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Linguistic and grammatical words.

Subcategories: Abstract Nouns (9), Adjectives (842), Adverbs (29), Conjunctions (33), Interjections (10), Past tense (209), Plural (47), Prepositions (56), Pronouns (65), Punctuation (9), Verbs (743)

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His forHoly

Something is holy if it is sacred, or otherwise strongly relates to religion. For example, a priest may be described as a holy man.

His forHomemade

Something is homemade if has been made at home from all the individual ingredients, rather than from a store-bought mix. Food made in a large quantity in a commercial manner is not homemade. Homemade usually refers to food, while handmade refers to other items.

His forHop

Hopping is a way of moving along on only one leg. You keep one leg up, and jump along on the other leg.

His forHot

You feel hot when the temperature gets high. It is hot in summer. Fire is hot, and food or drink that is freshly cooked is hot. It is very painful to touch something that is very hot, and it can leave you with a nasty burn. The picture is of some hamburger patties being cooked on a hot grill.

His forHug

You hug someone when you wrap your arms around someone else and squeeze them. You usually hug someone you like, or people in your family.
There are lots of types of hugs, with different names. Like cuddle, snuggle, bear hug, or even group hug, when there is more than two people hugging at once.

His forHuge

If something is much, much bigger than it should be, it is huge. The picture is of one huge pumpkin with two normal-sized pumpkins sitting on top of it.

His forHumid

The weather is humid when there is a lot of moisture in the air. It is usually warm when it is humid.

His forHung

Hung is the past tense of hang, for example "She hung her washing out on the line".

His forHungry

You are hungry when you need to eat something. You usually get hungry when you have not eaten anything for some time.

His forHunt

Hunting is a process where you find and catch or kill some prey. You might hunt for food or for sport.

His forHurried

You are hurried if you are doing something quickly, with less time than you would like.

You might feel hurried when you are late for school or when you have many tasks to finish. The word is often used to describe someone who is rushing, such as "a hurried walk".
You hypnotize someone by putting them into a state where you have strong influence or even full control over them.
Hypnotized is the past tense of hypnotize, or how you describe someone who is in a state of hypnosis.
Two or more things are identical if they look exactly the same. The two men in the photo are identical twins.

Iis forIdle

You are idle if you are not doing anything productive with your time.
Another word for idle is lazy.

Iis forIgnorant

Someone is ignorant if they don't know very much about something, or are untrained in something.

For example, "Robert was ignorant about clothing fashions."

Iis forImmature

Immature means not fully developed or not ready yet. It can describe a person, an animal, or a plant that is still growing.

The word is often used for babies and young animals, and for plants that have not reached full size. Sometimes it also describes behavior that is not thoughtful or responsible yet.

The photo is of an immature owl.

Iis forImpale

Something is impaled if it has had something strong and pointed stuck into it, or even right through it. Something that is Impaled is usually supported above the ground by whatever it was impaled on.
The monitor in the picture has been impaled on a post.
Something that is noticeably not perfect is described as imperfect.