610+ Adjectives That Start with H: a List of Common Words with Definitions and Examples

Many English adjectives start with the letter H. Click here for a list of over 600 most commonly used words with definitions and usage examples!

Adjectives That Start with HA (136 Words)

habilimented	Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
habitable	Fit for habitation The habitable zone varies with the type and age of the central star.
habited	Dressed in a habit Various caves within the gorge were habited by neolithic people.
habitual	Commonly used or practiced; usual Drug abuse is the habitual misuse of a drug.
hackneyed	Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse It’s far too colloquial, hackneyed and uninteresting.
hadal	Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters) The area below the abyssal zone is the sparsely inhabited hadal zone.
hadean	Of or relating to or characteristic of hades or tartarus It includes three eons, the hadean, archean, and proterozoic eons.
haemal	Relating to the blood vessels or blood The hole so formed is the haemal canal.
haematal	Relating to the blood vessels or blood
haematic	Relating to or containing or affecting blood
haematogenic	Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
haematological	Of or relating to or involved in hematology There are few long term haematological sequelae of restorative proctocolectomy.
haematopoietic	Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells Cb2 receptors are mostly located in the immune and haematopoietic systems.
haemic	Relating to or containing or affecting blood
haemolytic	Relating to or involving or causing hemolysis Specific liver diseases and haemolytic disorders able to be identified.
haemophilic	Relating to or having hemophilia
haemopoietic	Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells The development of lymphoid and haemopoietic tissues in pig fetuses.
haemorrhagic	Of or relating to a hemorrhage They die with a serous, foamy or haemorrhagic discharge coming out of the nose.
hag-ridden	Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears- c.s.lewis Fences within the water need to be ridden with a good deal of impulsion.
haggard	Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering A little haggard and unrepentant when reached on thursday.
hagridden	Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears- c.s.lewis
hair-raising	Extremely alarming The crowd was hollering and raising hell.
haired	Having or covered with hair Herrena was a girl with the henna haired, harridan.
hairless	Having no hair or fur The inside of the acorn shell is hairless.
hairlike	Long and slender with a very small internal diameter Each is on a pedicel covered in hairlike black glands.
hairsplitting	Developed in excessively fine detail It’s tiresome hairsplitting at this point.
hairy	Having or covered with hair Few birds other than the cuckoo find the hairy caterpillars palatable.
haitian	Of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of haiti or its people A simple example is the recent haitian earthquake.
halal	Conforming to dietary laws Aiui the prohibition is specifically on halal meat.
halcyon	Marked by peace and prosperity However, those halcyon days for the government worker may be coming to an end.
hale	Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health Many hale guys volunteered to join the army.
half	Related through one parent only The first half is decent but the second part is mediocre.
half-baked	Foolish; totally unsound The baked dumpling is popular in american cuisine.
half-blooded	Having only one purebred parent Most dramatic are the cold blooded conscienceless killers.
half-bred	Having only one purebred parent Cut the waffle in half.
half-breed	Having only one purebred parent She was the last of the peripatetic breed.
half-dozen	Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units Add the dozen figures and any amortization you want, but don’t suppress.
half-hearted	Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm The soldier was not faint hearted.
half-hourly	Occurring ever half hour One chanter plays the upper half of the octave, the other the lower half.
half-length	Abridged to half its original length The length of submarine cable is and the total length of overhead lines is.
half-timbered	Having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in tudor architecture Yes the first half was very dreary, but the second half was better.
half-way	Including only half or a portion It stands in the south of the city, halfway up the hill.
half-witted	Retarded in intellectual development An oaf is a large dim witted person.
half-yearly	Occurring or payable twice each year The yearly tithe to the levites could be consumed anywhere.
halfhearted	Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm He became a model, but he was halfhearted as he said in interview.
halfway	Equally distant from the extremes The charts are halfway down the website.
hallowed	Worthy of religious veneration You’re a great debator only in the hallowed halls of your own mind.
hallucinatory	Characterized by or characteristic of hallucination – jean stafford One interpretation of the video is that it’s a drug induced hallucinatory trip.
hallucinogenic	Capable of producing hallucinations Hallucinogenic drugs as precipitants of schizophrenia.
halt	Disabled in the feet or legs He was unable to halt the contraband.
halting	Disabled in the feet or legs The effect of halting the german fleet was huge.
hammy	Affectedly dramatic; overacted Ed pressed on, hit another hammy, and lost the money.
hand-held	Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands The horsemen held the mare.
handed	Having or involving the use of hands He handed over the blueprints to the entire cell.
handelian	Of or relating to or in the manner of george frederick handel The latter sounds rather like a miniature handelian chorus, sung a cappella.
handheld	Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands Traditional handheld refractometer.
handicapped	Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness The service is for the handicapped.
handier	Easy to use It seems more handy to demonstrate the incompetence of the editing here.
handiest	Easy to use The title is very handy for dealing with the press.
handled	Having a usually specified type of handle The way you handled this is unbecoming of you.
handleless	Having no handle Handleless cooking vessel nestable inside a serving vessel.
handless	Without a hand or hands The ghost of a handless piper is said to haunt the castle.
handmade	Made by hand or a hand process The work was funded by sale of handmade models and contributions.
hands-off	Not involving participation or intervention He spread out his hands in expostulation.
hands-on	Involving active participation On an exhale, the student releases onto the hands and knees and rests.
handsewn	Sewn by hand rather than machine
handsome	Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion- thackeray He is handsome, selfish, amoral and hedonistic.
handsomely	Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion- thackeray He is handsome and intelligent, but unbridled and arrogant.
handstitched	Sewn by hand rather than machine
handwoven	Made on a handloom It is known for its pottery and handwoven ceremonial songket cloth.
handwritten	Written by hand Signs of a renaissance of the handwritten word are here and there discernible.
handy	Easy to reach Thank you for the welcome and the handy links.
hangdog	Showing a sense of guilt- eric linklater With a hangdog expression, i retreated to the confines of my apartment.
