List of Old English Words in the OED/HO

Old English	sp	English
Ho	n	The hough, heugh
Ho	n	A recent spelling of the OE hoyian - to care, be anxious, long. - see "hoe"
Hoar	n	A white or greyish white colour or hue. 2. hoariness, antiquity. 3. hoary from age, rime, mold.
Hoar	vb	To become moldy or musty.
Hoard	n	A hidden supply or fund. 2. a cache of valuable objects or artifacts; trove.
Hoard	vb	To amass, usually for one's own personal collection, often excessively. 2. to keep in store, treasure up, cherish, conceal (eg. in the heart)
Hoard-burg	n	OE: hordburg - a treasure city, such as the Vatican.
Hoarder	n	A keeper of the treasure. 2. curator. 3. treasure. 4. one who collects or accumulates articles of various kinds to such a quantity that normal life becomes difficult.
Hoard-house	n	A treasury, treasure-house, hordern
Hoardily	adv	In a hoarding or miserly manner.
Hoarding	n	The act or behavior of collecting and amassing various things and articles to such a quantity that normal life becomes difficult. 2. an accumulation stored way for safeguarding or for future use.
Hoardingly	adv	In a manner of collecting and amassing various things and articles to such a quantity that normal life becomes difficult.
Hoard-ward	n	Guardian of the treasure.
Hoared	adj	Made or grown hoary. 2. becoming or growing mouldy, musty, stale. 2. of a white-greyish or greyish white in colour. 2. hoarily bearded, canescent, hairy. 3. venerable, ancient, august.
Hoarfrost	n	Dewdrops which have undergone deposition and frozen into ice-crystals to form a white deposit on an exposed surface, when the air is cold and moist.
Hoar-frosted	adj	Dewdropped; hoar-frosted.
Hoar-frosty	adj	Having a white deposit on a surface, hoar-frosted.
Hoar-haired	adj	Of a white-greyish or greyish- white in hair colour. 2. hoarily bearded, canescently hairy.
Hoar-headed	adj	Having the head hoary (grey or white) with age.
Hoar-hound	n	Horehound.
Hoarily	adv	With a hoary appearance of grey or grey-whitish hue.
Hoariness	n	The quality or state or being hoary
Hoarish	adj	Somewhat hoary or grey-whitish in colour.
Hoarness	n	The quality of being hoary. 2. hoariness. 3. a close growth of white or greyish hair.
Hoarse	n	A cough or condition of being or becoming hoarse. 2. hoarseness.
Hoarse	vb	To make or become hoarse. 2. harsh or rough in sound.
Hoarse	adj	Afflicted by a dry, harsh voice.
Hoarse	phr	"Hoarse as an Old Crow" - very hoarse.
Hoarsely	adv	With a hoarse voice or sound.
Hoarsen	vb	To make hoarse. 2. to become hoarse. 3. to sound hoarse.
Hoarseness	n	The quality or condition of being or becoming hoarse.
Hoar-stone	n	A hoar: a grey (or grey with lichen) ancient stone. 2. an ancient boundary stone; a merestone. 3. a memorial stone, standing stone, ancient and associated with some particular event or tradition.
Hoar-withy	n	Pyrus aria: the whitebeam.
Hoary	adj	Of head, hair or beard: grey or white in age. 2. having white or grey hair; greyish hair. 3. grey, greyish-white in colour, canescent. 4. ancient, venerable in age; time-honoured. 5. mouldy, musty, corrupt.
Hoast	n	OE: hwosta: a cough.
Hoast	vb	To cough, cough up or out.
Hock	n	OE: hoc - general name for various plants, such as the hollyhock, marshmallow.
Hock	n	The joint in or of the hinder leg - the hough, ho, heugh. (short for hockshin)
Hockshin	n	The joint in or of the hinder leg - the hock, hough, ho, or heugh.
Hoe	n	Projecting ridge of land. 2. promontory. 3. a point of land, formed like a heel and stretching into a plain or perhaps the sea, now only in place-names, Ivanhoe (Ivinghoe); Sutton hoo.
Hoe	n	OE: hoyian; howe, - care, anxiety, trouble.
Hog	n	Celtic in origin, late OE loan word. a swine, especially castrated swine, barrow-pig, boar. 2. in OE: a young sheep, often one who has not been shorn; coarse or filthy person. 3. any animal belonging to the suidae family of mammals, esp. the pig, the wart-hog and the boar. 4. a greedy person, one who refuses to share. 5. a rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under bottom.
Hog	vb	To greedily take more than one's share of something. 2. to take precedence at the expense of others or another. 3. to clip short(ly) the mane of a horse. 3. to scrub the bottom or a boat with a hog. 4. to cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards. 5. a slang word for a shilling.
Hog	phr	"Be a Road Hog" - selfish, reckless, thrusting motorist.
Hog	phr	"Go the Whole Hog" - do something completely (refers to the close shearing of lambs).
Hog	phr	"Hog It" - colloquially, to live in a rough, uncouth fashion. 2. to act selfishly and greedily.
Hog	phr	"Live High Off the Hog" - have a luxurious lifestyle. 2. be greedy; have more than one's fair share.
Hog	phr	"Make a Hog of Oneself" - show greed, gormandize.
Hogback	adj	A back humped like that of certain hogs. 2. a sandy or rocky ridge caused by unequal erosion of the outcropping edge of tilted strata. 3. a steep-sided ridge or hill.
Hog-backed	adj	Elevated towards the middle, like the back of a hog.
Hogbane	n	Goosefoot.
Hog-cote	n	A pig-sty, shed or enclosure for pigs.
Hogginess	n	The state or quality of being hoggy or like a hog.
Hoggish	adj	Having the characteristics of a pig. 2. having a gluttonous appetite.
Hoggishly	adv	In a hoggish or pig-like manner.
Hoggy	adj	Hoggish, gluttonous of character. 2. of land: boggy, marshy, squelchy.
Hog-heaven	n	A state of contented bliss.
Hog-like	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a hog in some aspect
Hog-reeve	n	A civil officer whose duty (in former times) was to impound pigs found running wild.
Hog's-head	n	A large cask. 2. a liquid measure of varying capacity.
Hog-shearing	n	One who promises great things but never fulfills the promise. 2. all talk and no do. 3. great cry and little wool, as the Devil said as he sheared the hog.
Hog-tie	vb	To tie an animal or person's feet together. 2. to render helpless.
Hog-town	n	Any poor town or out-of the-way place, that is populated by rustics and their farm animals.
Hog-wallow	n	Any poor town or out-of the-way place, that is populated by rustics and their farm animals.
Hog-wash	n	Foolish talking or writing; nonsense.
Hog-weed	n	Any of the numerous coarse weeds of persistent growth.
Hog-wild	adj	Enthusiastic or excited to an irrational extent. 2. go bersek.
Hogwort	n	Phalon graveolens.
Hoker	n	OE: hocor - mockery, derision, scorning contempt, abuse, revile.
Hoker	vb	To scorn, revile. 2. to pour scorn on.
Hokerful	adj	Scornfully, scornful.
Hockerly	adv	Scornfully, contemptuously. 2. in a way worthy of scorn, contempt, injudiciously.
Hoker-word	n	Gibe, mockery.
Hold	n	A grasp or grip. 2. something reserved or kept. 3. the property of maintaining the shape of styled hair. 4.(wrestling) a position or grip used to control the opponent; to have a tight hold on someone. 5.(gambling) the percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold. 6. (gambling) the wager amount, the total hold. 7.(tennis) an instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken. 8. a fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin. 9. (video games; a pause facility.
Hold	n	In OE times, the title of an officer of a high rank in the Danelaw corresponding to the High Reeve among the English.
Hold	n	OE. hyldo; allegiance, fidelity.
Hold	n	OE "hold" - a carcass, dead body, corpse, cadaver.
Hold	vb	To grasp or grip. 2. to contain or store. 3. to maintain or keep to a position or state. 4. to have and keep possession of something.  5. to reserve, as to hold or book a table in a restaurant at an appointed time. 6. to cause to wait or delay, as hold the lift. 7. to detain in a cell. 8. to be or remain valid; to apply; to hold true; to hold good. 8. to keep oneself in a particular state; to hold firm; to hold opinions. 8. to impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. 9. to bear, carry, or manage; to hold erect; hold one's head high. 9. not to move; to halt; to stop. 10. not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or not subdued. 11. to maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions. 11. to maintain, to consider, to opine.  12. to bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions; hold to a promise. 13. to hold responsible for the actions of those under one's command or control. 14. to maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. 15. to accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. 16.(archaic) to restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.  17. in tennis: to win one's own service game. 18. to organize an event or meeting.  19. (archaic) to derive right or title.
Hold	adj	OE (also spelt "holde")- gracious, kind, friendly. 2. loyal, faithful, true of persons.
Hold	phr	"Don't Hold Your Breath" - give up all expectations.
Hold	phr	"Get Hold of" - obtain something. 2. contact somebody
Hold	phr	"Have a Hold Over Somebody" - have somebody in one's power"
Hold	phr	"Hold Against" - to think less of someone for something they have done wrong. 2. allow something to affect one 's judgement of somebody.
Hold	phr	"Hold At Arm's Length" - keep remotely distant, formal.
Hold	phr	"Hold a Winning Hand" - be in an unbeatable position to defeat others.
Hold	phr	"Hold Back" - to act with reserve, caution, hesitancy or fear. 2. to contain one's full measure of power; to contain; stop, check, prevent from advancing. 3. to delay esp. in school. 4. restrain, keep back, reserve from disclosure.
Hold	phr	"Hold Cheap" - consider worthless. 2. of low esteem.
Hold	phr	"Hold Dear" - value highly.
Hold	phr	"Hold Down" - to keep down (lit. & fig.) to keep under, in subjection, repress, oppress, subjugate. 2. to restrain, to check. 3. to continue to hold and manage well. 5. keep at a low level.
Hold	phr	"Hold Everything" - wait, take no action.
Hold	phr	"Hold Fast to Something" - adhere,cling to something ( aprinciple, theory) with determination or stubbornness.
Hold	phr	"Hold Fire" - not fire a gun immediately, because one doesn't know where one's enemy is. 2. to wait for an an right time or opportunity to fire (with a firearm) at somebody or something. 3. refarian from doing something , esp. of a critical or aggressive nature, until one is certain that is the correct thing to do.
Hold	phr	"Hold Forth" - to keep up, maintain, continue, go on with; speak at length and ,sometimes, pompously.
Hold	phr	"Hold Good" - hold true, be or remain valid or applicable.
Hold	phr	"Hold Hands" - clasp or grasp another's hand . 2. to contribute, help, support, comfort, co-operate, concur. 2. to be on an equality with.
Hold	phr	"Hold Harmless" - in law, indemnify.
Hold	phr	"Hold Hard" - in racing parlance, to pull up a horse during a race. 2. stop, go easy; keep a firm hold, seat, or footing, or else there is a danger of being thrown off.
Hold	phr	"Hold In" - to keep in, confine, retain, restrain, keep in, keep in check.
Hold	phr	"Hold It" - stop, be aware, and alert.
Hold	phr	"Hold It Good" - think it advisable; in check, confine.
Hold	phr	"Hold It Against" - blame, have a low opinion of someone.
Hold	phr	"Hold Life Cheap" - consider something , esp. a condition, usually valued, to be of little value or importance.
Hold	phr	"Hold No Fears (Of)" - have no fears or terror of.
Hold	phr	"Hold Oath"- late OE - an oath of fealty.
Hold	phr	"Hold Off" - to keep off, away, at bay, or at a distance, put off, delay. 2. restrain oneself. 3. prevent from overwhelming.
Hold	phr	"Hold On" - to retain in its state or place. 2. stay and stand firm in the face of danger; wait, pause. 3. fasten; keep in position; hold on to.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Breath" - to pause noticeably before exhaling. 2. to wait, as if breathlessly.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Ground" - to stand one's ground. 2. refain, at least, temporarily from taking action.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Hand" - to refrain, forbear. 2. give a person guidance or support.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Head Above Water" - cope with problem but with little margin to spare.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Head's High" - to behave proudly or arrogantly. 2. hold oneself high.
Hold	phr	"Hold Oneself In" restrain oneself.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Horses" - to be patient, to wait, relax and slow down hold on.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Own" - to maintain one's position or advantage against competition or any opposing force.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Tongue" -remain or keep silent when one wishes to respond to criticism or inaccuracy.
Hold	phr	"Hold One's Way" - to continue to go, go on, keep going, proceed, continue, make one's way.
