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HOSE - HUMILITY

HOSE - nouns
• VAMP † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VAMPAGE † vamps or feet of hose ...1555
• VAMPETH † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...c1430
• VAMPEY † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...c1425
• VAMPY † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...c1425
 
HOSPITABLE - adjectives
• CADGY cheerful; merry, friendly and hospitable; in good spirits ...1725 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CAGIE cheerful, in good spirits; friendly, affectionately kind or hospitable ...1822 Sc.
• HARBEROUS hospitable; affording shelter ...1819 Sc.
• HARBOROUS † affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality ...1526
• HARBOURSOME † given to hospitality, hospitable ...1584
• HOSPITALIOUS †* hospitable ...1602
• HOSPITIOUS † hospitable ...1588
• MENSEFUL hospitable; generous, liberal ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• XENODOCHIAL †* given to receiving strangers; friendly to strangers; hospitable ...1716
 
HOSPITAL - adjectives
• UNGRATEFUL said of a hospital patient who dies after heroic efforts to save his life ...1989 US sl.
 
HOSPITAL - nouns
• BANDAGE FACTORY a hospital ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BUGHOUSE a hospital ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHER SHOP an operating room; also, a hospital; often used disparagingly ...1918 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• DEADLOCK a 'lock' hospital, a hospital for venereal disease ...L19 sl.
• DING WARD a hospital ward for the mentally infirm ...1981 US sl.
• DOCK a hospital ...World War I Amer. sl.
• DOWN THE LINE a psychiatric hospital ...1963 NZ sl.
• GUN AND RIFLE CLUB an inner-city hospital's casualty department ...1978 US sl.
• HOSSIE a hospital ...1971 Aust. sl.
• JOHNNY a short, collarless gown that is fastened in back ad is worn by hospital patients, persons being examined in a doctor's office, etc. sl.
• LAZARET a house for the reception of the diseased poor, esp. lepers; a hospital ...1611
• LAZARETTO a house for the reception of the diseased poor, esp. lepers; a hospital ...1549
• LEECH-HOUSE † a hospital ...1483
• MAISON-DIEU a hospital, a name given to a hospital ...1895 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MALADERIE † a hospital, esp. for lepers ...1461 obs. exc. Hist.
• NAD ALERT a warning in a hospital that an x-ray is about to be taken ...1994 US sl.
• NOSOCOME † a hospital ...1653
• OLD-MAN-HOUSE † a hospital for old men ...1634
• OLD-WOMAN-HOUSE a hospital for old women ...1634
• PAD OF STITCHES a hospital ...1940s US Black sl.
• RAT HOUSE a mental hospital ...1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RIP TRACK on the railways: a hospital ...1977 US sl.
• SANITY-INSTITUTION † a hospital ...1799
• SICK BUNK a hospital bed ...1940 army colloq.
• SICK-HOUSE * a house set apart for sick persons; a hospital ...1491
• SPIKE a maternity hospital ...1960s Irish sl.
• VALETUDINARY † an infirmary or hospital ...1623
 
HOSPITAL - nouns, person
• ANDROID a patient with no normal laboratory values ...1994 US sl.
• CACTUS in hospital usage: a severely burnt patient ...1994 US sl.
• DADDY the superintendent of a casualty ward ...c1860 colloq.
• GOMER a repulsive, non-compliant hospital patient ...1993 US sl.
• MEGA DIRTBALL. a hospital patient with an appalling lack of hygiene ...1989 US sl.
• O-SIGN the open mouth of a very sick hospital patient ...1980 medical usage
• PILLS a hospital steward ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• QUACK a hospital patient who feigns symptoms in order to receive attention, prescription medication or both ...1978 US sl.
• REEKER a bad-smelling hospital casualty department patient ...1978 US sl.
• SIEVE a hospital or admitting physician that freely admits patients ...1994 US sl.
• TRAIN WRECK a horribly wounded soldier or casualty department patient ...1978 US sl., orig. Vietnam medical corpsmen usage
• VEGETABLE GARDEN a group of neurologically depressed hospital patients ...1978 US sl.
 
HOSPITAL - verbs
• EAT PLASTIC of a hospital patient: to be intubated ...1994 US sl.
• SPECIAL of a nurse: to attend continuously to a single patient ...1961 sl.
 
HOSPITAL - phrases
• BEND OVER, BROWN EYES an instruction to a patient about to undergo a rectal examination ...1989 US sl.
• IN DOCK in hospital, receiving treatment ...1785 sl.
• OUT OF DOCK out of hospital after receiving treatment ...1785 sl.
 
HOSPITALITY - adjectives
• HARBOROUS † affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality ...1526
 
HOSPITALITY - nouns
• EXCUSE-US a gift in exchange for hospitality ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MENSE profuse hospitality, liberality; a liberal amount, a great deal ...1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEWCASTLE HOSPITALITY hospitality which kills with kindness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• XENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• XENODOCHY †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• ZENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1674
 
HOSPITALITY - verbs
• CUT A MELON to offer generous hospitality ...1920 Amer. sl.
• EAT SALT WITH A PERSON to enjoy his hospitality; also, to be dependent upon him ...1539
• KEEP OPEN DOORS to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...1841
• KEEP OPEN HOUSE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...1530
• KEEP OPEN HOUSEHOLD † to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...a1548
• KEEP OPEN TABLE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...1720
 
HOST, HOSTESS - nouns, person
• FEASTER † the giver of a feast, a host, an entertainer ...c1425
• HARBINGER † one who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host ...c1175
• HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
• HARBOURESS a hostess ...1624
• HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST a good hostess ...1970 US sl.
• LANDLORD the head of a family where one is a guest; one's host ...1824 Sc.
• WARDIN †* a landlady, a hostess ...1493
 
HOST - verbs
• SADDLE THE SPIT to host a dinner or supper ...L18 sl.
 
HOSTEL - nouns
• XENODOCHION a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1865
• XENODOCHIUM a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1612
• XENODOCHY †* a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...c1540
 
HOSTILE - adjectives
• ADVERSANT † opposing oneself, opposing; adverse, hostile to ...a1420
• ADVERSARIOUS * adverse, opposed, hostile ...1826
• AFFRONTOUS †* full of affront; insulting; hostile ...1598
• CONTRAPUGNANT †* fighting against, of hostile action ...1654
• CROOKED ON annoyed, angry; hostile or averse to ...1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DEAD SET AGAINST totally hostile towards ...E19 sl.
• ENEMIOUS † hostile, unfriendly ...1529
• ENVIOUS hostile ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• FED † at variance, hostile ...c1250
• FEDE † at variance, hostile ...c1250
• HATEL † full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter ...a850
• HATELICH † malignant, hostile; hateful ...c893
• ILL-MINDED † having an evil mind or disposition; unfriendly, hostile, malicious ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• INFESTIOUS † hostile, troublesome, inimical ...1597
• INIMICITIOUS † hostile, unfriendly, adverse, inimical ...1641
• OPPOSITE † opposed in will or action, hostile, antagonistic, adverse ...1577
• OPPUGNANT opposing, resisting, hostile, contrary, repugnant ...1513
• QUED †* hostile, inimical to ...a1300
• QUEDE †* hostile, inimical to ...a1300
• SALTY angry; hostile ...1936 Amer. dial.
• STUCK ON hostile towards ...1910s US sl.
 
HOSTILE - nouns
• WARM RECEPTION, A a vigorous onslaught or resistance; a demonstration of hostile feeling ...1702
 
HOSTILE - nouns, person
• FASCIO an antagonistic, hostile person ...2000s UK Black & teen sl.
 
HOSTILE - verbs
• BACK-JAW to answer in an insolent or hostile manner ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT IN FOR to bear a grudge; to feel hostile towards ...E19 sl.
• SHARE THE RAG to be hostile, to place blame on someone else ...1960s sl.
 
