hewhole
The European green woodpecker.

hewholes
plural of hewhole

hexacorallian
Any coral of the subclass Hexacorallia

hexacorallians
plural of hexacorallian

hexadecaflagellate
An organism that has sixteen flagella

hexadecaflagellates
plural of hexadecaflagellate

hexagrammid
Any member of the family Hexagrammidae of greenlings.

hexagrammids
plural of hexagrammid

hexamutant
An organism that has six lined mutations

hexamutants
plural of hexamutant

hexanchid
Any member of the family Hexanchidae, of cow sharks.

hexanchids
plural of hexanchid

hexaploidisation
Alternative form of hexaploidization.

hexaploidization
The replication of the genome of an organism to form a hexaploid.

hexasterophorid
Any marine sponge of the subclass Hexasterophora

hexasterophorids
plural of hexasterophorid

hexathelid
Any member of the family Hexathelidae of funnel-web tarantulas.

hexathelids
plural of hexathelid

hexings
plural of hexing

hexogenesis
The biogenesis of hexoses

hezrou
A toad-like humanoid demon.

hezrous
plural of hezrou

hheth
Alternative form of heth (“Semitic letter”).

hheths
plural of hheth

hiatellid
Any clam in the family Hiatellidae.

hiatellids
plural of hiatellid

hibbertia
Any of the typically yellow-flowered shrubs in the genus Hibbertia, family Dilleniaceae.

hibbertias
plural of hibbertia

hickory shad
Alosa mediocris, a kind of herring.

hickwall
A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
A European green woodpecker (Picus viridis).
A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.

hickwalls
plural of hickwall

hickway
Alternative form of hickwall.

hickways
plural of hickway

hidebehind
A creature in United States folklore that may be glimpsed but never seen clearly.

hidebehinds
plural of hidebehind

hidegeld
Alternative form of hidegild.

hidegild
A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.

hideworking
The craft of preparing animal skins into fur, leather, etc.

hierofalcon
A member of any of four closely related species of falcon which make up the subgenus Hierofalco of genus Falco.

hierofalcons
plural of hierofalcon

hierogrammateus
A hierogrammatist of ancient times.

higginsite
Synonym of conichalcite.

high-finned dragonet
Synchiropus rameus, a species of dragonet fish.

high-hat
disdainful; haughty

hildoceratid
Any ammonite in the family Hildoceratidae.

hildoceratids
plural of hildoceratid

hillstream loach
Any of many rheophilic fish, of the family Balitoridae

hilsa
Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.

hilsah
Alternative form of hilsa (“fish”).

hilsas
plural of hilsa

hindcrown
The rear part of a crown (the top of a bird's head).

hindcrowns
plural of hindcrown

hindenbug
Alternative letter-case form of Hindenbug.

hindenbugs
plural of hindenbug

hinderpart
The rear part (especially of an animal).

hinderparts
plural of hinderpart

hindneck
The area just below the nape of the neck (of a bird).

hindnecks
plural of hindneck

hindpart
Synonym of hinderpart.

hindparts
plural of hindpart

hindpaw
A hind paw

hindpaws
plural of hindpaw

hinds
plural of hind

hingeback
Any turtle of the genus Kinixys.

hingebacks
plural of hingeback

hinoeuma
The year of the fire horse in the sexagenary cycle of the Japanese traditional calendar, last occurring in 1966. Women born in these years supposedly make poor wives.

hipberries
plural of hipberry

hipberry
The rosehip of the dog rose.

hippeis
plural of hippeus

hippeus
A member of the Ancient Greek cavalry; a man who owned a warhorse.

hippiater
A veterinarian specializing in horse care.

hippiaters
plural of hippiater

hippidiform
Any horse similar to those of the extinct genus †Hippidion.

hippidiforms
plural of hippidiform

hippies
plural of hippie
plural of hippy

hippoboscid
Any of the species in the Hippoboscidae family of parasitic flies.

hippoboscids
plural of hippoboscid

hippoboscoid
Any fly of the superfamily Hippoboscoidea

hippoboscoids
plural of hippoboscoid

hippocamp
A mythological creature, a cross between a horse and a fish.

hippocampi
plural of hippocampus

hippocamps
plural of hippocamp

hippocampus
A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.
A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.

hippocampuses
plural of hippocampus

hippocaust
The ritual killing of a horse as an offering.

hippocausts
plural of hippocaust

hippogriff
a mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly.

hippogriffin
Alternative form of hippogriff.

hippogriffins
plural of hippogriffin

hippogriffs
plural of hippogriff

hippogryph
Alternative spelling of hippogriff.

hippogryphs
plural of hippogryph

hippomanes
An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat.
A membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love potions.

hippopedes
plural of hippopede

hippophobia
An irrational fear of horses or other hoofed animals like ponies, donkeys, or mules.

hippopotamoid
Any animal similar to a hippopotamus.

hippopotamoids
plural of hippopotamoid

hipposaurid
Any therapsid in the family Hipposauridae.

hipposaurids
plural of hipposaurid

hipposiderid
Any of the family Hipposideridae of Old World leaf-nosed bats.

hipposiderids
plural of hipposiderid

hippotaurs
plural of hippotaur

hippotayne
Alternative form of ipotane.

hippotaynes
plural of hippotayne

hippotherapy
A specialized physiotherapy treatment that involves having a patient ride a horse to facilitate movement responses.

hircocervus
A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.

hirling
Alternative form of herling.

hirlings
plural of hirling

hirn
Corner; nook; hiding-place.

hirns
plural of hirn

hirudinean
Any leech of the subclass Hirudinea

hirudineans
plural of hirudinean

hirudiniasis
infestation by leeches

hirundines
plural of hirundine

histidinuria
Histidinemia.

histioteuthid
Any squid in the family Histioteuthidae.

histioteuthids
plural of histioteuthid

histogenomics
The genomics of histogenesis

histozyme
A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, supposed to be responsible for many normal decompositions and synthetic processes.

histozymes
plural of histozyme

hivemate
A bee (or other creature) that occupies the same hive as another.

hivemates
plural of hivemate

hobhouchin
An owl

hobhouchins
plural of hobhouchin

hoblin
A goblin or hobgoblin-like creature.

hoblins
plural of hoblin

hockey stick
A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.
A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end.
A playing card with the rank of seven.
A statistical trend in a graph of survey data in which most of the results are flat and then the graph suddenly peaks in a steep near-vertical direction.

hodening
Alternative spelling of hoodening.

hodmadod
Alternative form of hodmandod.

hodmadods
plural of hodmadod

hodmandod
A snail.
A hedgehog.

hodmandods
plural of hodmandod

hodmedod
Alternative form of hodmandod.

hodmedods
plural of hodmedod

hoernesite
Alternative form of hörnesite.

hogchoke
Synonym of hogchoker.

hogchoker
Trinectes maculatus, a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America.

hogchokers
plural of hogchoker

hogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
Several of the species of Bodianus.
The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera, or other species in genus Orthospristis.
Percina caprodes, an American freshwater fish, the log perch, rockfish, a kind of darter.
A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).
A pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas.
A grunt, Haemulon parra.

hogfishes
plural of hogfish

hoggaster
A boar or lamb in its third year.

hoggasters
plural of hoggaster

hoggerel
A sheep of the second year.

hoggerels
plural of hoggerel