Hold	phr	"Hold On Like Grim Death" - hold something tenaciously.
Hold	phr	"Hold On One's Way" - to maintain steadly; to go without heeding interruptions.
Hold	phr	"Hold Out" - to stretch forward; extend the hand, or something held in the hand. 2. to keep out, exclude. 3. retain one's position, survive or extend.
Hold	phr	"Hold Out (for)" - insist upon as a condition of an agreement. 2 stand fast, resist, stand firm in the hopethat one can get more.
Hold	phr	"Hold Out On" - refuse to yield or surrender.
Hold	phr	"Hold Over" - to save, delay; postpone, retain for later. 2. to remain in office, possession etc. beyond a fixed date..
Hold	phr	"Hold Over Someone Head" - to harp on, remind continuously, esp. of a misstep, defeat, wrongdoing.
Hold	phr	"Hold Somebody Feet to the Fire" - to maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.
Hold	phr	"Hold Somebody Guilty" - to judge or regard as guilty.
Hold	phr	"Hold Somebody's Hand" - give a detailed on-the-job training and supervision. 2. grasp the hand of another; give support or comfort to somebody during a time
Hold	phr	"Hold Somebody in Hand" - to keep control of. 2. keep in expectation. 3. to amuse in order to get advantage.
Hold	phr	Hold Somebody to Something" - make somebody keep a promise, or follow a set of rules.of difficulty or trouble.
Hold	phr	"Hold that Thought" - hold-that-thought. (idiomatic)- to pause in a conversation for an interruption. Used to acknowledge that one's attention needs to be diverted from what an speaker was saying.
Hold	phr	"Hold the Candle to the Devil" - to aid or countenance that which is wrong.
Hold	phr	"Hold the Field" - not yet be superseded or supplanted.
Hold	phr	"Hold the Floor" - speak at, dominate, monopolize a conversation or a meeting. 2. address an audience at great length or with determination to finish what one has to say.
Hold	phr	"Hold the Line" - maintain or keep communications open. 2. hold the enemy at bay.
Hold	phr	"Hold the Ring" - be in chrge, control of a fight, contest or dispute.
Hold	phr	"Hold the Road" - to keep on stay on the road without skidding.
Hold	phr	"Hold the Wrong End of the Stick" - be completely wrong about something.
Hold	phr	"Hold Tight!" - remain strong, don't waver.
Hold	phr	"Hold To" - not abandon or change, stick to.
Hold	phr	"Hold Together" - to keep together or united, retain in union or connection.
Hold	phr	"Hold to the Plow" - to hold, keep the position, guide, control or manage.
Hold	phr	"Hold True" - be valid, authentic. 2. be consistent with known facts.
Hold	phr	"Hold Under" - suppress, hold in submission, keep under.
Hold	phr	"Hold Up" - to keep raised or erect. 2. keep from falling; support or sustain. 3. to rob at gun point. 4. delay, halt, slow down.
Hold	phr	"Hold Up One's End" - to hold up one's end of a bargain, dealing; to fulfill one's promise or obligation.
Hold	phr	"Hold Up One's Head" - to maintain one's dignity, self-respect or cheerfulness.
Hold	phr	"Hold Water" - be correct, sound, able to withstand investigation or testing.
Hold	phr	"Hold With" - maintain allegiance with, to side with, to agree with; feel sympathy for.
Hold	phr	"Hold Your Horses!" - just wait a little.
Hold	phr	"Not Hold One's Breath" - give up all expectation.
Hold	phr	"Not Hold a Candle To" - to compare badly to another person. 2. to be unfit to hold even a subordinate position.
Hold	phr	"On Hold" - when telephoning: holding the line.
Hold	phr	"Put Something on Hold" - put something aside for the time being with the view to resuming activity later on.
Hold	phr	"Take Hold" - of a custom or habit: become established.
Hold	phr	"There's No Holding Him (Back)" - it is difficult or impossible to restrain him.
Hold	n	"In-hold" - custody, confinement, imprisonment.
Hold-all	n	A portable case for holding clothes and miscellaneous items, articles, used by soldiers, travelers etc. 2. of books (fig.) - an omnibus or encyclopedic kind.
Hold-back	n}	Hindrance; hold-back.
Hold-down	n	Subjection, repression, oppression.
Holde	adv	Graciously, kindly, faithfully. 2. holdely.
Holder	n	USU 2. a householder. 3. a canine tooth. 4. a prehensile organ in some animals. 5. whipholder. 6. shareholder. 7. freeholder.
Holder-forth	n	One who "holds forth" as a preacher, orator (often used with contempt)
Holder-on	n	One who holds on to a position or maintains a position or stance.
Holder-out	n	One who holds out.
Holder-up	n	One who holds up or sustains. 2. a supporter. 3. a maintainer.
Holdfast	adj	Tenacious; steadfast, persistent
Holdfast	n	A stingy or hard-fisted person. 2. a dog who holds on tenaciously. 3. a person who is tenacious and steadfast..
Holdfastness	n	Tenacity. 2. persistence. 3. steadfastness.
Holding	n	Tenure of occupation of land; a farm or other estate held by another. 2. something that one owns or possesses, esp. shares or bonds. 3. a determination of law made by the courts. 4. that which binds or influences. 5. a burden or chorus of a song. 6. consistency.
Holding-deal	n	To hold a person (writer, producer, actor) to be or work exclusively for that entity or organization for an agreed period of time.
Holding-ground	n	A bottom in which an anchor will hold; anchorage. 2. site for storing floating timber.
Holdingly	adv	In a manner that holds, grips or binds. 2. with tenacity
Holdless	adj	Having no holds. 2. having a smooth unbroken surface.
Hold-off	n	A delay.
Hold-out	n	A die-hard, one who fights or holds out to the end; a holdout. 2. refuge, a shelter (from danger).
Hold out	vb	To hold something or someone out. 2. to wait or refuse to yield in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation). 3. to survive, endure. 4. to withhold something.
Hold-over	n	Saving, delaying, hold over. 2. remaining in office, possession etc. beyond a fixed date. 3. something remaining from a previous time or situation; a relic; a holdover. 4. to set something aside or save it for later. 5. a place of detention for prisoners awaiting trial. 6. one who continues in office after his/her has expired, or after a change of administration. 7. one who is kept on from engagement to another.
Hold-up	n	A delay, hold up, restriction, stoppage, obstruction, of some activity. 2. a robbery or holdup by armed assailants. 3. an overcharge, extortion.
Hole	n	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. 2. an opening in a solid. 3.(golf) a subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. 4.(golf) the part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes. 5.(archaeology, slang) an excavation pit or trench. 6.(figuratively) a weakness, a flaw. 7. (informal) a container or receptacle. car hole; brain hole (the skull). 8.(physics) in semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle. 9.(computing) a security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit. 10.(slang anatomy) an orifice, in particular the anus. 11.(informal, with “the”) solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment. 12.(slang) an undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel His apartment is a hole! 13.(baseball) the rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman. 14.(chess) a square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn. 14. an identation or opening in a coast, a cove, a small bay.
Hole	vb	To treat with violence. 2. to deceive. 3. to oppress or to commit oppression.
Hole	phr	"In a Better Hole" - any situation that is better than the present one.
Hole	phr	"A Black Hole" - an intermediate range of values producing anomalous results. 2. an obnoxious prison.
Hole	phr	"A Dry Hole" - an exercise which after much effort proves fruitless.
Hole	phr	"A Fox Hole" - a space which is really too small for a persons needs or comfort.
Hole	phr	"Be in the Hole" - to be in difficulty, financial difficulties or debt.
Hole	phr	"Hole in the Heart" - a congenital defect in the septum, resulting in an inadequate circulation of oxygenated blood (a cause of blue baby syndrome).
Hole	phr	"Hole in the Wall" - a very small shop, in a row of buildings.
Hole	phr	"Hole Up" - to retire to a hole for hibernation. 2. to seek temporary shelter, refuge. 3. to lie in wait or ambush.
Hole	phr	"Hole Up' - become hold up; to hide or conceal oneself in a small place or nook.
Hole	phr	"In a Hole" - in an awkward predicament. 2. in a mess. 3. in debt (in the hole).
Hole	phr	"In Holes" - worn so much as to have holes.
Hole	phr	"Make a Hole In" - use the largest part of. 2.. consume a considerable portion of.
Hole	phr	"Make a Hole in Water" - take on an impossible task, sisyphean.
Hole	phr	"Need Like a Hole in the Head" - applied to something not needed at all; something useless. 2. to be given a completely undesired problem.
Hole	phr	"Put in the Hole" - to swindle, defraud. 2. to put in solitary confinement.
Hole	phr	"Stop up A hole in a Sieve" - do something quite useless.
Hole	phr	"Take Down a Hole Lower" - to take down; to humiliate, humble.
Hole-creeper	n	A sneaking thief.
Holed	adj	Having holes. 2. to be full or filled with holes or perforations.
Holed-stone	n	Perforated stone considered to be a monument of prehistoric times.
Hole-in-one	n	In golf - a hole that is completed by sinking the golf ball in a single shot or with one hit or attempt. 2. idiomatically - any rare, wonderful or remarkable achievement.
Hole-in-the-Heart	n	A congenital defect in the septum, resulting in an inadequate circulation of oxygenated blood (a cause of blue baby syndrome).
Hole-in-the Wall	n	(Usually disparagingly) any small, dingy, obscure place in the US. where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally. 2. applied to a business that is very small, mean, dingy or the like; or to a person running such a business.
Holeless	adj	Without hole or holes.
Hole-like	adj	Resembling or like a hole in some aspect.
Holewort	n	Hollow-wort, corydalis bulbosa or corydalis cava.
Holey	adj	With or full of holes.
Holiday	n	A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed. 2. a day declared free from work by the government. 3. a period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure. 4. a period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university. 5. a period taken off work or study for travel or leisure. 6. an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.
Holiday	vb	To go on vacation, holiday, take a a break from work or school etc., leave. 2. to have free time to do as one wishes. 3. to go on a pleasure excursion.
Holiday	phr	"Take a Holiday" - have a break from work.
Holiday-home	n	A second home used for holiday.
Holidayer	n	A holidaymaker.
Holidayish	adj	Of a character befitting a holiday; festive.
Holiday-maker	n	Someone who is on holiday; vacationer.
Holiday-making	n	The planning and organization of a holiday or holidays.
Holier-than-thou	adj	(Derogatory) hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious.
Holiday-ownership	n	Timeshare – or shared-holiday ownership – means you purchase a specific period of time, usually a week or more, in a resort property. Resorts typically offer a single week ownership and stay option, with the potential to purchase additional weeks at the same resort, or at others owned by the same developer.
Holihood	n	Holiness, holihede.
Holily	adv	In a holy manner; piously. 2. with sanctity or devoutness. 3. sacredly, scrupulously, inviolably, solemnly.
Holimonth	n	A month of recreation or abstinence from work. 2. a month's holiday. 3. in OE - holy month = obsolete name for September.
Holiness	n	State or condition of being holy. 2. sanctity. 3. "His Holiness" - a honorific or title used to refer to a high -ranking religious figure or leader.
Holing	n	In mining- undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass.
Holinight	n	A night that is kept holy, as the eve of a festival. 2. a night of festivity or pleasure. 3. a holy night.
Holk	n	A hollow, cavity.
Holk	vb	To hollow out by digging. 2. to excavate. 3. to dig, make excavations. 4. turn things over.
Holk	phr	"Holk Up" - to hollow out by digging up.
Holking	n	Excavating. 2. burrowing.
Holl	n	A hollow place. 2. a cave; home of an otter. 3. a hollow surface or deep depression in the ground; a ditch. 4. the hold of a ship. 5. the middle or depth (of winter, night).
Holl	adj	Hollow, concave, having a void, empty. 2. deeply excavated or depressed as a valley. 3. lying in a hollow.
Hollness	n	Hollowness. 2. the condition of having cavities.
Hollow	n	a small valley between mountains. 2. a low spot surrounded by elevations. 3. a depression; a cave. 4. a sunken area, one of unfilled space in something solid. 4. a cavity, natural or artificial. 5. (fig.) a feeling of emptiness.
Hollow	vb	To make a hole in something. 2. to dig out, excavate.
Hollow	adj	(Of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside. a hollow tree. 2. (of a sound) distant, far-off, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched. 3. (figuratively) without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless. 4.(figuratively) insincere, devoid of validity; false, specious. 5. depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
Hollow	phr	"All and Hollow" - completely out and out.
Hollow	phr	"Beat All Hollow" - to surpass completely. 2. defeated thoroughly or completely.
