English Words Starting With H

• healthonism

  nounVery Low
  A philosophy or lifestyle centered on an obsessive or excessive focus on health and wellness.
• healy

  nounVery Low
  /ˈhiːli/A surname of Irish origin, also occasionally used as a given name or nickname.
• heaney

  nounC2
  /ˈhiːni/A surname of Irish origin, most famously belonging to the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney.
• heap

  adverbnounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB1
  /hiːp/An untidy pile or mass of things.
• hear

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveA1
  /hɪə(r)/To perceive sound with the ear.
• hear out

  verbB2
  /ˌhɪər ˈaʊt/To listen to someone patiently and completely until they have finished saying everything they want to say.
• heard

  adjectiveverbA1
  /hɜːd/past tense and past participle of 'hear': to perceive sound with the ear.
• heard and mcdonald islands

  plural-nounC2
  /ˌhɜːd ən məkˈdɒn.əld ˌaɪ.ləndz/A remote, uninhabited external territory of Australia comprising the volcanic Heard Island and the small, rocky McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean.
• heard island and mcdonald islands

  nounVery Low
  /ˌhɜːd ˌaɪ.lənd ənd məkˈdɒn.əld ˌaɪ.ləndz/A remote, uninhabited external territory of Australia in the subantarctic Indian Ocean.
• hearing

  nounB1
  /ˈhɪərɪŋ/The ability to perceive sound using one's ears; the physiological or auditory sense.
• hearing aid

  nounB1
  /ˈhɪər.ɪŋ ˌeɪd/A small electronic device worn in or behind the ear to amplify sound, designed to help people with hearing loss hear more clearly.
• hearing dog

  nounC1
  /ˈhɪər.ɪŋ ˌdɒɡ/A dog that has been specially trained to alert a person who is deaf or hard of hearing to specific sounds such as doorbells, alarms, or telephones.
• hearing loss

  nounHigh in medical/health contexts; Medium in general use.
  /ˈhɪərɪŋ lɒs/A partial or total inability to hear.
• hearing-ear dog

  nounlow
  /ˈhɪər.ɪŋ ɪə ˌdɒɡ/A dog specifically trained to assist a deaf or hard-of-hearing person by alerting them to important sounds.
• hearken

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveLow
  /ˈhɑː.kən/To listen carefully, to pay attention (now often with a literary or archaic tone).
• hearn

  nounVery Low (as surname or dialectal form)
  /hɜːn/A surname of English origin, also a common misspelling of 'hear' or the past participle 'heard'.
• hearsay

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈhɪə.seɪ/Information received from others that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor.
• hearsay evidence

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈhɪə.seɪ ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/Testimony or evidence that is not based on the witness's direct knowledge, but rather on what they have heard others say, and is therefore often considered unreliable in formal legal proceedings.
• hearsay rule

  nounC2
  /ˈhɪə.seɪ ˌruːl/A legal principle that prohibits the use of out-of-court statements as evidence in a trial, unless an exception applies.
• hearse

  nounB2/C1
  /hɜːs/A vehicle used to carry a coffin to a cemetery or crematorium.

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