GRA’VITY, s. weight; tendency to the centre; seriousness; solemnity
GROTE’SQUE, a. distorted of figure; unnatural
GUARD, s. part of the hilt of a sword; a man
or body of men whose
business is to watch
GUIDE, s. director; regulator
HABITATION, s. place of abode; dwelling
HABI’TUALLY, ad. customarily; by habit
HA’GGARD, a. deformed; ugly
HARA’NGUE, v.n. make a speech
HA’RMONIZE, v.a. to adjust in fit proportion
HARPO’ON, s. a bearded dart, with a line
fastened to the handle, with
which whales are struck and
caught
HA’ZARDOUS, a. perilous, dangerous
HE’AVY, a. weighty; burdened; depressed
HE’RALDRY, s. the art or office of a herald; registers of genealogies
HE’RBAGE, s. grass; pasture; herbs collectively
HERBI’VOROUS, a. that eats herbs
HERE’DITARY, a. possessed or claimed
by right of inheritance;
descending by inheritance
HE’RETIC, s. one who propagates his private
opinions in opposition to
the Catholic Church
HE’YDAY, s. frolic; wildness
HI’DEOUS, a. frightful; ugly
HIPPOPO’TAMUS, s. a large animal—the river horse
HISTO’RIAN, s. a writer of facts and events
HISTO’RICAL, a. that which relates to history
HI’STORY, s. narration; the knowledge of facts and events
HO’LLOW, a. excavated; not solid; not sound
HO’NEY, s. a sweet substance produced by bees
HO’NOUR, s. dignity; fame; reputation; glory
HO’RIZON, s. the line that terminates the view
HO’SPITABLE, a. giving entertainment to strangers; kind to strangers
HO’TTENTO’T, s. a native of the south of Africa
HOWE’VER, ad. in whatsoever manner; at
all events; happen what will;
yet
HOWI’TZER, s. a kind of bomb
HU’MAN, a. having the qualities of a man; belonging to man
HUMA’NITY, s. the nature of man; benevolence
HU’MBLE, a. not proud; modest; low
HU’MID, a. wet; moist; watery
HUMI’LITY, s. freedom from pride; modesty
HU’NDRED, s. a company or body consisting of a hundred.
HU’RRICANE, s. a blast; a tempest
HYDRAU’LIC, a. relating to the conveyance of water through pipes
HY’DROGEN, s. a gas, one of the component parts of the atmosphere
I’CEBERG, s. a hill of ice; a moving island of ice
I’CICLE, s. a pendent shoot of ice