horace
- n Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
horace greeley
- n United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)
horace mann
- n United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
horace walpole
- n English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
hopelessness
- n the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
hoper
- n a person who hopes
only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now
hopi
- n a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
- n the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi
hopkins
- n United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
- n United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
- n English poet (1844-1889)
- n English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
- n Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
hopkinson
- n American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791)
hopper
- n funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
- n someone who hops
at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children - n a machine used for picking hops
- n terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
- n (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
hops
- n twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
- n the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- n twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
- n an informal dance where popular music is played
- v jump lightly
- v move quickly from one place to another
- v travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
- v traverse as if by a short airplane trip
- v jump across
- v make a jump forward or upward
hopsack
- n a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing
hopsacking
- n a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing