himantoglossum
- n small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region
himantopus
- n major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
himantopus himantopus
- n stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
himantopus himantopus leucocephalus
- n stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
himantopus mexicanus
- n stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
himantopus novae-zelandiae
- n blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
himantopus stilt
- n long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
himmler
- n German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945)
hinault
- n French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954)
hinayana
- n a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts
- n an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia
hinayana buddhism
- n an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia