| H.R. (abbreviation, acronym) Human Resources (HR) manpower; personnel; human work force; human labor; staff | habit (noun) form plural: habits custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior pattern |
| hallmark (noun) form plural: hallmarks identifying characteristic | halt (noun) form plural: halts temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey |
| halt (verb) forms: halted; halted; halting to stop; to cause to stop; to pause; to hesitate; to be uncertain | handbook (noun) form plural: handbooks manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions |
| handle (noun) form plural: handles part of an object designed to be gripped by the hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title | handle (verb) forms: handled; handled; handling to manage; to process; to deal in; to do business with; to treat |
| handling (noun) form plural: handlings care; treatment; procedure; system; touch | hard (adjective) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff |
| hard (adverb) strenuously; with great effort; to the full extent; intently; to the extreme limit | harmful (adjective) injurious; causing damage |
| harmonize (verb) forms: harmonized; harmonized; harmonizing to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with | harmony (noun) form plural: harmonies unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry |
| harness (noun) form: no plural straps and other parts by which a draft animal is attached to a vehicle | harness (verb) forms: harnessed; harnessed; harnessing to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel |
| harvest (noun) form plural: harvests reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome; product | harvest (verb) forms: harvested; harvested; harvesting to reap; to gather in ripe crops; to catch; to gather |
| hazard (noun) form plural: hazards danger; risk; game of chance | hazard (verb) forms: hazarded; hazarded; hazarding to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture |
| hazardous (adjective) dangerous; risky; perilous | haze (noun) form plural: hazes fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness |
| haze (verb) forms: hazed; hazed; hazing to treat someone new in a humiliating manner; to harass; to humiliate | head (adjective) chief; leading; main; principal |
| head (noun) form plural: heads mind; understanding; leader; person in authority; top | head (verb) forms: headed; headed; heading to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction |
| headquarter (verb) forms: headquartered; headquartered; headquartering to set up a center of operations; to be set up in a center of operations | headquarters (noun) form: only plural main office; central office of a company; center of operation |
| headway (noun) form: no plural progress; advance | health (noun) form: no plural physical or mental well-being; freedom from disease |
| healthy (adjective) well; not sick; fit; sound | helicopter (noun) form plural: helicopters aircraft which flies by means of horizontally rotating blades |
| hem (noun) form plural: hems folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of a garment | hem (verb) forms: hemmed; hemmed; hemming to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in speaking |
| hesitate (verb) forms: hesitated; hesitated; hesitating to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive | hesitation (noun) form plural: hesitations pausing; stammering; faltering |
| hidden (adjective) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior | hide (verb) forms: hid; hidden; hiding to conceal; to cover up; to keep secret; to place out of sight |
| hire (noun) form plural: hires wages; rent; rental; charge; fee | hire (verb) forms: hired; hired; hiring to lease; to rent; to employ |
| hit (noun) form plural: hits stroke; blow; collision; success; popular event or production | hit (verb) forms: hit; hit; hitting to strike; to beat; to reach; to find; to collide |
| homebound (adjective) confined usually by illness | honest (adjective) truthful; candid; frank |
| honesty (noun) form: no plural truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness | honor (noun) form plural: honors esteem; respect; integrity; honesty; award; privilege |
| honor (verb) forms: honored; honored; honoring to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept | horrible (adjective) terrible; awful; disgusting |
| hospital (noun) form plural: hospitals location where sick and injured people receive medical treatment | host (noun) form plural: hosts person who receives guests; large number; multitude (of people or things) |
| host (verb) forms: hosted; hosted; hosting to act as master of ceremonies; to receive guests into one's home; to give a party | hourly (adjective) continual |
| house (adjective) pertaining to accommodations; domesticated | house (noun) form plural: houses building used for a particular purpose; business; audience; legislative body |
| house (verb) forms: housed; housed; housing to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to dwell; to store; to shelter | housing (noun) form plural: housing lodging; dwelling |
| however (adverb) in any event; anyway | however (conjunction) in what way? |
| hr (abbreviation, acronym) hour period of 60 minutes | HTML (abbreviation, acronym) hypertext markup language language used to write pages and sites for the Internet |
| humidity (noun) form: no plural dampness; moistness; mugginess | hurry (noun) form: no plural rush; haste; urgency |
| hurry (verb) forms: hurried; hurried; hurrying to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash | hyphen (noun) form plural: hyphens short dash; short line used to connect or separate words or syllables (-) |