Houses of Parliament |
in the UK, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, or the building in London where the houses meet. |
housetop |
the roof or top of a house. |
House Un-American Activities Committee |
a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives (1938-75) created to investigate organizations and individual Americans suspected of being subversive or disloyal to the country. (abbr.: HUAC) |
housewares |
household equipment, esp. kitchen items such as appliances and utensils. |
housewarming |
a party given to celebrate moving into a new home. |
housewife |
a married woman whose primary occupation is managing the cooking, cleaning, and other necessary duties of her family's household. |
housework |
the tasks of housekeeping, particularly cleaning and caring for items inside the house. |
housing |
a shelter or dwelling; lodging. [4 definitions] |
housing project |
a publicly funded and administered housing development, usu. for low-income families. |
hove |
a past tense and past participle of heave. |
hovel |
a small, uncomfortable, often dirty dwelling. [2 definitions] |
hover |
to stay suspended in the air, often by rapid fluttering, spinning, or the like. [4 definitions] |
Hovercraft |
trademark for a vehicle able to move rapidly across land or water on air that is produced by powerful fans blowing downward from the craft. |
how |
by what manner or means. [10 definitions] |
how about |
what is your desire about having or doing. |
how come |
(informal) why is it that. |
how'd |
(informal) contracted form of "how did," or contracted form of "how would." |
howdah |
a seat, usu. equipped with a railing and canopy, designed for riding on the back of an elephant or camel. |
howdy |
hello; how are you (an expression of greeting). |
however |
in spite of that; yet; but (used to point out the contrast between or opposition of ideas in a sentence or between adjacent sentences). [5 definitions] |
howitzer |
a cannon that has a short barrel and is used for firing shells at high angles of elevation and low speeds. |