HOSTILELY - adverbs
• ADVERSARILY †* adversely, hostilely ...1475
 
HOSTILITY - nouns
• ADVERSATION †* opposition, hostility ...1470
• ADVERSENESS opposition, hostility; aversion ...1620
• ATTITUDE a hostile or haughty attitude; assertive spirit; hence, a cold reception, hostility, anger, etc. ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BARRACE † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
• HACKEMS hostilities, conflicts ...1960s Aust. sl.
• RED NECK ill temper, hostility, anger ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SNITCH hostility, bad feeling ...1940s NZ sl.
• SNITCHER a dislike; a grudge; hostility; bad feeling ...1940s NZ sl.
• WAR TO THE KNIFE war to the last extremity; fierce or relentless war; deadly strife; a bitter and deadly struggle; hostility without cessation or moderation ...1812
 
HOSTILITY - verbs
• BURY THE TOMAHAWK to lay down one's arms, to cease from hostilities ...1848
• DIG UP THE TOMAHAWK to take up arms in warfare, to commence hostilities ...1848
• FEEL A DRAFT to sense hostility or discrimination ...1957 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE AT † to threaten an attack upon; to take up a position of hostility to; to oppose ...1546
• LAY ASIDE THE TOMAHAWK to lay down one's arms, to cease from hostilities ...1806
 
HOT - adjectives
• ADURENT †* burning, hot and dry ...1626
• AESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• ATSUI hot ...1972 Hawaii
• BLAZING hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAZING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOILING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CALENT †* warm, hot ...1607
• CALID warm, tepid; hot ...1599 arch.
• ESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• FLAMATIOUS † burning hot ...1688
• HIGH-RENTED hot ...L19 sl.
• HOT AS BELIX very hot ...1955 Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BILLY HELL very hot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BLUE BLAZES extremely hot ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BUGGERY very hot ...1940s sl.
• HOT AS MAPP'S MILL-YARD very hot ...1965 Barbados sl.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY BE DAMNED very hot ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY BLUE very hot ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN BLAZES hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN BLIXEN very hot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BLUE BLAZES extremely hot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BLUE HELL very hot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN HADES hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN HELL'S BACK-KITCHEN extremely hot ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN OLD BILLY HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN THE HINGES OF HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A MELT AND A SWELTER exceedingly hot ...1836 Eng. dial.
• MASH hot, warm ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MEETH of the weather: hot, sultry, close; of persons: exhausted with heat ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUSTARD of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl. (Mustard Pot)
• MUSTARD POT of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl.
• PEA-RIPPING of the weather: hot ...1984 Amer. dial.
• PIPING hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTHERY of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm ...1696
• QUELSTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUILSTERING of the weather: sweltering, close, hot, sultry ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RAZZLING hot, scorching ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SALAMANDROUS * living as it were in fire; fiery, hot, passionate ...1711
• SAUDI COOL warm to hot ...1991 US Gulf war usage
• SIROCCOISH somewhat resembling that produced by the sirocco; oppressively hot and moist ...1837 nonce word
• SISSING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THONGY oppressively hot, as between summer showers ...1893 Eng. dial.
• VENOM dry, hard, harsh, hot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALL-HOT † boiling hot ...c1000
• WALM-HOT † blazing-hot; boiling-hot ...a1000
• WALMING HOT † boiling hot ...1610
 
HOT - adverbs
• AHEAT in or into a hot or warm condition ...1871 Sc.
• BEAMING HOT intensely hot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
HOT - nouns
• AIM a blast of hot air, a hot glow ...1907 Sc.
• BLINGER a hot day ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER a hot day ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CROW-GAPER a very hot day ...19C Eng. dial.
• DINDLE the reflection in the atmosphere on a hot day ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGER a hot day ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEATS a hot period or season ...1390
• LAND-TIDE n. the shimmering of light on a hot day; the undulating motion seen in the air on a hot day ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELTON HOT DAY a very hot day ...L19 sporting sl.
• PEA RIPPER a very hot day, hot enough to bust open peas on the vine ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RACE the shimmering appearance of rising air on a hot day, esp. over the brow of a slope ...1929 Sc.
• RAZZLER of the weather: a hot day ...B1900 Eng. dial. 
• SUMMER-COLT the undulating appearance of the air near the ground on a hot day; usually plural ...1685
 
HOT - verbs
• BOIL to feel very hot ...Aust. sl.
• CALEFY † to make warm or hot; to warm, to heat ...1526
• CALENTURE †* to become hot or inflamed ...1649
• CALORIFY to make hot ...1841
• HEATEN † 1. to become hot ...c1400-2
2. to heat, to make hot or warm ...1559
• SIZZLE of the weather: to be very hot ...Aust. sl.
• SULTRY to make hot ...1897
• VESUVIATE of weather: to be very hot ...a1876 nonce word
 
HOT - phrases
• IT'S O.T. it's very hot ...c1880 sl.
 
HOTCHPOTCH - nouns
• FARRAGO. a confused group; a medley, a mixture, hotchpotch ...1632
• MINGLE-MANGLE a medley; a confused mixture; a hotch-potch; a mess; confusion ...1549
• OLIO any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley ...1648
• OLLAPOD a hotchpotch; a medley; an incongruous mixture; a mixture of languages ...1804
• OLLA PODRIDA a hotchpotch, a medley; a mixture of languages ...a1634
• QUIGGER a hotchpotch; a mess, as of badly-cooked food; a muddle or botch in general ...1967 Sc.
• TAGRAGGERY a hotchpotch; a muddle or mix-up; any heterogeneous mass of bits and pieces; a confusion of loose ends ...1837
 
HOT DOG - nouns
• ALPINE STICK an oversized frankfurter ...1984 NZ sl.
• ANGELS ON HORSEBACK hot dogs sliced so that a piece of cheese could be inserted, then wrapped round with a piece of bacon and cooked over the fire ...1981 Amer. dial.
• ARMY CHICKEN frankfurters and beans ...1942 US sl.
• BLEENIE a frankfurter ...1942 Amer. dial.
• DAGWOOD DOG a deep-fried battered frankfurter on a stick ...2003 Aust. sl.
• DIPPY DOG a deep-fried battered frankfurter on a stick ...2003 Aust. sl.
• FRANK a frankfurter ...1925 sl., orig. US
• GROUNDHOG a sausage, frankfurter, hot dog ...1911 Amer. jocular
• MONKEY DICK Vienna sausage; frankfurter, hot dog ...1965 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A BLANKET a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG IN THE BLANKET a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG'S BLANKET a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED-HOT a frankfurter or hot dog ...1892 US sl.
• STEAME a steamed hot dog ...2001 Can. sl.
• TUBE STEAK a hot dog or frankfurter ...1963 US sl.
• WINNIE a wiener, a frankfurter ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
HOTEL - nouns
• ACCOMMODATION HOUSE a 'hotel' where rooms can be hired for short times by lovers or prostitutes and their clients ...L19 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a cheap hotel or rooming house ...20C US sl.
• CHINCH PAD a hotel; a cheap rooming house ...1958 US Black sl.
• FAST-SHEET HOTEL a cheap hotel that rents out its room by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers ...1940s US sl.
• FAST-SHEET JOINT a cheap hotel that rents out its room by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers ...1940s US sl.
• FAST-SHEET SET-UP a cheap hotel that rents out its room by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers ...1940s US sl.
• GAFF a hotel ...1930s sl.
• JOINT a place or establishment, as a hotel, restaurant. etc. sl.
• KIP a lodging house; lodgings, esp. a hotel room or apartment ...1883 Amer. sl., esp. among itinerants
• RACK a hotel's front desk ...1954 US sl.
• SAVELOY, THE the Savoy Hotel, London ...c1910 London taxi-drivers' sl.
• VAULT a hotel baggage checkroom ...1954 US sl.
• WALLOPER a hotel, a bar ...1930s sl.
 
