2-Letter Words Starting with H

STATIC random noise produced in a radio or television receiver

Hypostome

Hypostyle

TACTIC a manoeuvre for gaining an objective

Side facing a corner (wordplay)

Longest side of a right-angled triangle

Longest side of right-angled triangle

Scientists' formulations

Assumptions

It's tested using the scientific method

A tentative theory

Injection before the son is 21

Hypotonia

Hypoxemia

""An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.""

""Pl. hystereses (-s z) The lagging of an effect behind its cause, as when the change in magnetism of a body lags behind changes in the magnetic field.""

(In physics) a lag between cause and effect

Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

Uncontrollably laughing or crying

Affected by wildly uncontrolled emotion

More than funny

Study of saints

Biography of saintly person

Seminary study

HAIRSTYLE

Entourage member, sometimes

Barber, modern style.

One doing dos

English word

Willy-nilly

At random

HAPHAZARD Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

With great risk.

Dangerously

In callous fashion, she tells Ray off

Man naturally showing no compassion

With cruelty

Heartsome

Anthony Joshua's current boxing division

Person of import - boxer

Boxing division

Hectoring

HEDONIC pertaining to pleasure

H\'91matoxylin.

English word

HEMIHYDRATE

Hemocyanin

(used with a sing. verb) The study of the forces involved in the circulation of blood.

Hendiadys

Pl. hepatectomies Surgical removal of all or part of the liver.

Hepatocyte

In an heretical manner.

""The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zo\'94logy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.""

Containing more than one kind of atom joined in a ring.

Heterocyst

HETERODYNE

Heterodyne

Biology ()

Biology ()

Biology ()

An abnormal state of the voice.

HETEROS hetero

""Biology Of, relating to, or being the reduction division of meiosis.""

In an hexagonal manner.

HEXAHYDRATE

Characters in Egyptian mythology

In a side-splitting way

Extremely amusingly

Histiocyte

HISTIOCYTE

HISTORIC important in history

Gawky adolescent

Awkward youth.

Kids' rockers

Unusual sighting in the paddock (wordplay)

Hokeyness

Hokeypokey

Holoenzyme

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

HOMEOTHERM A homoiothermal animal.

Homeyness

Homicidal

Identicalness

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Plural or third person singular

""The union of genetically identical gametes, resulting in the formation of a homozygote.""

Homozygote

Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.

Bears, for example

Honeyguide

Did a tour after joining up (wordplay)

Took a post-wedding vacation

Took a trip after taking the plunge

Newly-wed on holiday (wordplay)

Newlywed, right after the reception

Post-nuptial holidaymaker

Fragrant flowering climber

Bell-shaped flower that smells lovely

Fragrant bell-shaped flower

Equus actor (wordplay)

Masochist of a sort

Hortative

Kindness in welcoming guests

Cordial entertainment of guests

Readiness to welcome guests

In an impetuous way

Like one in a rage

Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.

Job of running home

- Finn (Mark Twain)

North American fruit

Finn of fiction

Humidify

Humorless

Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth.

Hyaloplasm

Hybridity

Hybridizer

HYBRIDIZE To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.

""An antihypertensive drug, C 8 H 8 N 4 .""

Chief component of petroleum

Propane or polyethylene

Compound such as found in petroleum

Hydrocrack

An enzyme in certain microorganisms that catalyzes the hydrolysis or reduction of a substrate by molecular hydrogen.

To hydrogenize.

Of or pertaining to hydrogen; containing hydrogen.

""The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena.""

Hydrology

One skilled in hydrology.

HYDROLYSE

HYDROLYZE

Decomposing, chemically

""Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and nakedeyed medus\'91. Craspedota, and nakedeyed medus\'91.""

""A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc. pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.""

Hydrometer

""An instrument used to determine specific gravity, especially a sealed, graduated tube, weighted at one end, that sinks in a fluid to a depth used as a measure of the fluid's specific gravity.""

HYDROPATH A hydropathist.

Hydrophane

HYDROPHILE

Fear of rinsing (wordplay)

A symptom of rabies

Rabies; aversion to water

""Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison. as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.""

Hydrophone

Hydrophyte

HYDROPHYTE An aquatic plant; an alga.

Extremely heavy fall over inland Spain that skimmed water

Hydroplane

The growing of plants without soil

Technique of growing plants in water without soil

Cultivation of plants in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil

Hydropower

Hydrospace

The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere.

Relating to pressure in still fluids

Relating to water pressure

Relating to pressures in liquids at rest

An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.

""Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.""

English word

HYDROXYL the group containing oxygen and hydrogen

""An antineoplastic drug, CH 4 N 2 O 2 , that suppresses the production of blood cell precursors in the bone marrow and is used in the treatment of certain leukemias, carcinomas, and sickle cell anemia.""

Antihistaminic drug

Hygrograph

Hygrometer

Any of several instruments that measure atmospheric humidity.

Hygrophyte

HYGROPHYTE

Absorbing moisture from the air

HYLOZOIST A believer in hylozoism.

Order of ants

Order of four-winged insects

Order of insects with four transparent wings

Hymnology

""An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc. Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.""

Abnormally busy or lively

Unusually energetic

Abnormally energetic

ACUITY sharpness

Person prone to exaggeration

To speak or write with exaggeration.

""A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.""

""Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.""

A condition marked by an unusually high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood as a result of hypoventilation.

Adjective (-ic)

CHARGE to make an attack

One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.

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Hypergamy

IMMUNE one who is exempt from disease or danger

Hypermania

Keep myrrh at rambling store

Enormous shop there - my park is ruined

Very large store

Hypermeter

METRIC a standard of measurement

""Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses.""

""Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses.""

MODERN a person with up to date views

""Abnormally increased appetite for and consumption of food, thought to be associated with a lesion or injury in the hypothalamus.""

Adjective (-ic)

Hyperplane

""An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.""

Hyperploid

PLOIDY the number of chromosomes in a cell

SALINE a salt solution

SEXUAL pertaining to sex

Hyperspace

STATIC random noise produced in a radio or television receiver

""An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.""

Hypertonia

Enlargement of an organ or tissue

HYPHENATE

The process of writing a very short line

Act of joining with a dash

Feature of 14 publicity around hard people

Of or relating to the partially conscious state that precedes complete awakening from sleep.

HYPNOTIZE To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

Hypocenter

CENTRAL a telephone exchange

Pet names.

Hypocrisy

""A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.""

Some injections

DIPLOID a cell with double chromosomes

Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.

""Under the tongue; applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.""

An abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood.

Adjective (-ic)

Lowest layer of a thermally stratified lake

MORPHIC pertaining to form

""An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.""

Pl. hypophyses (-s z ) See pituitary gland .

Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.

Hypoplasia

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

""A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.""

""To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.""

TENSION to make strained

TENSIVE causing tensity

Some triangle sides

Right-triangle sides

THALAMI thalamus

Pledge by photo-fixer, Felix East

Same as Hypotenuse. Hypotenuse.

THERMAL a rising mass of warm air

Abnormally low body temperature

Body condition caused by extreme cold

Condition with abnormally low body temperature

THERMIC pertaining to heat