English Vocabulary with Meanings — heal … hundred
Every English word from the Akshara word game with its everyday meaning — the same reviewed definitions players see at the end of each level. Part 15 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- heal
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- healed
- freed from illness or injury
- healer
- a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- healing
- the natural process by which the body repairs itself
- health
- the general condition of body and mind
- healthy
- large in amount or extent or degree
- heap
- a car that is old and unreliable
- heaps
- a large number or amount
- hear
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- heard
- detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
- hearing
- the act of hearing attentively
- hearsay
- gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- hearst
- United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
- heart
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- hearth
- an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
- hearts
- a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
- hearty
- without reservation
- heat
- utility to warm a building
- heated
- made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
- heater
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- heath
- a tract of level wasteland
- heathen
- a person who does not acknowledge your god
- heather
- interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
- heating
- utility to warm a building
- heaven
- the abode of God and the angels
- heavens
- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- heavily
- to a considerable degree
- heavy
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- hebrew
- the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
- hectare
- (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
- hectic
- marked by intense agitation or emotion
- hector
- (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
- heed
- paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
- heel
- the bottom of a shoe or boot
- hefty
- large in amount or extent or degree
- height
- how tall someone or something is
- heinous
- extremely wicked, deeply criminal
- heinz
- United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919)
- heir
- a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
- heist
- robbery at gunpoint
- held
- occupied or in the control of
- helen
- (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris
- helena
- capital of the state of Montana
- helium
- a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses
- helix
- type genus of the family Helicidae
- hell
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- hello
- an expression of greeting
- helm
- a position of leadership
- helmet
- a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows
- help
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- helpful
- providing assistance or serving a useful function
- helping
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
- hem
- the edge of a piece of cloth
- hemp
- a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
- hen
- female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- hence
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- hendrix
- United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)
- henry
- United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
- henson
- United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)
- hepatic
- any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
- hepburn
- United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003)
- herald
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
- herb
- aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
- herbal
- tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
- herd
- a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
- here
- the present location
- hereby
- (formal) by means of this
- herein
- in this place or thing or document
- heretic
- a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
- herman
- United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
- hermann
- German hero
- hermes
- (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods
- hermit
- one who lives in solitude
- hernia
- rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
- hero
- the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
- heroic
- a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes
- heroine
- the main good female character in a work of fiction
- heroism
- the qualities of a hero or heroine
- heron
- grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
- herpes
- any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin
- herr
- a German courtesy title or form of address for a man
- herring
- commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
- hertz
- German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)
- hess
- United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
- het
- made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
- hex
- an evil spell
- heyday
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- hhs
- the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare
- hi
- a friendly word of greeting
- hiatus
- a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
- hickory
- American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
- hidden
- difficult to find
- hide
- body covering of a living animal
- hideous
- so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
- hideout
- a hiding place
- high
- a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
- highway
- a major road for any form of motor transport
- hijab
- the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home
- hijack
- seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
- hike
- a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
- hill
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- hillary
- New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
- hilltop
- the peak of a hill
- hilly
- having hills and crags
- hind
- a female deer, especially an adult female red deer
- hinder
- put at a disadvantage
- hindu
- a person who adheres to Hinduism
- hinge
- a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
- hint
- an indication of potential opportunity
- hip
- either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- hippie
- someone who rejects the established culture
- hippo
- massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
- hippy
- someone who rejects the established culture
- hipster
- someone who rejects the established culture
- hire
- the act of hiring something or someone
- hired
- hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
- hiss
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- hit
- to strike something with force
- hitch
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- hitman
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- hitter
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- hitting
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- hiv
- the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- hive
- a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
- hives
- an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins
- hm
- a thinking sound made while considering something
- hoard
- a secret store of valuables or money
- hoax
- something intended to deceive
- hobart
- a port and state capital of Tasmania
- hobbes
- English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
- hobbit
- an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet
- hobbs
- notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
- hobby
- an auxiliary activity
- hobo
- a disreputable vagrant
- hockey
- a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
- hoe
- a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
- hoffman
- versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)
- hog
- domestic swine
- hogan
- a Navajo lodge covered with earth
- hogg
- a sheep up to the age of one year
- hoist
- lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- hold
- the act of grasping
- holder
- a holding device
- holding
- the act of retaining something
- hole
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- holiday
- leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
- holland
- a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea
- hollow
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- holly
- United States rock star (1936-1959)
- holmes
- a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
- holster
- a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun
- holy
- a sacred place of pilgrimage
- homage
- respectful deference
- home
- housing that someone is living in
- homer
- a base hit on which the batter scores a run
- hone
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone
- honest
- gained or earned without cheating or stealing
- honesty
- the quality of being honest
- honey
- a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
- honor
- a woman's virtue or chastity
- honored
- having an illustrious reputation
- honour
- a woman's virtue or chastity
- honours
- a university degree with honors
- hood
- a soft covering for the head, attached to a coat
- hoof
- the foot of an ungulate mammal
- hook
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- hooked
- addicted to a drug
- hooking
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- hooks
- large strong hand (as of a fighter)
- hookup
- a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
- hoop
- horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
- hoops
- a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players
- hooray
- a victory cheer
- hoover
- a kind of vacuum cleaner
- hop
- the act of hopping
- hope
- one of the three Christian virtues
- hopeful
- an ambitious and aspiring young person
- hopkins
- Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
- hopper
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
- hops
- twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes
- horace
- Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
- horde
- a vast multitude
- horizon
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
- hormone
- the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
- horn
- one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- horne
- United States singer and actress (born in 1917)
- horned
- having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind
- hornet
- large stinging paper wasp
- horrid
- exceedingly bad
- horror
- something that inspires dislike
- horse
- solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- hose
- a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
- hospice
- a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
- host
- an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite
- hostage
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- hostel
- inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
- hostess
- a woman innkeeper
- hostile
- troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
- hot
- marked by excited activity
- hotel
- a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
- hotspot
- a lively entertainment spot
- hotspur
- a rash or impetuous person
- hound
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- hour
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
- hourly
- occurring every hour or payable by the hour
- hours
- an indefinite period of time
- house
- play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
- housing
- stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
- houston
- the largest city in Texas
- hover
- hang in the air
- howard
- Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)
- howdy
- an expression of greeting
- howe
- United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867)
- however
- despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
- howl
- a long loud emotional utterance
- howling
- a long loud emotional utterance
- hoy
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- html
- a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
- http
- a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
- hua
- an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s
- hub
- the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
- hubbard
- a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high)
- hubble
- United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953)
- hubby
- a married man
- hud
- the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal
- hudson
- a New York river
- hue
- the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- huff
- a state of irritation or annoyance
- hug
- a tight or amorous embrace
- huge
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
- hugely
- extremely
- hughes
- United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)
- hugo
- French poet and novelist and dramatist
- hula
- a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
- hulk
- a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
- hull
- the frame or body of ship
- hum
- a humming noise
- human
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- humane
- showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
- humans
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- humble
- cause to feel shame
- humbled
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- humbly
- in a humble manner
- hume
- Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
- humid
- containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
- humming
- the act of singing with closed lips
- humor
- the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
- humour
- the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
- hump
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- hundred
- ten 10s