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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • hedgehog/ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɒɡ/nounB2A small spiny nocturnal mammal that curls into a ball for defence.
  • heel/hiːl/nounB25 meaningsThe rounded back part of the human foot, below the ankle.
  • height/haɪt/nounA2+4 meaningsHow tall something is, measured from bottom to top.
  • heir/ˈɛə̯/nounB2The person who will receive property or a title.
  • heist/haɪst/nounB2A daring, carefully planned robbery.
  • helicopter/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/
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nounB12 meanings
An aircraft lifted by rotating blades, able to hover.
  • hell/hɛl/adverbB22 meaningsDropped in after the question word, or before the thing being described, to sharpen it and show irritation or disbelief.
  • helper/ˈhɛlpɚ/nounB2Somebody who assists another.
  • helpless/ˈhɛlplɪs/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnable to do anything to look after or defend yourself.
  • hemisphere/ˈhɛmɪsfɪə/nounB1+3 meaningsHalf of the Earth, divided at the equator or by a line running north to south.
  • hen/hɛn/nounA2+2 meaningsAn adult female chicken.
  • hence/ˈhɛns/adverbB22 meaningsFrom this reason.
  • herb/hɜːb/nounB2A leafy plant used in small amounts for flavour.
  • herd/hɜːd/nounB13 meaningsA large group of animals of one kind that live and feed together.
  • hereby/hɪəˈbʌɪ/adverbB2By this act, in formal declarations.
  • hermit/ˈhɝmɪt/nounB2Somebody who lives entirely apart from other people.
  • heroism/ˈhɛɹəʊɪzəm/nounB2Behaviour of very great courage.
  • hesitate/ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/verbB2To pause before acting because you are not quite sure.
  • hesitation/ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/nounB2A pause before acting, caused by uncertainty.
  • hiccup/ˈhɪkʌp/verbB1+2 meaningsTo make a sharp involuntary sound in the throat.
  • hideous/ˈhɪd.i.əs/adjectiveB22 meaningsExtremely ugly.
  • hideout/ˈhaɪdˌaʊt/nounB2A place where somebody hides from pursuit.
  • hierarchy/ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɑː(ɹ).ki/nounB23 meaningsA system in which people or things are ranked one above another.
  • high/haɪ/adjectiveA16 meaningsFar above the ground, or measuring a lot from bottom to top.
  • high boardnounB2A fixed platform high above the water.
  • high wirenounB2A rope stretched high for walking across.
  • high-densityadjectiveB2Having many homes packed into a small area.
  • high-pitched/ˌhaɪˈpɪt͡ʃt/adjectiveB2Having a high frequency of sound.
  • high-rankingadjectiveB2Holding a senior position.
  • high-risenounB2A tall block of flats or offices.
  • high-speed railnounB2Railways built for very fast trains.
  • high-visibilityadjectiveB2Brightly coloured so as to be easily seen.
  • highlighter/ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ə/nounB1+2 meaningsA bright marker used to colour over important lines.
  • hilarious/hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/adjectiveB2Extremely funny.
  • hinge/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/nounB1+3 meaningsA joint that lets a door, lid or gate swing open and shut.
  • hint/hɪnt/verbB23 meaningsTo suggest something without saying it outright.
  • hip/hɪp/nounB13 meaningsThe joint and bone at each side of the body below the waist.
  • hippie/ˈhɪpi/nounB22 meaningsA young person of the 1960s counterculture, associated with peace, long hair and rejecting convention.
  • hire/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/verbA25 meaningsTo give someone a job and pay them to do it.
  • hiss/hɪs/verbB25 meaningsTo make a long sharp s-sound, the way a snake or an angry cat does.
  • hit/hɪt/verbA16 meaningsTo strike someone or something with your hand or an object.
  • hit backphraseB2To answer an attack with one of your own.
  • hit the booksphraseB2To start studying seriously.
  • hit the roadphraseB2To leave and start your journey.
  • hit-and-runadjectiveB2Involving a driver who leaves the scene after a crash.
  • hit-or-missadjectiveB2Unplanned and therefore unreliable, working only some of the time.
  • hitch/hɪt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo fasten something with a knot or hook.
  • hitchhiker/ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkə/nounB2Somebody who travels by asking drivers for lifts.
  • hitman/ˈhɪtmæːn/nounB2A killer hired to murder somebody.
  • hive/haɪv/nounB1+2 meaningsThe built home of a bee colony.
  • hold/həʊld/verbA17 meaningsTo keep something in your hands or arms.
  • hold an opinionphraseB2To believe a particular thing.
  • hold backphraseB22 meaningsTo restrain something or keep it in.
  • hold luggagenounB2The bags stored beneath the cabin.
  • hold onphraseB13 meaningsTo wait a moment.
  • hold upphraseB22 meaningsTo delay somebody or something.
  • hold your horsesphraseB2What you say to make someone slow down and wait.
  • hold your tonguephraseB2To stop yourself from saying what you are thinking.
  • holder/ˈhəʊldə/nounB22 meaningsThe person who holds something.
  • holdupnounB2A robbery carried out with a weapon.