Definition of h

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H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch

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Ferrumination :: Ferrumination (n.) The soldering ir uniting of me/ als.
Alemannic :: Alemannic (n.) The language of the Alemanni.
Lunette :: Lunette (n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
Quitch :: Quitch (n.) Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.
Spurge :: Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Chirk :: Chirk (v. i.) Lively; cheerful; in good spirits.
Devilish :: Devilish (a.) Extreme; excessive.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four..
Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act of speculating.
Lubrifaction :: Lubrifaction (n.) The act of lubricating, or making smooth..
Maternally :: Maternally (adv.) In a motherly manner.
Minster :: Minster (n.) A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church..
Cheating :: Cheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chea.
Inulin :: Inulin (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc..
Lechery :: Lechery (n.) Selfish pleasure; delight.
Decisive :: Decisive (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder..
Ninetieth :: Ninetieth (n.) The next in order after the eighty-ninth.
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