| 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. |
| hoofed |
having hoofs. |
| hoof it |
(informal) to walk quickly to reach a destination. |
| hook |
a curved or angled piece of metal, plastic, or the like that is used for holding, hanging, securing, or pulling things. [19 definitions] |
| hookah |
a smoking pipe with a long tube set in water, designed to cool the smoke as it is drawn through. |
| hook and eye |
a clothes-fastening device having a small metal hook, on one side of the opening, that attaches to a loop or small bar on the other side. |
| hook and ladder |
a fire engine carrying extension ladders, hooked tools, and other equipment; hook-and-ladder truck. |
| hooked |
curved or shaped like a hook. [4 definitions] |
| hooker1 |
a type of fishing boat with a single mast, used off the Irish and English coasts. [2 definitions] |