HOTEL - nouns, person
• CALL-BOY a youth employed in a hotel to answer the bells ...Bk1888
• LOBBY LIZARD a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• LOBBY LOUSE a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• PACK RAT a hotel bellboy ...20C US sl.
• WOOD-AND-WATER JOEY a hanger about hotels ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
 
HOT-HEADED - adjectives
• AGGRO hot-headed, wild, unpredictable ...1990s sl., orig. US college usage
• BRAINISH † headstrong, passionate, hot-headed, furious ...1530 obs. or arch.
• ETERIE ill-humoured, ill-tempered; hot-headed, fiery, angry-looking ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ETRIE ill-humoured, ill-tempered; hot-headed, fiery, angry-looking ...Bk1900 Sc.
• MADBRAIN † mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1592 obs.
• MAD-BRAINED hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1577
• MAD-HEADED mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1567
• RAMBLESOME hot-headed, impetuous, blundering ...1864 Sc.
• RAMMELSOME hot-headed, impetuous, blundering ...1864 Sc.
 
HOT-HEADED - nouns, person
• MADBRAIN † a mad-brained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person ...c1570
• MADPASH † a crackbrained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person ...1611
• RAM-STAM a headstrong, impetuous fellow; a hot-headed, passionate person ...1823 Sc.
• SQUARER † one who quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow ...1599
 
HOT RODDING - see RACING
 
HOT SPRING - nouns
• BAIN † a spring of hot or medicinal water ...1538
 
HOT-TEMPERED - adjectives
• AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered ...1853 Amer. dial.
• ANIMOUS †* hot-tempered ...1620
• BIRSIE hot-tempered, passionate ...1825 Sc.
• BRISTLY hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASEOUS hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASSY hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIR-TRIGGERED hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IROUS † given to anger, hot-tempered, irascible ...1303
• LOADED hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRICKLISH hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK † hasty, impatient, hot-tempered ...1549
• QUICK ON THE TRIGGER hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPICY hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEMPERSOME hot-tempered, passionate, hasty-tempered ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WARM hot-tempered, angry ...1547
 
HOT-TEMPERED - nouns, person
• PEPPERPOT a quick-tempered or hot-tempered person ...1894
• SPUNKIE a fiery, hot-tempered, or irritable person ...1821 Sc.
 
HOT WATER BOTTLE - nouns
• BED-PARTNER a hot water-bottle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHINA PIG a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HOT PIG a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body ...1984 Amer. dial.
• JENNY a hot water bottle ...Bk1896 sl.
• PIG a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body ...1995 Amer. dial.
 
HOUR - adjectives
• HORARIOUS * relating to or indicating the hours ...1866
• SESQUIHORAL † lasting an hour and a half ...1652
• SUCCISIVE † of hours: spare ...1619
 
HOUR - nouns
• FAIRY BOWER an hour ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• QUADRANT † a quarter of a day; six hours ...1398
• TIME † the space of an hour ...c1320
 
HOUSE - adjectives
• BEN-A-HOOSE belonging to the parlour or the best room ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENWARD towards the interior of a house ...c1475 Sc.
• GABBERN of rooms, houses, etc.: comfortless, bare; large, ill-proportioned or ill-contrived ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAID of a house: well-furnished, attractive ...1972 US Black sl.
 
HOUSE - adverbs
• BEN-A-HOOSE in the parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENLINS towards the interior of a house ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEN-THE-HOOSE in the parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FROM CELLAR TO GARRET throughout the house ...1828
• FROM GARRET TO KITCHEN throughout the house ...1712
 
