guideboard
A board, as upon a guidepost bearing road directions.

guideboards
plural of guideboard

gumm
Obsolete spelling of gum.

gummed
simple past and past participle of gum

gumming
The act of chewing without teeth.
The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
Synonym of gummosis (“plant disease”).

gummings
plural of gumming

gunstone
A cannonball.

gunstones
plural of gunstone

gymbal
Alternative form of gimbal.

gymbals
plural of gymbal

gymmal
Obsolete form of gimbal.

gymmals
plural of gymmal

hairwashing
The washing of hair.

hairwashings
plural of hairwashing

halfpikes
plural of halfpike

halt
To limp; move with a limping gait.
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
To waver.
To falter.

halted
simple past and past participle of halt

halting
Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

haltings
plural of halting

halts
plural of halt

hamble
To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
To walk lame; limp.

hambled
simple past and past participle of hamble

hambles
third-person singular simple present indicative of hamble

hambling
present participle and gerund of hamble

hamel
Alternative form of hamble.

hammerspace
A notional extradimensional storage space able to contain objects larger than itself.

hashbangs
plural of hashbang

haystalk
A stalk of hay.

haystalks
plural of haystalk

headspace
The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
One's capacity for mental activity modeled as a physical space with limits; one's mental state or state of mind.
Time and opportunity for reflection and thinking.
The gap between the face of the bolt and the stopping surface for the cartridge.
The gas phase in contact and in equilibrium with a nonvolatile liquid in a sample.
A place within a person (singlet or multiple) that they can visit or inhabit.

headspaced
simple past and past participle of headspace

headspaces
plural of headspace

headspacing
present participle and gerund of headspace

headspans
plural of headspan

headstone
A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.
The cornerstone or principal stone of a building.

headstones
plural of headstone

healthspans
plural of healthspan

heartakes
plural of heartake

heat
Thermal energy.
The condition or quality of being hot.
An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
An undesirable amount of attention.
A fastball.
A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
A hot spell.
Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
The output of a heating system.
A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
The police.
One or more firearms.
Stylish and valuable sneakers.
A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.

heatbank
Alternative form of heat bank.

heatbanks
plural of heatbank

heated
simple past and past participle of heat

heating
A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
The act of making something hot.

heatings
plural of heating

heatplot
Synonym of heat map.

heatplots
plural of heatplot

heatpump
Alternative form of heat pump.

heats
third-person singular simple present indicative of heat

heatstroke
Alternative spelling of heat stroke.

heatstrokes
plural of heatstroke

heatwave
Alternative spelling of heat wave (“period of exceptionally hot weather”)
A heat haze.

heatwaves
plural of heatwave

hench
The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).
A limp; lameness.

henched
simple past and past participle of hench

henches
third-person singular simple present indicative of hench

henching
present participle and gerund of hench

hike
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
An abrupt increase.
The snap of the ball to start a play.
A sharp upward tug to raise something.

hiked
simple past and past participle of hike

hikes
plural of hike

hiking
present participle and gerund of hike

hikings
plural of hiking

hippodrome
A horse racing course.
A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
A circus with equestrian performances.

hippodromed
simple past and past participle of hippodrome

hippodromes
plural of hippodrome

hippodroming
present participle and gerund of hippodrome

hirple
To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.

hirpled
simple past and past participle of hirple

hirples
third-person singular simple present indicative of hirple

hirpling
present participle and gerund of hirple

hlafords
plural of hlaford

hobble
One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
An unsteady, off-balance step.
A difficult situation; a scrape.
An odd job; a piece of casual work.

hobbled
simple past and past participle of hobble

hobbles
plural of hobble

hobbling
gerund of hobble: the movement of one who hobbles.

hobnail
A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.
A yokel; a rustic.

hobnailed
Having hobnails.

hobnailing
present participle and gerund of hobnail

hobnails
plural of hobnail

holestone
A menhir with a hole in it.

holestones
plural of holestone.

holmgangs
plural of holmgang

homewort
Synonym of roof houseleek (“Sempervivum tectorum”).

homotope
To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
More loosely, to exhibit a homotopy equivalence between two spaces.

homotoped
simple past and past participle of homotope

homotopes
third-person singular simple present indicative of homotope

homotoping
present participle and gerund of homotope

honestone
A whetstone.
Any kind of stone suitable for making whetstones.

honestones
plural of honestone

hoof
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
The human foot.
An ungula.
The heel of a loaf of bread.

hoofed
Having a hoof or hooves; ungulate.

hoofing
present participle and gerund of hoof

hoofs
plural of hoof

hoofsteps
plural of hoofstep

hoove
A disease in cattle consisting of inflammation of the stomach by gas, usually caused by eating too much green food.

hornpikes
plural of hornpike

hornstone
hornfels

hornstones
plural of hornstone

horsed
simple past and past participle of horse

horsing
present participle and gerund of horse

horsings
plural of horsing

hotwalk
To walk (a horse) to cool it after exercise.

hotwalked
simple past and past participle of hotwalk

hotwalking
present participle and gerund of hotwalk

hotwalks
third-person singular simple present indicative of hotwalk

housecar
Synonym of motor home.

housecars
plural of housecar

hunched
simple past and past participle of hunch

hunching
present participle and gerund of hunch

hunchings
plural of hunching

hurdies
buttocks; rump

hyperedges
plural of hyperedge