hostage
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.

hostaged
simple past and past participle of hostage

hostager
Synonym of hostage: a person held by another.

hostagers
plural of hostager

hostages
plural of hostage

hostaging
present participle and gerund of hostage

hould
Obsolete spelling of hold.

house
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
A container; a thing which houses another.
Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
The people who live in a house; a household.
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
A place of rest or repose.
A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
The fourth Lenormand card.
A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
Lotto; bingo.
A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
A small stand of trees in a swamp.
A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
The end zone.

housed
Enclosed, provided or covered with a house.

housedoor
Alternative spelling of house door.

housedoors
plural of housedoor

housefloor
Alternative form of house floor.

housefloors
plural of housefloor

housekeep
To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.

housekeeping
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Announcements that must be made before a show or event can begin.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.

housekeepings
plural of housekeeping

housekeeps
third-person singular simple present indicative of housekeep

housekept
simple past and past participle of housekeep

housemartin
Alternative spelling of house martin.

housemartins
plural of housemartin

housemistress
female housemaster

housemistresses
plural of housemistress

houses
plural of house

houseslave
Alternative form of house slave.

houseslaves
plural of houseslave

houseslipper
Alternative spelling of house slipper.

houseslippers
plural of houseslipper

housespouse
A housewife, househusband, or nonbinary equivalent.

housespouses
plural of housespouse

housewall
Alternative spelling of house wall.

housewalls
plural of housewall

housewarm
To hold a housewarming party.
To hold a housewarming party at (a place).

housewarmed
simple past and past participle of housewarm

housewarming
A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.

housewarmings
plural of housewarming

housewarms
third-person singular simple present indicative of housewarm

housing
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
Residences, collectively.
A mechanical component's container or covering.
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
A niche for a statue.
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
A houseline.

housings
plural of housing

hoverchair
A chair that levitates.

hoverchairs
plural of hoverchair

humped
past participle of hump

humping
present participle and gerund of hump

humpings
plural of humping

humplocks
plural of humplock

hut
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
A small wooden shed.
A small stack of grain.

huts
plural of hut

hutted
simple past and past participle of hut

hutting
present participle and gerund of hut

huttings
plural of hutting

hydrofrac
Alternative form of hydrofrack.

hydrofrack
To carry out hydrofracking.

hydrofracked
simple past and past participle of hydrofrack
simple past and past participle of hydrofrac

hydrofracking
hydraulic fracturing

hydrofracks
third-person singular simple present indicative of hydrofrack

hypercompute
To carry out hypercomputation.

hypercomputing
present participle and gerund of hypercompute

hypercorrect
Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.

hypercorrected
simple past and past participle of hypercorrect

hypercorrecting
present participle and gerund of hypercorrect

hypercorrects
third-person singular simple present indicative of hypercorrect

hyperparameterize
To undertake hyperparameterization

hyperparameterizing
present participle and gerund of hyperparameterize

hyperpyramid
A higher-dimensional shape analogous to the three-dimensional pyramid.

hyperpyramids
plural of hyperpyramid

hypnobirth
hypnobirthing

hypoacusis
Partial deafness.

ibn
son of

ideat
Alternative form of ideate.

ideate
To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
To generate an idea.

ideated
simple past and past participle of ideate

ideates
third-person singular simple present indicative of ideate

ideating
present participle and gerund of ideate

ideats
plural of ideat

ignorize
To promote ignorance; to withhold from education.

ignorized
simple past and past participle of ignorize

ignorizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of ignorize

ignorizing
present participle and gerund of ignorize

illaqueate
To grab; seize, or catch.
past participle of illaqueate

illaqueated
simple past and past participle of illaqueate

illaqueates
third-person singular simple present indicative of illaqueate

illaqueating
present participle and gerund of illaqueate

imbibe
To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
To take in; absorb.
To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.

imbibed
simple past and past participle of imbibe

imbibes
third-person singular simple present indicative of imbibe

imbibing
present participle and gerund of imbibe

imbibings
plural of imbibing

immunoassay
A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an antibody to its antigen, making use of the high selectivity of components of biological immune systems.

immunoassayed
simple past and past participle of immunoassay

immunoassaying
The carrying out of an immunoassay.

immunoassays
plural of immunoassay

immunobinding
The direct binding of an antigen to an antibody