English words starting with H

The service of bringing goods, especially food, directly to a customer's home.

The current market value of a homeowner's unencumbered interest in their real property, calculated as the property's value minus any outstanding mortgage balances.

The sports field or stadium that is the usual venue for a particular team's home games.

The civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad, regarded as a source of support or as a theater of operations.

The furniture, curtains, carpets, and other decorative items used to make a house or room ready for living in.

produced or developed in one's own country, region, or garden

The activity of making changes to your home to make it better, more modern, or more suitable to your needs.

A room or area in a person's home used as a place to work, especially for professional or business purposes.

The base in baseball or softball that a batter stands beside and must touch to score a run; it is the final base in the circuit of bases.

The government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.

A hit in baseball that allows the batter to run around all the bases and score a run.

To educate one's children at home rather than sending them to a school.

(of a child) educated at home by a parent or tutor instead of in a school.

A child who is educated at home by a parent or tutor instead of attending a traditional school.

The practice of educating children at home, typically by parents or tutors, instead of sending them to a school.

Systems, devices, and measures designed to protect a residence and its occupants from burglary, intrusion, and other threats.

The activity of buying goods from home, typically by telephone or via the internet, especially in response to television advertisements.

the U.S. state in which a person was born or has their permanent residence.

the sports team that is playing on its own ground or in its own city, as opposed to the visiting team

A system of audio and video equipment designed to reproduce the experience of a movie theater in a private home.

A video recording, such as a film or television program, intended for viewing in a private home rather than in a cinema or for broadcast.

A person who enjoys spending time at home and prefers quiet, domestic activities to going out.

confined to one's home, especially due to illness or incapacity.

A male friend from one's own neighborhood or hometown.

A person or company that builds houses.

a person who is buying a house or apartment to live in

An instance of returning home, especially after a long absence.

Having a home of a specified type or in a specified location.

the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad, regarded as a source of support for the war effort

A girl or woman from one's hometown, neighborhood, or region.

the country where a person was born or feels they belong

The protection of a country's borders, people, and institutions from external threats, especially terrorism.

Having no home or permanent place to live.

the state of having no home, especially of living on the streets or in temporary shelters.

The life or activities that take place within a person's home, especially in relation to family and domestic routines.

having the pleasant or comfortable qualities of a home; cosy and inviting.

the quality of being simple, ordinary, or not attractive in appearance.

Simple, ordinary, and comfortable in a way that is typical of a home

made at home, rather than produced in a factory or bought from a store.

a person, typically a woman, who manages the household of her own family, especially as a principal occupation.

The activity of managing a home, including tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and budgeting.

A practitioner of homeopathy, a system of alternative medicine that treats patients with very small doses of substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the disease itself.

Relating to or using a system of treating diseases that involves using very small amounts of substances that in larger amounts would cause the disease itself.

a system of complementary medicine in which ailments are treated by minute doses of natural substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment.

The process by which a living thing or a cell keeps its internal conditions stable, such as its temperature or the amount of water in it, despite changes in its environment.

Relating to or characterized by homeostasis; involving the maintenance of a stable, constant internal environment.

A person who owns the house or apartment in which they live.

the main page of a website, which often provides links to other parts of the site

the place where one's home is located; one's native or ancestral home.

A home run in baseball

Relating to or in the style of Homer or his epic poems.

A classroom in which a group of students meets regularly with a teacher who takes attendance and makes announcements.

A hit in baseball that allows the batter to run around all the bases and score a run, typically by hitting the ball out of the playing field.

sad or ill because you are away from home and missing your family and friends very much.

a sad feeling because you are away from your home and you miss it very much

a piece of land on which a house is built or is to be built.

made of cloth that is woven at home, typically a simple, coarse type.

A house, especially a farmhouse, and the surrounding land owned and used by one family

A person who acquires a piece of public land by living on and farming it, especially under a government program such as the U.S. Homestead Act of 1862.

The activity of living on and cultivating a homestead, especially as part of a self-sufficient lifestyle.

the final part of a race, especially a horse race, or of a journey.

The town or city where a person was born or grew up, or where they currently live.

Directed or going towards home

Work that a student is required to do at home, typically as an extension of school lessons.

Having a comfortable, familiar, and welcoming atmosphere, like a home.

having a tendency to kill people; likely to commit homicide.

the crime of killing another person

A close friend or companion, especially from one's own neighborhood or background.

relating to or of the nature of a homily (a sermon or religious discourse)

The art or practice of preaching or writing sermons.

A sermon or speech giving moral advice, especially one that is long and dull.

Relating to the ability to return to a place of origin or a target.

A member of a family of primates that includes modern humans and their fossil ancestors.

hulled corn kernels that have been dried and then treated with an alkali, such as lye or lime, used especially in making grits or masa.

A member of the genus Homo, which includes modern humans (Homo sapiens) and extinct, closely related species.

An amino acid in the blood, high levels of which are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

(of a narrator) being a character in the story they are narrating and existing within its world.

Involving or characterized by sexual attraction between people of the same sex, especially men.

sexual desire or attraction centered on a person of the same sex.

a substance that has been made homogeneous, especially a biological tissue sample that has been ground or blended into a uniform suspension.

The quality or state of being all the same or all of the same kind.

consisting of parts or people that are all the same or of the same type

in a way that is uniform or consistent in composition or character throughout

The process of making things uniform or similar.

To make something uniform or similar in composition throughout.

(of a liquid, especially milk) processed so that the fat droplets are emulsified and the cream does not separate.

To make things uniform or similar by breaking down differences and blending them together.

Of the same kind; alike.

A word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning and sometimes a different pronunciation.

Having the same relation, relative position, or structure, typically as a result of shared evolutionary origin.

A thing that has the same relative position, structure, or evolutionary origin as another thing, but not necessarily the same function.

The state of having the same or similar relation, relative position, or structure.

A word that is spelled and pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning.

The phenomenon whereby two or more words have the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.

A person who has an extreme and irrational fear of or prejudice against homosexual people.

Dislike of or prejudice against gay people.

Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against gay people or homosexuality.

The linguistic phenomenon of words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spellings (e.g., 'knew' and 'new').

Sexually or romantically attracted to people of one's own sex.

Sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's own sex.

Relating to or denoting social interaction between members of the same sex, typically men.

having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes.

a very small human or humanoid creature; a manikin.

the person who is in charge; the boss or leader.

of or relating to honduras or its people

to sharpen or perfect a skill or technique over time.

telling the truth or able to be trusted and not likely to steal, cheat, or lie

used to emphasize that something is genuine or sincere

genuine and sincere; not false or artificial

in a truthful, fair, or sincere manner.

the quality of being honest; truthfulness and sincerity.

a sweet, sticky, yellowish-brown fluid made by bees from flower nectar, used as food.

(of hair) having a color that is a light golden brown, similar to the color of honey.

having a warm, golden-yellow or amber color like that of honey.

(of nuts, seeds, or sometimes meat) coated in honey and then roasted or baked.

a flying insect that lives in a hive and produces honey and wax.

a structure of hexagonal wax cells made by honey bees to store honey and eggs.

full of holes, passages, or cells that resemble the structure of a honeycomb

a sweet, sticky substance produced by aphids and some other insects, found on leaves and stems.

(of words or sounds) soothing, soft, and pleasant