Hollow	phr	"Have a Hollow Ring" - appear insincere untrue.
Hollow	phr	"In the Hollow of One's Hand" - entirely subservient to one.
Hollow	phr	"Hollow Out" - to make something hollow. 2. to become hollow. 3. to reduce the power or influence of something.
Hollow-cheeked	adj	With sunken cheeks.
Hollow-eyed	adj	Having eyes deep sunk in their orbits.
Hollow-ground	n	A ground supposed to have a concave surface.
Hollow-hearted	adj	False, deceptive, insincere.
Hollow-heartedness	n	Insincerity.
Hollow laugh	n	Unamused or false laughter.
Hollowly	adv	In a hollow manner. 2. with a hollow sound. 3. insincerely; untrustwothy, deceptive. 4. completely hollow.
Hollow-man	n	One who does not stand for core values; but focus on short term success.
Hollowness	n	The quality or condition of being hollow. 2. concavity, internal emptiness, sunken condition. 3. a hollow formation or place. 4. cavity or concavity. 5. emptiness, vanity, falseness, insincerity.
Hollow-root	n	Holewort, hollowwort (corydalis tuberous)
Hollow-ware	n	A bowl or tube-shaped ware or earthenware, wood or metal; such as tureens.
Hollow-whispering	n	Whispering with a hollow sound.
Hollowwort	n	Holewort, holwort, hulwort.
Hollowy	adj	Empty, unfilled, sunken, depressed. 2. insincere, false, specious, deceptive.
Holly	n	Any of the various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as a decoration esp. at Christmas time. 2. the wood of the genus ilex. 3. any of the several unrelated plant species likened to ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and of their bright-red berries.
Hollyoak	n	Any of the various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as a decoration esp. at Christmas time.
Hollywood	n	An area of Los Angeles, known as the centre of the American film industry. 2. the American film industry regardless of it's location.
Hollywood-ending	adj	A dramatic ending.
Hollywoodish	adj	Somewhat resembling a Hollywood film or the ways and lifestyle of Hollywood.
Holm	n	In OE: the ocean, sea (used only poetically). NB: Old Norse: an island in a stream.
Holster	n	OE: hiding place, place of concealment.
Holt	n	Wood, timber (only in OE). 2. a wood, forest, copse. 3. a living place of an otter. 4. a plantation.
Holwort	n	Hollowwort, holewort, hulwort.
Holy	vb	To make a saint, canonize.
Holy	adj	Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god, sacred. 2.revered in a religion, sacred. 3. perfect, faultless or flawless. 4.separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else). 5. set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person, sanctified. 6.(slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections, such as "Holy cow, I can’t believe it! 6. a thing that is extremely holy, as in "holy of holies."
Holy	adj	Free from injury; whole, hale, wholesome.
Holy	phr	"Holier Than Thou" - affecting, an attitude of superior goodness or virtue, sanctimonious.
Holy	phr	"Holy of Holies" - the innermost apartment of the Jewish temple, in which the Ark of the Covenant was kept, and into which only the High priest was allowed to enter, and that but once a year on the Day of Atonement.
Holy	phr	"Holy Cow" - an exclamation of surprise. It is a minced oath or euphemism for "Holy Christ!"
Holy	phr	"Holy Smoke" - an exclamation of surprise.
Holy	phr	"The Sin Against the Holy Ghost" - wilful denouncing as evil that which is manifestly good, thus revealing a state beyond the divine influence.
Holy Book	n	The Bible.
Holy-bread	n	The consecrated bread used in the Eucharist.
Holy-day	n	A day on which a religious festivals and holy-days traditionally observed.
Holy door	n	The specially walled-up door of each of the four great basilicas at Rome : St Peter's, St John Lateran., St Paul- Outside-the-Walls, St Mary's Major.
Holy-eyed	adj	Having eyes that seem holy and pure.
Holy-Father	n	God, the Almighty. 2. the pope of the Roman Catholic church.
Holy-fire	n	Erysipelas or St Anthony's fire.
Holy Ghost	n	In Christianity, the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets ) and considered to proceed from God the Father (eastern orthodoxy) or from Him together with God the Son (Roman Catholicism). 2.God the Holy Ghost.
Holy Ghost Pear	n	Avocado (from a mistaken rendering of this as advocated)
Holy Ghost's Root	n	The plant angelica, Archangelica officinalis
Holy Island	n	Lindisfarne located in the North Sea, some nine miles south-east from Berwick-on-Tweed, it became the see of St Aidan in 635 and a missionary centre. 2. Ireland was called the Holy Island on account of its numerous saints. 3. Geurnsey was so called in the C10th in consequence of the great number of monks residing there.
Holy-land	n	The part of Asia, consisting mostly of Palestine, in which most biblical events are set. 2. for Moslems, Mecca is a Holy Land.
Holy-maker	n	Sanctifier.
Holy-making	n	Sanctification; the act of sanctification.
Holy-minded	adj	To direct one's mind and thoughts towards things that are holy. 2. to be of pure mind and thoughts. 3. to be deeply religious.
Holy-mindedness	n	The state or quality of being holy-minded
Holy Mother of God"	n	The Virgin Mary.
Holy-of-Holies	n	The innermost and most sacred shrine of the Jewish tabernacle.
Holy-one	n	A appellation of the Divine Being.
Holy-rood	n	The cross over the entrance to a chancel of many churches and cathedrals.
Holy-rood	n	The cross on which Jesus as crucified. 2. the tree of gladness, wynrood, wynbeam
Holy shift	n	When you let God take full control of your life, by relying on the holy spirit for divine wisdom instead of absorbing the worldly knowledge of self-help gurus.
Holy-stone	n	A soft sandstone used by sailors for scourging the decks of ships. 2. a stone with a natural hole in it, used as an amulet or charm.
Holy Thursday	n	In the Roman Catholic church, the Thursday of Holy Week or Maundy Thursday, the day on which the ascension of Jesus is commemorated.
Holy-tide	n	A holy time or seasons . 2. a day or season of religious observance.
Holy War	n	A war fought over religious issues.
Holy-water	n	In certain Christian churches water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purposes of baptism or for the baptism of persons, places or things.
Holy week	n	The week immediately preceding Easter.
Holy well	n	A well or spring reputed to possess miraculous healing properties as being a channel of divine influence.
Holy Writ	n	Holy writings collectively; spec. the bible or holy scriptures. 2. in earlier times sometimes including the writings in sacred subjects.
Home	n	One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace. 2. one's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. 3. the abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. 4. the locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine. 5. a place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
Home	vb	To go home. 2. to dwell. 3. to establish or furnish with a home. 4. to train a pigeon to fly home. 5. of a vessel, missile, aircraft: to be guided to its target or destination.
Home	adj	Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic, not foreign.
Home	adv	To one's home, house or abode, dwelling,own district, or country. 2. to the home or mother country. 3. from a colony or foreign possession. 4. the grave, tomb etc. final resting place. (to go home: die). 5. come home, arrive home, at home after an absence. 6. point or mark aimed at; ultimate position, as far as it will go or reach. 7. to the root of the matter closely, in close contact, directly. 8. full to the shore (from the sea). 9. to oneself; hence to one's normal condition.
Home	phr	"At Home" - at one's own home and prepared to receive visitors.
Home	phr	"Bring Oneself Home" - to recover oneself (financially); recoup oneself. 2 regain one's financial position.
Home	phr	"Bring Something Home to Somebody" - make somebody aware (an unpleasant truth).
Home	phr	"Chicken Come Home to Roost" - the consequences of past actions are becoming obvious.
Home	phr	"Come Home Short" - to fail to reach one's aim or goal by effort.
Home	phr	"Come Home to One" - to reach one's heart. 2. to become thoroughly understood or realized.
Home	phr	"Come Home to Roost" - return of unpleasantness as a result of a previous (antisocial) action.
Home	phr	"Eat Somebody's Out of House and Home" - to ruin a person by eating all he has.
Home	phr	"Feel at Home" - feel comfortable, relaxed.
Home	phr	"From a Broken Home" - a family in which the parents no longer live together.
Home	phr	"From Home" - away from our home or place of abode; not at home, abroad.
Home	phr	"Get Something Home to" - make something clear, obvious
Home	phr	"Go Home" - die; pass away; go to heaven.
Home	phr	"Hammer Something Home" - try to get someone to understand, accept somethingusing a repeated and forceful argument.
Home	phr	"Home and Dry" - safely or successfully at the end (usu. after an arduous journey).
Home	phr	"Home and Hosed" - to have won.
Home	phr	"Home Away From Home" - ones own country, one's native land.
Home	phr	"Home from Home" - a place away from home which provides home-like accommodation or place of abode.
Home	phr	"Home In On" - to direct towards, seek, home onto, find a target, as a guided missile.
Home	phr	"Home In One" - success in a first attempt to reach find, strike, guess, identify somebody or something.
Home	phr	"Home Is Where the Heart Is" - wherever one's family , partner lives is equivalent to home.
Home	phr	"Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat" - nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home
Home	phr	"Home James and Don't Spare the Horses" - an expression from the days when the well-to-do commanded their coachmen to drive the home as fast as possible. Later used jocularly to imply 'let's get home as quickly as possible'.
Home	phr	"Home on the Sheep's Back" - to be doing very well. (referring to the value of wool)
Home	phr	"Home Sweet Home" - one's home, especially
Home	phr	"Keep the Home Fire's Burning" - to maintain normal domestic activity during the temporary absence of the e breadwinner,
Home	phr	"Last or Long Home" - the grave, dark inn, grass bed.
Home	phr	"Make Oneself at Home" - be comfortable, relaxed as if one were in one's home.
Home	phr	"Near to Home" - affecting one closely.
Home	phr	"Not at Home" - the intimation or arrangement that one is not accessible or prepared to receive visitors.
Home	phr	"Nothing/Something To Write Home About??" - unimpressive/to boast of, to make a song about.
Home	phr	"One's Long Home" - the grave; the dark inn, the grass bed etc.
Home	phr	"Strike Home" - have an impact on somebody.
Home	phr	"Until the Cows Come Home" - for ever.
Home	phr	"Who Goes Home?" - when the house of commons adjourns at night the doorkeeper asks the question of the memmbers. In bygone days, when danger lurked in unlit streets from criminals, the cry was raised t enable them to depart in groups and escort the Speaker to his home.
Home	phr	"Write About Home" - to boast of, make a song about.
Home-along	adv	Homewards.
Home-abiding	adj	Home as the abiding place of the affection, esp. of the domestic affections.
Home-bird	n	One who prefers to stay at home; not outgoing, a home-body.
Home-body	n	One who prefers to stay at home; not outgoing, a home-bird.
Home-born	adj	Produced or born at home. 2. domestic or native origin. 3. native.
Home-bred	adj	Bred at home, native, indigenous, domestic, reared at home, home-born.
Home-bred	adj	Of homely breeding. 2. lacking breadth of culture and experience. 3. unpolished, unsophisticated.
Home-brew	n	Of ale, beer or other similar beverages: made or brewed at home (also fig.)
Home-brewed	adj	Brewed at home, not in a licensed brewer.
Home-brewer	n	One who distils liquor at home.
Home-bring	vb	Of a man to "bring" a wife home; to marry, wed.
Home-bringing	n	The bringing of a wife home. 2. earning (money); 3. clarification; understanding.
Home-builder	n	One who builds houses and flats.
Home-building	n	The act of building houses or flats.
Home-built	adj	Built in one's own country. 2. not foreign made or imported. 3. made by oneself, not factory-made.
Home-buyer	n	A person who buys a house, flats.
Home-buying	n	The buying of a house or flat.
Home-care	n	The care and maintenance of one's home. 2. treatment and care of a patient at his or her own home.
Home-come	n	Arrival at home.
Home-comer	n	One who returns home, often used with specific reference to the Isle of Man.
Home-coming	n	Arrival or a returning home after an absence.
Home-coming	n	That come homes. 2. effective, impressive.
Home-coming King	n	In US colleges and high school, a young man activities chosen by his peers to "reign" over the traditional activities associated with the Homecoming football matches, usually alongside a Homecoming Queen.
Home-coming Queen	n	In US colleges and high school, a young woman activities chosen by his peers to "reign" over the traditional activities associated with the Homecoming football matches, usually alongside a Homecoming King.
Homecraft	n	The household arts (as cooking); especially, handcrafts (as weaving)that may be practised at home.
Home-croft	n	A detached cottage with land and outbuildings for poultry.
Home-dweller	n	One who dwells or remains at home.
Home dwelling	n	Living, dwelling or remaining at home or in one's country.
