Nouns starting with H

• human immunodeficiency virus — Noun – English ～ the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
• hepatitis A virus — Noun – English ～ the virus causing hepatitis A
• high-vitamin diet — Noun – English ～ a diet designed to patients with vitamin deficiencies
• head voice — Noun – English ～ the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park — Noun – English ～ a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes
• half volley — Noun – English ～ a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces
• Heinrich von Kleist — Noun – English ～ German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811)
• Hugo von Hoffmannsthal — Noun – English ～ German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929)
• Hermann von Helmholtz — Noun – English ～ German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894)
• Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz — Noun – English ～ German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894)
• Hugo De Vries — Noun – English ～ Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935)
• Hordeum vulgare — Noun – English ～ grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
• Homarus vulgaris — Noun – English ～ lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe
• Harold W. Kroto — Noun – English ～ British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Noun – English ～ United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)
• Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt — Noun – English ～ German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
• hanging wall — Noun – English ～ the upper wall of an inclined fault
• hole-in-the-wall — Noun – English ～ a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place; "his office was a hole-in-the-wall"
• Hadrian's Wall — Noun – English ～ an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
• hare wallaby — Noun – English ～ small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth

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