| hummock |
a low, rounded mound or knoll of earth, esp. in a low-lying marsh. [2 definitions] |
| hummus |
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of mashed chickpeas, garlic, and tahini, used esp. as a dip or spread. |
| humongous |
(slang) enormously large; great; of great extent. |
| humor |
a quality that evokes laughter or amusement. [5 definitions] |
| humoral |
of, concerning, or arising from any of the bodily fluids. |
| humoresque |
a light or whimsical musical composition. |
| humorist |
one who is esp. skilled and practiced in the use of humor in such activities as writing or acting. [2 definitions] |
| humorless |
combined form of humor. |
| humorous |
having the character or quality of humor; comical. [2 definitions] |
| humour |
a spelling of "humor" used in Canada and Britain. See "humor" for more information. |
| hump |
a rounded projection or bulge, esp. a fleshy one, as is found on the back of a camel or on the back of a person who has a spinal deformity. [6 definitions] |
| humpback |
a back that has a hump. [3 definitions] |
| humph |
used to express disdain, doubt, surprise, or displeasure. |
| Humpty Dumpty |
(sometimes l.c.) an English nursery rhyme character shaped like a large egg, who fell off a wall, broke into pieces, and could not be reassembled. |
| humus |
a dark organic material, composed of partly decayed leaves and plants, that adds nutrients and water-retaining ability to soil. |
| Hun |
any of a fierce, warring Asian people who, under Attila and others, ravaged much of eastern and central Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. [2 definitions] |
| hunch |
to lift up or arch into a hump. [7 definitions] |
| hunchback |
the condition of having a humped back or extremely rounded shoulders, or the afflicted back itself. [2 definitions] |
| hundred |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 100 and by the Roman numeral C. [4 definitions] |
| hundredfold |
having a hundred parts or elements. [3 definitions] |
| hundreds place |
in mathematics, the place three to the left of the decimal point of a number. |