Home-farer	n	One journey or arrival (home-coming) at home.
Home-faring	n	The act of arriving at one home, especially after a long abscence.
Home-fed	adj	(Of an animal or its meat) fed or fattened at home. 2. meat farmed local, not imported from abroad. 2. of a person, fed or raised at home; cosseted.
Home-feeling	adj	Intimate, hospitable, happy, tranquil, safe, affection in the domestic situation. 2. sense of kindred and hereditary connection.
Home-felt	adj	To feel at home; intimately feeling; intimately or in one's heart.
Home-fire	n	Used, like hearth - as symbolic of the home. see "keep the home fires burning"
Home-fire	phr	Carry on at home; keep the home and things going.
Home-fleet	n	Ships (usually military) that are retained at home for defence.
Home-folk(s)	n	The people from near one's home. 2. one friends, relatives, kith, kin or neighbors.
Home-free	adj	Able to reach a goal without extending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments.
Homeful	adj	Homely; cosy. 2. having a place to live.
Home-goer	n	One who is returning home, one who prefers to be at home.
Home-going	adj	The act of one returning home or of one who prefers to be at home.
Home-grown	adj	Grown at home. 2. created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner. 3. done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization or professional source. 4. raised or brought up in one's own country; native.
Home-held	adj	Owned, especially for decades by one owner. 2. something, as memories to have and experiences to relate.
Home-help	n	A domestic worker, made available by local authorities, etc. to help the elderly or infirmed who are unable to perform their own housekeeping.
Home-keeper	n	A person who runs a house or household.
Home-keeping	n	Housekeeping.
Homeland	n	One's native land. 2. an autonomous or semi-autonomous state occupied by a particular people. 3. in South Africa an area designated for particular ethnic people under the former policy apartheid.
Home-leave	n	Holiday time for a person who works overseas, during which they can return home.
Homeless	adj	Having no home or permanent place of abode. As adjectives the difference between homeless and houseless is that homeless is lacking a permanent place of residence while houseless is lacking or in need of a house or home.
Homelessly	adv	In a homeless manner; without a home.
Homelessness	n	The state of being homeless. 2. bedlessness
Homeless-shelter	n	A house or building which provides board and lodgings for the homeless.
Home-life	n	Life at home or in domestic circumstances or surroundings.
Homelihood	n	Homeliness, familiarity.
Home-like	adj	Having the comfortable characteristic of a home.
Homeliness	n	Quality or condition of being homely. 2.familiarity. 3. intimacy, kindness, kindliness. 4. simplicity, plainness, or without beauty.
Homeling	n	Home-born, inhabitant, a native, indigene, first-folk.
Home-longing	adj	Nostalgic, homesick, desirous for familiar surrounding. 2. a longing or yearning for things of the past. 3. a reminiscence for the time of one's childhood or younger years.
Home lot	n	An enclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.
Home-lover	n	A person who enjoys being at home and who likes to be with their families.
Home-loving	n	The enjoyment of being at home, and one who likes to be at home with their families.
Homely	adj	Lack in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance; physically unattractive. 2. characteristic or belonging to a home, domestic. 3. an intimate or friendly terms with someone; familiar, 'at home with a person' . 4. domestic, tame. 5. personnel, private. 6. friendly, kind, gracious, cordial. 7. simple, plain, familiar, unelaborate, unadorned.
Homely	adv	Familiarly, intimately, kindly. 2. plainly, simply, unpretentiously. 3. without adornment or polish. 4. rudely, roughly. 5. without reserve or circumlocution; straight to the point.
Homemade	adj	Made at home; made by oneself; self-made. 2. in a simple style, as if made at home.
Homemaker	n	A person who maintains the upkeep of his or her home, especially one not in paid, outside employment.
Home-making	n	The management of a household considered as an occupation. 2. the maintenance or upkeep of a home by it's occupant.
Homeness	n	The quality or condition associated with the home.
Home-owner	n	Someone who owns a horse. 2. someone who owns a house for all practical purposes, but is still paying off the mortgage.
Home-ownership	n	The  state of  being a home-owner.
Home-owning	n	Being a home owner.
Home row	n	Certain keys of the center row of alphabetical letters on formerly a typewriter and computer keyboard.
Home run	n	In baseball, a base hit in which the ball is driven beyond reach of the opposition fielders, thus allowing the batter to touch all bases and score a run.
Home school	vb	To educate children at home, orin a domestic place, rather than at a public or private school.
Home-schooling	n	The education children at home, orin a domestic place, rather than at a public or private school.
Home-seeker	n	One who seeks to buy a house.
Home-self	adj	Carried or done on with oneself; private.
Home-shopping	n	Shopping carried out from home using catalogues, satellites, television channels.
Home-sick	adj	Nostalgic, yearning or longing for home. 2. suffering because of absence from home: ill in mind or body rhrough longing for home; nostalgic.
Home-sickness	n	A longing for home; nostalgia.
Home side	n	A team that plays at home ( in their own ground or stadium).
Home-sitter	n	A person employed to live and take care of a home when the occupants are away.
Home-soken	n	The crime of hamesucken consists in 'the felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling'. 2. the offence of attacking a person in his other own dwelling.
Home-speaking	adj	Direct,forcible and effective speaking.
Homespun	n	A plain cloth made at home or of homespun yarn. 2. a rustic person.
Home-spun	adj	Spun or made at home; of domestic manufacture. . 2. made at home-spun cloth. 3. plain, homely, unpolished, unsophisticated, simple rustic. 3. simple, straight-forward, as ' wit, warmth and homespun wisdom'.
Home-stake	n	Enough money to go back home.
Homestall	n	Homestead, farmyard.
Homestand	n	A series of baseball games played at a team's home field.
Homestead	n	A house together with surrounding land and buildings, esp. on a farm. 2. a place that is one's home. 3. in South Africa a cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family. 4. the seat or home of a family, place of origin.
Homestead	vb	To acquire or settle on land as a homestead. 2. to settle land given by the government and occupied it as a homestead.
Homestead	adj	A house or dwelling, esp. a farmhouse and out buildings. 2. aperson or family residence, which comprises the land, house and outbuildings.
Homesteader	n	A pioneer who goes and settles on a homestead.
Homesteading	n	Granting of land to settlers for the establishment of farms. 2. the act and practice of farming and agriculture.
Homesteadless	adj	Without or lacking a homestead or homesteads.
Home time	n	The time when students go home at the end of the school game.
Homestretch	n	The concluding straight part of a racecourse. 2. the last part of a campaign or undertaking.
Hometown	n	An individual place of birth, childhood, or place of main residence. 2. the city, town, village where one was born or grew up.
Home truth	n	A true, but unpleasant, comment addressed to the person it concerns.
Homeward	adv	Home-going, home-wending, homeward bound; homewards.
Homeware(s)	n	Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and curtains.
Home-waters	n	Oceans, sea surrounding one's land or nation.
Home-woe	n	Nostalgia, homesickness, yearning for things of the part.
Homewardly	adv	In a homeward direction.
Homewards	adv	Setting off towards home.
Homework	n	School work that a student is required to do at home. 2. paid work carried out in one's own home, esp. low paid work.
Homework	phr	"Do One's Homework" - thoroughly analyze an issue. -
Homeworker	n	One whose paid work is carried out in one's own home, esp. low paid work.
Homeworking	n	Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
Home world	n	The world on which a person originated. 2,. one's home planet or moon.
Home worship	n	Religious worship within the home rather than at a church.
Homewort	n	The house leek, sempervivum tectorum.
Homey	adj	Reminding of home; homelike. 2. cosy, comfortable.
Homing	adj	Relating to an animal's ability to return to a place or territory after travelling a distance away from from it. 2. trained like a pigeon to fly home from a great distance and used for long-distance racing. 3. of weapons or other pieces of equipment fitted with an electronic device that enables it to find and hit a target.
Homish	adj	Belonging to or suited to a home or house, domestic. 2. resembling or suggestive of a home, house-like, homelike, homely.
Homishness	n	Having homish quality
Hone	n	OE: stone, rock. 2. a whetstone, used for giving a fine edge to cutting tools, razors. 2. a block of fine compact stone for sharpening edged tools.
Hone	vb	To sharpen as a razor with a hone stone.
Honed	adj	Sharpen as a razor with a hone stone.
Honer	n	One who sharpen as a razor with a hone stone.
Honestone	n	Any fine-grained stone from which hones are made, as novaculite. 2. a hone.
Honewort	n	A name for corn parsley, petroselinum segetum.
Honey	n	A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. 2. a variety of this substance. 3. (fig.) something sweet or desirable.  4. a term of affection. 5. a woman, especially an attractive one. 6. a spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of honey.
Honey	vb	To sweeten with honey. 2. to use endearing terms to another. 3. to talk fondly or with sweetness. 3. to flatter, cajole.
Honey	phr	"Sweet as Honey" - be very pleasant (in order to gain an advantage).
Honey	phr	"Land of Milk and Honey" - a land where everything is in abundant supply.
Honey-apple	n	In OE. a lozenge or pastille containing honey,
Honey-bear	n	The kinkajou. 2. the sloth bear.
Honey-bee	n	A bee, usually the common honey bee that collects and stores up honey, 2. a fanciful name for a bee.
Honey-brown	adj	Yellowish brown.
Honeycomb	n	A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold the larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter. 2. any structure resembling a honeycomb. 3.
Honeycomb	vb	To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.
Honeycombed	phr	Having a perforated structure; resembling a honeycomb.
Honeycombed-like	adj	Resembling a honeycomb.
Honey-dew	n	A sweet sticky substance excreted by certain insects and often left by them on leaves and stems. 2. a melon of a variety with smooth pale and green flesh.
Honey-dipper	n	A tool used inthe kitchen to transfer honey to a container.
Honey do-list	n	(US idiomatic) a collection of requests, usually by a spouse (wife) for a partner (husband) to do a series of tasks, assignments, or jobs dealing with the maintenance of a household.
Honey-drop	n	A drop or globule of honey.
Honey-dropping	adj	Mellifluous.
Honey-eater	n	The Bear. 2. a honeysucker.
Honeyed	adj	Sweetened with honey or as sweet as honey. 2. sugary, syrupy. 3. dulcet or mellifluous.
Honeyedly	adv	In a honeyed way.
Honeyedness	n	Sweetness as of honey.
Honeyish	adj	Honeylike.
Honeyful	adj	Abounding with or full of honey.
Honeyish	adj	Some like in appearance or taste of honey.
Honeyless	adj	Destitute, lacking or without honey.
Honey-like	adj	Resembling or characteristic of honey in various ways.
Honey-lipped	adj	Pleasant or eloquent of speech; honeyed-tonged; sweet-talking, honeyed-mouthed, flattering. 2. of a woman: adulterous, cheating, unfaithful.
Honey-making	n	The manufacture of honey.
Honey-mead	n	Honey wine.
Honey-month	n	The first month after marriage.
Honey-moon	n	The period of time immediately following a marriage. 2. a trip taken by a newly-married couple during this period. 3. a period of mild, positive, unusually good feeling towards a new government, new relationship, etc.
Honeymoon	vb	To have or go on a honeymoon.
Honeymoon	phr	"The Honeymoon is Over" - end of a peceful period at the beginning of a new venture.
Honeymooner	n	A newly-wed on honeymoon. 2. a climbing plant with yellow flowers.
Honey-mouthed	adj	Sweet talking.
Honey-pot	n	A pot in which honey is stored. 2. the female pudenda. 3. something very attractive
Honey-some	adj	Sweet, full of honey and sweetness.
Honey-stone	n	A soft, yellow or reddish aluminum mineral having a resinous appearnace and crystallizing in the octahedral system, also called Mellite
Honey-suckle	n	Lonicera, Caprifolium Mill).
Honey-sweet	adj	Sweet as honey; often a term of endearment
Honey-tear	n	Nectar, sweet wine, honey wine.
Honey-time	n	A honeymoon.
Honey-tongued	adj	Speaking sweetly, softly or winningly. 2. mellifluous; using mellifluous discourse.
Honey-tree	n	A honey locust. 2. a hollow tree in which wild bees have stored honey.
Honey-week	n	A honeymoon lasting a week.
Honeywords	n	Words of sweetness, romance, kindness.
Honeywort	n	Any plant of the genus Cerinthe of flowering plants that attracts bees.
Honey-yellow	adj	A soft yellow, as of honey.
Hood	sfx	Meaning, person, personality, sex, condition, quality, rank, as in childhood.
