A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.

A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.

To command; to enjoin.

A small bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) of Southeast China having slender culms flexuous when young.

A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

A city hall or townhouse.

A hospital.

an owner or manager of a hotel or hotels.

p. p. of Hote.

In haste; foothot.

same as hot-headed.

A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.

In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.

The quality or state of being hot.

To apply heat to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glossy surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.

a successful, self-confident person who is regarded by others as highly skilled; -- sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons whose opinion of their own talents is considered exaggerated.

highly talented, self-confident and successful.

A rash, hot-headed man.

Violent; impetuous; headstrong.

One of a degraded-- "pastoral", in MW10 --> and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.

A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.

A genus of aquatic herbs.

See Howdah.

To cut with a hoe.

The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.

A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.

An owl. See Howlet.

A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.

To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.

A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.

Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.

The act of one who hounds.

See Hoopoe.

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Muslims.

Every hour; frequently; continually.

Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.

A fee for keeping goods in a house.

To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.

a guest entertained and staying overnight in one's house for one or more nights.

to take care of all household-related business.

proud of one's house or its furnishings or upkeep.

A gathering for the construction of a house by a group of neighbors, usually in a rural community, and sometimes accomplished in a single day; similar to a barn-raising.

omitting no one; proceeding from the door of one house to that of the next; as, house-to-house canvassing.

same as housebroken.

a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling.

Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.

confined to the home, usually due to illness.

to train a pet to live cleanly in a house, especially by training it to defecate and urinate in designated boxes.

One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.

The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.

trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place, such as a litter box; as, housebroken pets; -- of pet animals.

One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.

A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.

a loose dressing gown for women.

skill in domestic management.

a dog trained to guard a house.

a man in charge of children in an institution.

as many as a house will accommodate; as, they entertained a houseful of guests.

Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.

The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.

One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.

Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.

To administer the eucharist to.

A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (Sempervivum tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.

Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.

The state of being houseless.

A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.

Same as Housling.

A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.

an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience in a hospital or other medical institution.

A teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse.

One who dwells in the same house with another.

any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes.

Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.

The roof of a house, especially the flat part of a roof; as, shout it from the housetops.

same as housebroken.

A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.

The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.

The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.

The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

A builder of houses.

A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

same as 2nd housing, n.

Sacramental; as, housling fire.

A saddlecloth; a housing.

A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus.

A beautiful South American motmot.

A genus of plants having only one species; East Asian low-growing plant of wet places.

A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.

One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.

To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.

To put in a hovel; to shelter.

One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.

Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle.

Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.

To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something.

The kestrel.

A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called ACV and air-cushioned vehicle.

A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.

In a hovering manner.

In what manner or way; by what means or process.

A traveler.

Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.

A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders.

A midwife.

To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.

The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.

Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it.

A howitzer.

A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar. A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.

Same as Hooker.

The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.

One who howls.

An owl; an owlet.