| House of Representatives |
The House of Representatives is one of the two parts of the United States Congress. The other part is called the Senate. The House of Representatives is made up of 435 members who are elected by people in different states. The number of Representatives from each state depends on how many people live in the state. |
| houseplant |
a plant grown indoors, especially as decoration. |
| housewife |
a married woman whose main work is taking care of the cooking, cleaning, and other duties of her family's household. |
| housework |
Housework is all the tasks of taking care of a house and the things inside it. Usually, when people talk about housework, they mean work that takes place inside a house. |
| housing |
a shelter or place to live. [3 definitions] |
| hovel |
a small, uncomfortable, dirty house or hut. |
| hover |
When something hovers, it's flying but it doesn't go forward or backward. It just stays up in the air in one spot. [2 definitions] |
| how |
"How" is a word we use in some kinds of questions. Questions with "how" ask about the way that something is done or what we use to do something. [5 definitions] |
| how about |
what is your wish about having or doing. |
| how come |
(informal) why is it that. |
| how'd |
shortened form of "how did" or "how would." |
| howdy |
"Hello"; "How are you?" |
| however |
"However" is a word we sometimes use when something we are about to say contrasts a lot with the thing we just said. The two things are both true but seem to disagree with each other. [3 definitions] |
| howl |
When an animal howls, they make a long, loud crying noise that sounds as if they are sad. A wolf is one kind of animal that howls. |
| hr. |
abbreviation of "hour" or "hours." |
| 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 |
The Huang He River is an important river of China. It flows from the mountains of western China toward the Pacific Ocean. An older name for the Huang He River is the Yellow River. |
| hub |
the turning center part of a wheel to which spokes and other parts are connected. [2 definitions] |
| hubbub |
a confusing mix of loud sounds such as voices; uproar. |
| hubcap |
a round metal cover over the hub of a car wheel. |