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1. [**ha**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ha.md) interjection (ha, ha ha); abbreviation (ha = hectare) Ha is a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when they are surprised or have won.
2. [**habiliment**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habiliment.md) noun (a habiliment, habiliments — formal, old) 1) (old, formal, often plural) Clothes, especially special clothes worn for a job or ceremony.
3. [**habit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habit.md) noun (a habit, habits); adjective habitual A habit is something you do often and regularly, often without thinking about it.
4. [**habitable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habitable.md) adjective (habitable) Good enough for people or animals to live in, as in «a habitable house».
5. [**habitat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habitat.md) noun (a habitat, habitats) 1) A habitat is the natural home of an animal or plant, where it finds the food, water, shelter and space it needs.
6. [**habitation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habitation.md) noun (habitation — uncountable; a habitation, habitations) The act of living in a place: «The house was not fit for human habitation.».
7. [**habitual**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habitual.md) adjective Done often, as a habit: his habitual walk after dinner.
8. [**habitually**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habitually.md) adverb Habitually means doing something regularly, as a habit, again and again.
9. [**habituate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habituate.md) verb (habituate, habituates, habituated, habituating — formal) To habituate someone means to make them used to something by doing or meeting it again and again.
10. [**habsburg**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habsburg.md) proper noun (the Habsburgs; Habsburg) — a name 1) (a name) The Habsburgs were a royal family of Europe who ruled Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and other lands for hundreds of…
11. [**hack**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hack.md) verb (hack, hacks, hacked, hacking); noun (a hack, hacks) To hack means to cut something roughly with hard, quick strokes, like with an axe or a big knife.
12. [**hacker**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hacker.md) noun (a hacker, hackers) A hacker is a person who uses computer skills to get into computers or systems, often without permission, which is a crime.
13. [**hackles**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hackles.md) noun, plural (hackles) The hairs or feathers along the back of the neck of a dog, cat or bird that stand up when it is angry or frightened.
14. [**hackney**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hackney.md) noun (a hackney, hackneys); adjective hackneyed; noun, a name (Hackney) 1) (a name) Hackney, a borough (area) in East London. 2) A hackney carriage: the official name for a taxi in the UK, especially a black…
15. [**haddock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haddock.md) noun (a haddock, haddock or haddocks) 1) A haddock is a sea fish of the North Atlantic, related to cod, with a black line along its side and a dark spot near its fins; it is a…
16. [**hadrosaur**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hadrosaur.md) noun (a hadrosaur, hadrosaurs) 1) A hadrosaur is a duck-billed dinosaur: a large plant-eating dinosaur with a wide, flat mouth like a duck's beak.
17. [**haemoglobin**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haemoglobin.md) noun (haemoglobin — uncountable); US spelling hemoglobin 1) (science) The red substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs around the body and gives blood its red colour.
18. [**haemorrhage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haemorrhage.md) noun (a haemorrhage, haemorrhages); verb (haemorrhage, haemorrhages, haemorrhaged, haemorrhaging); US hemorrhage A lot of bleeding from a broken blood vessel, inside or outside the body; a serious emergency.
19. [**hag**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hag.md) noun (hag, hags) 1) A hag is an ugly, old and unpleasant woman. 2) In fairy tales, a hag is a wicked old witch.
20. [**hagfish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hagfish.md) noun (a hagfish, hagfish or hagfishes) A hagfish is a long, eel-shaped sea fish with no jaws and no proper backbone that lives on the deep sea floor and eats dead animals.
21. [**haggard**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haggard.md) adjective (haggard; more haggard, most haggard) 1) Haggard means looking tired, thin and worn out, from worry, hunger or illness.
22. [**haggle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haggle.md) verb (haggle, haggles, haggled, haggling) 1) To haggle is to argue over a price, each side trying to pay less or get more.
23. [**haggling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haggling.md) noun (haggling); also the -ing form of haggle 1) Arguing about the price of something to make it cheaper, especially at a market.
24. [**haiku**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haiku.md) noun (a haiku, haiku or haikus) A haiku is a very short poem that comes from Japan, usually with three lines.
25. [**hail**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hail.md) noun (hail, uncountable; a hailstone, hailstones); verb (hail, hails, hailed, hailing) Hail is small balls of ice that fall from storm clouds like hard rain.
26. [**hailstone**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hailstone.md) noun (a hailstone, hailstones) 1) A small ball of ice that falls from storm clouds, like frozen rain; many hailstones together are called hail.
27. [**hair**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hair.md) noun (hair — usually uncountable; a hair, hairs — single strands) Hair is what grows on your head and on parts of your body.
28. [**hairball**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairball.md) noun (a hairball, hairballs) A ball of hair that forms in the stomach of an animal, especially a cat, after it licks its fur, and is then coughed up.
29. [**hairbrush**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairbrush.md) noun (a hairbrush, hairbrushes) 1) A brush with a handle used to make your hair smooth and tidy.
30. [**haircut**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haircut.md) noun (a haircut, haircuts) 1) The act of having your hair cut. 2) The style or shape in which your hair is cut.
31. [**hairdo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairdo.md) noun (a hairdo, hairdos) 1) (informal) The way someone's hair is cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style.
32. [**hairdresser**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairdresser.md) noun (a hairdresser, hairdressers; the hairdresser's — the shop) 1) A hairdresser is a person whose job is to cut, wash, colour and style people's hair. 2) The hairdresser's is the shop where they work.
33. [**hairgrip**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairgrip.md) noun (a hairgrip, hairgrips) — (UK) 1) (UK) A small, thin metal clip used to hold hair in place.
34. [**hairless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairless.md) adjective (hairless) 1) Having no hair or very little hair, as in «a hairless cat» or «a hairless baby mouse».
35. [**hairnet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairnet.md) noun (a hairnet, hairnets) 1) A thin net worn over the hair to keep it in place or to stop hairs falling into food.
36. [**hairstyle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairstyle.md) noun (a hairstyle, hairstyles) 1) The way someone's hair is cut and arranged.
37. [**hairy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairy.md) adjective (hairy, hairier, hairiest) 1) Hairy means covered in a lot of hair. 2) Informally, hairy means frightening or dangerous, often in an exciting way («a hairy moment»).
38. [**haitian**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haitian.md) adjective (Haitian); noun (a Haitian, Haitians) Haitian means from or to do with Haiti, a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola.
39. [**hajj**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hajj.md) noun (the hajj, Hajj; also hadj, haj) 1) (Islam) The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that every adult Muslim who is healthy and can afford it should make…
40. [**halal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halal.md) adjective (halal); noun (halal, uncountable) 1) (Islam) Halal means allowed by Islamic law; it is used especially for food, such as meat from animals killed in the correct way, and no…
41. [**halberd**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halberd.md) noun (a halberd, halberds) 1) An old weapon used from about the 1300s to the 1600s: a long wooden pole with an axe blade, a sharp spike on top and often a hook at…
42. [**halberdier**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halberdier.md) noun (halberdier, halberdiers) (old use) 1) A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top.
43. [**hale**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hale.md) adjective (hale, haler, halest); verb (hale, hales, haled, haling — old) Hale means strong and healthy, usually said about an older person.
44. [**half**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/half.md) noun (half, halves); adjective; adverb A half is one of two equal parts of something.
45. [**halfpenny**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halfpenny.md) noun (halfpenny, halfpennies; say HAY-pnee) 1) A halfpenny is an old British coin worth half a penny. 2) A halfpenny's worth means a very small amount of something.
46. [**halfway**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halfway.md) adverb (halfway); adjective (a halfway point) Halfway means in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up the hill.
47. [**halibut**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halibut.md) noun (a halibut, halibut or halibuts) 1) A very large flat fish that lives in cold northern seas, such as the North Atlantic and North Pacific, eaten as food.
48. [**halite**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halite.md) noun (halite, uncountable) 1) (science) The mineral name for natural rock salt, the same chemical as table salt (sodium chloride), often found as clear or white…
49. [**halitosis**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halitosis.md) noun (halitosis — uncountable) 1) Halitosis is the medical word for bad breath — breath that smells unpleasant.
50. [**hall**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hall.md) noun (hall, halls) A hall is a big room for meetings, concerts, plays or school assemblies.
51. [**halloo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halloo.md) verb (halloo, halloos, hallooed, hallooing) (old use); noun (halloo, halloos) 1) To halloo is to shout loudly to call hunters or dogs, or to get attention. 2) A halloo is that loud shout.
