Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 54
Humorousness (n.) Facetiousness; jocularity.
Humorousness (n.) The trait of merry joking [syn: jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, humorousness].
Humorsome (a.) Moody; whimsical; capricious. -- Hawthorne.
The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. -- Burke.
Humorsome (a.) Jocose; witty; humorous. -- Swift.
Humorsomely (adv.) Pleasantly; humorously.
Humorsomeness (n.) Quality of being humorsome.
Hump (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
Hump (n.) (Zool.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
Hump (n.) (Railroad) a portion of a switchyard with a slanting track in which freight cars may coast without an engine and be sorted through a series of switches.
Hump (v. t.) To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.
The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. -- T. Roosvelt.
Hump (v. t.) To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia]
Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush. -- C. L. Money.
Hump (v. t.) To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump yourself. [Slang, U. S.]
A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow. -- McClure's Mag.
Hump (v. t.) (Railroad) to sort freight cars by means of a hump.
Hump (v. t.) To engage in sexual intercourse with. [Vulgar Slang, U. S.]
Hump (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence].
Hump (v.) Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward [syn: hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over].
Hump (v.) Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk].
Humpback (n.) A crooked back; a humped back. -- Tatler.
Humpback (n.) A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
Humpback (n.) (Zool.) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known.
The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and Megaptera osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is Megaptera versabilis.
Humpback (n.) (Zool.) A small salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America; the humpbacked salmon.
Humpback (n.) An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback].
Humpback (n.) A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback].
Humpback (n.) Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives [syn: humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae].
Humpbacked (a.) Having a humped back.
Humped (a.) Having a hump, as the back.
Humph (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
Humpless (a.) Without a hump.
Hump-shouldered (a.) Having high, hunched shoulders.
Humpy (a.) Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
Humstrum (n.) An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
Humulin (n.) An extract of hops.
Humus (n.) That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.
Hun (n.) One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
Hunch (n.) A hump; a protuberance.
Hunch (n.) A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
Hunch (n.) A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
Hunched (imp. & p. p.) of Hunch.
Hunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hunch.
Hunch (v. t.) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
Hunchback (n.) A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
Hunchbacked (a.) Having a humped back.
Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
Hundred (n.) A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
Hundreder (n.) An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.
Hundreder (n.) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs.
Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred.
Hundredfold (n.) A hundred times as much or as many.
Hundredth (a.) Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.
Hundredth (a.) Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a tenth.
Hundredth (n.) One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.
Hundredweight (n.) A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.
Hung () imp. & p. p. of Hang.
Hungarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary.
Hungarian (n.) A native or one of the people of Hungary.
Hungarian (a.) 來自匈牙利的；匈牙利的 Belonging to or relating to Hungary, its people, or its language.
// Hungarian goulash.
Hungarian (n.) [ C ] 匈牙利人 A person from Hungary.
Hungarian (n.) [ U ] 匈牙利語 The main language spoken in Hungary.
Hungary (n.) A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Hunger (n.) An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
Hunger (n.) Any strong eager desire.
Hungered (imp. & p. p.) of Hunger.
Hungering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hunger.
Hunger (n.) To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
Hunger (n.) To have an eager desire; to long.
Hunger (v. t.) To make hungry; to famish.
Hunger-bit (a.) Alt. of Hunger-bitten
Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.
Hungerer (n.) One who hungers; one who longs.
Hungerly (a.) Wanting food; starved.
Hungerly (adv.) With keen appetite.
Hunger-starve (v. t.) To starve with hunger; to famish.
Hungred (a.) Hungered; hungry.
Hungrily (adv.) In a hungry manner; voraciously.
Hungry (a.) Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
Hungry (a.) Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
Hungry (a.) Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
Hungry (a.) (Needing food) (A1) 饑餓的 Wanting or needing food.
// By four o'clock I felt/was really hungry.
// The children are always hungry when they get home from school.
// There are too many hungry people (= people without enough to eat) in the world.
// She often goes hungry herself (= does not eat) so that her children can have enough to eat.
// Digging the garden is hungry work (= makes you feel hunger).
Hungry (a.) (Wanting) (C2) 渴望的；想要的 Having a strong wish or desire for something.
// She was so hungry for success that she'd do anything to achieve it.
// Journalists were hungry for details.
-hungry (Suffix) 渴望…的 Having a strong wish or desire for the stated thing.
// Power-hungry politicians.
Hunk (n.) A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread.
Hunk (n.) [ C ] (Piece) （尤指食物的）大片，厚片 A large, thick piece, especially of food.
// A hunk of bread/ cheese/ meat.
Hunk (n.) [ C ] (Man) (Informal approving) 健壯迷人的男子 A tall, strong, attractive man.
Hunker (n.) Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.
Hunkerism (n.) Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.
Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.
Hunted (imp. & p. p.) of Hunt.
Hunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hunt.
Hunt (v. t.) 追獵，獵取；在……中狩獵；驅使……行獵；搜索；尋找；追捕 To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
Hunt (v. t.) To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
Hunt (v. t.) To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
Hunt (v. t.) To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
Hunt (v. i.) 打獵；（獸類等）獵食；搜尋 [（+for/ after）] To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
Hunt (v. i.) To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
Hunt (n.) [C] 打獵；獵隊 [G]；獵區；搜索，搜尋 [（+for）] The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
Hunt (n.) The game secured in the hunt.
Hunt (n.) A pack of hounds.
Hunt (n.) An association of huntsmen.
Hunt (n.) A district of country hunted over.
Hunt-counter (n.) A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.
Hunte (n.) A hunter.
Hunter (n.) One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
Hunter (n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
Hunter (n.) A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
Hunter (n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
Hunter (n.) A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
Hunterian (a.) Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.
Hunting (n.) The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
Huntingdon (n.) 亨廷登（英語：Huntingdon）是英國英格蘭劍橋郡的一座城市。亨廷登在歷史上是亨廷登郡的郡治，現在是亨廷登區的行政中心。亨廷登以其是奧利弗·克倫威爾的出生地而聞名，現在這裡設有克倫威爾博物館。 Is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire and the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is well known as the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell, who was born in 1599 and was the member of parliament (MP) for the town in the 17th century. The former Conservative prime minister John Major was the MP for the town from 1979 to 2001.
Huntress (n.) A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana.
Huntsmen (n. pl. ) of Huntsman.
Huntsman (n.) One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
Huntsman (n.) The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds.
Huntsmanship (n.) The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
Hunt's-up (n.) A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call.
Hurden (n.) A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden.
Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.