honorably
adverb · with honor
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honourably
adverb · with honor
Example: he was honorably discharged after many years of servicehook line and sinker
adverb · in every detail
Example: he believed her story hook, line, and sinkerhook up
verb · connect or link
Example: hook up the houses to the gas supply linehoopoo
noun · any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
hop field
noun · a garden where hops are grown
hop on
verb · get up on the back of
Example: mount a horsehop out
verb · get out of quickly
Example: The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked carhop up
verb · make more powerful
Example: he souped up the old carshoped-for
adjective · expected hopefully
hopefully
adverb · it is hoped
Example: hopefully the weather will be fine on Sundayhopelessly
adverb · without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success
Example: he hung his head hopelesslyhopple
verb · strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
Example: hobble race horseshorace mann
noun · United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
horizontally
adverb · in a horizontal direction
Example: a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontallyhorned whiff
noun · a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
hornless
adjective · having no horns
Example: hornless cattlehorribly
adverb · of a dreadful kind
Example: there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morninghorridly
adverb · in a hideous manner
Example: her face was hideously disfigured after the accidenthorrify
verb · fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Example: I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interviewhorrifyingly
adverb · in a horrifying manner
Example: he laughed horrifyinglyhorripilate
verb · cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
Example: Hitchcock movies horripilate mehorror-struck
adjective · stricken with horror
horse around
verb · indulge in horseplay
Example: Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!horse-chestnut family
noun · trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
horseback
adverb · on the back of a horse
Example: he rode horseback to townhorsehair wig
noun · a wig made of horsehair
Example: the English judiciary wear their traditional horsehair wigshorseshoe crab
noun · large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
hortative
adjective · giving strong encouragement
hose
noun · a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
hose down
verb · water with a hose
Example: hose the lawnhospitably
adverb · in a hospitable manner
Example: she was received hospitably by her new familyhospitalise
verb · admit into a hospital
Example: Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too highhospitalize
verb · admit into a hospital
Example: Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too highhostaceae
noun · one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
hostile
adjective · unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
Example: hostile takeoverhostilely
adverb · with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner
Example: he pushed her against the wall belligerentlyhot cross bun
noun · moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
hot under the collar
adjective · very angry
hotfoot
adverb · without delay; speedily- Francis Hackett
Example: sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turkshotly
adverb · in a heated manner
Example: `To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedlyhouse of cards
noun · an unstable construction with playing cards
Example: he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsedhouse servant
noun · a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
house-to-house
adjective · omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next
Example: a door-to-door campaignhouse-train
verb · train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
houseclean
verb · clean and tidy up the house
Example: She housecleans every weekhow-d'ye-do
noun · an awkward situation
Example: that's a fine how-d'ye-dohowever
adverb · despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
Example: although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try ithuambo
noun · a city in the mountains in western Angola
huang hai
noun · part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia
huddle together
verb · crowd or draw together
Example: let's huddle together--it's cold!huffily
adverb · in a huffy manner
Example: `Don't bother to call me back,' he said huffilyhug
noun · a tight or amorous embrace
Example: come here and give me a big hughugely
adverb · extremely
Example: he was enormously popularhulking
adjective · of great size and bulk
Example: a hulking figure of a manhumanely
adverb · in a humane manner
Example: let's treat the prisoners of war humanelyhumanize
verb · make more humane
Example: The mayor tried to humanize life in the big cityhumanly
adverb · in the manner of human beings
Example: humanly possiblehumbling
adjective · causing awareness of your shortcomings
Example: golf is a humbling gamehumbly
adverb · in a humble manner
Example: he humbly lowered his head