Hood	n	An aggressive and violent young criminal; hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie. 2. a protective covering that is part of a plant, cap. 3. (slang) a neighborhood. 4.a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera. 5.(falconry)a leather covering for a hawk's head. 6. metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes, exhaust hood. 7. the folding roof of a carriage. 8. a headdress that protects the head and face. 9. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine. 10. hood, bonnet, cowling, cowl. 10. (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal.
Hood	vb	To wear or put on a hood; to cover with a hood. 2. to make a hood.
Hood	phr	"The Hood Does Not Make the Monk" - it is a man's deeds, not his look or clothing that maketh the man.
Hooded	adj	Wearing or having a hood. 2. shaped like a hood. 3. having a hood-like part.
Hoodless	adj	Without a hood. 2. not having or wearing a hood.
Hoodlike	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a hood in some aspect.
Hoodwink	vb	Deceive or trick, outwit, mislead, swindle. 2. lit. the placing of a hood over the head of a falcon.
Hoodwinking	n	The covering of the eyes with a hood. 2. blindfolding; deceive, trick.
Hoodwort	n	Scutellaria (scutellaria laterifolia) or skullcap.
Hoof	n	The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthen by a thick keratin covering. 2. a human foot. 3. in geometry, the ungula. 5. a fragment, particle.
Hoof	vb	To trample with hooves. 2. to walk. 3. to dance, esp. as a professional. 4. to kick, esp. to kick a football as a footballer who gives it (the ball) a good hoof.
Hoof	phr	"Hoof It" - to walk, esp. when transport is not available.
Hoof	phr	"On the Hoof" - alive, not butchered, said of cattle.
Hoofbeat	n	The sound of a hoof or hooves striking the ground.
Hoofed	adj	Having hoofs or hooves.
Hoofedness	n	The tendency to use either theright or left hoof more naturally tahn the other.
Hoofer	n	Slang: a dancer.
Hoofish	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a hoof.
Hoofless	adj	Without or lacking hoofs.
Hooflike	adj	Resembling or similar to a hoof.
Hoofstick	n	A tool for keeping the cuticles of a horse's hoof neat and tidy.
Hoofy	adj	Pertaining to or belonging to a hoof.
Hook	n	A catch for locking a door; hook. 2. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook: hook, crotchet. 3. anything that serves as an enticement: bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener. 4. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something: hook, claw. 5. a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something. 6. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer. 7. a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. 8. a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket;hook shot, hook.
Hook	vb	To fasten with a hook. 2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price, surcharge, gazump, fleece, pluck, rob. 3. make a piece of needle work by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; crochet. 4. hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left. 5. take by theft, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom. 6. make off with belongings of others; pilfer, cabbage, pinch,purloin, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift. 7. hit with a hook or punch. 8. catch with a hook; "hook a fish". 9. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent on something, especially a narcotic drug. 10. secure with the foot; "hook the ball". 11. entice and trap; hook, snare. 12. approach with an offer of sexual favors by a prostitute.
Hook	phr	"Above the Hook"- beyond your comprehension; beyond your mark. (Perhaps an allusion to hat-pegs fixed in rows, the higher ones being beyond the reach of small people.
Hook	phr	"Be Hooked On" - be addicted to.
Hook	phr	"Get One's Hooks Into" - to get possession of, esp. in a predatory way, to get hold of. 2. to get a firm grip of (often of a woman who pursues a man).
Hook	phr	"Get Someone Off the Hook" - to rescue a person from an embarrassing position.
Hook	phr	"Hook In" - To connect something, as a water main. 2. to deceive by luring with a false promise or misleading implication (also used with a figurative or idiomatic meaning).
Hook	phr	"Hook, Line and Sinker" - completely, without question or reservation.
Hook	phr	"Hooked on Something" - to be addicted to something.
Hook	phr	"Hook Someone Up" -
Hook	phr	"Hook Up" - to fasten or attach by hooks. 2. to put together as part of a machine. 3. linking of radio and Tvstations to transmit the same program.
Hook	phr	"Hook Up (To)" - to connect a machine to a source of power.
Hook	phr	"Let Off the Hook" - out of trouble, released from some difficulty. 2. free from obligation. 3. extremely or shockingly difficult.
Hook	phr	"Off the Hooks" - to get out of a difficult situation. 2. to die.
Hook	phr	"On the Hook" - ensnared, in the power of, in one's grasp. 2. attach to some occupation.
Hook	phr	"On One's Own Hook" - dependent on one's own efforts; on one's own account, at one's own risk.
Hook	phr	"With a Hook at the End" - assent given with mental reservation. It was a custom in some parts for a witness, when he/she swore the oath falsely, to crook his/her finger into a sort of a hook with an idea of annulling the perjury. It was a crooked oath, an oath with a hook at the end!
Hooked	adj	Having a sharped curve at the end; resembling a hook. 2. addicted to, unable to resist or cease doing, as on a drug of dependence.
Hookedness	n	The condition of being bent like a hook; curving in .
Hooker	n	One who, or that which, hooks. 2. a prostitute. 3. a crocheter.
Hookless	adj	Wiyhout hooks.
Hooklike	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a hook, in some way.
Hookman	n	Someone who uses a hook in their work.
Hook-nose	adj	A beaked or aquiline nose, or a person having such a nose.
Hook-shop	n	A brothel, whore-house, bordello.
Hook thorn	n	Senegalia caffra or Acacia caffra, a tree that occurs in southern Africa.
Hook-up	n	A connection or combination, esp. of radio, television, electronics, broadcasting facilities. 2. modern slang: becoming a couple.
Hookware	n	Hooks or similar instruments used in reaping.
Hookworm	n	Any of the various nematode worms of the genera Ancylostoma, Necator, infesting man and several animals, such as sheep, dogs, cattle, etc.
Hooky	adj	Full of hooks, pertaining to hooks, or the like.
Hoop	n	A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. 2. a ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop. 3. a circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, or other elastic material, used for expanding the ladies skirts. 4. (sl) 'hoops' - the game of basketball. 5. a jockey, because of their horizontal striped outfit. 6. a horizontal stripe on any jersey.
Hoop	n	A finger-ring.
Hoop	vb	To bind or fasten using a hoop. 2. to clasp, encircle, surround.
Hoop	phr	"Put through the Hoop" - have to suffer unpleasantness.
Hooper	n	One who applies hoops to casks or tubs. 2. the European whistling or wild swan.
Hooping	n	Material from which to make hoops; hoops in general. 2. a system of hoops, as on some breechloading guns.
Hoopless	adj	Without or lacking hoops.
Hooplike	adj	Resembling or shaped like a hook.
Hoove	n	OE. a disease of cattle, characterized by a swelling of the stomach, often due to the eating of too much green fodder.
Hop	n	A short jump; a jump on one leg. 2. a short journey, esp. in the case of air travel, one that takes place on an aircraft. 3. a bounce, esp. from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
Hop	vb	To jump a short distance. 2. to jump on one foot. 3. to be in a state of energetic activity. 4. to suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitously. 5. to move frequently. 6. to move frequently from one place to another similar one. 7. to walk lame, limp.
Hop	phr	"Be on the Hop" - to be always bustling about.
Hop	phr	"Hop it" - go away, especially to avoid something unpleasant or on orders of somebody who wishes to get rid of one..
Hop	phr	"Hop Off" - leave, go away.
Hop	phr	"Hop To It" - do it immediately!
Hop	phr	"Hop the Twig/Stick" - usually to die; but sometimes to run away from creditors, as a bird eludes a fowler. There are various phrases to express the cessation of life. die : lay down one's knife and fork; fall to sleep; give up the ghost etc.
Hop	phr	"On the Hop" - unptepared. 2. bustling about.
Hope	n	Belief or expectation something wished for can happen. 2. person or thingthat is the source of hope. 3. actual thing wished for. 4. the virtuous desire for future good.
Hope	n	A small, land-locked bay or inlet, salty at flood-tide and fresh-watered at ebb. 2. a small, enclosed valley, esp. a smaller opening branching out from the main dale and running up to the mountain ranges. 3. the upland part of a valley, now found only in place-names.
Hope	vb	To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. 2. to be optimistic, be full of hope, have hopes. 3. to be optimistic, to be full of hope, have hopes. 4. to place confidence, to trust with confident expectation of good, usually followed by 'in'.
Hope	phr	"Hope Against Hope' - a hope where there is no reasonable grounds for doing or achieving something . 2. to hope exceedingly.
Hope	phr	"Hope for" - hope that something will take place, be granted, change, etc.
Hope	phr	"Hope For the Best" - hope that all will end well.
Hope	phr	"Hope Unfulfilled Makes the Heart Sick" - the experience of not having one's hopes fulfilled or realized, makes one depressed, as forlorn love.
Hope	phr	"Hope You are Proud of Yourself" - I hope you are pleased (although I think you should not be).
Hope	phr	"If It Were Not for Hope, the Heart Would Break" - hope wards off complete despair.
Hope	phr	"In Hopes" - having hopes.
Hope	phr	"Pin One's Hopes On" - (optimistically) rely on
Hope	phr	"Raise One's Hopes" - increase somebody's expectations that something positive will happen.
Hope	phr	"Some Hopes!" - there is no point in being hopeful - because what you desire is unlikely.
Hope	phr	"The Great White Hope" - somebody, something which a group depends on.
Hope-against-hope	n	A situation where there is little of success or survival.
Hope-chest	n	A glory-box; used by young women to hold linen, clothing, etc., in anticipation of marriage.
Hopeful	n	Somebody who is hoping for success or victory; often plural, "hopefuls'. 2. a young person who seems likely to succeed likely to succeed in life
Hopeful	adj	Feeling hope; inspiring hope. 2. full of hope; gaming. 3. having qualities that excite hope.
Hopefully	adv	In a hopeful manner. 2. it is hoped that, as I 'hope'.
Hopefulness	n	The property of being hopeful.
Hopeless	adj	Without hope; despairing; without expecting anything positive. 2. giving or affording no ground of hope, promising nothing desirable, desperate. 3. without talent, not skilled.
Hopelessly	adv	In a manner showing no hope; despairingly.
Hopelessness	n	The lack of hope , despair, wanhope.
Hopelost	n	One who has lost hope.
Hopelost	adj	That has lost hope. 2. despairing, desperate, lost to hope.
Hopely	adv	Of the nature of hope
Hopemonger	n	One, especially a political leader, who actively encourages attitudes of optimism and hope for the world. 2. a hope-monger.
Hoper	n	One who hopes that things will turn out well in the end; an optimist.
Hope-sick	adj	Sick at heart with unfulfilled hopes or ungratified longings.
Hoping	adj	Filled with or inspiring hope.
Hopingly	adv	In a hopeful manner.
Hop-o'-my-Hand/Thumb	n	A small person, pygmy, a dwarf.
Hoppe	n	The seed vessel of flax. 2. the cornel tree and it's fruit.
Hopper	n	One who hops. 2. insects, such as a grasshopper or locust. 3. a barge carrying away mud etc., from a dredging machine and discharging it. 4. a player from a game of hopscotch.
Hoppestre	n	OE. a female dancer.
Hopping	n	Action of the verb to hop.
Hopping	phr	"Hopping Mad" - to be extremely angry.
Hordarian	n	From OE: hordere: a treasurer.
Hore	n	Dirt, filth, defilement, foulness; polution. 2. clammy humour, phlegm.
Horehound	n	See 'Hoarhound'
Horeling	n	A fornicator, whoremonger, an adulterer, paramour.
Horeness	n	Foulness, filth.
Horewort	n	Hore: (hoar & wort) - in reference to its white downy covering; cudweed, filago germanica.
Horn	n	A tusk of an elephant. 2. a telephone (slang). 3. a promontory, headland. 2. a musical instrument.
Horn	vb	To furnish with horn or horns. 2. to gore with the horns. 3. to cuckold.
Horn	phr	"All Horn and Hide" - nothing but skin and bone.
Horn	phr	"Be at One's Horn" - out of protection of the law, as an outlaw. 2. to proclaim as an outlaw.
Horn	phr	"Blow One's Horn"- to self praise.
Horn	phr	"Come Out Of the Little End of a Horn" - to come off badly; to fail conspiciously.
Horn	phr	"Draw in One's Horns" - to reduce one's expenditure. 2. mitigate an expressed opinion. 3. restrain pride (an allusion is to the snail).
Horn	phr	"Give Horn to" - to cuckold.
Horn	phr	"Horn and Corn" - used symbolically for cattle and provisions generally.
Horn	phr	"Horn In" - (slang) interrupt; intefrere intrude.
Horn	phr	"Horn In On" - By cunning and stealth get oneself into a position or situation which seems profitable; muscle in on.