52. [**hallowed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hallowed.md) adjective (hallowed); verb (hallow, hallows, hallowed, hallowing — old) Hallowed means holy, made holy, or treated with great respect for God.
53. [**halloween**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halloween.md) noun (Halloween — a proper noun, with a capital letter) A festival held in the evening at the very end of October, when children dress up in costumes, carve pumpkins and go trick-or-treating.
54. [**hallucinate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hallucinate.md) verb (hallucinate, hallucinates, hallucinated, hallucinating) To see, hear or feel things that are not really there, for example because of high fever, illness, lack of sleep or drugs.
55. [**hallucination**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hallucination.md) noun (a hallucination, hallucinations); verb hallucinate A hallucination is seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something that is not really there, as if it were real.
56. [**hallux**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hallux.md) noun (the hallux, halluces) 1) (science) The big toe, the first and largest toe of the foot; in birds, the toe that points backwards.
57. [**hallway**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hallway.md) noun (hallway, hallways) A hallway is a long narrow passage inside a building, with doors to rooms.
58. [**halo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halo.md) noun (a halo, haloes or halos) A ring or circle of light drawn around the head of a holy person or angel in pictures.
59. [**halt**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halt.md) verb (halt, halts, halted, halting); noun (a halt) 1) (verb) To stop, or to make something stop. 2) (noun) A stop: «come to a halt». 3) (interjection) «Halt!» — an order to stop at once…
60. [**haltere**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haltere.md) noun (a haltere, halteres — usually plural) 1) (science) One of the two tiny knob-shaped organs on flies and mosquitoes, in place of a back pair of wings, which help them balance and…
61. [**halve**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halve.md) verb (halve, halves, halved, halving) To halve something is to cut or divide it into two equal parts.
62. [**ham**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ham.md) noun (ham — uncountable as food; a ham, hams); verb (ham it up — informal) Meat from the back leg of a pig, usually salted or smoked, often sliced for sandwiches.
63. [**hamburger**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hamburger.md) noun (a hamburger, hamburgers) A hamburger is a flat round cake of minced beef, fried or grilled and served in a bread bun, often with salad, cheese and sauce.
64. [**hame**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hame.md) noun (hame, no plural); adverb (brought hame) (old Scots use) Hame is an old Scots word for home: «brought hame the bull» means brought the bull home.
65. [**hamlet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hamlet.md) noun (a hamlet, hamlets); proper noun (Hamlet) 1) A very small village, often with no church. 2) (proper noun) Hamlet, a famous play by Shakespeare, and its main character, a prince of…
66. [**hammer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hammer.md) noun (a hammer, hammers); verb (hammer, hammers, hammered, hammering) A tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for hitting nails into wood.
67. [**hammerhead**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hammerhead.md) noun (a hammerhead, hammerheads) A hammerhead (or hammerhead shark) is a shark whose head is wide and flat, shaped like the letter T or a hammer, with an eye at each end.
68. [**hammock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hammock.md) noun (a hammock, hammocks) A bed made of cloth or net hung between two trees or posts, which you lie in and can swing.
69. [**hammy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hammy.md) adjective (hammy, hammier, hammiest) — (informal) 1) (informal) Acting in an over-the-top, exaggerated, not natural way. 2) Tasting or smelling of ham.
70. [**hamper**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hamper.md) noun (a hamper, hampers); verb (hamper, hampers, hampered, hampering) A hamper is a large basket with a lid, used to carry food for a picnic or as a gift full of treats.
71. [**hampshire**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hampshire.md) proper noun (Hampshire) Hampshire is a county on the south coast of England; its cities include Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester.
72. [**hamster**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hamster.md) noun (a hamster, hamsters) 1) A hamster is a small furry animal with short legs, a short tail and big cheek pouches, often kept as a pet.
73. [**hamstring**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hamstring.md) noun (a hamstring, hamstrings); verb (hamstring, hamstrings, hamstrung, hamstringing) One of the strong tendons or muscles at the back of the thigh, above the knee.
74. [**han**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/han.md) noun, a name (Han; the Han, the Han Chinese, the Han dynasty) The Han dynasty was a family of emperors who ruled China for about four hundred years, a famous golden age of Chinese history.
