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.
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