HOUSE - nouns
• AEDICULE a small house or room; also, a niche for a statue ...1832
• AIREY the 'area' of a house, adjacent to the basement steps ...M19 sl.
• AIRY the 'area' of a house, adjacent to the basement steps ...M19 sl.
• BABALOOBIES water-worn limestones used to decorate walls or houses; weathered stone copings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACH a small makeshift hut; a small holiday house ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• BACHY a small house occupied by a single man ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• BACK-END the  back part of a house; the premises attached thereto ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKER-END the farther end of a room ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BACKHOUSE 1. the back-room of a house; the back-kitchen, scullery, washhouse ...1795
2. a room or house containing an oven, a bakehouse; a public bakery ...1857 Eng. dial.
3. the parlour ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BACK KITCHEN a room connected to the kitchen, used for storing, deep freeze, etc. ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BACKLAND a house built behind others ...1835 Sc.
• BACKLET the back premises of a house; a court, yard ...1724 Eng. dial.
• BACKSIDE the backyard of a house ...1634 arch.
• BACK SLUM a back room. a back entrance ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BACKWAY the yard or space at the back of a house ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BAKER the rear room of an addition to a home ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BATCHY a small house occupied by a single man ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• BEDDER a bedroom ...1897 university sl.
• BEDSINK a small alcove off a kitchen, with a curtain rather than a door, where older people could sleep warmly in winter ...1973 Amer. dial.
• BEN the inner room ...1791-9 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEN-END the best room in a house; hence, the best part of anything ...1892 Sc.
• BEN-HOUSE the inner or principal room ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEN-ROOM the best room in a house ...1891 Sc.
• BEN-THE-HOOSE the best or inner part of a house ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEST PARLOUR the old-fashioned front parlour of a house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BEST ROOM the old-fashioned front parlour of a house ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BETTER HOYLE a parlour ...1879 Eng. dial.
• BEY a room of a cottage or house ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIEL a shelter, refuge; a home, house; anything that shelters or shades ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIELD shelter, refuge; also, a house, any object with shelters ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIGD a building, a house ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG HOUSE the principal room of a house; the living room ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BIG ROOM the principal room of a house; the living room ...a1883 Amer. dial.
• BOAR'S NEST an untidy or messy room or house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOUROCH a house, a home ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW a house; the principal farmhouse on an estate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWER an inner room; a parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWERIQUE a small 'bower' or parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAGE an abandoned house ...2000 US sl.
• CALIFORNIA ROOM a sun room or lounge with big windows ...1975 Amer. dial.
• CAMELBACK a house which is higher in back than in front, as one having two stories at the back and one in front ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CAMELOPARD HOUSE one having two stories in the front and one behind ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CASE the outer part of a house or building; the shell or carcass ...1677
• CASINO a pleasure-house, a summer-house in Italy ...1831
• CASTLE one's house; one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• CHAT a house ...M19 sl.
• CRIB a house or residence ...colloq.
• DAYTAL-HOUSE a house rent-free ...1851 Ireland
• DEAD an empty house ...L20 sl.
• DEAD NUMBER the last house in a row or street; the end of a street ...L19 sl.
• DEAD 'UN an uninhabited house; unoccupied premises ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• DIGS lodgings, be it a room, flat, or house ...1893 UK sl.
• DILLY-HOUSE a room containing too many ornaments, etc., for good taste ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOG-TROT HOUSE a house of two one-room cabins joined by a roof ...1984 Amer. dial.
• DOMI one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOMIE one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOMMIE one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOMMY one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• EAGLE † the gable of a house ...1682
• EATING-ROOM a room appropriated for eating; a dining-room ...1613 arch.
• EAVESING † the eaves of a house or stack; formerly used also for 'roof' and hence, for 'dwelling' ...a1225
• FANCY CRIB a fashionable, chic, well-designed home ...20C US Black sl.
• FAR ROOM a parlour ...1983 Amer. dial.
• FASTIGIUM the apex or summit; the ridge of a house ...1677
• GAFF a house or shop, a home ...1920s sl.
• GARDEN-HOUSE a dwelling-house situated in a garden; a suburban residence ...1607
• GATES a house ...1985 Bermuda
• GENTRY COFE'S KEN a gentleman's house ...M16 cant
• GENTRY COVE'S KEN a gentleman's house ...M16 cant
• GENTRY KEN a gentleman's house ...19C cant
• GROWLERY a place to 'growl' in; jocularly applied to a person's private sitting room ...1852
• HA † the principal room of a house; the parlour where the master and his family sat apart from the servants; also, the kitchen or living-room of a farmhouse where the family and the servants sat together ...1737 Sc.
• HALE a building, esp. a house ...1934 Hawaii online
• HALL 1. the principal room of a house, the parlour ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLAN a house, a dwelling, a cottage ...1827 Sc.
• HALL-CHAMBER the principal room of a house, the parlour ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELLHOLE a small space in a house where you can hide things or get them out of the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEN-HOUSE a house inhabited chiefly by women; a house where the woman rules ...L19 sl.
• HOLY OF HOLIES a bedroom ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUT a house ...1989 US sl.
• HUTCH a domicile, be it a room, apartment, or house...1966 US sl.
• KAHUTE a little house ...1790 Sc.
• KEEPING ROOM a sitting room or parlour intended for family use, as distinct from a 'front' room reserved for company ...1771 Amer. dial.
• KOOTEE a house ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• LAID CRIB a nice house; an attractive residence ...1972 US Black sl.
• LATTIE a house or a flat ...1859 UK sl.
• LATTY a house or a flat ...1859 UK sl.
• LAYOUT an apartment, a house, or any place ...M19 US sl.
• LIZARD a long, narrow house, with the narrow end facing the street, and rooms opening on an alley along the side ...1923 Amer. dial.
• LOFT the second story of a house; upstairs ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE-CAGE a bedroom ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAIN HOUSE a living room or parlour ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAISON † a house ...1570 Sc.
• MAISONNETTE a small house ...1818
• MAMMA'S BEDROOM the family room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA'S ROOM the living room or family room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MANSION † a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
• MANSION-HOUSE † a dwelling-house, a house in which a person resides ...1533
• MAN-STY a dwelling-house or hut unfit for human habitation ...1799
• MOM'S ROOM the family or living room ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• NECKLE a house; a dwelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIBSOMEST-CRIBS the best houses ...1819 beggars' sl.
• NOD-BOX a bedroom ...1940s US Black sl.
• ODD-HOUSE a house standing alone at some distance from any town or village; also applied to a detached residence as distinguished from one in a row ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINGS a solitary house, a house standing by itself remote from others ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS a solitary house, a house standing by itself remote from others ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OTHER ROOM the living room ...1973 Amer. dial.
• PAD a place, house, or apartment; a room, esp. a bedroom ...1938  sl.
• PADHOUSE one's house; one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• PAMPHIL a small house; a square enclosure made with stakes ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANNEY a house ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• PANNY a house ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• PARLOUR-CHAMBER the spare bedroom; the room over the parlour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUR-HOUSE a house of one storey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PETITION a partition of a house; a wall between two rooms ...1795 Amer. dial.
• PIECE OF HOUSE a small, poorly-built house, or one in rundown condition ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK a house or home ...1916 Amer. dial.
• QUEENSLANDER a type of weatherboard house raised on stilts  ...1994 Aust. sl.
• QUEER KEN a house not worth robbing ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• QUER KEN a house not worth robbing ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAMBLER a ranch-style house ...1958 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACK a run-down or makeshift house ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE a run-down or makeshift house ...1909 Amer. dial.
• RANCH a hut or house in the country ...1808 US
• RANDIBO-HOUSE a questionable house ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAT AND MOUSE a house ...1910s rhyming sl.
• REEK a house having a chimney ...1822 Sc.
• REEKING-HOUSE an inhabited house ...1823 Sc.
• RENTS house or cottage property ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDGE-BONE the weather boarding on the outside of wooden houses ...1853 Eng. dial.
• SADDLEBAG HOUSE a house consisting of two parts separated by a central space or by a large fireplace with a central chimney and covered by a single roof ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SANCTUM SANCTORIUM a bedroom ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHACK one's home; a house; an apartment ...1880s US Black sl.
• SHOTGUN HOUSE a house whose rooms are all in a line ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SINGLE HOUSE one having only one room occupying its whole depth from back to front ...1818 Sc.
• SINK BEDROOM a small alcove off a kitchen where older people could sleep warmly in winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SKY PARLOR a room, esp. a habitable one, on the top floor of a house directly beneath the roof; an attic ...1832 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE RANCH a bachelor's house ...1990 US sl.
• SNUGGERY a snug, cosy, or comfortable room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet  ...1815
• SUNNY CHAMBER † a summer-house ...1641 Sc.
• TEXAS HOUSE a house of two one-room cabins joined by a roof ...1874 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH-HOUSE a house with front and back exits ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THWAITE a single house; a small hamlet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMBER † a building, structure, edifice, or house ...a750
• TIMBER-LAND a wooden house ...1798 Sc.
• TOFT orig. a homestead, the site of a house and its outbuildings; a house site ...1001
• WANE † a dwelling-place, a residence, a house ...a1225
• WEANER a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WEANER HOUSE a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1929 Amer. dial.
• WEANING CABIN a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1977 Amer. dial.
• WEANING HOUSE a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1973 Amer. dial.
• WINDWAY a wide, open hall in a house ...1940 Amer. dial.
• YARD 1. a cluster of houses, a 'fold' ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a home, a house or other dwelling place ...1920s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
 
HOUSE - nouns, person
• BELOW NEIGHBOUR one who lives on a lower story of the same house ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAME the mistress of a house; a wife, esp. the wife of a farmer or yeoman ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAD-BUMMER the head of a house; the chief representative of a family; the principal person ...1864 Sc.
• HEAD-STALL the head of a house, a father, a husband, etc. ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HOUSEWRIGHT * a builder of houses, especially of timber ...1549
• LADY † a mistress in relation to servants or slaves; the female head of a household ...c825
• LAIRD an owner of property, esp. a house-owner ...1816 Sc.
• MADAM the mistress of a house ...1824
• MEAT-MIDDER the food-provider or mistress of a house, one who serves out food ...1899 Sc.
 
HOUSE - verbs
• POOSTER ABOUT to walk around the house at night ...1895 Amer. dial.
• PULL UP STAKES to depart; to move house ...1961 Aust. sl.
• WARM † to inaugurate a new house by a feast or entertainment ...1617
 
HOUSE - phrases
• DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN'T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT UP WITH A PITCHFORK, THE said of an untidy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LOOKS LIKE A HAYSTACK said of an untidy house ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
HOUSEBOAT - nouns
• CAMPBOAT a houseboat ...1964 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old, clumsy boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY-BOAT a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old clumsy, boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
 
HOUSEBREAKER - see BURGLAR
 
HOUSEHOLD - adjectives
• ECONOMIC † pert. to the management of a household, or to the ordering of private affairs ...1592
• ECONOMICAL pert. to a household or its management ...1579 arch.
• FAMILIAR * pert. to one's family or household ...c1386
• FAMILISTIC † pertaining to a family or household ...1660
• FAMILISTICAL † pert. to a family or household ...1660
• SUPELLECTICARIOUS †* of or pert. to household stuff ...1656
• SUPELLECTILE † pert. to or of the nature of household furniture; ornamental ...1615 rare or obs.
 
