Elementary Vocabulary
36,007 words and 29 expressions at the elementary level.
The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
Initialism of hot and cold (water).
hematoxylin and eosin: a histological stain widely used in medical diagnosis
Initialism of hemoglobin and hematocrit (as a combined blood test).
Initialism of harassment and interdiction.
Abbreviation of hyphenation and justification.
Initialism of Heckler and Koch.
Abbreviation of hook-and-loop (“Velcro: a fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with miniature fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can still be pulled apart”).
Initialism of head and neck cancer.
A report containing a patient's medical history and the results of his/her physical exam.
plural of H&P
Form of hmm
plural of h
Transhumanism.
A visa granted to foreign workers that allows them to be hired by American companies for specialty occupations.
A visa granted to foreign workers that allows them to be hired by American companies for agricultural occupations.
A visa granted to foreign workers that allows them to be hired by American companies for nonagricultural occupations.
Alternative form of HC.
Abbreviation of House of Delegates.
Initialism of Holocene Era.
Alternative form of HH.
Abbreviation of Hong Kong.
Alternative form of HM ("His Majesty", "Her Majesty", etc.)
Alternative form of HQ.
Abbreviation of House of Representatives.
Initialism of hot and cold (water).
Abbreviation of history of.
Abbreviation of H0 scale.
The first half of a calendar year (January to June).
A strain of influenza, the most common cause of flu in humans; also the strain responsible for swine flu.
The second half of a calendar year (July to December).
Initialism of human-to-human.
Abbreviation of H₂ receptor antagonist.
A grade of hydrogen (“H”) refuelling capacity, comprising hydrogen delivery at 5000 psi / 35 MPa
A strain of avian influenza, often lethal in humans but not transmissible between humans.
A subtype of the species Influenzavirus A (avian influenza virus or bird flu virus), which infects a wide variety of birds and may cause mild symptoms in humans.
A strain of avian influenza.
A grade of hydrogen (“H”) refuelling capacity, comprising hydrogen delivery at 10,000 psi / 70 MPa
simple past and past participle of h8
Alternative form of h8er.
plural of h8r
plural of h8
plural of h@
Alternative form of a (“have”).
Alternative spelling of a (“have”).
Pronunciation spelling of half.
plural of ha'
Initialism of hospital apprentice first class.
Initialism of hospital apprentice second class.
A sigh.
The sum of the mass concentrations of five haloacetic acids regulated by the USEPA (mono-, di- and trichloroacetic acid and mono- and dibromoacetic acid)
To hold.
the open sea, especially as a place to fish
A surname.
Alternative form of hal (“Sufi state of consciousness”).
Alternative form of han (“sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity”).
Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.
A surname from Pennsylvania German.
A local open-air market held regularly.
A member of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
Abbreviation of Habakkuk.
A member of a certain tribe of Nigeria.
An action performed on a regular basis.
plural of hab
Any of several venomous snake species of Asia.
Initialism of hearing aid compatibility.
A command to turn to face in a particular direction.
Acronym of high-altitude cerebral oedema.
Alternative form of hado- (“ocean depths”).
A surname from Japanese.
singular of hudud
A surname.
Alternative spelling of hajj.
Alternative form of have.
Pronunciation spelling of had
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.
A surname.
Initialism of hydroxyethyl starch.
Pronunciation spelling of have.
Pronunciation spelling of have.
The handle of a tool or weapon.
Alternative form of haafu.
Abbreviation of Haggai.
A surname.
plural of hag
A surname.
Alternative form of ha.
An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.
Initialism of Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (a Hindi movie).
A surname.
A surname from Korean.
Acronym of high altitude, high opening.
plural of hah
Pronunciation spelling of head.
A surname from Old Norse.
A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
Alternative spelling of hail storm.
Alternative spelling of Chaim.
To hedge or fence in; enclose; protect by hedging.
The act or service of cutting hair.
A hairstyle.
A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.
The washing, colouring, cutting and styling of the hair; the art or trade of a hairdresser.
A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.
Destitute of hair.
A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.
A pin or fastener for the hair.
Alternative form of hair spray.
The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.
A hairdresser.
A sigh.
Alternative spelling of hajj.
The Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
Alternative spelling of hajji.
The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
A surname.
A group dance of New Zealand's Māori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes.
A Pawnee Indian ceremony celebrating the union of Earth and Heaven and the genesis of life.
plural of Hak
A three-ply braid incorporating additional materials, used in making lei.
A special temporary state of consciousness, generally understood to be the product of a Sufi's spiritual practices while on his way toward God.
Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
Alternative spelling of half-time.
Alternative form of Khalkha.
A corridor; a hallway.
A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
Alternative spelling of haulm.
A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
plural of Hal
To limp; move with a limping gait.
To reduce to half the original amount.
A city in Syria.
A person from Hamburg.
