Homer |
a Greek poet who is thought to have lived around the eighth century B.C. |
homer |
a home run in baseball or softball. |
homeroom |
a classroom where students meet at the beginning of the school day for attendance and announcements. |
home run |
a hit that allows the batter in a baseball game to touch all four bases and score a run. |
homesick |
longing for one's home. |
homespun |
made into cloth or spun into yarn at home. [3 definitions] |
homestead |
a house and the land and buildings that are around it; a farm. [2 definitions] |
hometown |
the town or city in which one was born or grew up, or any place that feels as if it is one's real home because of having lived there a long time. |
homeward |
to or toward home. [2 definitions] |
homework |
schoolwork that is to be done at home rather than at school. |
hominy |
a food made of kernels of dried corn that are ground and then cooked with water. |
homogenize |
to break up and blend the particles of fat in. |
homograph |
a word that has the same spelling as another but a different meaning and history. Homographs are often pronounced differently from each other. In the sentence, "She shed a tear over the tear in her dress," the two words spelled "t-e-a-r" are homographs. |
homonym |
a word that is pronounced and often spelled the same as another word, but has a different meaning. In the sentence, "She was mean to me, but she didn't mean it," the two instances of "mean" are homonyms. |
homophone |
a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning and often a different spelling. In the sentence, "I've been feeling weak for almost a week," the words, "weak" and "week" are homophones. |
Honduras |
a country in Central America. Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras. |
honest |
truthful, real or sincere. [4 definitions] |
honestly |
in an honest way. [2 definitions] |
honesty |
the fact or condition of being honest; integrity; truthfulness. |
honey |
a thick, sweet liquid made from flower nectar by bees. It is yellow or brown. [2 definitions] |
honeybee |
a bee that makes honey from the nectar of flowers. Honeybees are often kept in beehives. |