HOUSEHOLD - nouns
• DOMICULTURE * household management; the art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; domestic economy ...1860
• ECONOMICS † or science of managing a household; a treatise on the subject ...1586
• ECONOMY † the art or science of managing a household, esp. with regard to household expenses ...c1530
• FAMILIARITY † the quality proper to the head of a household ...a1483
• HARNESS † household and personal equipment; furniture; apparel ...1340
• INSETT STUFF † household furniture ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INSIGHTS † the furniture of a house; household goods ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INSPRAITH furniture, household goods ...1660 Sc.
• INWORK indoor or domestic work ...1892 Sc.
• KETTLE HALYARDS domestic duties, esp. of a culinary nature or work in the kitchen ...1916 Amer. dial.
• KITCHEN HALYARDS domestic duties, esp. of a culinary nature or work in the kitchen ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MENAGE a domestic establishment; household management ...1865 Sc.
• MENYIE † a family; household ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFICES the parts of a house, or buildings attached to a house, specially devoted to household work or service; the kitchen and rooms connected with it, as pantry, scullery, laundry, and the like; also, often including stables and other outhouses, the barns and cowhouses of a farm, etc. ...a1548
• PLUNDER household furnishings and effects ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SETTING OUT a dowry; a trousseau; the equipment necessary for establishing a household, usually in the form of a gift to a bride or newly married couple ...1833 Amer. dial.
• STICKS AND STONES one's household goods and possessions ...M19 colloq.
• WARDROBE-STUFF † household necessaries and supplies ...1537
 
HOUSEHOLD - nouns, person
• BESSY a man who meddles in woman's affairs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESSY-CODDLE a man who meddles in woman's affairs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOND † a householder; a husband ...:LOE
• COT a man who meddles in 'women's work' around the house ...L17
• COTBETTY a man who meddles in 'women's work' around the house ...M19
• DAILY BREADER the head of the family; the working head of the house ...L19 rhyming sl.
• DAILY BREADITE the head of the family ...L19 rhyming sl.
• ECONOMIST one who manages a household; a housekeeper ...1586 arch.
• FAMILIAR † a member of a person's family or household ...1460
• FAMILIST † one of the same family or household ...1631
• GAFF a master, the head of a house; a foreman or overseer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFER the husband, the head of the house ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEN-HUSBAND a man who busies himself with women's household affairs; an effeminate man ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HEN-HUSSY a man who busies himself with women's household affairs; an effeminate man ...1890 Amer. dial.
• HENNESSY a man who busies himself with women's household affairs; an effeminate man ...1890 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE-FATHER the father of a family or household ...1552
• JENNY a man who concerns himself with purely feminine matters ...Bk1901
• MADAM a mistress of servants, the lady of the house, a fine lady ...a1779 Sc.
• MADAME the mistress of a household; one's wife ...1863 Amer. dial.
• MADDIE the White mistress of a house; the employer of domestic servants ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
• MASTER the male head of a house or household ...1536
• MASTER-HOUSEHOLD † master of the household ...1536
• MASTER-MAN the head of a household or family; a husband ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MISSIS the mistress of the household ...M19 colloq.
• MISTER a husband or head of a household ...1929 Amer. dial.
• POLLYDODDLE an effeminate man; one who busies himself with woman's or household work ...1894 Eng. dial.
• QUOT a man who meddles in 'women's work' around the house ...L17
• WADDLER † a  poor householder ...1737 Sc.
• WALDER † a  poor householder ...1721 Sc.
 
HOUSEHOLD - verbs
• ECONOMIZE † to act as the governor of a household ...1648
• KEEP A REEKING HOUSE to maintain a household ...1883 Sc.
• KEEP OLD MAID'S HALL to live or keep house without the presence of a man ...1858 US sl.
 
HOUSEKEEPER - nouns, person
• ECONOMIST one who manages a household; a housekeeper ...1586 arch.
• HELPKEEPER a housekeeper ...1936 Amer. dial.
 
HOUSEKEEPING - nouns
• DOMICULTURE * household management; the art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; domestic economy ...1860
• ECONOMIC † the art or science of managing a house; housekeeping, domestic management ...1393
 
HOUSEKEEPING - nouns, person
• ECONOMIC † one who understands the art of housekeeping ...1656
 
HOUSELESS - adjectives
• BARTHLESS houseless ...1886 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSEMAID - see SERVANT
 
HOUSE OF COMMONS - nouns, person
• BABE the latest member of the House of Commons ...B1890 Eng. sl.
 
HOUSE-WARMING - nouns
• HEARTH-WARMING a merrymaking to 'handsel' a new house; a house-warming ...1830
 
HOUSEWIFE - nouns, person
• DAISY a housewife ...1970s US Black sl.
• DAISY DUMPLING a middle-class, heterosexual housewife ...1950s gay sl.
• DAME the 'lady' of the house; the mistress of a household, a housewife; also humorously applied to an aged housewife ...c1330 now arch. or Eng. dial.
• DAW an untidy woman or housewife, a slut, a slattern ...1500-20 Sc.
• DILLOCK an inefficient housewife ...19C Eng. dial.
• DILP † a thriftless housewife ...1768 Sc.
• HAUSFRAU (occasionally derogatory) a housewife ...1919 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY PUTZ a careless, slovenly woman; a careless housewife ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MRS. MCCLARTY a dirty, slovenly housewife ...1845 Sc.
• SCHEMER a good manager; a clever, careful housewife ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSEWORK - nouns
• CHAMBERWORK housework; housecleaning ...1870 Amer. dial.
• PAIGLE the menial or rough work to be done about a house; the dirty household jobs ...1808 Sc.
• PAIGLIN the dirty work of a household ...1880 Sc.
• PEGIL the menial or rough work to be done about a house; the dirty household jobs ...1808 Sc.
• SHITWORK work considered esp. by feminists to be menial or routine, esp. housework ...sl.
• TIFTER the scrubbing of a house from top to bottom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSEWORK - nouns, person
• MALLY a man who interferes with woman's work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSEWORK - verbs
• PAIGLE to do the dirty work of a household ...1880 Sc.
• PEGIL to do the dirty work of a household ...1880 Sc.
• TIDDLY to do the lighter kind of housework ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSING - nouns
• MODELS purpose-built 'model' housing ...L19 sl.
 
HOVEL - nouns
• HALF-HOUSE a shed open at the side; a hovel ...1737
 
HOW ARE YOU?
• FAIR TO MIDDLING a jocular reply to 'How are you?' ...c1945
• HOW ARE YOU HITTING THEM? how are you? how are things going? ...1897 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A STRAWYARD BULL, FULL OF FUCK AND HALF-STARVED a jocose retort to the question, "How are you?"; (strawyard - a shelter or refuge for the destitute) ...Bk1904 sl.
• TOWER BRIDGE used in reply to "How are you?", meaning up and down, so-so ...1930s
• WAT UP? how are your doing? ...20C campus sl.
• WHADDYA KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU SAY? how are you? ...1920s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
 
HOWEVER - adverbs
• ALGATE however, at all events, at any rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-GATES however, at all events, at any rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EVERHOW however ...1932 Amer. dial.
• NETHERLESS † however, nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c1400
 
HOWL - nouns
• OOB a low moaning sound; a plaintive sound, a howl, a wail ...1898 Sc.
• TIGER a shriek or howl (often the word 'tiger') terminating a prolonged and enthusiastic cheer; a finishing touch, a final burst ...1856 US sl.
• ULULATION a howl or wail; a cry of lamentation ...1599
• WALLACH a scream, a howl, a wail ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YERR † a loud or harsh cry; a yell, a howl ...a1225
• YOLLOP a bark, a howl, a yelp ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
HOWL - verbs
• FOOF of a dog: to howl or whine in a melancholy manner ...1892 Ireland
• OOB to make a low, moaning sound; to howl, to wail ...1866 Sc.
• TOOT to make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loudly or mournfully; to howl; to whine or cry ...1808
• ULULATE to howl or wail; to lament loudly ...1623
• YALE to cry; to howl; to fret like a sick child; to grumble ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to make a loud unpleasant noise or outcry; to howl, to yell; to roar, to shout; to talk loudly or persistently; to scold ...1513 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARM † to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWL † to cry out loudly from pain, grief, or distress; also said of the howling of dogs, the 'wauling' of cats, the screaming of peacocks ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWN to howl like a dog; to cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YELLOP to howl, to cry; to bark as a dog, to yelp ...1866 Eng. dial.
• YELPER to yelp; to howl ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• YERR † to make a harsh noise, to creak, to roar, to rattle; to cry out loudly, to shout out, to yell, to howl ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOLLOP to bark, to yelp, to howl ...1887 Amer. dial.
 
