hetaerism
A theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers.
An Ancient Greek custom according to which a man's wife was forbidden to accompany him to many public events, including the banquets or symposia which made up a large part of Greek social life, and where men sought out the company of courtesans or hetaerae instead.

hetairism
Alternative form of hetaerism.

hetarism
Alternative form of hetaerism.

hetmanate
Government by a hetman, or the territory thereby governed.

hetmanates
plural of hetmanate

heugh
A steep crag or cliff, especially one overlooking a river
A glen with steep, overhanging sides; a cleugh
The face of a quarry or mine

heughs
plural of heugh

hexabranchid
Any sea slug in the family Hexabranchidae.

hexabranchids
plural of hexabranchid

heydeguies
plural of heydeguy

heydeguy
A kind of hay (country dance or round) popular during the English Renaissance.

heydeguys
plural of heydeguy

heykel
The chancel or sanctuary of a Coptic church.

heykels
plural of heykel

hgwy
Abbreviation of highway.

hgwys
plural of hgwy

hibernacle
A winter retreat; winter quarters.
A place where an animal hibernates.

hibernacles
plural of hibernacle

hibernacula
plural of hibernaculum

hibernaculum
The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.
A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.

hicatee
A river turtle, Dermatemys mawii.

hicatees
plural of hicatee

hiccatee
Alternative form of hicatee.

hiccatees
plural of hiccatee

hickatee
Alternative form of hicatee.

hickatees
plural of hickatee

hicksville
Alternative form of Hicksville.

hicksvilles
plural of hicksville

hicotee
Alternative form of hicatee.

hicotees
plural of hicotee

hidation
Division (of a larger territory, such as a shire or hundred) into hides

hideout
A place to hide.
A hidden headquarters or place to return to.

hideouts
plural of hideout

hierodule
A temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution.

hierodules
plural of hierodule

hieromnemon
The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.

hieromnemons
plural of hieromnemon

highpointing
The sport of ascending to the point with the highest elevation within a given region.

highstand
An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a continental shelf

highstands
plural of highstand

highwall
The unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine.

highwalls
plural of highwall

higumen
Alternative form of hegumen.

higumens
plural of higumen

hilljack
A hillbilly or redneck.

hilljacks
plural of hilljack

hilltribe
A tribe that inhabits a hilly region.

hilltribes
plural of hilltribe

hipification
The effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.

hippin
Theatre curtain.

hippings
Alternative form of hippins.

hippins
plural of hippin

hipsterland
The space inhabited by hipsters.

hirsel
The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.

hirsels
plural of hirsel

hirsuitism
Misspelling of hirsutism.

hirsuties
hirsutism

hirsutism
Excessive and increased hair growth in locations where terminal hair is normally minimal or absent.

hirsutisms
plural of hirsutism

historiographership
The position or office of historiographer.

historism
An influential 19th-century school of thought in historiography that rejected universalist and anachronistic explanations of historical developments and instead emphasized the idiosyncrasies and organic developments of each culture and time period, to be understood through critical interpretation of primary sources in the context of the unique conditions that produced them.

historisms
plural of historism

histosol
A soil comprised primarily of organic materials.

histosols
plural of histosol

hithe
A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port.

hithes
plural of hithe

hizzle
House, residence.

hizzles
plural of hizzle

hizzy
A house, a residence.

hn
Used to tag a rhetorical question.

hockshop
A pawnshop.

hodonym
Alternative form of odonym.

hodonyms
plural of hodonym

hof
An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

hoffice
A home office.

hofs
plural of hof

hogback
A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata,
A hogframe.
A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.

hogcote
A shed for pigs; a sty.

hogcotes
plural of hogcote

hogeschool
A Dutch polytechnic or college; a higher education institution of lower rank than a university.

hogeschools
plural of hogeschool

hogframe
A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, used chiefly in American river and lake steamers.

hogframes
plural of hogframe

hoghouse
A house (barn or shed) for hogs (pigs).

hoghouses
plural of hoghouse

hoghs
plural of hogh

hogpen
Synonym of pigsty.

hogpens
plural of hogpen

hogsback
Alternative form of hogback.

hogsbacks
plural of hogsback

hogsties
plural of hogsty

hogsty
Synonym of pigsty.

hogyard
A yard for keeping pigs.

hogyards
plural of hogyard

hoistway
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.

hoistways
plural of hoistway

hokora
A small Japanese shrine.

holluschickie
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.

holluschickies
plural of holluschickie

holoancestrula
An unarticulated ancestrula.

holobiome
A biome of holobionts

holobiomes
plural of holobiome

holocentromere
A holocentric centromere

holocentromeres
plural of holocentromere

holomovement
According to the Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics, the holistic idea that everything is in a state of process or becoming.

holomovements
plural of holomovement

holophote
A lighthouse lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction.

holophotes
plural of holophote

holothurid
Any sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.
Any sea cucumber (class Holothuroidea)

holothurids
plural of holothurid

holothuriid
Any sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

holothuriids
plural of holothuriid

holothurioid
Alternative form of holothuroid.

holothurioids
plural of holothurioid

holothuroid
A sea cucumber (of class Holothuroidea)

holothuroids
plural of holothuroid

homefield
A field adjacent to its owner's home.

homefields
plural of homefield

homegarden
The yard areas surrounding a house.

homegardens
plural of homegarden

homelabs
plural of homelab

homeland
The country that one regards as home.
One's country of residence.
One's country of birth.
The traditional territory of an ethnic group or a tribe or clan thereof.
An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

homelands
plural of homeland

homeochaos
dynamic stability in the presence of multiple different organisms

homeorhesis
A dynamical system which returns to a trajectory, as opposed to a system which returns to a particular state, which is termed homeostasis

homeorrhesis
Alternative spelling of homeorhesis.

homeroom
A classroom where school pupils of the same age gather for registration, or for other purposes that are unrelated to class content.
The collection of pupils who gather in such a room.

homerooms
plural of homeroom

homesite
The plot of land on which a house is or can be built

homesites
plural of homesite

homespace
A space for domestic or communal living.

homespaces
plural of homespace

homestall
Place of a home; homestead.

homestalls
plural of homestall