Initialism of Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
plural of hamus
An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.
someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
Abbreviation of heat-assisted magnetic recording.
plural of Ham
Acronym of hash array mapped trie, a data structure.
plural simple present of have
A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.
A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
A single clap of the hands.
One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.
Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
simple past and past participle of handicap
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
Made by hand; manufactured manually.
Alternative form of hand-off.
Of a thing: given out free of charge, usually by hand.
A visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints.
A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard.
A saw small enough to be used by one hand.
The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
present participle and gerund of handshake
Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
The act of standing on one's hands, most often in an inverted way.
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
Written with a person's hand, as opposed to typed.
The hand.
A surname.
Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
A surname.
An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
Alternative spelling of hang-up.
A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A Hopi-Tewa village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
A male given name from Hebrew.
Pronunciation spelling of hadn’t.
A male given name from Arabic.
An ethnic region of central Moravia
A former currency unit of Vietnam, worth one tenth of a dong.
A marshy wetland ecosystem in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, physically a bowl- or saucer-shaped depression that looks like inland seas during the monsoon floods.
plural of Hao
A person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.
A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander and half white.
Initialism of high-amplitude propagated contraction.
Acronym of high-altitude pulmonary edema.
Synonym of xiapei.
Acronym of high-altitude pulmonary oedema.
A surname from German.
maybe, perhaps.
The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
plural of hap
A subtribe of an iwi or Maori tribe; the basic political unit within Māori society; a subtribe or extended family.
Alternative spelling of hapu.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Haq
A hinge.
A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for brain development.
A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for hand and opposable thumb development in humans.
A name of Siva.
A surname.
Any place of shelter.
Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.
Alternative form of hurden (“coarse linen”).
simple past and past participle of harden
Stubborn; wilful.
The quality of being hard.
The removable rigid roof of a convertible or sports car.
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
A name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.
A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
Agreement or accord.
A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
An exclamation of distress; alas.
To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.
Alternative form of haar (“sea fog; wind which blows in this fog”).
plural of har
A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
A Japanese unisex given name.
A diminutive of the male given name Harvey.
The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
A mountain range in central Germany; its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
A surname.
A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.
A kind of prebendal land revenue reserved for high-ranking officials of the Ottoman Empire.
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
second-person singular simple present indicative of have
Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
A female given name from Japanese.
To close with a hatch or hatches.
A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.
Evoking a feeling of hatred.
The characteristic of being hateful.
third-person singular simple present indicative of have
The vargr (giant wolf) who chases Máni (the Moon) across the night sky until Ragnarök, when he will swallow Máni; son of Fenrir and brother of Sköll.
Not possessing, or not wearing, a hat.
Acronym of Highways Agency traffic officer.
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
plural of hat
Obsolete form of hat.
Initialism of hexafluorophosphate azabenzotriazole tetramethyl uronium.
A surname.
A surname.
Obsolete typography of have.
A surname.
Alternative form of haulm (a stalk)
A surname.
To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
A surname
Haughty.
Abbreviation of hepatitis A virus.
Initialism of hand-arm vibration syndrome.
Abbreviation of Hawaii: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Initialism of house airwaybill.
A topographic and patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
Pronunciation spelling of hog.
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
To lounge; to loiter.
A haven or harbour.
plural of haw
Pronunciation or leetspeak spelling of hot (any sense).
Initialism of hardware-accelerated execution manager.
To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
A shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
The legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation.
The upper storey of a barn used for storing hay.
A recreational ride in a vehicle full of hay.
plural of hay
A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
Of a heavenly body: satisfying a number of conditions relating to sect. (See Wikipedia article for details.)
Eye dialect spelling of has.
The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
plural of HAZ
Thick or obscured with haze.
Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen, the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.
simple past and past participle of HB
Abbreviation of herbarium
Initialism of House Bill 2.
Abbreviation of health-and-beauty aid.
Alternative form of h bar.
plural of HBA
Initialism of health and beauty care.
Abbreviation of hexabromocyclododecane.
plural of HBC
Initialism of historically black college or university.
Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.
simple past and past participle of HB
Initialism of Home Builders Federation.
Initialism of hydrobromofluorocarbon.
Abbreviation of hardback.
Initialism of health belief model, a psychological framework for detrimental health behaviors.
Initialism of His/Her Britannic Majesty's Ship, replaced by HMS (His/Her Majesty's Ship).
Initialism of Home Box Office, a premium movie and entertainment channel.
HBOS, a former British bank and insurance company.
Initialism of hit-by-pitch.
Initialism of home blood pressure monitoring.
plural of HBP
plural of HB
Initialism of hole-board test.
plural of HBT
Initialism of hexafluorophosphate benzotriazole tetramethyl uronium.
Abbreviation of hepatitis B virus.
Initialism of home care assistant.
Abbreviation of healthcare associated pneumonia.
plural of HCA
Initialism of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Initialism of highly compensated employee.