HOWLING - adjectives
• ULULABLE † howling, yelling ...1721
• ULULANT howling ...1896
• ULULATORY howling, wailing ...1831
 
HOWLING - nouns
• BAWLING † the howling or yelping of dogs, wolves, etc. ...c1440
• ULULATION the act of howling or wailing ...1799
 
HOYDEN, HOYDENISH - nouns, person
• HALLOCKIT a noisy, restless person; a romp, a hoyden ...1787 Sc.
• MEG-HARRY a young girl with masculine manners; a tomboy; a rough hoyden girl that plays with boys ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-BACK a romping child; a romping. hoydenish person ... B1900 Eng. dial.
 
HOYDEN - verbs
• GALLIGANT to play the hoyden; to flirt; to gallivant ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
HUBBUB - nouns
• CALEEVER a caper, frolic, antic; a hubbub, a noisy game ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GARBOIL † confusion, disturbance, disorder, tumult, uproar; a brawl, hubbub, commotion ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABBLE confusion, tumult, uproar, disturbance, hubbub ...1795 Sc.
• HAY-BAY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HEELIEGOLEERIE confusion, hubbub, noise, a to-do, bustle ...1819 Sc.
• HEY-BEY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HUBBISTEW a hubbub, stir, tumult; a flurry, excitement ...1898 Sc.
• LARUM a tumultuous noise; a hubbub, an uproar ...a1533
• ORATION a confused noise or uproar; a clamour, disturbance; a hubbub; a fuss; noisy public talk or rumour ...1828 Eng. dial.
• POB-BOB a state of confusion, a hubbub ...1898 Sc.
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• TARTAR a disturbance, noise, hubbub ...1905 Sc.
• THIRAW a hubbub ...1899 Ireland
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
 
HUCKSTER - nouns, person
• ARAB a huckster; a street peddler of vegetables and fruits ...1935 Amer. dial.
• ARABBER a huckster; a street peddler of vegetables and fruits ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BADGER † one who buys corn and other commodities and carries them elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer who acts as a middleman between producer (farmer, fisherman, etc.) and consumer; a cadger, hawker, or huckster ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CADGER a carrier, a huckster, a hawker of small wares ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAGGLER a peddler, a huckster ...1851 Eng. dial.
• PALTERER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• PALTRER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
 
HUCKSTER - verbs
• ARAB to go huckstering ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CAUPONATE † to deal like a huckster with; to traffic in for the sake of gain ...1653
 
HUDDLE - verbs
• CRONK to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way ...1847 Eng. dial.
• MIMP to crouch, to sit huddled up or crouched together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OOR to crouch or shiver with cold, to huddle ...1880 Sc.
• SCREEDLE to cower or huddle over the fire ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFF to shrink together; to crouch; to huddle together ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH UP to huddle up, to crowd together ...1927 Amer. dial.
• THRUTCH to crowd, to press, to squeeze, to huddle together ...1874 Eng. dial.
 
HUDDLED - adjectives
• RUMBUSTICAL huddled together ...1877 Eng. dial.
 
HUE - nouns
• BLEE colour, hue ...c888 arch.
• TAINT † colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye ...1567
• TINCT colour, hue, tint; colouring matter, dye ...1602 now only poetic
• TINCTURE * hue, colour; a tinge, tint ...1477
 
HUFF - nouns
• CREAM PUFF a huff; a fit of petty annoyance ...1985 Sc. rhyming sl.
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
HUFF - verbs
• SNUDGE to sulk, to get into a huff ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
HUFFY - adjectives
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY petulant, huffy, easily offended ...1848
• ON ONE'S EAR indignant, angry; in a huff; broadly, in an uproar ...1871 Amer. sl.
• STRUNTY short-tempered, easily offended, sulky, out of humour, pettish, huffy ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
HUG, HUGGING - nouns
• LOVE-UP an act of caressing, hugging, etc. ...1953 sl.
• SCOTCH GRAVAT a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
• SCOTCH MUFFLER a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
• THRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
• TRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
 
HUG - verbs
• ACCOLL † to throw the arms around the neck of; to embrace, to hug ...1340
• CLIP to clasp with the arms, to embrace, to hug ...OE arch. & Eng. dial.
• HALSE † to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
• HAUSE to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAWSE to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms ...1829 Sc.
• HUDDLE to hug or embrace a woman; possibly to coit a woman ...18C Brit.
• HUGGLE † to hug, to embrace, to cuddle ..1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
 
HUGE - adjectives
• BABYLONIAN huge, gigantic, large ...1821
• BABYLONIC huge, gigantic, large ...1853
• BANGING large, huge ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG-COCK big, huge ...1965 US sl.
• ELEPHANTIC * pert. to or resembling an elephant; huge, ponderous ...1598
• ELEPHANTINE resembling an elephant in size or strength, huge ...1630
• GIGANTINE † large, huge, gigantic ...1664
• HORSE-FUCKING huge ...a1968 US sl.
• HUMANGOUS enormous, outsized, huge ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HUMONGOID enormous, outsized, huge ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HUMONGOUS enormous, outsized, huge, very large ...1968 sl., orig. US
• HUMUNGO enormous, outsized, huge ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HUMUNGOUS enormous, outsized, huge, very large ...1968 sl., orig. US
• IMMANE monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous ...1615 arch.
• LAMMING huge, great, violent ...1816 Eng. dial.
• LEVIATHAN huge, monstrous ...1624
• LEVIATHANIC huge as a leviathan ...1848
• MOBY large, huge; fat, obese ...1965 US college sl.
• MONDO great in size, amount, prominence, or degree; big, huge; hence, extraordinary ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MONGO huge, big ...1974 Amer. sl.
• RAMMING very big, huge ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RAPPING † uncommonly big or striking, enormous, huge ...1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERICAL huge, large ...B1900 sl.
• STRAMMING huge, great ...Bk1904 colloq.
• TITANIAN large, huge, colossal, gigantic ...1667
• UGLY huge; uncouth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HUGE - nouns
• LOMBARD something huge and spectacular ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RAMMER anything very large; a huge, uncouth thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HUGELY - adverbs
• FOR AFRICA hugely, greatly, in large amounts ...1970 S. Afr. sl.
• IMMANELY hugely, monstrously, inhumanly ...1612 arch.
 
HUGENESS - nouns
• IMMANITY † hugeness; monstrosity, enormity ...1604
 
HULKING - nouns, person
• CAMEL a great awkward hulking fellow ...1606
• GALOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, worthless or otherwise objectionable; a big, awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• LOBSCOUSE an awkward, hulking fellow ...1895 Amer. dial.
 
HULKY - nouns, person
• PANGUTS † an unwieldy, fat-bellied fellow; a fat, hulky, lazy fellow ..1617
 
HULLABALOO - nouns
• TAIRDY a din, clamour, hullabaloo ...1930 Sc.
 
HUM, HUMMING - nouns
• BIM the act of humming or buzzing ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIMMER anything that hums or buzzes ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• THRUM a drumming noise; a musical sound; a hum ...1818 Sc.
• VUNG † a buzzing or humming sound ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
HUM - verbs
• BIM to hum, to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BINNER to cause a whirring or humming sound; to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BOMBILATE * to hum or buzz like a bee, or a top when spinning ...1854
• LALDER to sing in a loud, noisy manner; to hum ...1856 Eng. dial.
• MOAN to hum, usually in chorus, as part of a church service ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SUM †* to hum softly ...c1440
• THRUM to strum, to play on a musical instrument; to drum, to make a drumming nose; to hum, to croon, to drone ...1865 Sc.
• TOODLE to hum or sing in a low tone, as to a baby ...1865
• YAMMER to talk or hum indistinctly; to stammer ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZOON to make a humming or buzzing sounds; to cause to make such a sound ...1880 Amer. dial.
 