hanoverian	Of or relating to the former english royal house of hanover or their supporters For his zeal in behalf of the hanoverian succession he was well rewarded.
haphazard	Dependent upon or characterized by chance Having haphazard disaster by disaster efforts is pov and will be factious.
hapless	Deserving or inciting pity- galsworthy They feed on the homeless and hapless passersby.
haploid	Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes Fungal mycelia are typically haploid.
haploidic	Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
happier	Well expressed and to the point The multitude of guests is happy.
happiest	Marked by good fortune Despite the festive atmosphere, they weren’t happy.
happy	Well expressed and to the point The multitude of guests is happy.
happy-go-lucky	Occurring by chance He appears to be happy go lucky and good natured, and acts very carefree.
haptic	Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch Categories of haptic communication.
hard	Resisting weight or pressure It was hard to inveigle her.
hard-boiled	Tough and callous by virtue of experience The pumpkin is pealed and boiled in water.
hard-core	Intensely loyal That’s the core of the teaching as he described in the core of the teaching.
hard-fought	Requiring great effort Grasps both hard side irrevence and hard core straightforwardness.
hard-hitting	Aggressively and persistently persuasive On weekdays, she works hard.
hard-line	Firm and uncompromising Everyone works hard during the workday.
hard-nosed	Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory The hard work is worthless.
hard-pressed	Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty But when pressed speer dropped ‘eine kleine’ clanger.
hardback	Having a hard back or cover It was first published in hardback in 2003.
hardbacked	Having a hard back or cover
hardbound	Having a hard back or cover A hardcover, hardbound book has rigid covers and is stitched in the spine.
hardcore	Intensely loyal The band is at the forefront of hardcore and punk music today.
hardcover	Having a hard back or cover It was the author’s first hardcover collection.
hardened	Made tough by habitual exposure- robert lynd- v.s.pritchett It hardened around the shift in gene frequencies in the fifties.
harder	Very strong or vigorous Ant is a hard working insect.
hardest	Very strong or vigorous It was hard to inveigle her.
hardfisted	Unwilling to part with money
hardheaded	Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory I don’t think english is hardheaded, either.
hardhearted	Lacking in feeling or pity or warmth Mccarthy’s reaction to the assassination was singularly hardhearted.
hardline	Firm and uncompromising He was considered to be a hardline communist.
hardscrabble	Barely satisfying a lower standard They have had a hardscrabble to get the well from each other.
hardworking	Characterized by hard work and perseverance The people are friendly and hardworking.
hardy	Able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions The plant is a hardy dwarf bush seedling, of the outdoor type.
harebrained	Very foolish Anyway, i resolve to keep thinking of harebrained schemes to make money.
harmful	Causing or capable of causing harm Vehicles emit gas and fumes that are harmful.
harmless	Not causing or capable of causing harm Medicinal leeches are perfectly harmless.
harmonic	Of or relating to harmonics Ore’s harmonic number redirects to harmonic divisor number.
harmonical	Involving or characterized by harmony The latter has a harmonical function, while the former refers to rhythm.
harmonious	Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities Welcome to the harmonious editing club
harmonised	Involving or characterized by harmony But they need to be harmonised, or whatever the right word is.
harmonizable	Capable of being made harmonious or consistent
harried	Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances As a result, the germans harried the team.
harrowing	Extremely painful The farmer is harrowing a field.
harsh	Severe They treated the coltish harsh.
harsher	Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles His meanness and harsh tongue were also renowned.
harshest	Unpleasantly stern Criticism ranges from the harsh to the approving.
hasidic	Of or relating to the jewish hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices The hasidic answer is generally in the negative.
hassidic	Of or relating to the jewish hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices The other two pictures of people lighting menorahs are of hassidic rabbis.
hastate	Like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base The triangular hastate leaves are long and wide, and violet on the underside.
hasty	Excessively quick I was hasty in choosing the name.
hateful	Evoking or deserving hatred- joseph priestly Sometimes doing nothing is the most hateful option of all in this world.
hatefully	Characterized by malice Sometimes doing nothing is the most hateful option of all in this world.
hatless	Not wearing a hat Men of the upper classes often went hatless.
hatted	Wearing a hat or a hat of a particular kind These, again over time, turned into the red hatted gnomes.
haughty	Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy He himself was proud and haughty in his bearing.
haunting	Continually recurring to the mind- claudia cassidy I removed the stuff about the haunting.
hawaiian	Of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of hawaii or to the people or culture or language Kalo was the staple starch crop of the hawaiian diet.
hawk-eyed	Having very keen vision A hawk is perched on the man’s outstretched hand.
hawkish	Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies Her foreign and security policies are often regarded as hawkish.
haywire	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular Mahone climbs up the silo to meet haywire.
hazardous	Involving risk or danger The circumstances of the pearson executions were hazardous.
hazel	Of a light brown or yellowish brown color The forest had been pine with an underbrush of hazel, alder, birch, and willow.
hazy	Indistinct or hazy in outline Why change terminology from the clear specific, to the hazy general

Adjectives That Start with HE (146 Words)

headed	Having a heading or caption They then headed for the grand caymans to careen.
headfirst	With the head foremost During the 1980s, he dove headfirst into the leveraged buyout boom.
headless	Not using intelligence Head spirit is a headless giant.
headlike	Having a protuberance that resembles a head The showy inflorescence is a headlike cluster of several flowers.
headlong	Excessively quick The man ran headlong into the police car.
headstrong	Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition Sandy is pert and blond, also headstrong and brave.
heady	Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters A heady and respectable body of work to stand the test of time.
healing	Tending to cure or restore to health Smoking can impair healing and delay recovery.
healthful	Conducive to good health of body or mind Anything beneficial to one’s health is healthful.
healthier	Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease The boy is healthy and stalwart.
healthiest	Promoting health; healthful- c.b.davis Eating vegetable is healthy.
healthy	Large in amount or extent or degree A nan is a healthy food.
hearable	Heard or perceptible by the ear
hearing	Able to perceive sound Hearing the news began to seethe the man.
hearsay	Heard through another rather than directly You should keep hearsay and innuendo out of the articles.
heart-whole	With unconditional and enthusiastic devotion My heart began to palpitate.
heartbreaking	Causing or marked by grief or anguish The holocaust is a very perplexing, and interesting and heartbreaking topic.
heartbroken	Full of sorrow The heartbroken astronaut shrugs and walks off.
heartfelt	Earnest My heartfelt apologies for the whole incident.
heartless	Devoid of courage or enthusiasm There’s also a heartless symbol.
heartrending	Causing or marked by grief or anguish You then added the heartrending story about the pregnant woman.
heartsick	Full of sorrow He appears to be more distracted than heartsick or emotionally undone.
heartwarming	Causing gladness and pleasure A heartwarming series to tug the heart strings.
hearty	Consuming abundantly and with gusto My grandpa is hale and hearty.
heatable	Capable of becoming hot A heater is mounted adjacent the supply conduit heatable section.
heated	Made warm or hot (`het’ is a dialectal variant of `heated’) The column is heated from the bottom.
heathen	Not acknowledging the god of christianity and judaism and islam But the dance was forbidden by the missionaries as too heathen.
heathenish	Not acknowledging the god of christianity and judaism and islam The reverence for the cross they looked upon as heathenish.
heathlike	Resembling heath
heatless	Without generating heat
heavenly	Of or relating to the sky This mnemonic reminds one of the symbols the heavenly kings carry.
heavenward	Directed toward heaven or the sky Eyes of bearcat roll heavenward, how am i such a drama magnet, yadda yadda.
heavier	Unusually great in degree or quantity or number They were overburdened with heavy tax.
heaviest	Deep and complete The wood is hard and heavy and is used in general construction and for firewood.
heavy	Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought Floods ravage scotland after heavy rain.
heavy-armed	Having massive arms The colonists armed themselves, and the attack was averted.
heavy-duty	Designed for heavy work Otherwise it is pure dereliction of duty.
heavy-handed	Unjustly domineering The parietal callus is moderately heavy.
heavyhearted	Depressed
heavyset	Having a short and solid form or stature Zaffarano was a portly, heavyset, tall and handsome man with a brooding face.
hebdomadal	Of or occurring every seven days He was for many years a leading member of the hebdomadal board.
hebdomadary	Of or occurring every seven days
hebephrenic	Suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior
hebraic	Of or relating to the language of the hebrews There appears to be a hebraic bias in this article.
hebraical	Of or relating to or characteristic of the hebrews
hebrew	Of or relating to or characteristic of the hebrews The use of the hebrew language in worship was forbidden.
hebridean	Of or relating to the hebrides They are thought to be unrelated to the west coast and hebridean morrisons.
hectic	Marked by intense agitation or emotion It was hectic the last couple of days here.
hedonic	Devoted to pleasure Hedonic damages also can apply in cases that involve no injury.
hedonistic	Devoted to pleasure He is handsome, selfish, amoral and hedonistic.
heedful	Giving attention At all times he obeys the order of the emperor with heedful attention.
heedless	Marked by or paying little heed or attention–franklin d. roosevelt He also attacked heedless of odds.
heftier	Of considerable weight and size The power supply is also pretty hefty.
hefty	Of considerable weight and size She agreed and henry paid her the hefty sum of money.
hegelian	Of or relating to hegel or his dialectic philosophy In short, a subject in the hegelian sense is subjected to subjection.
heinous	Extremely wicked, deeply criminal I support the death penalty for the most heinous criminals.
heliac	Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun In any case, heliac is the only one who removed any content.
heliacal	Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun The sothic year is the interval between heliacal risings of the star sirius.
helical	In the shape of a coil A helical spring urges the two apart to expand the palate.
heliocentric	Having the sun as the center It is currently in a 355 day heliocentric orbit.
hell-bent	Recklessly determined Soon, he bent a leonine face toward a girl.
hellenic	Relating to or characteristic of the classical greek civilization Hellenic neopaganism appeared in the 1990s.
hellenistic	Relating to or characteristic of the classical greek civilization Alchemy in the hellenistic world.
hellenistical	Relating to or characteristic of the classical greek civilization
hellish	Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell The unit continues their march through jungle and hellish swamps.
helmet-shaped	Having the convex shape of a helmet Cutout areas in the helmet are provided for venting.
helmeted	Equipped with or wearing a helmet The african helmeted turtle is omnivorous and will eat almost anything.
helminthic	Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms Theoretical explanation of helminthic therapy.
helpful	Providing assistance or serving a useful function Infrangible is friendly, good humored and helpful.
helpfully	Providing assistance or serving a useful function Discourtesy is not helpful in this situation.
helpless	Lacking in or deprived of strength or power He awakes but, stupefied with wine, is helpless.
hemal	Relating to the blood vessels or blood Hoznek a, hubert j, antiphon p, gettman mt, hemal ak, abbou cc.
hematal	Relating to the blood vessels or blood
hematic	Relating to or containing or affecting blood
hematogenic	Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
hematologic	Of or relating to or involved in hematology Hematologic malignancies such as leukemia are more common in children with ds.
hematological	Of or relating to or involved in hematology Highly sensitive hematological assay and reagent.
hematopoietic	Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells Splenomegaly occurs in the hematopoietic system.
hemic	Relating to or containing or affecting blood The word ends of the analysis are assigned several kinds of .or hemic.
hemimetabolic	Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult After a hemimetabolic interim the winged meganula moult and take flight.
hemimetabolous	Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult They belong to the hemimetabolous insects.
hemimetamorphic	Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
hemimetamorphous	Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
hemingwayesque	In the manner of ernest hemingway
hemiparasitic	Of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites They are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
hemispheric	Of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres Hemispheric laterality and disorders of affect.
hemispherical	Of or relating to or being a hemisphere The most familiar pileus shape is hemispherical or convex.
hemodynamic	Or of relating to or involved in hemodynamics Modification of protein intake can effect hemodynamic and nonhemodynamic injury.
hemolytic	Relating to or involving or causing hemolysis Drug induced autoimmune hemolytic anaemia is a form of hemolytic anaemia.
hemophilic	Relating to or having hemophilia This enhanced rate of solubility permits rapid treatment of hemophilic patients.
hemopoietic	Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells This activates increased erythropoiesis in the hemopoietic tissues.
hemorrhagic	Of or relating to a hemorrhage Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy.
hemostatic	Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels The herb is hemostatic so is unlikely to cause hemorrhage.
hempen	Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute I’ll dance the hempen jig another day.
henpecked	Harassed by persistent nagging In marked contrast to innie’s, the henpecked illie is to a fault.
hep	Informed about the latest trends Does this sound about right for hep.
hepatic	Pertaining to or affecting the liver Hepatic encephalopathy is reversible with treatment.
hepatotoxic	Toxic to the liver Eugenol is hepatotoxic, meaning it may cause damage to the liver.
heraldic	Indicative of or announcing something to come The circle surrounds the five points of the heraldic star.
heraldist	Of or relating to heraldry Yes the blazon’s there, but also a non heraldist can understand it.
herbaceous	Characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part The order includes trees and bushes, lianas and herbaceous plants.
herbal	Of or relating to herbs The leaves of the plant are used in herbal medicine.
herbivorous	Feeding only on plants The adult inhabits the bile ducts of herbivorous mammals or humans.
herculean	Displaying superhuman strength or power Actually, scratch that, a herculean mistake.
here	Being here now The people come here everyday.
hereditary	Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity The autosomes contain the rest of the genetic hereditary information.
heretical	Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards Eating the miasma would be heretical, if not suicidal.
heritable	Capable of being inherited The cusp of carabelli is a heritable feature.
hermaphrodite	Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs Flowers are hermaphrodite, white and in clusters.
hermaphroditic	Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs Some species are hermaphroditic.
hermeneutic	Interpretive or explanatory Mathematics is a hermeneutic discipline and has no external object of study.
hermetic	Completely sealed; completely airtight A hermetic motor compressor for a refrigerating system.
hermitic	Characterized by ascetic solitude At first he lived a hermitic existence in an obscure tract of the castle.
hermitical	Characterized by ascetic solitude
heroic	Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) He recited the heroic deeds of the ancestors.
heroical	Having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes His work includes both pessimistic and heroical poems.
hertzian	Of or relating to the physicist heinrich hertz or his work Tesla has no idea about hertzian waves as it is apparent from his writings.
hesitant	Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly I am hesitant to make the change because of the way this policy is worded.
hesitating	Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly I am hesitating to waste my time in responding to your comments elsewhere.
hesperian	Denoting or characteristic of countries of europe and the western hemisphere Hesperian got it exactly right, on reflection.
het	Made warm or hot (`het’ is a dialectal variant of `heated’) Een crew die in het nederlands, het amsterdams rapt.
heterocercal	Possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe The caudal fin has asymmetrical lobes, forming a heterocercal tail.
heterocyclic	Containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom Imidazole is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound.
heterodactyl	Having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward They are the only type of animal with a heterodactyl toe arrangement.
heterodox	Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards Broadly the marxist approach is associated with heterodox economics.
heterodyne	Of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations An improved optical heterodyne receiver is disclosed.
heteroecious	Of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species A heteroecious parasite is one that requires at least two hosts.
heterogeneous	Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature It is about the heterogeneous nature of the kingdom almost from the outset.
heterogenous	Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature Do not forget liberalism is a not a heterogenous ideology.
heteroicous	Having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant
heterologic	Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
heterological	Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin The terms are autological and heterological.
heterologous	Derived from organisms of a different but related species Induction of photosensitivity by heterologous expression of melanopsin.
heterometabolic	Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
heterometabolous	Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage The nymph and adult of heterometabolous insects live in different environments.
heterosexual	Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex The current photo then could be moved back to the heterosexual section.
heterosporous	Characterized by heterospory
heterothermic	Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
heterotrophic	Requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment They are heterotrophic and live in both freshwater and seawater.
heterozygous	Having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci Girls heterozygous for the trait are unaffected.
heuristic	Of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation Evidence belongs more in the heuristic rather than ideational category.
hex	Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base Dominic destine also known as hex.
hexadecimal	Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base The hexadecimal value of the color is 0f4d92.
hexagonal	Having six sides or divided into hexagons The scales along the dorsal ridge of the back are hexagonal.
hexangular	Having six sides or divided into hexagons
hexed	Causing or accompanied by misfortune You and i know selling ruth didn’t anger some spirit who has hexed the red sox.

Adjectives That Start with HI (87 Words)

hi-tech	Resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices The authors of contraceptive tech seemed to find them compelling.
hibernal	Characteristic of or relating to winter
hick	Awkwardly simple and provincial Modesto wasn’t a hick town then or now.
hidden	Designed to elude detection Kleptomania contains a number of hidden tracks.
hidebound	Stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded One is hidebound, stiff, silent in the face of media criticism.
hideous	Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror A hideous woman from the forest accosts him and proposes a bargain.
hidrotic	Of or relating to sweat Clouston’s hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.
hiemal	Characteristic of or relating to winter
hierarchal	Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers It is that hierarchal relationship that is opposed.
hierarchic	Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers The construction of hierarchic and non hierarchic classifications.
hierarchical	Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers The classifications were hierarchical.
hieratic	Written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient egyptian writing Cursive hieroglyphs should not be confused with hieratic.
hieratical	Associated with the priesthood or priests The band then changed their name to hieratical.
hieroglyphic	Resembling hieroglyphic writing Hells canyon wilderness is a portion of the hieroglyphic mountains.
hieroglyphical	Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
hifalutin	Affectedly genteel If you do see something wrong, fix it, and forego the hifalutin marker.
high	Being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high’) Garden at junior high is waiting to sprout up.
high-altitude	Occurring at or from a relative high altitude Thanks for the addtion to the blimp article about high altitude applications.
