homeland |
one's native country or region. |
homeless |
having no home. [2 definitions] |
homely |
lacking beauty; plain; unattractive. [3 definitions] |
homemade |
made at home rather than purchased. [2 definitions] |
home page |
the main page of a Web site, often having a table of contents and links to other parts of the Web site. |
home plate |
in baseball, a five-sided flat slab of hard rubber at which the batter stands, and which the base runner must touch in order to score a run. |
Homer |
an actual or legendary Greek poet (about the eighth century B.C.). |
homer |
(informal) in baseball, a home run. [2 definitions] |
homeroom |
a school classroom where students meet at the beginning of the school day for attendance and announcements. |
home run |
in baseball, a hit that allows the batter enough time to touch all four bases in succession and score a run. |
homesick |
yearning for one's home. |
homespun |
of cloth or yarn, made or spun at home. [4 definitions] |
homestead |
a house and the surrounding land and outbuildings, esp. a farm. [4 definitions] |
hometown |
the town or city in which one was born or grew up, or in which one has presently lived for a considerable time. |
homeward |
to or toward home. [2 definitions] |
homework |
schoolwork that is assigned to be done at home rather than at school. |
hominy |
hulled kernels of dried corn, often ground and cooked with water. |
homogenize |
to make the same throughout in structure, nature, or consistency; make homogeneous. [2 definitions] |
homograph |
a word that has the same spelling as another but a different origin and meaning. |
homonym |
a word pronounced and often spelled the same as another but having a different meaning. |
homophone |
a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning and often a different spelling. |