HUMAN - adjectives
• ADAMITE descended from Adam; human ...1860
• MANKIND † human ...1584
• MANLY † belonging to human beings; human ...c1200
• MANNISH † belonging to the human species; characteristic of mankind; human ...c888
• PAN-HUMAN pert. to all human beings ...1900
 
HUMAN - nouns
• MANHEAD † the state of being human; the condition of belonging to humanity; human nature ...c1220
• MANKIN † the human race; mankind; a race of men, a people; human nature ...971
• MANKIND † the nature of man; human nature ...a1300
• MANLIHEAD † the condition of being human ...c1250
• MANNESS † human nature ...a1225
• MAN'S NATION † human kind ...1390
• YEADIE'S-RACE the human race ...1793 Sc.
• YEADIE'S-SONS the human race ...1793 Sc.
 
HUMAN, HUMAN BEING - nouns, person
• ADAMITE a descendant or child of Adam; a human being
• DEADLY † a mortal; usually as plural: mortals, human beings ...c1450
• RATIONALS † human beings, men ...1626 obs. or rare
 
HUMANE - adjectives
• CLEMENTIOUS † mild and humane in the exercise of power or authority; merciful, lenient, kindly towards those in one's power ...1632
• MANLY † humane, charitable; generous ...1377
 
HUMANELY - adverbs
• MANLY † like a human being; humanely, courteously; generously ...1377
 
HUMANENESS - nouns
• MANHEAD † humanity, humaneness, kindness ...1382
• MANHOOD † humanity, humaneness ...1432-50
 
HUMANITY - nouns
• ADAMHOOD manhood, humanity ...1857 poetic
• MANHEAD † humanity, humaneness, kindness ...1382
• MANHOOD † humanity, humaneness ...1432-50
• MANKIND †* human feeling, humanity ...1603
• MANLINESS † humanity; human kindness ...1382
• MANSHIP † humanity, kindness; courtesy, civility ...a1000
 
HUMBLE - adjectives
• BENIGN † gentle, meek, humble ...1377
• DAFT † mild, gentle, meek, humble ...c1000
• DEMISSIVE † downcast, humble, submissive ...1630
• EDMEDE † humble ...c1000
• EDMOD † gentle, humble, meek ...c1000
• EDMODED † meek, humble ...a1175
• EDMODI † gentle, humble, meek ...a1225
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HUMILE † humble, lowly ...c1470 chiefly Sc.
• SILLY † of humble rank or state; lowly ...a1568
• UNBAULD † humble, self-abased ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNBUMPTIOUS modest, humble ...1865
 
HUMBLE - adverbs
• BASELY † in humble rank of life; illegitimately ...1583
 
HUMBLE - nouns, person
• HEANLING † a base, abject, or humble person ...a1225
• SIMPLE a person in a humble or ordinary condition of life ...a1400
• VAILER †* one who abases or brings down; a humbler ...1600
 
HUMBLE - verbs
• BASE † to lower in rank, condition, or character; to debase, to humble, to depose, to degrade ...1538
• BATE to lower, to let down; to cast down, to humble, to depress, to deject ...c1380
• BELOW †* to make low or lowly; to humble; to demean ...1377 obs. rare exc. Sc.
• CALL DOWN to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one ...1896 Amer. dial.
• EAT CRAP to suffer and accept humiliation; to humble oneself, usually in order to attain a desired goal ...1930s sl., orig. US
• EAT SHIT to humble oneself, usually to attain a desired goal ...1930s sl.
• EDMODIEN † to humble ...a1225
• FACE to humble, to embarrass, to humiliate ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GROVEL IN THE DIRT to humble oneself; to perform an act of humiliation ...1867
• GROVEL IN THE DUST to humble oneself; to perform an act of humiliation ...1865
• HUMILE † to humble, to humiliate, to abase ...1491
• LAY † to cast down, to abase, to humble ...a1300
• LESS † to lower in position or station; to humble, to degrade ...c1375
• LESSEN † to lower the dignity, position, or character of; to humble; to degrade, to demean ...a1654
• LET DOWN to abase, to humble, to humiliate ...1747
• PULL DOWN to humble, to humiliate
• PUT DOWN to snub, humiliate or belittle ...1960s sl.
• SIMPLE †* to render one simple; to humble in respect of knowledge ...c1425
• SING SMALL to restrain or humble oneself ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humble by defeating ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE DOWN A HACK to humble, to humiliate ...1910 Sc.
• TAKE LOW to humble oneself, or accept a lower position ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TAKE LOW BRIDGE to humble oneself, or accept a lower position ...1940 Amer. dial.
​• VAIL † to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc. ...1582
 
HUMBLED - adjectives
• ABESSED humbled, abased, cast down ...14C
• PLUME-PLUCKED stripped of plumes or honours; humbled, brought down; reduced in rank ...1593
 
HUMBLING - nouns
• FACE an instance of successfully humbling or embarrassing someone ...1979 Amer. students' sl.
• SHIT SANDWICH a humbling experience ...1960s sl.
 
HUMBLY - adverbs
• BENIGNLY † meekly, gently, humbly ...c1386
• EDMODLICHE † humbly, meekly ...a1175
 
HUMBUG, HUMBUGGING - nouns
• ACKAMARACKA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff  ...1933 sl., orig. US
• ACKAMARACKUS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; nonsense ...1933 sl., orig. US
• APPLESAUCE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery, suave talk ...1919 US sl.
• BALONUS pretentious nonsense; humbug; foolishness ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception ...1865 sl.
• BARNEY humbug, cheating ...1865 sl.
• BLA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLAGUE pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting ...1837
• BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1918 US sl.
• BLAH-BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLARNEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1796
• BOOSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BOOSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BORAC insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORACK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORAK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORAX insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• B.S. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1900 sl., chiefly Amer.
• BULL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1902 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception ...1914 sl., orig. US
• BULL'S WOOL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUNK humbug, nonsense ...1918
• BUSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWHA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• CALLIFUDGE nonsense, humbug ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE nonsense, humbug ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CHAFF nonsense, humbug, foolishness, ridicule; small, unimportant things or acts ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CROCK OF SHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense  ...1945 US sl.
• DRIP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1919 sl. orig. US
• EFFUTIATION twaddle, balderdash, nonsense, humbug ...1823
• FALLAL nonsense, frivolous talk or behaviour; conceit, humbug ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLAM nonsense; humbug; flattery; a lie ...1598 sl.
• FLANNEL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery, humbug, rubbish, nonsense...1927 Brit. sl.
• GAFF † humbug; stuff and nonsense ...1877
• GALBANUM empty protestations or representations; bosh, humbug ...1764
• GAMMON insincere or exaggerated talk, ridiculous nonsense suited to deceive simple persons; humbug or flattery, rubbish, lies ...1781 UK sl.
• GAMMON AND JALAP nonsense, rubbish, humbug ...E19 sl.
• GAMMON AND PICKLES nonsense, rubbish, humbug ...E19 sl.
• GAMMON AND SPINACH nonsense, rubbish, humbug ...E19 sl.
• GAS empty or boastful talk; showy pretense, bombast; humbug, nonsense ...1847 sl.
• GREASE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1877 sl.
• GUM nonsense; humbug ...old Amer. dial.
• GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour ...c1935 Aust. sl.
• HANKY-PANKYING humbugging, cheating, tricking ...1868 Eng. dial.
• JAZZ insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl., orig. US
• JIGGERY-POKERY humbug; nonsense ...Bk1896 tailors' sl.
• JIVE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1928 sl., orig. US
• KIDSTAKES insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• KIDSTEAKS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MADAM insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1927 sl.
• MALAKY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MALARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MALARKY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MIFF-MAFF nonsense, foolishness, humbug ...1858 Eng. dial.
• MOODY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl.
• MULLARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• NANCY STORY humbug, nonsense ...L19 sl.
• NANCY TALE humbug, nonsense ...L19 sl.
• OIL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl.
• OLD ACKAMARACKUS, THE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1933 sl., orig. US
• SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854
• SCHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SCHMERE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SNOW JOB insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SNUFFLE pious cant, humbug ...1900s NZ sl.
• SOAP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854 sl.
• SOFT SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1836 sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• SPINACH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 US sl.
• SWEET TALK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1945 sl., orig. US
• TAFFY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1878 Amer. sl.
 
