |
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| homophobia | (noun) prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality | - |
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| homophone | (noun) two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) | - |
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| homophony | (noun) part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style) | - |
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| (noun) the same pronunciation for words of different origins | - |
| homopteran | (noun) insects having membranous forewings and hind wings | Synonyms: homopterous insect |
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| homosexual | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homophile |
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| homosexualism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| homosexuality | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, queerness |
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| homospory | (noun) the development of a single kind of asexual spores | - |
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| homothecy | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothety |
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| homotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homoiotherm |
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| homothety | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothecy |
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| homotoxicology | (noun) analysis of sickness within the framework of the body's failure to deal with the burden of toxins. Homeopathic remedies often are used as treatment. Developed by Hans Heinrich Reckeweg. | - |
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| homozygosity | (noun) the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene | - |
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| homozygote | (noun) (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic | - |
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| homunculus | (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: manikin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell | - |
| honcho | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, foreman, gaffer |
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| hone | (noun) a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors | - |
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| (noun) a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc. | - |
| honestness | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honesty |
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| honesty | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honestness |
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| (noun) southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration | Synonyms: Lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar |
| honey | (noun) a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees | - |
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| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
| honeybee | (noun) social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces | Synonyms: Apis mellifera |
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| honeybells | (noun) African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs | Synonyms: Hermannia verticillata, honey bell, Mahernia verticillata |
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| honeycomb | (noun) a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees | - |
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| (noun) a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae | - |
| honeycreeper | (noun) small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar | - |
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| (noun) small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands | Synonyms: Hawaiian honeycreeper |
| honeydew | (noun) a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. | - |
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| (noun) the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh | Synonyms: honeydew melon |
| honeyflower | (noun) Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously | Synonyms: honey-flower, Protea mellifera |
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| (noun) erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar | Synonyms: honey-flower, Lambertia formosa, mountain devil |
| honeymoon | (noun) a holiday taken by a newly married couple | - |
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| (noun) the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political | - |
| honeymooner | (noun) someone recently married | Synonyms: newlywed |
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| honeypot | (noun) South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes | Synonyms: king protea, Protea cynaroides |
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| honeysucker | (noun) Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar | Synonyms: honey eater |
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| honeysuckle | (noun) shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera | - |
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| (noun) columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers | Synonyms: Aquilegia canadensis, meeting house |
| (noun) shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers | Synonyms: Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia |
| honk | (noun) the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) | - |
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| honker | (noun) common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call | Synonyms: Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose |
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| (noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout |
| (noun) a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound | - |
| honkey | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkie, honky, whitey |
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| honkie | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkey, honky, whitey |
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| honky | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkey, honkie, whitey |
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| honkytonk | (noun) a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall | Synonyms: dive |
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| honor | (noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name | Synonyms: honour |
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| (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honour, pureness, purity |
| (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honour, laurels |
| (noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honour, laurels |
| honorableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honourableness |
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| honorarium | (noun) a fee paid for a nominally free service | - |
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| honoree | (noun) a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments | - |
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| honorific | (noun) an expression of respect | - |
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| honoring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honouring, observance |
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| honour | (noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name | Synonyms: honor |
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| (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honor, pureness, purity |
| (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honor, laurels |
| (noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honor, laurels |