high-class	Pretentiously elegant Bacillariophyceae is a class of diatom.
high-energy	Vigorously energetic or forceful The lagrangian is defined as the kinetic energy minus the potential energy.
high-flown	Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) The various models of the eaglet were flown prewar by private owner pilots.
high-handed	Given to haughty disregard of others He handed the wad of money.
high-interest	Charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed The material has high porosity and high strength.
high-level	At an elevated level in rank or importance The satisfaction level of the beneficiary farmers is very high.
high-minded	Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style- oliver franks He was open minded, valorous and skilled in strategy.
high-octane	Used of gasoline; having a high octane number It’s slow in the first two acts, but high octane in the final one.
high-performance	Modified to give superior performance The m3 high performance variant of the convertible debuted in 2008.
high-pitched	Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency Abu is a kleptomaniac sidekick monkey with a high pitched voice.
high-powered	Vigorously energetic or forceful A self powered ammeter is disclosed.
high-pressure	Aggressively and persistently persuasive Is it really the high pressure in the capillaries that causes leakage
high-priced	Having a high price The material has high porosity and high strength.
high-principled	Having high principles What is your opinion about people who are principled
high-ranking	At an elevated level in rank or importance The senator is the ranking member of the minority staff.
high-resolution	Producing images that are sharp and finely detailed Selecting the mode indirectly selected the resolution.
high-rise	Used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall A rise of nationalism also contributed to the rise of the vernacular.
high-risk	Not financially safe or secure The high schools are anderson high school and brae high school.
high-sounding	Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) A malapropism is the use of a like sounding but inappropriate word.
high-speed	Operating at high speed Speed is the rapidity of movement.
high-spirited	Joyously unrestrained The king also has a daughter, the beautiful and spirited leonida.
high-strung	Being in a tense state Initially antenna wires were strung around the periphery of the towers.
high-tech	Resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices Get ready for high tech wizardry zinging data in your neighborhood.
high-toned	Pretentiously elegant I put the article into standard english and toned down the gush.
high-yield	Yielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial production This option adds to the yield of the note.
highborn	Belonging to the peerage She turns out to be highborn, the daughter of the king of france.
highbrow	Highly cultured or educated The channel has a focus on culture and arts and offers highbrow programming.
highbrowed	Highly cultured or educated
higher	Smelling spoiled or tainted This bird has its nest high up in the treetops.
higher-ranking	Having a higher rank The higher the score, the higher the probability that the message is spam.
highest	Happy and excited and energetic Garden at junior high is waiting to sprout up.
highfalutin	Affectedly genteel He wasn’t highfalutin; he was just a good bloke.
highfaluting	Affectedly genteel There’s nothing highfaluting here.
highflying	Moving upward or along at a considerable height
highland	Used of high or hilly country It is one of the highland towns forming the southern extremity of the province.
hilar	Of or relating to or located near a hilum Typically, it will also reveal eggshell calcification of the hilar lymph nodes.
hilarious	Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter The mutt is hilarious as he reacts to the flea.
hilly	Having hills and crags The areas are hilly and mountainous in the east.
himalayan	Of or relating to the himalayas It’s actually a himalayan with pretensions of grandeur.
hind	Located at or near the back of an animal In addition, the tarsus of the hind legs of the males is more silvery.
hinder	Located at or near the back of an animal Hope it doesn’t hinder the state of the article.
hindering	Located at or near the back of an animal Its purpose is to hinder and frustrate an attack made by the forlorn hope.
hindermost	Located farthest to the rear
hindi	Of or relating to or supporting hinduism She is the daughter of the hindi novelist shivani.
hindmost	Located farthest to the rear The anus is located close to the hindmost part of the body.
hindoo	Of or relating to or supporting hinduism
hindu	Of or relating to or supporting hinduism Hindu society honors the cow as a symbol of unselfish giving.
hindustani	Of or relating to or characteristic of hindustan or its people or language This page and the hindustani page are staying.
hip	Informed about the latest trends It is hip, urban and bubbly, and unhurried.
hiplength	Extending to or just over the hips
hipless	Having or seeming to have no hips
hipped	Sloping on all sides The hipped roof is covered with metal.
hipper	Informed about the latest trends This exercise helps to flex the hip.
hippocratic	Of or relating to hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name It was hippocratic practice to write in this style.
hircine	Of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor)
hired	Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers He was hired as a staff.
hirsute	Having or covered with hair He’s overweight, hirsute, perpetually smiling, and extremely libidinous.
hispanic	Related to a spanish-speaking people or culture Primarily land dispossession of the hispanic californians.
hispaniolan	Of or relating to the west indian island of hispaniola The hispaniolan trogon has a recognized presence in the region.
hispid	Having stiff coarse hairs or bristles The rare hispid hare has also been reported from the park.
histologic	Of or relating to histology The nematodes cause histologic lesions in the respiratory tract.
histological	Of or relating to histology Histological examination of the immune system.
historic	Belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past The preservation of the historic buildings faded into the background.
historical	Of or relating to the study of history The last is the historical commentary.
historied	Having an illustrious past It is a long historied but young and robust city.
histrionic	Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected Here are apologies for my slightly histrionic post here
hitlerian	Of or relating to or suggestive of adolf hitler or his nazi regime in germany Plus, there’s an entire thing of him discussing some hitlerian thesis.
hitless	Without a hit Adduci was hitless in his only at bat in his debut.
hittite	Of or relating to the hittite people or their language or culture Lelwani is a hittite goddess of the underworld.