Initialism of High Court enforcement agent.
simple past and past participle of HC
Initialism of High Court enforcement officer.
Initialism of highest common factor.
Initialism of hydrochlorofluorocarbon, a class of molecules containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon atoms.
plural of HCF
Initialism of human chorionic gonadotropin.
plural of HCG
Initialism of human-computer interaction.
plural of HCI
Initialism of hairy cell leukemia.
Acronym of high-speed clock.
Initialism of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Initialism of Ho Chi Minh City.
plural of HCM
Initialism of hydrogen cyanide.
fulminic acid
plural of HCN
Initialism of Harvard College Observatory.
Initialism of high cost of living.
Initialism of hexagonal close-packed.
plural of HCP
Abbreviation of hydroxychloroquine.
Abbreviation of hydroxychloroquine sulfate.
Clipping of UNHCR.
plural of HC
Initialism of health care sharing ministry or initialism of health cost sharing ministry.
Abbreviation of hydrochlorothiazide.
Abbreviation of hydrochlorothiazide.
Initialism of Houston Christian University.
Initialism of House Committee on Un-American Activities; (more commonly) HUAC.
Initialism of hepatitis C virus.
Initialism of health care worker.
Initialism of high definition (“1280×720 pixels”).
Abbreviation of head.
Initialism of historical data access, an OPC standard.
Initialism of Housing and Development Board.
Abbreviation of hardback.
plural of HDB
Initialism of half double crochet.
Initialism of High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection.
Initialism of hard disk drive.
plural of HDD
Initialism of high-density fibreboard; hardboard.
Initialism of Hadoop Distributed File System.
Abbreviation of hot-dip galvanization.
Abbreviation of heading.
Initialism of high-deductible health plan.
Initialism of Human Development Index, a United Nations measure of well-being in a country.
Abbreviation of handkerchief.
Initialism of high-density lipoprotein.
Initialism of High-Level Data Link Control.
plural of HDL
Initialism of hot dark matter.
A compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.
Initialism of His/Her Danish Majesty's Ship, a ship name prefix for a naval ship of the navy of Denmark.
Abbreviation of human DNA.
Initialism of hold-departure order.
Initialism of Hawaii Department of Health.
Initialism of high-density polyethylene.
Initialism of hot dry rock.
Initialism of high dynamic range imaging.
plural of hdr
plural of HD
Initialism of high-bit-rate digital subscriber line.
Abbreviation of hot-dip temperature.
Abbreviation of Herodotus.
plural of HDT
Initialism of high-definition television.
Initialism of hepatitis delta virus.
Initialism of high-definition vector imaging.
Abbreviation of hardwood.
Abbreviation of hardware.
Contraction of he + had.
Obsolete form of he'll.
Contraction of he + is.
Indicating a male, usually of an animal.
Alternative spelling of hea'.
Pronunciation spelling of hear.
A pain or ache in the head.
A strip of fabric worn around the head.
The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
Synonym of decapitated.
The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
To provide (an organization) with headquarters.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.
The act of standing on one's head.
Clothing worn on the head (e.g. hats, helmets, headdresses, headscarves).
A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; a heft.
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
The amniotic sac; afterbirth or secundus of an animal.
Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
To pile in a heap.
A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
Alternative form of heart-warming.
plural of HEA
simple past and past participle of heat
A surname.
A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
Overweight.
A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
Abbreviation of Hebrews.
A surname.
The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.
A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
Hell.
Acronym of howardite, eucrite, diogenite (“pertaining to howarditic/eucritic/diogenitic material”).
Rank; order; condition; quality.
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.
Initialism of high energy density physics.
plural of hed
An expression of laughter.
Alternative form of heeb.
A surname.
To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
A surname.
A yarn measure of six hundred yards, or 1/24 of a spindle.
plural of Hee
Abbreviation of hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids.
plural of hef
A surname.
The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.
A surname from German.
plural of heh
Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)
Initialism of High Efficiency Image Codec, HEVC contained in HEIF.
A surname.
Initialism of High Efficiency Image File, a container format for storing individual images and image sequences.
The distance from the base to the top of something.
To greet with a Sieg Heil.
A surname from German.
A surname.
plural of hei
A surname.
A surname from Czech.
A mystic animating force present in the universe, used by deities and people.
The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
Alternative form of Hel (Norse goddess)
Alternative form of HELOC.
simple past and past participle of hold
Obsolete form of heal.
A surname from German.
Clipping of helicopter.
To transport by helicopter.
A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
Unable to defend oneself.
A surname.
Alternative form of Elu (“ancestral form of the Sinhalese language”).
Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
Alternative form of hemo-.
Acronym of historical European martial arts
The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
plural of hem
Synonym of mother-hen.
A coop where hens are kept.
To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
The character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones.
Synonym of hencoop.
A surname.
A surname from German.
plural of hen
To take hold of, to grasp.