| honorable |
deserving of respect or consideration. [2 definitions] |
| honorable mention |
recognition for one whose work or part in a competition was noteworthy, but not award-winning. |
| honorarium |
a payment or other reward made to a professional person in recognition of services for which, by tradition, there is no set fee. |
| honorary |
given or held for reasons of public honor only. [2 definitions] |
| honoree |
one who is given an honor, award, or the like. |
| honor guard |
a guard assigned to attend honorable persons or guests or to walk alongside the casket at a military funeral. |
| honorific |
showing respect, esteem, or honor. [2 definitions] |
| honor society |
a high-school or college organization for which students outstanding in academics are selected. |
| honor system |
an arrangement wherein participants in a particular program, such as students in a school, are trusted to perform various tasks or duties without direct supervision. |
| honour |
a spelling of "honor" used in Canada and Britain. See "honor" for more information. |
| -hood |
state; condition; quality; nature. [2 definitions] |
| hood |
a covering for the head and neck, often attached to a coat, jacket, robe, or the like. [6 definitions] |
| hoodie |
a sweatshirt with an attached hood. |
| Hood Island |
the seventh-largest island of the Galápagos Islands, celebrated for its population of giant tortoises. |
| hoodlum |
a gangster or thug. [2 definitions] |
| hoodoo |
religious sorcery practiced esp. by some of the Afro-Caribbean population of Haiti, Jamaica, and other Caribbean islands; voodoo. [3 definitions] |
| hoodwink |
to trick, deceive, or dupe. |
| hooey |
(informal) nonsense; foolishness. |
| hoof |
the hard horny covering that encases the foot of certain mammals such as horses, pigs, and deer. [5 definitions] |
| hoof-and-mouth disease |
see "foot-and-mouth disease." |
| hoofbeat |
the sound of an animal's hoof as it hits the ground or other hard surface in running or walking. |