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)
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
hopscotch
- n a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
horatio alger
- n United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)
horatio hornblower
- n a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
horatio nelson
- n English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
horatio walpole
- n English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)