huamachil | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: camachile, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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huarache | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huaraches |
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huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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hub | (noun) the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes | - |
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(noun) a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve | - |
hubbub | (noun) loud confused noise from many sources | Synonyms: brouhaha, katzenjammer, uproar |
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hubby | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | Synonyms: husband, married man |
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hubcap | (noun) cap that fits over the hub of a wheel | - |
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hubris | (noun) overbearing pride or presumption | - |
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huck | (noun) toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | Synonyms: huckaback |
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huckaback | (noun) toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | Synonyms: huck |
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huckleberry | (noun) blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States | - |
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(noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries | - |
(noun) any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries | - |
huckster | (noun) a seller of shoddy goods | Synonyms: cheap-jack |
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(noun) a person who writes radio or tv advertisements | - |
(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: hawk, monger, peddle, pitch, vend |
(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: chaffer, haggle, higgle |
huddle | (noun) (informal) a quick private conference | Synonyms: powwow |
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(noun) a disorganized and densely packed crowd | - |
(verb) crouch or curl up | Synonyms: cower |
(verb) crowd or draw together | Synonyms: huddle together |
huddled | (adjective) crowded or massed together | - |
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huddler | (noun) a member of a huddle | - |
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(noun) a person who crouches | - |
hudood | (noun) Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes | Synonyms: hudud |
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hudud | (noun) Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes | Synonyms: hudood |
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hue | (noun) the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength | Synonyms: chromaticity |
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(verb) suffuse with color | Synonyms: imbue |
(verb) take on color or become colored | - |
hueless | (adjective) of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue | - |
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huff | (noun) a state of irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: miff, seeing red |
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(verb) blow hard and loudly | Synonyms: chuff, puff |
(verb) inhale recreational drugs | Synonyms: snort |
huffily | (adverb) in a huffy manner | - |
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huffiness | (noun) a passing state of anger and resentment | - |
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huffing | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: puffing, snorting |
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huffish | (adjective) sullen or moody | Synonyms: sulky |
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huffishness | (noun) a feeling of sulky resentment | Synonyms: sulkiness |
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huffy | (adjective) roused to anger | Synonyms: mad, sore |
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(adjective) quick to take offense | Synonyms: feisty, thin-skinned, touchy |
hug | (noun) a tight or amorous embrace | Synonyms: clinch, squeeze |
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(verb) fit closely or tightly | - |
(verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, embrace, squeeze |
huge | (adjective) unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope | Synonyms: Brobdingnagian, immense, vast |
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hugely | (adverb) vastly | Synonyms: enormously, staggeringly, tremendously |
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hugger | (noun) a person who hugs | - |
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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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huisache | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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huitre | (noun) edible body of any of numerous oysters | Synonyms: oyster |
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hula | (noun) a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman | Synonyms: Hawaiian dancing, hula-hula |
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hulk | (noun) a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned | - |
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(noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | Synonyms: giant, heavyweight, whale |
(verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: loom, predominate, tower |
hulking | (adjective) of great size and bulk | Synonyms: hulky |
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hulky | (adjective) of great size and bulk | Synonyms: hulking |
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hull | (noun) the frame or body of ship | - |
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(noun) dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut | - |
(noun) persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry | - |
(verb) remove the hulls from | - |
hullabaloo | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval |
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hullo | (noun) an expression of greeting | Synonyms: hello, hi, how-do-you-do, howdy |
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hum | (noun) a humming noise | Synonyms: humming |
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(noun) the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity | Synonyms: busyness |
(verb) sing with closed lips | - |
(verb) make a low continuous sound | - |
(verb) sound with a monotonous hum | Synonyms: thrum |
(verb) be noisy with activity | Synonyms: buzz, seethe |
human | (adjective) having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings | - |
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(adjective) characteristic of humanity | - |
(adjective) relating to a person | - |
(noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | Synonyms: homo, human being, man |
humane | (adjective) marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humanist, humanistic |
(adjective) showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement | - |
humanely | (adverb) in a humane manner | - |
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humaneness | (noun) the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) | - |
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humanisation | (noun) the act of making more human | Synonyms: humanization |
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humanise | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanize |
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humanism | (noun) the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural | Synonyms: secular humanism |
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(noun) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | Synonyms: humanitarianism |
(noun) the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies | - |
humanist | (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humane, humanistic |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion | Synonyms: humanistic |
(adjective) of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | Synonyms: humanistic |
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian |
(noun) a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts | - |
(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanitarian |
humanistic | (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humane, humanist |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion | Synonyms: humanist |
(adjective) of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | Synonyms: humanist |
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanitarian |
humanitarian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism | - |
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(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic |
(noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | Synonyms: do-gooder, improver |
(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanist |
humanitarianism | (noun) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | Synonyms: humanism |
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humanities | (noun) studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | Synonyms: arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts |
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humanity | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world |
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(noun) the quality of being humane | - |
(noun) the quality of being human | Synonyms: humanness, manhood |
humanization | (noun) the act of making more human | Synonyms: humanisation |
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humanize | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanise |
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humankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humans, man, mankind, world |
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humanlike | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous |
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humanly | (adverb) in the manner of human beings | - |
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humanness | (noun) the quality of being human | Synonyms: humanity, manhood |
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humanoid | (noun) an automaton that resembles a human being | Synonyms: android, mechanical man |
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humans | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, man, mankind, world |
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humate | (noun) material that is high in humic acids | - |
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humble | (adjective) marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful | - |
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(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: low, lowly, modest, small |
(adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: base, baseborn, lowly |
(adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | Synonyms: lowly, menial |
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify |
(verb) cause to be unpretentious | - |
humblebee | (noun) robust hairy social bee of temperate regions | Synonyms: bumblebee |
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humbled | (adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: broken, crushed, humiliated, low |
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humbleness | (noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | Synonyms: humility |
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(noun) a humble feeling | Synonyms: humility |
(noun) the state of being humble and unimportant | Synonyms: lowliness, obscureness, unimportance |
humbling | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humiliating, mortifying |
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humbly | (adverb) in a humble manner | Synonyms: meekly |
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(adverb) in a miserly manner | Synonyms: meanly |
humbug | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on |
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(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
(noun) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive | Synonyms: snake oil |
(verb) trick or deceive | - |
humdinger | (noun) someone of remarkable excellence | - |
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humdrum | (adjective) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety | Synonyms: monotonous |
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(adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | Synonyms: commonplace, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous |
(noun) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety | Synonyms: monotony, sameness |
humectant | (noun) any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist | - |
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humerus | (noun) bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow | - |
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humic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from humus | - |
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humid | (adjective) containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor | - |
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humidifier | (noun) an appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building | - |
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humidify | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: moisturise, moisturize |
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humidity | (noun) wetness in the atmosphere | Synonyms: humidness |
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humidness | (noun) wetness in the atmosphere | Synonyms: humidity |
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humification | (noun) the process of the formation of humus from plant remains | - |
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humified | (adjective) converted to humus | - |
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humify | (verb) convert (plant remains) into humus | - |
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humiliate | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, mortify |
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humiliated | (adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | Synonyms: embarrassed, mortified |
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(adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, low |
humiliating | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humbling, mortifying |
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humiliatingly | (adverb) in a humiliating manner | Synonyms: demeaningly |
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humiliation | (noun) depriving one of self-esteem | Synonyms: abasement |
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(noun) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect | Synonyms: mortification |
(noun) strong feelings of embarrassment | Synonyms: chagrin, mortification |
(noun) state of disgrace or loss of self-respect | - |
humility | (noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | Synonyms: humbleness |
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(noun) a humble feeling | Synonyms: humbleness |
humin | (noun) a black humic substance that is not soluble in water | - |
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hummer | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, fastball, heater, smoke |
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(noun) a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words | - |
humming | (noun) the act of singing with closed lips | - |
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(noun) a humming noise | Synonyms: hum |
hummingbird | (noun) tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight | - |
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hummock | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, knoll, mound |
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hummus | (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: hommos, hoummos, humous, humus |
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humongous | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, thumping, walloping, whopping |
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humor | (noun) the quality of being funny | Synonyms: humour |
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(noun) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | Synonyms: humour, sense of humor, sense of humour |
(noun) the liquid parts of the body | Synonyms: bodily fluid, body fluid, humour, liquid body substance |
(noun) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state | Synonyms: humour |
(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humour, wit, witticism, wittiness |
(noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | Synonyms: humour, mood, temper |
(verb) put into a good mood | Synonyms: humour |
humoral | (adjective) of or relating to bodily fluids | - |
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humoring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humouring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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humorist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humourist |
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