Horn	phr	"Lift Up the Horn" - to exalt oneself; to show fight and resistance.
Horn	phr	"Lock Horns With" - argue and fight with somebody.
Horn	phr	"Make the Horn at" - give the five-finger salute to.
Horn	phr	"Neither Horn Nor Corn" - not a trace or vestige.
Horn	phr	"Pull in One's Horns" - to restrain one's ardour; to repose one's pride. 2. to retreat from a previous stated view.
Horn	phr	"Put to the Horn" - in old Scots Law" : to proclaim as an outlaw by three blasts of the horn.
Horn	phr	"Take the Bull By the Horns: - too come to grips with realities of a difficult problem.
Horn	phr	"Wear the Horns" - to be cuckold.
Horn-book	n	A single page containing an alphabet covered with sheet of transparent horn, formerly used for teaching children to read. 2. a legal textbook that gives a basic overview of a particular area of a law.
Horned	adj	Having horns or antlers. 2. cornuted.
Hornedness	n	State or condition of being or having horns.
Horn-eyed	adj	Film over the eyes; filmy or dull-eyed.
Horner	n	A work in horn, a make of horn spoons, coms, etc. 2. one who makes musical horns. 3. one who cuckolds; a cuckold-maker.
Hornet	n	A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
Hornet	phr	"A Nest of Hornet" - a large amount of trouble or hostility.
Hornet	phr	"Bring/Stir up a Hornet Nest Upon One's Head/Ears" - to stir up a host of enemies around oneself. 2. do something to precipitate trouble, opposition.
Hornet	phr	"Stir Up a Hornet's Nest" - create trouble.
Horn-fish	n	The garfish
Hornful	adj	The amount a horn will hold.
Horngeld	n	A feudal service having a form of rent fixed according to the number of horned cattle. 2. cornage.
Horn-god	n	Pan.
Horn-head	n	A cuckold.
Hornily	adv	In a horny manner.
Horniness	n	A horniness condition
Horning	n	Cuckolding, cuckoldry. 2. the fact of being a crescent.
Hornish	adj	Somewhat like horn; hard.
Hornless	adj	Without a horn.
Hornlessness	n	Absence of horns.
Horn-like	adj	Resembling a horn.
Horn-mad	vb	Of persons: stark mad, mad in rage, furious. 2. lecherous.
Horn-ness	n	Made of horn.
Horn-nose	n	The rhinocerus.
Horn-owl	n	Bubo virginus, also known as the the 'tiger owl'; earlier known as the 'winged tiger'.
Horn-rimmed	adj	Having frames of horn or of dark-color plastic, often relatively thick and heavy; said of spectacles or eye glasses.
Horn-sickness	n	Humorous for 'jealously' due to be cuckolded.
Horn-silver	n	A whitish, greyish mineral chloride of silver.
Hornstone	n	A compact siliceous rock, resembling flint, but more brittle; chert.
Horn-thumb	n	A shield or thimble of horn for the thumb, used by pick-pockets as a protection in cutting out purses.
Hornwork	n	Work done in horn; made of horn. 2. cuckoldry - state of being the husband or partner of an unfaithful wife.
Hornwort	n	Ceratophyllum demersum: an aquatic plant with dense whorls of finely divided leaves, also called Horned Pondweed.
Hornwrack	n	Seaweed cast ashore of the genus 'flustra foliceae'
Horny	adj	Of or resembling a horn. 2. informal, feeling of arousing sexual incitement; lustful. 3. having a horn or horn-like projections; horned. 4. hornlike as a result of hardening; callous; hard like horn.
Horny	n	'Auld Hornie" - The Devil, Old Sooty.
Horny Goatweed	n	An Asian herb, of the genus, Epimedium used in tradition Chinese medicine for erectile dysfunction.
Horny-handed	adj	Having hard or calloused hands.
Horse	n	Of, like, or closely associated with the animal, a hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.  2. any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass; steed, nag. 3. cavalry soldiers: (sometimes in capitals) as in "All the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put Humpty together again." 4. the chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a man in a suit of armor and often on a horse, hence the nickname. 5.(slang) a large person (often a footballer in rugby, gridiron and Australian Rules. 6. a timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. 7. equipment with legs, as in gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top. 8. a frame with legs, used to support something. a clothes horse; a sawhorse. 9. (nautical) equipment, such as a rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope. 10. a breast-band for a leadsman. 12. an iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. 11. (mining) a mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance. 12.(slang) the sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
Horse	vb	To frolic, to act mischievously. 2. to provide with a horse. 3. (obsolete) to get on horseback.  4. to sit astride of; to bestride. 5. (of a male horse) to copulate with (a mare). 6. to take or carry on the back.  7. to place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
Horse	n	"White Horse" - a figure of white horse, (reputed by later writers) as the ensign of the Saxons when they invaded Britain and the heraldic ensign of Brunswick, Hanover and Kent. 2. the figure of a horse cut in the face of chalk downs in England; and popularly supposed to represent the "White Horse of the Saxons, notably that near Uffington in Berkshire.
Horse	n	"Wooden Horse" - the gallows; an instrument of torture.
Horse	vb	To provide with a horse or horses; to set on horseback. 2. to mount or go on horseback. 3. to raise or hoist up. 4. to elevate on a man's back; eg. for flogging. 5. of a current: to carry with force. 6. of a stallion: to cover a mare. 7. to bestride. 8.
Horse	phr	"A Dark Horse" - a person with unsuspected talents.
Horse	phr	"As strong as Horse" - very strong.
Horse	phr	"A Willing Horse" - a cheerful worker.
Horse	phr	"Back the Wrong Horse" - put one's faith, trust, in somebody who later looses, or something which fails.
Horse	phr	"A Willing Horse" - a cheerful worker. 2. always somebody willing to work.
Horse	phr	"Eat Like a Horse" - to eat voraciously; eat with gluttony.
Horse	phr	"Frighten the Horses" - to scare people off through one s ill-considered tactics.
Horse	phr	"Get Up/Be on One's High Horse" - said of a person affecting airs of superiority; behaving pretentiously or arrogantly.
Horse	phr	"Hold One's Horses" - to be patient; curb one's impetuosity; wait; take things easy.
Horse	phr	"Horse and Foot" - both side of the military (archaic).
Horse	phr	"Horse and Horse" - equally matched, neck and neck.
Horse	phr	"Horse Away" - to spend on or in a lottery.
Horse	phr	"Horse that was Foaled on an Acorn" - scaffold, gibbet; gallows; the wooden horse.
Horse	phr	"Horse Up" - to drive(oakum) between the planks of a ship. 2. to harden in the oakum; caulk up.
Horse	phr	"I Will Win a Horse or Loose the Saddle" - double or nothing; neck or nothing.
Horse	phr	"Old War Horse" - veteran fighter or soldier; an old hand.
Horse	phr	"One Man May Steal a Horse, While Another May Not Look Over the Hedge" - some commit offences by immunity; while others get punished for trivialities.
Horse	phr	"Out/From of the Horse's Mouth" - original, authentic source of information as, straight from the horse's mouth. 2. to get information from someone qualified to give it.
Horse	phr	"Play Horse with" - to treat roughly or unceremoniously.
Horse	phr	"Put the Horse Before the Cart" - do things in the wrong way.
Horse	phr	"Ride the High Horse" - to be pretentious.
Horse	phr	"Rough With White Horses" - white-topped waves on the sea.
Horse	phr	"Stalking Horse" - someone who is employed to stimulate action in others.
Horse	phr	"Talk Horse" - to talk the parlance of the turf and racing. 2. to talk big or boastfully.
Horse	phr	"The Grey Mare is the Better Horse" - the woman is paramount; said of a woman who wears the pants in the family.
Horse	phr	"They Cannot Draw Horses Together" - they cannot agree together.
Horse	phr	"Wild Horses Wouldn't (make someone do something)" - nothing would make one do something he/she wouldn't want to do.
Horse	phr	"Work a Dead Horse" - to do work which was paid for in advance, and so bring no further reward.
Horse	phr	"Work Like A Horse" - work extremely hard.
Horse	phr	"You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Can't Make Him Drink" - you can encourage someone to do something, you can't force them.
Horse-and-foot	adj	Both side of the military (archaic).
Horseback	n	A back of a horse. 2. a natural ridge: a hogback. 3. an object shaped like a horseback.
Horseback	phr	"On Horseback" - on a horse's back.
Horse-bane	n	A species of enanthe supposed to cause palsy in horses.
Horse-bier	n	A horse-drawn hearse. 2. a litter.
Horse-boat	n	A boat drawn or powered by horses.
Horse-breaker	n	One who tames, trains or 'breaks in' horses.
Horsecraft	n	Skill in the care and management of horses. 2. skill and ability in riding, horsemanship and equestrian.
Horse-dealer	n	Horse-monger.
Horse-drawn	adj	A vehicle, boat drawn or pulled by horses.
Horse drench	n	A medicinal dose for a horse, or the instrument in which it is administered.
Horse-feathers	n	Nonsense, rubbish.
Horse-flesh	n	The flesh of a horse, esp, as a food. 2. (living) horses, as a group, horses collectively. 3. as a colour: reddish-brown.
Horse-flesh ore	n	An ore of copper, bornite.
Horse-fly	n	A large blood-sucking fly; a bot-fly
Horse-fully	adv	As becoming a horse.
Horsegall	n	Erythraea centaureus.
Horse-godmother	n	A large, unattractive woman. 2. a large coarse, looking woman.
Horse-hair	n	A hair from the mane or tail or the horse. 2. a mass of horse-hair.
Horse-hide	n	The hide of a horse. 2. leather made from the hide of a horse.
Horse herd	n	A herd of horses.
Horse-hide	n	The hide of a horse. 2. leather made from the hide of a horse.
Horsehood	n	Qualities proper or belonging to a horse.
Horse-house	n	Stables, dwelling housing horses.
Horse-keeper	n	One who has the care of horses.
Horse-laugh	n	A loud, raucous laughter.
Horse-leech	n	A farrier, a veterinary surgeon, horse-doctor. 2. an impatient, insatiable, voracious person. 2. a blood sucking worm.
Horse-leechcraft	n	Veterinary medicine.
Horseless	n	Not having, devoid or lacking horses.
Horse-like	adj	Characteristic or resembling a horse; hippic, equine.
Horsely	adj	Of the nature of a good horse. 2. of or pertaining to the horse.
Horseman	n	A man who rides a horse. 2. a soldier on horseback. 3. a man skilled in horsemanship. 4. a man in charge of workhorses
Horsemanship	n	The art of riding horses; equstrian skill. 2. formerly the breeding, rearing and management of horses. 2. the duties of a manege.
Horsemeat	n	The flesh of a horse. 2. the flesh of a horse prepared for human consumption in some countries; or for dog-food in others.
Horse-monger	n	A trader or dealer in horses and equine products; a horse-dealer. 2. a monger of horses.
Horse nail	n	A thin, pointed nail with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horseshoe to a hoof; a horseshoe nail.
Horseness	n	The abstract qualities of a horse.
Horse-play	n	Rough, boisterous play. 2. mock rollicking or wrestling between young boy. 3. coarse, physical merriment.
Horseplayful	adj	Full of, or inclined to horseplay.
Horserider	n	One who rides a horse' a jockey.
Horse-riding	n	The riding of horses for pleasure (pastime)or profit (work).
Horse-shoe	n	A belief that it is lucky to pick up a horse shoe from the idea that it was a protection against witches. 2. U-shaped metallic shoe of a horse. 3. a well developed set of triceps.
Horse-shoe	vb	To apply horseshoe to a horse.
Horse-shoer	n	One who shoes horses; a farrier.
Horse-skin	n	The skin or hide of a horse.
Horse-smith	n	A farrier.
Horse stinger	phr	A dragon fly.
Horse tail	n	The tail of a horse, especially when severed from the body and used as a distinction of rank or as a standard.
Horse-tamer	n	A horse-breaker.
Horse-wain	n	A vehicle drawn by horses, including passenger and goods, such as 'haywain'; haywagon.
Horse-way	n	A road by which a horse may pass; a bridle road.
Horse-whale	n	The walrus.
Horse whisper	vb	An instance of horse-whispering.
Horse-whisperer	n	A horse trainer who adopts a sympathetic view of the needs and desires of the horse, based on equine psychology.
Horse-whispering	n	A method of horse training from a sympathetic view of the needs and desires of the horse, based on equine psychology.
Horsiness	n	The quality of being horsey.
Horsing	n	Pertaining to the nature of a horse. 2. the covering of the mare.