Adjectives That Start with HM, HO (122 Words)

hmong	Of or related to the hmong people or their language or their culture Hmong american women living with diabetes.
ho-hum	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness He pushed in the key and the car made a soft hum.
hoar	Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair-coleridge But, i don’t agree with you that hoar is not notable.
hoarse	Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- virgil thomson He is fat and his voice has become hoarse.
hoary	Covered with fine whitish hairs or down The scene plays into the hoary sentiment.
hobnailed	Marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails The man in the clouds with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnailed boots.
hogged	So weakened as to sag at each end Hope it helps, and sorry for having hogged your talk page for a day or two.
hoggish	Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
hoity-toity	Affectedly genteel
hokey	Artificially formal To say they are is just hokey relativism.
holey	Allowing passage in and out It is loaf shaped, with a cream colored, holey interior and a yellow rind.
holier	Belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power The invocation of holy war is bogus.
holiest	Belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power The invocation of holy war is bogus.
holistic	Emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole Emphasis on holistic design and the ethics.
hollow	Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity The enlarged hollow member is implanted under the skin.
hollow-horned	Having horns that are hollow Baphomet is winged and horned, combining human and bestial features.
hollywood	Of or relating to the film industry in the united states Moreover, wallace’s films prefigure developments in hollywood comedy.
holographic	Of or relating to holography or holograms One shared property of all these theories is the holographic principle.
holographical	Written entirely in one’s own hand
holometabolic	Undergoing complete metamorphosis
holometabolous	Undergoing complete metamorphosis The parasites then undergo holometabolous metamorphosis to become adults.
holophytic	Obtaining nourishment as green plants do
holozoic	Obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter
holy	Belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power The ceremony was blessed by the holy spirit.
home	Used of your own ground Baseball family to get new ultramodern home.
homebound	Confined usually by illness No accelerating or decelerating forces apply to the homebound twin.
homegrown	Grown or originating in a particular place But there is no such thing as greater croatian homegrown political programme.
homeless	Without nationality or citizenship Most of the homeless left the town.
homelike	Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable Centered in reykjavik, the school tries to make itself as homelike as possible.
homely	Lacking in physical beauty or proportion He is also regarded as the great pattern of homely pulpit eloquence.
homemade	Made or produced in the home or by yourself Armed with homemade weapons, the team readies themselves for the beast.
homeothermic	Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature This makes them homeothermic when active, and poikilothermic when at rest.
homesick	Longing to return home However, the woman later became homesick and returned to jamaica.
homespun	Made of cloth spun or woven in the home She always offered her homespun philosophy to troubled souls in need of advice.
homeward	Oriented toward home Impassable rivers lay athwart their homeward route, and hemmed them in.
homey	Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable I haven’t seen evidence of maliciousness from homey.
homicidal	Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being Othello’s jealousy is eventually stoked by iago into homicidal rage.
homiletic	Of the nature of a homily or sermon Houdry left two important homiletic works.
homiletical	Of the nature of a homily or sermon Bersuire was an eloquent preacher and a voluminous homiletical writer.
hominal	Of humankind as a species
homing	Orienting or directing homeward or to a destination List of homing endonuclease cutting sites.
hominian	Characterizing the family hominidae, which includes homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures
hominid	Characterizing the family hominidae, which includes homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures Direct dating of the florisbad hominid.
hominine	Characteristic of humankind Theories about origin of hominine bipedalism.
homocentric	Having a common center It does not deny that myriad important homocentric problems exist.
homocercal	Possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes) By contrast, most bony fishes possess a homocercal caudal fin.
homochromatic	Having only one wavelength
homocyclic	Containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms
homoecious	Of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host
homoerotic	Of or concerning homosexual love Their relationship is not sexual but there are homoerotic undertones there.
homogeneous	All of the same or similar kind or nature Above the liquidus temperature, the material is homogeneous.
homogenised	Made homogeneous The offshore market is far less homogenised.
homogenized	Formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance Homogenized milk may be more digestible than unhomogenized milk.
homogenous	All of the same or similar kind or nature The proton is the most pervasive homogeneous catalyst.
homoiothermic	Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
homologic	Similar in evolutionary origin but not in function
homological	Similar in evolutionary origin but not in function Homological algebra isn’t part of algebraic geometry.
homologous	Corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species It is homologous with the nostril of other mammals.
homophile	Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires Most homophile activits go in background shortly after 1971.
homophobic	Prejudiced against homosexual people I saw him as macho and homophobic.
homophonic	Having the same sound The book cipher and straddling checkerboard are types of homophonic cipher.
homophonous	Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way In ireland, ewe and yo are homophonous also.
homosexual	Sexually attracted to members of your own sex The college does not condone the commission of homosexual acts.
homosporous	Characterized by homospory Plants that are homosporous produce spores of the same size and type.
homostyled	Having styles all of the same length
homostylic	Having styles all of the same length
homostylous	Having styles all of the same length
homothermic	Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
homozygous	Having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci The homozygous form of the mutation is the least severe form.
homy	Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable I think homy got confused about the meaning of the sentence.
honduran	Of or relating to or characteristic of honduras or its people The baleada is a representative dish of the honduran gastronomy.
honest	Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent They repute her as an honest man.
honey	Of something having the color of honey The honey gourami is an omnivore.
honeycombed	Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) Cadbury crunchie is a milk chocolate bar with a honeycombed sugar centre.
honeyed	Pleasing to the ear Randy’s approach was more honeyed than teddy’s.
honeylike	Resembling honey
honied	With honey added
honorable	Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent Baker received honorable mention in the report of the commanding general.
honorary	Given as an honor without the normal duties Flanking the coffin were the honorary pall bearers.
honored	Having an illustrious reputation; respected Honored are the elect in the court of the almighty.
honourable	Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent The honorable maulana was its founder and the president.
hoofed	Having or resembling hoofs It had three hoofed toes on each foot, and a very short tail.
hooflike	Resembling a hoof; especially having the horny texture of a hoof Each toe bore a hooflike ungual which was sheathed in horn.
hook-nosed	Having an aquiline nose A short pendant line preferably couples the hook to the anchor.
hooked	Addicted to a drug A chain was wrapped around the axle and hooked to the stump.
hooklike	Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); The surface of the fruit has hooklike projections.
hooved	Having or resembling hoofs It is the smallest hooved animal in the world.
hoped-for	Expected hopefully Cinader hoped to capitalize on the success of the book.
hopeful	Having or manifesting hope I’m hopeful that the message will be the end of it.
hopeless	Beyond hope of management or reform The situation is hopeless.
horary	Relating to the hours All horary traditions are out there for you to study.
horizontal	Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line As whitehead hoped, one remedy sought was horizontal divestiture.
hormonal	Of or relating to or caused by hormones Sibutramine does not affect the efficacy of hormonal contraception.
horned	Having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind It is unknown whether the males of the horned lantern fish are parasitic.
hornless	Having no horns The breed has coarse to medium wool and is polled hornless .
hornlike	Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) Keratoderma is a hornlike skin condition.
horny	Feeling great sexual desire The horny operculum is composed of corneous material.
horrendous	Causing fear or dread or terror As horrendous as this is, there probably never will be.
horrible	Provoking horror- winston churchill The reception of the car was horrible.
horrid	Exceedingly bad The actual reviews are uniformly horrid.
horrific	Causing fear or dread or terror Accounts of the ordeals of the wounded are horrific reading.
horrified	Stricken with horror He was horrified when his flesh begins to putrefy.
horrifying	Provoking horror- winston churchill It’s really more along the lines of shocking and horrifying.
horror-struck	Stricken with horror The comic touches deepen the horror.
hortative	Giving strong encouragement The adhortative is a hortative mood in english.
hortatory	Giving strong encouragement The hortatory admonition is not helpful.
horticultural	Of or relating to the cultivation of plants The garden is the result of floral and horticultural works.
hospitable	Having an open mind He was a hospitable and convivial man.
hostile	Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) I agree that the phrasing of the nomination is hostile.
hot	Newly made They tell me that the domes are hot in the summer and noisy.
hot-blooded	Prone to emotion The hot weather spoiled the meat.
hotheaded	Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish’ is archaic) In the hotheaded antebellum years, the society could become raucous.
hotter	Very unpleasant or even dangerous They tell me that the domes are hot in the summer and noisy.
hottest	Very unpleasant or even dangerous They tell me that the domes are hot in the summer and noisy.
hottish	Somewhat hot
hourlong	Lasting for an hour He is credited with helping pioneer the station’s hourlong news format.
hourly	Occurring every hour or payable by the hour Sundays, the service is hourly to leeds and two hourly to bradford.
housebound	Confined usually by illness He continued to work but was housebound from the beginning of 2009.
housebroken	Trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place Not all kinds of animals can be housebroken.
housewifely	Related or suited to a housewife
howling	Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers Shingebis obeyed the summons, and sent the blusterer howling to his home.
hoydenish	Used of girls; wild and boisterous

Adjectives That Start with HU (45 Words)

huffish	Sullen or moody
huffy	Roused to anger- mark twain So, indeed, you were being huffy and continue to be.
huge	Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope The cast are huge football fanatics.
huger	Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope The room is huge and spatial.
hugest	Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope Most had a topsail above the huge mainsail and a large foresail.
hugger-mugger	In utter disorder He’s a mugger due to his actions.
hugoesque	In the manner of victor hugo
hulking	Of great size and bulk A big hulking man who apparently fought alongside kanbei in the old days.
hulky	Of great size and bulk
human	Characteristic of humanity During perspiration, sweat removes heat from the human body by evaporating.
humane	Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities He also served as the president of the american humane association.
humanistic	Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare Humanistic sociology had a role in the decline of functionalism.
humanitarian	Of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism The reforms of the humanitarian movement.
humanlike	Suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things Even though the light is humanlike, urban dwellers disrespect it.
humble	Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful- b.k.malinowski He is a humble and modest person.
humbled	Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) My humble oxford dictionary does not disgorge that definition.
humbling	Of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense) He is a humble and modest person.
humdrum	Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement It’s always good to be reminded where paris is, but the rest is very humdrum.
humic	Of or relating to or derived from humus The materials contained in the matrix comprise biologically recent humic acids.
humid	Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor The climate for much of the distribution range is warm and humid.
humified	Converted to humus Leonardite and humified organic matter.
humiliating	Causing awareness of your shortcomings Offences against the state merited the most humiliating punishments.
humongous	Very large The list is far too humongous to continue…
humorous	Full of or characterized by humor The effect is both humorous and frightening.
humourless	Lacking humor- truman capote She appears to me very hostile and humourless.
humourous	Full of or characterized by humor Humourous is a valid spelling of the word.
humpbacked	Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column Larvae are legless, humpbacked and white with a tan head.
humped	Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column Cos he’s getting humped if he is.
hunchbacked	Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column He grows up deformed and hunchbacked.
hundred	Being ten more than ninety Byculla school celebrates hundred years with pomp.
hundredth	The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order The choir and congregation then sang the hundredth psalm.
hungarian	Relating to or characteristic of hungary He was involved in the deportation of the hungarian jews in 1944.
hungrier	Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food They were rapacious, land hungry, avaricious and greedy.
hungriest	Extremely desirous They were rapacious, land hungry, avaricious and greedy.
hungry	Extremely desirous A hungry stomach seldom loathes common victuals.
hunky-dory	Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition And all will be hunky dory in fac…
hurried	Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste The lad is seized and hurried from the spot.
hurt	Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle The girl teeters because her leg is hurt.
hurtful	Harmful to living things Physically touching a child is hurtful .
husbandly	Befitting or characteristic of a husband It had an idea of a pathologic husbandly jealousy.
huskier	Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- virgil thomson Jonathan the husky is the mascot of the university of connecticut.
huskiest	Muscular and heavily built The university of washington’s mascot is harry the husky.
husky	Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- virgil thomson Kyle shouted a lot yesterday during the football game and his voice went husky.
huxleian	Of or relating to thomas huxley
huxleyan	Of or relating to thomas huxley

Adjectives That Start with HY (74 Words)

hyaline	Resembling glass in transparency or translucency-sacheverell sitwell Ascospores are hyaline to pale brown, spherical, uninucleate.
hyaloid	Resembling glass in transparency or translucency-sacheverell sitwell Regression of the hyaloid artery.