75. [**hand**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hand.md) verb (hand, hands, handed, handing); noun (a hand, hands) A hand is the part of your body at the end of your arm, with four fingers and a thumb.
76. [**handbag**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handbag.md) noun (a handbag, handbags) 1) A handbag is a small bag, often with handles or a strap, used mostly by women to carry things like a purse, keys, phone and tissues.
77. [**handball**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handball.md) noun (handball — the game, uncountable; a handball, handballs — a foul or a ball) Handball is a team game in which players throw and pass a ball with their hands and try to throw it into the other team's goal.
78. [**handbook**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handbook.md) noun (a handbook, handbooks) 1) A handbook is a small book that gives useful facts and instructions about a subject, or rules about a place, such as a school or a club.
79. [**handcuff**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handcuff.md) noun (handcuffs — plural; a pair of handcuffs); verb (handcuff, handcuffs, handcuffed, handcuffing) Two metal rings joined by a chain that police lock round a prisoner's wrists.
80. [**handel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handel.md) proper noun (Handel) — a name 1) (a name) George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born composer who lived and worked in London; he wrote Messiah, Water Music…
81. [**handful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handful.md) noun (a handful, handfuls) The amount you can hold in one hand: «a handful of sweets».
82. [**handicap**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handicap.md) noun (a handicap, handicaps); verb (handicap, handicaps, handicapped, handicapping) Something that makes it harder for you to do well, a disadvantage, as in «Being small was a handicap in basketball».
83. [**handicraft**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handicraft.md) noun (handicrafts) Handicraft is skill in making things with the hands, such as weaving, carving or pottery.
84. [**handkerchief**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handkerchief.md) noun (a handkerchief, handkerchiefs or handkerchieves) A small square of cloth (or paper) you carry in your pocket to wipe your nose, eyes or face.
85. [**handle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handle.md) noun (a handle, handles); verb (handle, handles, handled, handling) A handle is the part of a door, cup, pan, bag or tool that you hold.
86. [**handlebar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handlebar.md) noun (a handlebar, handlebars — usually plural) Handlebars are the bar with handles at the front of a bicycle, scooter or motorbike that you hold to steer.
87. [**handler**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handler.md) noun (a handler, handlers) A handler is a person who trains and looks after an animal, especially a working dog or horse.
88. [**handmade**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handmade.md) adjective 1) Made by a person using their hands or simple tools, not by a machine in a factory: a handmade card.
89. [**handmaid**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handmaid.md) noun (handmaids) (old use) 1) (old use) A handmaid is a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid.
90. [**handmaiden**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handmaiden.md) noun (handmaidens) (old use) 1) (old use) A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid.
91. [**handover**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handover.md) noun (a handover, handovers) A handover is the act of passing something, such as a job, power or a place, from one person or group to another.
92. [**handrail**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handrail.md) noun (handrail, handrails) 1) A handrail is a long bar along stairs, a ramp, a bridge or a bath that you hold on to for support and safety.
93. [**handset**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handset.md) noun (handset, handsets) 1) The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth. 2) A mobile phone. 3) A hand-held remote control or device.
94. [**handshake**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handshake.md) noun (handshake, handshakes) 1) A handshake is when two people take each other's right hand and shake it, to say hello, goodbye, well done, or to agree.
95. [**handsome**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handsome.md) adjective (handsome, handsomer, handsomest; also more handsome, most handsome); adverb handsomely Handsome means good-looking, usually said about a man or boy.
96. [**handsomely**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handsomely.md) adverb Generously; in large amounts, as in «paid handsomely» or «rewarded handsomely».
97. [**handstand**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handstand.md) noun (a handstand, handstands) 1) A position where you balance upside down on your hands, with your legs straight up in the air.
98. [**handwash**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handwash.md) noun (handwash, uncountable; a handwash); verb (handwash, handwashes, handwashed, handwashing); also hand wash Handwash is liquid soap for washing your hands.
99. [**handwriting**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handwriting.md) noun (handwriting — uncountable) 1) Writing that you do with a pen or pencil by hand, not typed. 2) The way a person's writing looks: «neat handwriting».
100. [**handwritten**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handwritten.md) adjective (handwritten); also past participle of «handwrite» (rare) 1) Handwritten means written by hand with a pen or pencil, not typed or printed.

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