2-Letter Words Starting with H

An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Heliostat

Reddish-purple color that's also a shrub

Pink-purple flower

Serf I engaged to secure plant

Heliozoan

Distasteful and repellant: hellacious smog.

Amphibian in box by shelter

Large salamander

Hellbroth

Hellebore

HELLENIZE To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.

Hellenize

Fiends.

Adjective meaning resembling

""Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.""

(Laugh) uncontrollably

Impotently

In a vulnerable manner, ill sheep slaughtered without one knowing

Blood work (wordplay)

Study of blood

""∨, Hemelytrum One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.""

Adjective (-al)

Hemicycle

""Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron. half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron.""

A palsy that affects one side only of the body.

Paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

It makes blood red

Hemolymph

Hemolysin

Hemolyze

Genetic disorder carried by Queen Victoria

""Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophiliac.""

""A white or tan powder, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , formerly used as a pesticide, that is highly toxic to humans and is a suspected carcinogen.""

Seven-sided

Heraldry

Herbalist

As a selective killer, Charlie bid for change

Hercules

Cracked the miracle? Shut up!

With valor

A race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others; -- referred to especially in NAZI racial theories.

Stanley hit out with some doubt

Showing indecision he is the one colonist with only half

English word

""A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.""

Hexaploid

HEXAPLOID

Pertaining to a chief priest

According to ranking, hire, we hear, shrewd man

Hierodule

A character in symbolic writing

Character in Egyptian writing

Egyptian written symbol

Highball

Lofty Wright Brothers?

Lofty Wright Brothers (wordplay)

Jet-setters

Highflyer

Native of north or west Scotland, a Gael

Scot's exam covering state of Germany

Classy boat for a mountain sailor (wordplay)

Calls attention to moons (wordplay)

Most important or exciting parts

Memorable parts of an event

Scrammed, with "it"

Hilarity

Hillcrest

Remote inland areas

Remote area of a country

Remote areas of a country

Hirsel

Pl. histologies The anatomical study of the microscopic structure of animal and plant tissues.

Plural or third person singular

The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

Like Sabatini's Nights

Popular form of fiction.

Like "Hamilton" and "1776"

""A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple. Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.""

Certain trick-or-treaters.

Hobo's besotted with bling and spirits

Halloween visitors

Hobnail

Holidayer

Not working

Holiness

Holloware

State of being hollow.

Silver dishes.

Gift for a 16th anniversary that'll bowl you over (wordplay)

Actress Hunter visits a pawn shop (wordplay)

Flowers

Holocaust

""An active, complex enzyme consisting of an apoenzyme and a coenzyme.""

Hologamy

Holograph

3-D image-making process

Three D laser imagery

Producing hard copy for the 'Spectator' (wordplay)

Hologyny

""Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, in opposition to hemihedral. hemihedral.""

Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

HOLYSTONE A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

They're used to polish wooden decks

Simplicity

*Domestic fish (wordplay)

Guppies in your fishtank

Art of preaching house goes a long way before marks of approval are mentioned

""Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; opposed to heterocercal. heterocercal.""

""To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. as, the court homologates a proceeding.""

Homology

To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

Wing of a bird and arm of a man, e.g

Wing of a bird and arm of a man, for example

Corresponding with doctor, trademark in house unfinished

Homologue

*Like many pride parade participants

Flower for the little guy (wordplay)

Somatosensory cortex cartoon

Anatomical model.

Adverb

Perhaps Jack will get fit and famous

Title given to MPs

Entitled to high esteem

HOODLUM a {thug=n}

HOODLUM a {thug=n}

In an incompetent manner

Rick Astley's follow-up hit to "Cry for Help"

Incompetently

What this answer isn't!

Gymnast's type of bar.

How this entry appears in the grid

HORMONAL relating to hormones

Green to black mineral

Mineral present in many rocks

Aluminous mineral

Horology

Maker of timepieces

Watchmaker.

Watchmaker

The flesh of horses.

Nagging insects (wordplay)

Jockey-aviator union result (wordplay)

Pegasus on the move.

