howling
howling: adj.
1 that howls.
2 sl. extreme (a howling shame).
3 archaic dreary (howling wilderness). øhowling dervish see DERVISH .


heartily
heartily: adv.
1 in a hearty manner; with goodwill, appetite, or courage.
2 very; to a great degree (esp. with ref. to personal feelings) (am heartily sick of it; disliked him heartily).


hindi
Hindi: n. & adj. --n.
1 a group of spoken dialects of N. India.
2 a literary form of Hindustani with a Sanskrit-based vocabulary and the Devanagari script, an official language of India. --adj. of or concerning Hindi. [Urdu hindi f. Hind India]


hectic
hectic: adj. & n. --adj.
1 busy and confused; excited.
2 having a hectic fever; morbidly flushed. --n.
1 a hectic fever or flush.
2 a patient suffering from this. øhectic fever (or flush) hist. a fever which accompanies consumption and similar diseases, with flushed cheeks and hot dry skin. øøhectically adv. [ME etik f. OF etique f. LL hecticus f. Gk hektikos habitual f. hexis habit, assim. to F hectique or LL]


humeral
humeral: adj.
1 of the humerus or shoulder.
2 worn on the shoulder. [F hum÷ral & LL humeralis (as HUMERUS)]


halitosis
halitosis: n. = bad breath. [mod.L f. L halitus breath]


henry
henry: n. (pl. -ies or henrys) Electr. the SI unit of inductance which gives an electromotive force of one volt in a closed circuit with a uniform rate of change of current of one ampere per second. °Abbr.: H. [J. Henry, Amer. physicist d. 1878]


humorous
humorous: adj.
1 showing humour or a sense of humour.
2 facetious, comic. øøhumorously adv. humorousness n.


hotel
hotel: n.
1 an establishment providing accommodation and meals for payment.
2 Austral. & NZ a public house. [F hõtel, later form of HOSTEL]


heavenly
heavenly: adj.
1 of heaven; divine.
2 of the heavens or sky.
3 colloq. very pleasing; wonderful. øheavenly bodies the sun, stars, planets, etc. øøheavenliness n. [OE heofonlic (as HEAVEN)]


heartsore
heartsore: adj. grieving, heartsick.