Hindus (pl. ) of Hindu
Hindoo (n.) Alt. of Hindu
Hindu (n.) A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
Hindooism (n.) Alt. of Hinduism
Hinduism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
Hindoostanee (a.) Alt. of Hindustani
Hindustani (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.
Hindustani (n.) The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
Hindrance (v. t.) The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
Hindrance (v. t.) That which hinders; an impediment.
Hindu (n.) Same as Hindoo.
Hine (n.) A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind.
Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
Hinge (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of Hinge
Hinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hinge
Hinge (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
Hinge (v. t.) To bend.
Hinge (v. i.) To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
Hinged (a.) Furnished with hinges.
Hingeless (a.) Without a hinge or joint.
Hink (n.) A reaping hook.
Hinniate (v. i.) Alt. of Hinny
Hinny (v. i.) To neigh; to whinny.
Hinnies (pl. ) of Hinny
Hinny (n.) A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.
Hinny (n.) A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.
Hinted (imp. & p. p.) of Hint
Hinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hint
Hint (v. t.) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Hint (v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
Hint (n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
Hintingly (adv.) In a hinting manner.
Hip (n.) The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
Hip (n.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Hipped (imp. & p. p.) of Hip
Hipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hip
Hip (v. t.) To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
Hip (v. t.) To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Hip (n.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina).
Hip (interj.) Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Hip (n.) Alt. of Hipps
Hipps (n.) See Hyp, n.
Hiphalt (a.) Lame in the hip.
Hippa (n.) Alt. of Hippe
Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
Hipparion (n.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.
Hipped (a.) Alt. of Hippish
Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Hippobosca (n.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
Hippocamp (n.) See Hippocampus.
Hippocampal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
Hippocampus (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
Hippocampus (n.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
Hippocampus (n.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
Hippocentaur (n.) Same as Centaur.
Hippocras (n.) A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
Hippocrates (n.) A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
Hippocratic (a.) Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
Hippocratism (n.) The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.
Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
Hippocrepian (n.) One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema.
Hippocrepiform (a.) Shaped like a horseshoe.
Hippodame (n.) A fabulous sea monster.
Hippodrome (n.) A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
Hippodrome (n.) An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.
Hippogriff (n.) A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin.
Hippolith (n.) A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.
Hippopathology (n.) The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.
Hippophagi (n. pl.) Eaters of horseflesh.
Hippophagism (n.) Hippophagy.
Hippophagist (n.) One who eats horseflesh.
Hippophagous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
Hippophagy (n.) The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.
Hippophile (n.) One who loves horses.
Hippopotamuses (pl. ) of Hippopotamus
Hippopotami (pl. ) of Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus (n.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.
Hippotomy (n.) Anatomy of the horse.
Hippuric (a.) Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid.
Hippurite (n.) A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.
Hip-roofed (a.) Having a hip roof.
Hipshot (a.) Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.
Hip tree () The dog-rose.
Hir (pron.) See Here, pron.
Hircic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin.
Hircin (n.) Hircic acid. See Hircic.
Hircine (a.) Alt. of Hircinous
Hircinous (a.) Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.
Hircinous (a.) Of a strong goatish smell.
Hire (pron.) See Here, pron.
Hire (n.) The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.
Hire (n.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
Hired (imp. & p. p.) of Hire
Hiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hire
Hire (n.) To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.
Hire (n.) To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.