hyaloplasmic	Of or relating to hyaloplasm
hybrid	Produced by crossbreeding Hybrid forms of the kumquat include the following.
hydraulic	Of or relating to the study of hydraulics The rotor receives the combined fluid output of the hydraulic pumps.
hydric	Having or characterized by excessive moisture Another way to remove pollution from surface runoff hydric acid is bioswale.
hydro-electric	Of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower There are hydroelectric and thermoelectric power plants.
hydrocephalic	Relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus She was hydrocephalic, meaning she was born with water in the brain.
hydrodynamic	Of or relating to hydrodynamics To reduce hydrodynamic drag, one of the periscopes was deleted.
hydroelectric	Of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower There are hydroelectric and thermoelectric power plants.
hydrographic	Of or relating to the science of hydrography The hydrographic network is very limited in the district of nyagatare.
hydrographical	Of or relating to the science of hydrography He recorded meteorological and hydrographical data while underway.
hydrokinetic	Relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion If it uses a torque converter it has hydrokinetic transmission.
hydrolyzable	Capable of undergoing hydrolysis Hydrolyzable tannins are extracted from the barrel wood.
hydrometric	Of or relating to hydrometry Combomune is an important hydrometric station along the limpopo.
hydropathic	Of or relating to hydropathy or its administration Craiglockhart remained as a hydropathic, until the advent of the first orld ar.
hydrophilic	Having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water Hydrophilic interaction chromatography.
hydrophobic	Lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water If the surface is highly hydrophobic, the droplet will bounce.
hydrophytic	Growing wholly or partially in water
hydroponic	Of or relating to aquiculture Marijuana was often produced locally using the hydroponic method.
hydrostatic	Relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit A worm and worm rack combination with hydrostatic lubrication therebetween.
hydrous	Containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate) How does powdered milk differ in nutrients from hydrous milk
hydroxy	Being or containing a hydroxyl group It is the beta hydroxy analog of dma.
hygienic	Tending to promote or preserve health The same also very adversely affect hygienic conditions.
hygienical	Tending to promote or preserve health Islamic sexual hygienical jurisprudence.
hygrophytic	Requiring an abundance of moisture
hygroscopic	Absorbing moisture (as from the air) It is highly hygroscopic and water soluble.
hymenal	Of or relating to the hymen Their hymenal opening tends to be annular circumferential .
hymeneal	Of or relating to a wedding or marriage
hymenopterous	Of or relating to insects of the order hymenoptera
hyoid	Of or relating to the hyoid bone It projects obliquely upwards behind the tongue and the hyoid bone.
hypaethral	Partly or entirely open to the sky Hypaethral is an ancient temple with no roof.
hyperactive	More active than normal Moreover, the hyperactive use of trademark registration symbols is needless.
hyperbolic	Of or relating to a hyperbola She drew a hyperbolic figure.
hyperboloidal	Having the shape of a hyperboloid The mirror has an f/2.7 hyperboloidal shape.
hypercatalectic	Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
hypercritical	Inclined to judge too severely At that point i’m just being hypercritical.
hyperemic	Relating to or caused by hyperemia The right eye showed hyperemic optic disc with serous retinal detachment.
hyperfine	Extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components Thanks for your contribution to the hyperfine structure article.
hypermetropic	Abnormal ability to focus of distant objects Now consider a hypermetropic eye.
hyperopic	Abnormal ability to focus of distant objects Factors influencing the outcome of hyperopic lamellar keratoplasty.
hypersensitised	Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
hypersensitive	Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) Rachel who is hypersensitive has strong imaginations.
hypersensitized	Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
hyperthermal	Of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia
hypertonic	In a state of abnormally high tension Both isotonic and hypertonic saline is used for neti.
hypertrophied	Excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells The bladder becomes shrunken and the bladder wall hypertrophied.
hypethral	Partly or entirely open to the sky
hypnagogic	Sleep inducing In this sense, the tetris effect is a form of hypnagogic imagery.
hypnogogic	Sleep inducing It seems to be related to the hypnogogic jerk, in me at least.
hypnoid	Of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis
hypnotic	Of or relating to hypnosis The firewalking event was quite hypnotic and emotionally charged.
hypnotised	Having your attention fixated as though by a spell What does the hypnotist read from the person who’s being hypnotised
hypoactive	Abnormally inactive Hypoactive sexual desire disorder.
hypochondriac	Suffering from hypochondria He is a cowardly hypochondriac, often cynical and arrogant.
hypochondriacal	Suffering from hypochondria
hypocritical	Professing feelings or virtues one does not have The church is the hypocritical and implacable enemy of homosexuals.
hypodermal	Of or relating to the hypodermis
hypodermic	Relating to or located below the epidermis Injection syringe and hypodermic needle.
hypoglycaemic	Of or relating to hypoglycemia They display a hypoglycaemic action in warm blooded animals.
hypoglycemic	Of or relating to hypoglycemia This woman is a diabetic, and she is going into hypoglycemic shock.
hypognathous	Having a projecting lower jaw
hypophyseal	Of or relating to the hypophysis
hypophysectomised	Having the pituitary gland removed by surgery
hypophysectomized	Having the pituitary gland removed by surgery
hypophysial	Of or relating to the hypophysis Gnrh is secreted in the hypophysial portal bloodstream at the median eminence.
hypotensive	Having abnormally low blood pressure The compounds have anti ulcer activity and hypotensive activity.
hypothalamic	Of or relating to the hypothalamus A hypothalamic disease is a disorder presenting primarily in the hypothalamus.
hypothetic	Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence So, a longitudinal electrical wave in air is hypothetic.
hypothetical	Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence It includes the hypothetical and disjunctive sub relations.
hypotonic	Lacking normal tone or tension This demonstrates the floppiness of a hypotonic infant.
hypovolaemic	Of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood Injury to the internal iliac artery can occur, leading to hypovolaemic shock.
hypovolemic	Of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood The cause of death is usually due to hypovolemic shock or organ failure.
hysterical	Marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion Enough with the hysterical exaggerations.

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