| House of Commons |
the elective lower legislative house of the British and Canadian parliaments. |
| House of Lords |
the upper, nonelective legislative house of the British parliament, made up of the nobility and high-ranking clergy. |
| House of Representatives |
the lower legislative house in many bicameral governing bodies, as in the U.S. Congress, most U.S. states, and many nations, such as Australia and New Zealand. |
| houseplant |
a plant grown indoors, esp. as decoration. |
| housewife |
a married woman whose primary occupation is managing the cooking, cleaning, and other necessary duties of her family's household. |
| housework |
the tasks of housekeeping, particularly cleaning and caring for items inside the house. |
| housing |
a shelter or dwelling; lodging. [4 definitions] |
| hovel |
a small, uncomfortable, often dirty dwelling. [2 definitions] |
| hover |
to stay suspended in the air, often by rapid fluttering, spinning, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| how |
by what manner or means. [10 definitions] |
| how about |
what is your desire about having or doing. |
| how come |
(informal) why is it that. |
| how'd |
(informal) contracted form of "how did," or contracted form of "how would." |
| howdy |
hello; how are you (an expression of greeting). |
| however |
in spite of that; yet; but (used to point out the contrast between or opposition of ideas in a sentence or between adjacent sentences). [5 definitions] |
| howl |
to utter or make a long, loud, mournful sound like that of a wolf or dog. [8 definitions] |
| hr. |
abbreviation of "hour" or "hours," a unit of time equal to sixty minutes. |
| ht. |
abbreviation of "height." |
| html |
abbreviation of "hypertext markup language," a computer language used to create documents on the World Wide Web. |
| Huang He River |
a major river originating in the mountains of western China and flowing mostly eastward toward the Bohai Sea; Yellow River. |
| hub |
the rotating center part of a wheel or similar device to which other parts, such as spokes, are connected. [2 definitions] |