Horsy	adj	Of, relating to, or like a horse; horsey. 2. dealing with or interested in horses, horse racing, horse showing. 3. of a person or people involved in breeding racing and riding horses. 4. heavy and awkward.
Hortyard	n	OE from Latin: a garden. 2. a garden of fruit trees; an orchard (sometimes a garden generally).
Hory	adj	Filthy, foul, dirty, slanderous.
Hory	vb	To make hory, foul, dirty, defile, pollute.
Hose	n	Coverings, leggings, trousers. 2. a stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights. 3. close-fitting trousers reaching to the knees. 4. a flexible tube conveying water or other fluids.
Hose	vb	To water or sprayed with a hose. 2. to deliver using a hose. 3. to provide with a hose (garment). 4. to attack and kill somebody with a firearm. 5. to trick, cheat or deceive. 6. to wipe all files from a computer. 7. to defeat decisively. 8. to attack or assault 9an area) in order to gain control. to reject.
Hose	phr	"Hose Down" - wash from top to bottom with water from a hose. 2. fig.
Hoseless	adj	Having no hose to wear; wearing no hose.
Hot	vb	Of an object, having a high temperature. 2. of the weather, causing the air to be hot, stinking hot, sweltering, sultry. 3. of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort. 4. feverish, having a high temperature. 5. of food, spicy, tangy, piquant. 6.(informal) very good, remarkable, exciting. 7.stolen, pinched, knocked-off. 8. hot merchandise (slang). 8. electrically charged a hot wire, live. 9. radioactive. 10. (slang) of a person, very physically or sexually attractive, foxy. 11. (slang) sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.  12 .popular; in demand. 13. very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed. 14. performing strongly; having repeated successes. 15. fresh; just released. 16. uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
Hot	adv	With great heat, at a high temperature; pungently. 2. ardently, eagerly, violently, severely, angrily.
Hot	phr	"As Hot as Hell" - very hot.
Hot	phr	"Blow Hot and Cold" - from Aesop's fable in which the satyr declares he can not trust a man who blows hat (to warm his hands) and cold (to cool his food) in the same breath. 2. to behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver as between extremes of opinion or emotion. 3. to run hot and cold; to alternate between, such as enthusiasm and disinterest a success and failure. 4. to hold with the hare and run with the fox.
Hot	phr	"Feel Not So Hot" - feel, look unwell.
Hot	phr	"Get Hot" - become close to a solution.
Hot	phr	"Give It Hot and Strong" - deliver a reprimand or criticism severely.
Hot	phr	"Have the Hots for" - be sexually attracted.
Hot	phr	"Hot and Heavy" - enthusiastic, passionate.
Hot	phr	"Hot and Hot" - of individual dishes of food: served at a time as soon as cooked.
Hot	phr	"Hot as Hell" - very hot.
Hot	phr	"Hot At" - accomplished or able in a particular activity.
Hot	phr	"Hot Foot It" - to make haste; to move with great speed or progress. 2. to act in haste or hastily.
Hot	phr	"Hot On" - be keen on, or be very knowledgable or well informed about a subject. 2. an enthusiastic admirer of somebody; a devotee of something.
Hot	phr	"Hot On the Heels of Something" - to closely follow something.
Hot	phr	"Hot to Hold" - a place that has too much activity to harbor a fugitive unnoticed.
Hot	phr	"Hot Up" - intensify, increase a matter in business, trade, etc.
Hot	phr	"In Hot Water" - to be in touble, ferment or great discomfort.
Hot	phr	"In the Hot Seat" - in an uncomfortable or embarrasing situation, usually by being subjected to criticism. 2. in a difficult, responsible position.
Hot	phr	"Make It Hot For (Somebody)" - to cause trouble or discomfort for someone; to put someone under pressure. 2. make the situation extremely uncomfortable and difficult for.
Hot	phr	"Not Feel Too Hot" - not feel well.
Hot	phr	"Not So Hot" - not so good; not very satisfactory.
Hot	phr	"Run Hot" - of equipment, to become very hot from particularly high usage.
Hot	phr	"Strike While the Iron's Hot" - to take advanrage of a situation that cannot last.
Hot-backed	adj	Lustful, horny.
Hot-bed	n	A bed of earth heated by manure, and usually covered with glass, for raising plants. 2. a place that favors rapid growth or development of any condition, esp. of something excellent. 3. any place conducive to quick growth, esp. scandal or vice. 4. a bed in a flop-house, used continually night and day.
Hot-bed	vb	To grow as in a hotbed. 2. an environment promoting the growth of something, esp. something unwelcome.
Hot-blast	n	A blast of heated air forced into a furnace.
Hot-blooded	adj	Having hot blood; ardent, or excitable; passionate. 2. extremely volatile.
Hot-bloodness	n	The state or quality of being hot-blooded.
Hot-brain	n	A hothead, one who has fiery temper.
Hot-brained	adj	Having a fiery and unpredictable temper.
Hot-breathed	adj	As hot as a dog's breath.
Hot-bright	adj	Of the day: sunny and bright.
Hot-cold	adj	Wavering between hot and cold temperature.
Hot-cupboard	n	A container, normally of stainless steel, and sometimes portable, in which hot food may be kept warm until being served; sometimes fitted with a bain-marie.
Hot-dip	vb	A method of galvanizing of iron or steel by passing it through a bath of molten zinc.
Hot-dipping	n	The galvanizing of iron or steel by means of the hot dip method.
Hot dish	n	A variety of baked casserole that typically contains a starch, a meat or other protein, and a canned and/or frozen vegetable, mixed with canned soup. 2. main course or side dish served hot during a meal. 3. dish for serving hot dish.
Hot dog	n	A hot sausage enclosed as a sandwich in a roll of bread. 2. (sl) one who is skilled in some practice.
Hote	n	A promise, vow, hight.
Hote	vb	Command, be called.
Hot-eyed	adj	Hot, fiery, alert eyes, not eyes tired or weary.
Hot-foot	vb	To make haste; to move with great speed or progress. 2. to act in haste or hastily.
Hot-gospeller	n	A person who proclaims his religious faith in a loud or dynamic manner.
Hot-gospelling	n	The activities of a hot-gospeller.
Hot-head	n	One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights. 2. one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully; rash.
Hot-headed	adj	Pertaining to, or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadness; of a person easily excited or angered. 2. fiery, hasty, irrational, hot-tempered, impetuous.
Hot-headedly	adv	In a hot-headed manner.
Hot-headedness	n	The state or characteristic of being hotheaded. 2. the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
Hot-hearted	adj	Fiery, excited, highly romantic.
Hot-hoof	adv	Move rapidly or swiftly. 2. with haste or rapid progress.
Hot-house	n	A heated greenhouse. 2. fig. an environment in which growth of developments are encouraged; a hotbed. 3. a bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel. 4. a heated room for drying greenware (crockery).
Hothouse	vb	Of a child - to provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
Hothouse Earth	n	A situation where it will no longer be possible to control climate change, leading to large areas of Earth becoming uninhabitable.
Hot	n	Hot Key - in computing, a keyboard shortcut,
Hot-line	n	A direct means of communication; specifically, a telephone line for emergency used by heads of state of nuclear powers, or immediate communiations between an official and his chief subordinates.
Hot lips	n	The lips of a person known for kissing.
Hot list	n	A list of items of special intent.
Hot-livered	adj	Hot-tempered, excitable, irascible.
Hot-looking	adj	Hot and sweaty looking.
Hotly	adv	With great amounts of heat. 2. in a heated manner intensely or vehemently.
Hot-making	adj	Embarrassing, passionate.
Hot-mouthed	adj	Restive or ungovernable, as a horse whose mouth is irritated by the bit.
Hotness	n	The condition of being hot.
Hot pot	n	A dish of meat; stewed with potatoes in a covered pot.
Hot rod	n	An old car stripped and turned or modified for speed, usually by a youth.
Hot-rodding	n	Souping or hotting up a motor vehicle, amplifer.
Hot seat	n	A position of responsibility, especially in a crisis. 2. the electric chair.
Hot shoe	n	A socket on a camera with an electrical contacts for a flashgun etc.
Hot-short	adj	Of metal, somewhat brittle when heated.
Hot-shot	n	Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field, as a 'hotshot lawyer'. 2. a type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire fighting.
Hot spell	n	A short period of hot weather, sometimes a heat wave.
Hot spot	n	Probably Of Old Norse origin, but may be connected to OE 'splott' A very popular or active place. 2. a place where much danger, as (an accident hot spot), civil, political or fighting. 3. a place where the wireless internet connection is available. 4. a place in the upper mantle of the earth at which hot magma from the lower mantle upwells to melt through the crust usually in the interior of a tectonic plate to form a volcanic feature; also: a place in the crust overlying a hot spot.
Hot springs	n	A natural spring; the waters which issue forth at 98F. or above.
Hotspur	n	A rash, hot-headed, person; a person who pushes on, heedless of advice or warning
Hotspur	adj	Impetuous, reckless.
Hottish	adj	Somewhat hot.
Hot walker	n	One who walks a horse after cool it after exercise.
Hot wall	n	A brick wall that has enclosed flues connected to a fire, onto which fruit trees are attached on order to hasten growth and ripening.
Hot-war	n	Open warfare, as opposed to a "cold war."
Hot wash	n	Discussions and evaluations of an agency's (or multiple agencies) performance following an exercise, training session, or major event.
Hot water	n	Water at a high temperature.
Hot-water heater	n	A heating system powered by heated water; hydronic.
Hot-wave	n	A heat wave.
Hot well	n	A well whose water is supplied by a hot spring . 2. a receptacle for the hat water drawn from the condenser by the air pump.
Hot-wire	vb	To start an engine by bypassing the ignition system.
Hot-wired	adj	Operated by the expansion of heated wire.
Hough	n	OE. heel; the joint or hock in the hind leg of a horse, cow, etc., corresponding to the ankle in humans.
Hough	vb	To hamstring.
Hough-bone	n	Heel-bone.
Hough-sinew	n	Hough; the sinew of the hough; applied to in man to popliteal tendons.
Hound	n	A dog generally, now applied to a foxhound. 2. a dog kept for hunting. 3. applied opprobiously or contemptuously to a man.
Hound	vb	To hunt, track, chase or pursue with hounds (as a dog does). 2. transfig. & fig. to pursue, esp. harassingly.-
Hound	phr	"Follow the Hounds" - to participate in a hunt, esp. as a member of the field.
Hound	phr	"Hound Out Of" - force somebody to leave (often by conspiracy or damage to his reputation).
Hound	phr	"Hunt with the Hare and Run with the Hounds" - keep in with two opposing sides.
Hound	phr	"Ride to Hounds" - go fox-hunting on horseback.
Hound dog	n	A hunting dog.
Hounding	n	The act of going after on in the tracks of others or another . 2. pursuit, esp. persistently and relentlessly. 3. someone who eagerly and persistently pursues a person even though their communications is unrequited.
Houndish	adj	Of the nature, characteristic of or pertaining to a hound. 2. doggish, canine-like.
Hound of Hell	n	Cerberus; Orion's hare; the Dog star.
Hounds-berry	n	European black nightshade, common dogwwod, solarium nigrum.
Hounds-tongue	n	Cynoglossum oficinale, hounds tooth, dog's tongue.
Hound's tooth	n	A check pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth.
Hoursch	vb	OE. to rattle, make a din.
House	n	A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families. 2. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; firm, house, business firm. 3. the members of a religious community living together. 4. the audience gathered together in a theater or cinema; "the house applauded". 5. an official assembly having legislative powers. 6.: aristocratic family line; "the House of Tudor"; family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of David'. 7. play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house". 8. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided; a sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house. 9. the management of a gambling house or casino. 10. a social unit living together; family, household, house, home, menage. 11. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; as "the house was full"; theater, theater, house. 12. a building in which something is sheltered or located. 13. the body as the habitation of the soul. 14. the grave, 'the long house'; 'the dark house'; 'the grass house'. 15. a public house, inn, tavern, hotel.
House	vb	To keep within a structure or a container; store, enclose. 2. to give residence to or harbor; accommodate harbor, put up, provide housing for. 3. to take shelter or lodgings; to abide within. 4. to dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. 5. to cover or contain mechanical parts. 6. to drive to a shelter. 7. to deposit and cover as a grave. 8. to stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
House	phr	"A House is Not a Home" - a home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants. 2. a friendly atmosphere.
House	phr	"Be in the Doghouse" - be in disgrace.
House	phr	"Bring Down the House (down)" - to cause tremendous applause or laughter.
House	phr	"Eat One Out of House and Home" - to eat (or expend one's resources) so much to bring one's financial situation to ruin.
House	phr	"House and Home - an alliterative emphasizing of the word "home.'
House	phr	"House of God" - a church, place of worship.
House	phr	"House of Lords" - the upper house of the British parliament.
Huose	phr	"House of Worship" - church, mosque, pagoda, temple etc.
House	phr	"House to House" - performed or carried on from house to house.
House	phr	"House of Keys" - in the Isle of Man, the elected chamber of Tynwald.
House	phr	"House of Lords" - the chamber of UK parliament composed of peers and bishops.
House	phr	"In the Best Houses" - among the wealthy people.
House	phr	"Keep a Good House": to supply a bountiful table
House	phr	"Keep House" - to manage or maintain athe affairs of a house.
House	phr	"Keep Open House" - always make casual visitors welcome.
House	phr	"Keep to the House" - stay indoors.
House	phr	"Like a Side of a House" - very large.
House	phr	"Like a House on Fire" - very rapidly.
House	phr	"On the House" - given to regular customers at the expense of the hotel, restaurant etc. 2. to be free of cost.
House	phr	"Shout the House Down" - shout very loudly.
Houses	phr	"Those (Folk) in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones" - those less than perfect shouldn't criticize others.
House	phr	"To Clean House" - to get rid of undesirable conditions or persons in an organizations.
Houseboat	n	A covered boat fitted out and used as a dwelling.
Houseboater	n	One who lives or who owns on a houseboater
House-bote	n	Wood, taken as a right by the tenant from the landlord estate, for the repair of a (his) house.
Housebreak	vb	To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox or receptacle. 2. domesticate.
Housebreaker	n	A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premise with the intent of committing a crime.
Housebreaking	n	The act of breaking into anorther's house with the intention to steal (some) of their possession.
House-broken	adj	Trained to live cleanly in a house; said of animals.
House-builder	n	One who builds or constructs houses. 2. a carpenter; housewright.
House-building	n	The occupation and trade of building houses.
House-buyer	n	One who buys a house.
House-buying	n	The act of buying or purchasing a house.
House call	n	A visit by a medical professional, especially a physician, to examine a patient in his or her horse. 2. a visit by a repair person or other customer service worker to a customer's house.
House-care	n	The care and maintenance of one's home. 2. treatment of a patient at his or her home.
Housecarl	n	In OE only in cerain combination as 'housecarl' - bodyguard of the king. 2. a member of the bodyguard or household troop of (danish or later english) king or noble.
House cat	n	A cat trained to live predominantly in the house.
House church	n	A charismatic church independent denominations.
Housecraft	n	The art of managing a home or house. 2. skill in domestic duties.
House-dog	n	A guard dog, watch dog, domestic dog kept to mind the house..
House-dweller	n	One who lives in a house or is house-dwelling.
House-fast	adj	House-bound.
House-father	n	The father of a household or family. 2. the leader of a community or collection of persons living together as a family.
House fly	n	The common housefly (Musca domestica).
House folk	n	The residents or occupants of a house.
Houseful	adj	As much or as many as a household will hold.
House-god	n	A household god.
Household	n	Collectively or a number all the person who live or dwell in a given house. 2. a family or line of ancestry, house or race.
Household	adj	Belonging to the same house and family. 2. of anything found in or having its origin in a home.
Household	phr	"Head of the Household" - senior member od a family.
Householder	n	The owner of a house. 2. homeowner. 3. the head of a family. specifically, in England, one who inhabits a dwelling or tenement of such a nature as to qualify him for the exercise of the franchise.
Household gods	n	Larnes and Penates who presided over the dwellings and domestic concerns of the ancient Romans.
Household goods	n	The furniture, utensils and supplies necessary for keeping house.
Householding	n	The management of a household; house-keeping. 2. the fact of being a householder. 3. ownership or occupation of a house.
Householding	adj	Having the role of a householder; managing a household.
House-holdingship	n	The position or status of a householder.
Household	phr	"Household Name" - somebody who is very well known.
Householdness	n	Of domestic nature or quality.
Household-income	n	The total income of a household and its members.
Household-word	n	A word or saying in familiar use. 2. a name familar to everybody
House-hunting	n	The process of seeking a house to live in.
House-husband	n	A husband who carries out the house-hold duties traditionally carried out by the housewife.
House-keep	vb	To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
House-keeper	n	One who looks after the home by herself or himself; either as a partner or hired worker.
House-keeping	n	The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, including the cleaning, cooking and caring for the children. 2. the operation of a computer, or an organization etc., which makes work possible but do not directly constitute its performance, eg. maintenance and record-keeping
Housel	n	A sacrifice. 2. an mass or eucharist.
Housel	vb	To administer the housel or Eucharist.
Housel-bread	n	The host
House-leek	n	Sempervivum tectorum.
Houseless	adj	Not having a house or dwelling. 2. having no shelter or refuge. 3. lacking or in need of a house or home. As adjectives the difference between homeless and houseless is that homeless is lacking a permanent place of residence while houseless is lacking or in need of a house or home.
Houselessness	n	Homelessness.
House-lewth	n	The shelter of a house.
House-lights	n	The lights in the auditorium of a theatre.
House-like	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a house in various aspects.
Housemaid	n	A girl employed to do housework.
Housemaid's knee	n	A chronic inflammation of the bursa in front of the knee, afflicting housemaids and others who kneel in working. See 'weaver's bottom'
House-man	n	A handy man employed to do heavy work around the house, hotel, etc. 2. a houseboy.
House-monger	n	A dealer in houses (opprobius) 2. a real estate agent (especially a shifty one), realtor.
House mother	n	The mother of the household or family. 2. the female head of a community living together as a family
House mouse	n	Usually, the grey mouse, Mus musculus, very common as a scavenger about human dwellings, and bred as a pet and experimental animal.
House of worship	n	A religious building, a mosque, pagoda, church, synagogue, temple or similar place where believers go to practice their faith.
House-proud	adj	Fastidious about one's house being completely clean and tidy, and spending a lot of time making it so.
House-rat	n	The black rat, also known as ship-rat, roof rat, house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus in the sub-family Murinae.
Houseroom	phr	Space or accommodation within one's house.
Houseroom	phr	"Not Give House Room" - not have in any circumstances.
House-share	vb	To share a house with other people, typically as cohabitants of rented accommodation; to engage in house-sharing.
Houseship	n	Household, family.
House-sin	n	A private or secret sin.
House-sit	n	To live in someone else's home for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence.
House-sitting	n	Live and look after a house, as a house-sitter, while the owner is away.
House snake	n	A harmless snake of the northern US that frequents houses and preys on rats aand mice; also called the milk snake.
House sparrow	n	Common grey and brown house sparrow, Passer domesticus, which nests in the eves and roofs of houses.
Housestead	n	A place or piece of ground on which a home stands. 2. site of a homestead. 3. homestead.
House-to-House	adj	From house to house in succession, as a 'house-to-house' hunt.
House-top	n	The top or roof of a house. 2. fig, an exposed or public place.
House-top	phr	"Call from the House-tops" - shout and make something known far and wide.
Housewards	n	Towards a house; homewards.
Houseware(s)	n	Kitchen utensils, equipment and other useful household articles.
Houswarm	vb	To celebrate the occupation of a new house with a party.
Housewarming	n	The action of celebrating the occupation of a new house or home with a party.
Housewife	n	A women and female head of the family often unemployed or employed part-time, who spends most of her time maintaining the upkeep of the home, the children and tending to family and household matters.
Housewife	vb	To act the housewife. 2. to manage a house with skill and thrift, like a housewife.
House-wifeless	n	Without a housewife or a female head of a family.
Housewifely	adj	Of the character of a housewife: skilful, and thrifty in the management of a household affairs. 2. relating to domestic skill and economy. 3. housewife-like.
Housewifely	adv	In a manner befittingly a housewife.
House-wifeliness	n	In or of a housewifely character.
House-wifeship	n	Of the position or status of a housewife.
House-wifish	adj	Appertaining to like, or pertaining to the character of a housewife.
Housework	n	Work in keeping house, especially in the more menial tasks.
Housewright	n	A builder of houses, esp. timber ones. 2. a carpenter.
Housing	n	The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone. 2. residences, collectively' accommodation, lodgings. 3. a mechanical component containing a covering. 4. a covering, esp. of cloth or the like. 5. casing, case, cover, covering, lid.
Housing	adj	That houses or shelter.
Houve	n	Also spelt 'Hoove' - a covering for the head; a turban, a coif, a cap, esp a skull cap worn under a helmet. 2. a child's caul.
Hove	n	As 'Hayhove' or 'alehove' - names of promptorium or ground ivy. 2. hall, dwelling, temple, court, as 'Arthur's Hove'. 3. a hill, hillock, now only in the north of England. 4. artificial mound, tumulus, or barrow.
How	adv	By what means, in what way. 2.in what condition, esp. of health. 3. to what extent. 4. in whatever way.
How	n	The way a thing is done (the how and why of). 2. t or carried out.he means by which something is done
How	n	OE.- a hof, hall, or dwelling.
How	n	Howe - sorrow, grief, anxiety, trouble.
How	n	Howe - a hole, holl(ow). 2. the hold of a ship. 3. a hollow or depression on the surface of the earth. 4. a basin or a valley. 5. the depth or middle of the winter.
How	adv	To what degree. 2. in what manner, 3. as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight or other strong feeling. 4. in what state.
How	vb	(Howe); to be anxious, think, consider, purpose, intend.
How	conj	In which way, in such way.
How	phr	"And How!" - emphatically yes.
How	phr	"Any Old How" - in a careless manner.
How	phr	"How Are You?" - a formal greeting.
How	phr	"How Are You Getting Along?" - how are things with you? 2. is everything OK in your life. 3. are things progressing well for you?
How	phr	"How Can You Sleep at Night?" - don't you have a conscience.
How	phr	"How Come?" - How did (or does it) come to be. 2. why is it so.
How	phr	"How Dare You" - a shocked and reproachful reaction to wrongful presumptious or impudent behavior.
How	phr	"How Do You Do?" - inquiry after the health or welfare of the person you are speaking to. 2. formal greeting made when one is introduced as somebody - and not requring an answer. 3. used as a name for the inquiry (which is often used as a name greeting or salutation. 4. an embarrassing or awkward moment. 5. a matter or affair.
How	phr	"How Do You Like Them Apples" - (colloquial, rhetorical question) directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation. 2. (colloquial, rhetorical question, Ireland, US) Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased. Also used after refuting an argument
How	phr	"How Do You Say" - a common phrase used to ask how to express an idea or translate a word, often in a foreign language.
How	phr	"How Goes It (with You)" what is happening with you; what proress are you making.
How	phr	"How's It Going" - general inquiry about what has been happening to one (one state of health and well-being). 2. how goes it; what is happening with you; what progress are you making?
How	phr	"How's That For" - what do you think of that.
How	phr	"How's With You?" - an inquiry, greeting.
How	phr	"How the Hell" - how, in what way are you gong to do something.
How	phr	"How Many?" - what number.
How	phr	"How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You" - complaint, that one's opinions. statements, requests or orders have not been heeded or remembered.
How	phr	"How Now" -how is it now.
How	phr	"How on Earth" - however. 2. how, in what way.
How	phr	"How Right You Are!" - you are absolutely correct.
How	phr	"How So?" - how can you show that that is so?
How	phr	"How Wrong You Are!" - you are completely wrong.
Howbeit	adv	However it might be. 2. be that as it may, nevertheless, however.
Howbeit	adv	Although, though, how be it that.
How-do-you-do	n	An akward situation or occasion: ususually precede by an intensive' fine, great, etc.
However	adv	In whatever manner, way, or degree. 2. however yet they me despise and spite. 2. at all events; at least; in any case.
However	conj	Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; at least.
Howful	adj	Also "houghful" - careful, anxious. 2. sorrowful
Howfully	adv	Carefully, anxiously. 2. sorrowfully.
Howish	adj	"I Don't Know Howish" - having a somewhat vague sense of something. 2. having a somewhat vague sense of illness or indisposition.
Howsoever	adv	In a manner so-ever. 2. not withstanding that, albeit. 3. to what extent or in that degree soever. 4. in any case; at any rate. 5. nevertheless, yet.
How-to	n	A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish a specific task. A how-to is usually meant to help non-experts, may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may also be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic.
How-to	adj	Pertaining to an often short, description of how to accomplish a specific task.
Hox	n	A hamstring, hough-sinew, hough.
Hox	vb	To hamstring, hinder, harass.