Stable joke response (wordplay)

Cowboy's guffaw (wordplay)

Heard on a funny farm (wordplay)

Horseplay

They swat flies (2 words)

Marsh plants

*Fly flickers

Clinic admitting bishop, English kind

Welcoming to guests

Keeping open house.

In a hospitable manner.

People hiking, often, left in shelter so arranged

Hostel

Hostelry

Housecarl

Remove the undesirables

Tidy up the abode

Swatters' targets

Buzzers

Survey units

Census units

Families keep being taken in by star signs

Houseleek

Housel

Aspidistra, for one

Leaves inside (wordplay)

Potted palm, for one

Loud confused noise usually of protest

1960s musical variety show

Fuss caused by city with a bear

Simplicity

Modesty

HUMBLING the act of {abasing=v}

Embarrassed

Mortified

Humiliate

Humility

With wit

The clear fluid portion of cytoplasm as distinguished from the granular and netlike components. Also called ground substance .

Science of pipe and channel flow

Science of fluids

Fluid mechanics

Hydrocele

Some commercial ferries

Boats with winglike blades

They fly on water

Hydrolase

Water

Hydrolyse

Chemical decomposition caused by water

Chemical breakdown in reaction with water

Chemical breakdown due to reaction with water

Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.

HYDROLYZE

Hydrolyze

Motorboat with foils

Skim across water at high speed

Skim on a wet road

HYDROSOL an aqueous solution of a colloid

HYDROXYL the group containing oxygen and hydrogen

Hylozoism

Hylozoist

HYMENEAL a wedding song or poem

""Geology Solidifying chiefly as a minor intrusion, especially as a dike or sill, before reaching the earth's surface. Used of rocks.""

Wholly or partly open to the sky: an ancient hypaethral temple.

Hypallage

ALERT to {warn=v}

""Pl. hyperbolas or hyperbolae (-l ) A plane curve having two branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with both halves of a right circular cone at an angle parallel to the axis of the cone. It is the locus of points for which the difference of the distances from two given points is a constant.""

Hyperbola

Extravagant exaggerations

Over the top

Type of geometry

Like some geometric curves

HYPERGOL a rocket fuel

PLANE to make smooth and even

Having a chromosome number greater than but not an exact multiple of the normal euploid number.

HYPHEN to connect words with a punctuation mark

Hypoblast

Hypocotyl

DERMAL relating to the derm

""The layer of water in a thermally stratified lake that lies below the thermocline, is noncirculating, and remains perpetually cold.""

""Size a condition in which tissue or an organ of the body fails to grow to normal size. Cf. hypertrophy . ; hypoplastic ,""

Hypoploid

Hypostyle

Uncontrollably laughing or crying

Affected by wildly uncontrolled emotion

More than funny

Habiliment

Made fit, as for functioning in society

Fits out.

Hagiology

HAIRSTYLE

Entourage member, sometimes

Barber, modern style.

One doing dos

With a shrug, perhaps

Without enthusiasm or energy

Lacking in zeal

Halfpenny

Cries inside church (wordplay)

Words of joy

Exclamations of praise.

Hallmark

See what isn't there

Have strange visions

Experience unreal things

Halocarbon

HALOGENATE

Halogenate

Adjective (-ic)

""A tranquilizer, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used especially in the treatment of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, and also in the management of Tourette's syndrome.""

English word

English word

Wrestling holds

Wrestling maneuvers

Some holds

Handsel

Willy-nilly

At random

HAPLESS {luckless=adj}

Haplology

A plasma protein that is a normal constituent of blood serum and functions in the binding of free hemoglobin in the bloodstream.

Part of body in raging sun with flesh? There's capacity for injury

""HARVEST to gather in a crop, also HAIRST""

Hatchel

MALICE

With great risk.

Dangerously

The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

In callous fashion, she tells Ray off

Man naturally showing no compassion

With cruelty

Heartsome

Most celestial

Hectoliter

Hectoring

HEDONIC pertaining to pleasure

HEEDFUL paying close attention

Heroic operatic voice

Wagnerian male voice

Pilot cheers whirling aircraft

Smothery parents' analogues

Hovercraft pilot cheers wildly

Helicopt