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or h
the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
any spoken sound represented by the letter H or h, as in hot or behave.
something having the shape of an H.
a written or printed representation of the letter H or h.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter H or h.
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the eighth in order or in a series.
(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 200.: Compare Roman numerals.
Other definitions for h. (6 of 7)
harbor.
hard.
hardness.
heavy sea.
height.
hence.
high.
Baseball. hit; hits.
horns.
Also hr. hour; hours.
hundred.
husband.
Other definitions for H. (7 of 7)
(in prescriptions) an hour.
Origin of H.
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How to use h in a sentence
I remember h. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a 2009 interview, Church apostle Dallin h. Oaks held that the Church “does not have a position” on that point.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism | Samantha Allen | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOr fast-fashion chains like Zara and h&M churning out runway imitations.
It seems that Mr. h. is expecting not only me, he's expecting Thom Mount, the head of production at the studio.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis sensitivity to this problem came out in his first sharp disagreement with his boss, VMI superintendent Francis h. Smith.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; h was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.
The valve-seat h has formed on its lower surface two crescent shaped long and narrow slits.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerFor hadde (which gives no sense), read bad; confusion of b and h is not uncommon.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerNow Dabbler was a widower; he was not of prepossessing appearance, and his h's troubled him, but Dabbler was a warm man.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsWilliam h. Riley, of Philadelphia, has been for years, one of the leading fashionable gentlemen's boot-makers.
British Dictionary definitions for h (1 of 4)
H
/ (eɪtʃ) /
the eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless glottal fricative, as in hat
something shaped like an H
(in combination): an H-beam
British Dictionary definitions for h (2 of 4)
British Dictionary definitions for H (3 of 4)
chem hydrogen
physics
magnetic field strength
Hamiltonian
electronics henry or henries
thermodynamics enthalpy
(on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hard: H; 2H; 3H Compare B (def. 9)
slang heroin
Hungary (international car registration)
British Dictionary definitions for h. (4 of 4)
harbour
height
hour
husband
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Scientific definitions for h (1 of 2)
Abbreviation of height
Scientific definitions for H (2 of 2)
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