HUMBUG - verbs
• ANKY-PRANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BAFFLE † to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of ...c1590
• BAMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to confuse ...1842 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEFLUM to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLAGUE to tell lies in jest; to hoax, to humbug ...1883
• BOSH to make of no effect; to spoil; to humbug ...1870 sl.
• BUMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex ...1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• COME THE PADDY OVER to bamboozle, to humbug ...1821 sl.
• FLUMMER † to deceive by flattery, to humbug ...1764
• GAMMON to stuff with ridiculous nonsense; to flatter, to humbug, to deceive, to hoax ...1812 colloq.
• HANKY-PANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HENKY-PENKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KIDDY to hoax, to humbug, to subject to confidence trickery ...M19 sl.
• REEL to quiz, to humbug ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• VERNEUK to cheat, to humbug, to swindle ...1871 S. Afr. sl.
 
HUMBUG - interjections
• WALKER! an all-purpose teasing, dismissive exclamation; nonsense! humbug! rubbish! ...1811
 
HUMID - adjectives
• DANKISH † wet; humid ...1545
• GIFFY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVEY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• MOISTY damp; humid ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
HUMIDITY - nouns
• DANK † wetness, humidity, damp ...? a1400
• SIZZARD heat with high humidity 
• WACKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
• WAK † moisture, humidity ...1456 Sc.
• WAKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
 
HUMILIATE - verbs
• BEND ONE OVER to position someone for pederasty; to dominate or humiliate someone; usually said of a male ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• BORE to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass ...1800 Amer. dial.
• BRING DOWN TO ONE'S MARROWBONES to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BURN DOWN SOMEONE to humiliate someone ...Bk1990 sl.
• BURN SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone ...Bk1990 sl.
• CHUMP DOWN to humiliate ...1970s US Black sl.
• CHUMP OUT to humiliate ...1970s US Black sl.
• COME DOWN ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME DOWN UPON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRIMP to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT THE COMB OF to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate ...1814
• FACE to outperform, to show up, to humiliate, to insult ...1950s US campus sl.
• FAKE ON SOMEONE to humiliate; to deceive ...1970s US Black sl.
• FAKE OUT to humiliate; to deceive ...1990s US Black sl.
• GIVE A TAKING-DOWN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAVEL to annoy, to disturb, to distress, to embarrass, to humiliate ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HEAN † to insult, to humiliate, to debase, to lower ...c950
• HENE † to insult, to humiliate, to debase, to lower ...c950
• HUMILE † to humble, to humiliate, to abase ...1491
• JEFF to behave obsequiously, esp. towards Whites; to humiliate oneself ...1960s US Black sl.
• JUMP ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUMP UPON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK ONE OFF HIS PERCH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK THE BOTTOM OUT OF ONE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET DOWN to abase, to humble, to humiliate ...1747
• LET DOWN A FEW PEGS to humiliate ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET DOWN A PEG to humiliate ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET DOWN A PEG OR TWO to humiliate ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• LET THE AIR OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET THE GAS OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAKE A CHUMP OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAKE A SAP OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF to humiliate ...1970s sl.
• PULL DOWN to humble, to humiliate
• PULL ONE OFF HIS HIGH HORSE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNCTURE ONE'S BALLOON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT A TUCK IN ONE'S TAIL to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT DOWN to snub, humiliate or belittle ...1960s sl.
• PUT ONE DOWN to humiliate someone ...1958 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE IN HIS PLACE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE WHERE HE BELONGS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S PIPE OUT to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE CRIMP ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE ROLLERS UNDER to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKID UNDER to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUASHER ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUASH ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUELCHER ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUELCH ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAKE ON to humiliate; to criticize ...1980s US college sl.
• SACK to humiliate someone ...1980s US college sl.
• SCHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SEND AWAY WITH A FLEA IN ONE'S EAR to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SET ONE IN HIS PLACE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SETTLE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SETTLE ONE'S HASH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SIT ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIT UPON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUAT ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUELCH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAND A PERSON DOWN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humiliate ...1889 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A TUCK IN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A TUMBLE OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE AWAY ONE'S SHINE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE DOWN to humiliate, to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE DOWN A FEW PEGS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE DOWN A HACK to humble, to humiliate ...1910 Sc.
• TAKE DOWN A NOTCH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE DOWN A PEG to reduce a person's self-esteem; to humiliate someone; to force a brash or bumptious person to conform ...E20 sl.
• TAKE DOWN A PEG OR TWO to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• TAKE ONE A BUTTON-HOLE LOWER to humiliate or take the conceit out of him ...1588 colloq.
• TAKE ONE DOWN A BUTTON-HOLE to humiliate or take the conceit out of him ...1593 colloq.
• TAKE SOMEONE A BUTTONHOLE LOWER to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE THE AIR OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FRILLS OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE GAS OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE RISE OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE SHINE OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE STARCH OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL WHERE TO GET OFF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL WHERE TO HEAD IN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE ONE'S EYE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE THE EYE OF ONE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
HUMILIATED - adjectives
• BURNED disappointed; humiliated; put down ...Bk1990 sl.
• DUSTED shamed, humiliated ...1980s sl.
• FACED humiliated, embarrassed ...1980s US campus sl.
• GROVELLED humiliated, debased ...a1845
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed ...1816 Amer. dial.
• RAKED humiliated ...1980s US college sl.
 
HUMILIATED - verbs
• EAT DRAG DUST to be humiliated ...1944 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HUMILIATING - verbs
• EAT DIRT to act in a demeaning, humiliating manner ...M19 sl.
• EAT THE LEEK to accept humiliation submissively; to submit to what is humiliating ...1599
 
HUMILIATION - nouns
• ABASURE † the quality of being abased; humiliation ...1653
• ABJECTION † the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation ...c1525
• FACIAL an instance of humiliation; an insult; a rebuff ...1978 Amer. sl.
• PUTDOWN a snub or humiliation ...sl.
 
HUMILIATION - verbs
• EAT ACORNS to suffer humiliation; to accept defeat ...1930s US Black sl.
• EAT A SHIT SANDWICH to accept humiliation as punishment ...1997 UK sl.
• EAT BOILED CROW to suffer humiliations and insults without responding in kind ...1877 sl.
• EAT CRAP to suffer and accept humiliation; to humble oneself, usually in order to attain a desired goal ...1930s sl., orig. US
• EAT CROW to suffer humiliations and insults without responding in kind ...1877 sl.
• EAT DIRT to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing ...M19 sl.
• EAT DIRT PIE to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing ...M19 sl.
• EAT DOG to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done; to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating ...19C sl.
• EAT DONG to suffer humiliation ...1970s US sl.
• EAT DUST to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing ...M19 sl.
• EAT IT to suffer humiliation, esp. in attaining a desired goal ...1930s sl.
• EAT ONE'S LEEK to submit to humiliation under compulsion ...1599
• EAT SHIT to suffer and accept humiliation ...1930s sl.
• EAT SHIT AND DIE to suffer and accept humiliation ...1930s sl.
• EAT TURKEY to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating ...1965 US sl.
• GET EGG ON ONE’S FACE to come out of an affair, esp. political or commercial, badly, and hence, to suffer loss, humiliation and embarrassment; to make a fool of oneself through presumption or lack of judgement ...c1974
• TAKE SHIT to suffer (and accept) humiliation, annoyance, or teasing; often in negative ...1950s sl., orig. US
 
HUMILIATION - interjections
• OH THE PAIN, THE SHAME! used as a humorous comment on humiliation ...1997 US sl.
 
HUMILITY - nouns
• EDMEDE † gentleness, humility ...c1000
• EDMODNESS † gentleness, humility, meekness ...c888
• UMBLETE † humility ...1377