| hinny | n. | offspring of male horse and female donkey | ||
| hippomania | n. | enthusiasm for horses | ||
| hippopotamic | adj. | enormous, cumbersome | ||
| hipshot | adv. | having one hip lower than the other | ||
| histology | n. | study of biological tissues | ||
| hobbledehoy | n. | an awkward youth | ||
| hobby | n. | small horse or pony | archaic | |
| hobeler | n. | light horseman, retainer who supplied his own hobby (a small horse or pony) | ||
| hodge | n. | rustic person | British | |
| hogget | n. | not yet shorn sheep under one year old | ||
| Hogmanay | n. | New Year’s Eve; celebration of same | Scots | |
| hoick | v. | to pull or lift up with a jerk | colloquial | |
| holism | n. | theory or system asserting that the whole is greater than the parts | ||
| holland | n. | opaque linen cloth | ||
| holland blind | n. | window shade consisting of heavy fabric around a roller which is lowered or raised to cover or uncover the window | ||
| holmgang | n. | duel, sometimes to the death | ||
| holt | n. | grove, copse | ||
| holus bolus | adv. | all together, all at once, entirely | ||
| homeothermic | adj. | of or related to the ability of an animal to maintain a fairly constant body temperature independent of surroundings | ||
| homogamy | n. | inbreeding | ||
| homograph | n. | words spelled the same but with different etymology; words with identical spelling but different pronunciation | ||
| homologate | v. | to ratify, confirm, approve; to register a car model for international racing | ||
| hordeolum | n. | stye | biology | |
| horripilate | v. | to have the hairs of one’s skin stand on end, from cold or fear, etc. | ||
| horse-coper | n. | buyer and seller of horses, usu. of ill repute | ||
| hortatory | adj. | tending to encourage; exhorting | ||
| hot gospel | n. | of a church or preacher where services have an emotional or frothy bent, esp. of an evangelical denomination | British | |
| hotbox | n. | (also hot box) overheated axle bearing on rail cars and engines (railroads) | ||
| hough | n. | hollow behind the knee joint (in man), joint in rear leg above fetlock (in horses, cows, etc.) | ||
| houppelande | n. | medieval long-bodied outerwear, usually with full flared sleeves and sometimes trimmed with fur | ||
| howe | n. | barrow, tumulus | ||
| howsomever | adv. | to whatever extent, in whatever manner; nonetheless, notwithstanding | ||
| hoyden | n. | tomboy, romp; boorish or ill-bred girl | ||
| huarache | n. | leather Mexican sandal | ||
| huffy | adj. | quick to take offense; haughty; sulky | ||
| huggle | v. | to hug | obsolete | |
| hull down | adj. | of a ship seen so near the horizon that its hull is invisible and only its masts and superstructure may be discerned | nautical | |
| humbug | n. | striped hard candy, usu. peppermint flavored | British | |
| hundredweight | n. | weighing one hundred pounds; (British) weighing 112 pounds | ||
| hunker | v. | to squat on the heels with acutely bent haunches, knees, and ankles | ||
| hurdle | n. | sledge or frame upon which traitors or other criminals were dragged to their place of execution | ||
| hurple | v. | to crouch, to hunch over; to limp | obsolete | |
| husbandman | n. | farmer | ||
| hustings | n. | place where political candidates make speeches; political campaigning | ||
| hustle-cap | n. | old penny pitching game where coins are shaken in a cap | ||
| hyalescent | adj. | becoming translucent or transparent, turning or being hyaline | ||
| hyaline | adj. | transparent, glassy | ||
| hydromel | n. | weak mead | ||
| hydropathic | adj. | of or related to medical treatment by application of water both externally and internally | ||
| hygeian | adj. | sanitary; healthy |
