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HORSENS
HORSERADISH (Ger. Meerrettig ; Fr. raifort = ravine forte, crap de Bretagne ; Swed. Pepper-rot ; Russ. chren)
HORSETAIL (Equisetum)
HORSHAM
JOHN HORSLEY (c. 1685 – 1732)
JOHN CALLCOTT HORSLEY (1817-1903)
SAMUEL HORSLEY (1733-1806)
WILLIAM HORSLEY (1774–1858)
EDWARD HORSMAN (1807–1876)
HORST
FENTON JOHN ANTHONY HORT (1828–1892)
HORTA
HORTEN
QUINTUS HORTENSIUS
QUINTUS HORTENSIUS (114—50 B.C.)
HORTICULTURE
HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden)
CHRISTIANA HORTON (c. 1696–c. 1756)
ROBERT FORMAN HORTON (18J5– )
SAMUEL DANA HORTON (1844–1895)
HORUS (Egyptian Hor)
HORWICH
HOSANNA
HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)
HOSEA
HOSHANGABAD
HOSHEA (Heb. for " deliverance ")
HOSHIARPUR
HOSHIARPUR,
HOSIERY
HOSIUS
STANISLAUS HOSIUS (1504–1579)
JOHN HOSKINS (d. 1664)
HARRIET GOODHUE HOSMER (183o-19o8)
HOSPICE (Lat. hospitium, entertainment, hospitality, inn, hospes, host)
HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)
HOSPITIUM (Gr. evia, IrpoEevia)
HOSPODAR
HOST
HOSTAGE (through Fr. ostage, modern otage, from Late Lat. obsidaticum, the state of being an obses or hostage; Med. Lat. ostaticum, ostagium)
SIR WILLIAM HOSTE (178o-1828)
HOSTEL
HOSTIUS
HOSUR
HOT SPRINGS
HOTCHKISS AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN
SIR JOHN HOTHAM (d. 1645)
1ST BARON WILLIAM HOTHAM HOTHAM (1736-1813)
HEINRICH GUSTAV HOTHO (1802-1873)
FRANCOIS HOTMAN (1524-1590)
HOTTENTOTS
JOHANN HEINRICH HOTTINGER (162o–1667)
JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN (1698–178o)
HOUDENC (or HOUDAN), RAOUL DE
HOUDETOT
COMTESSE DE ELISABETH FRANCOISE SOPHIE DE LA LIVE DE BELLEGARDE HOUDETOT (1730—1813)
JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON (1740—1828)
HOUFFALIZE
1ST BARON RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES HOUGHTON (1809—1885)
HOUND
HOUNSLOW
HOUR
HOUR ANGLE
HOURI
CANONICAL HOURS
HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
ROYAL HOUSEHOLD
HOUSEL
HOUSELEEK
HOUSING
LAURENCE HOUSMAN (1867– )
ARSINE HOUSSAYE (1815-1896)
HOUSTON
HOUSTON, SAM, or SAMUEL (1793-1863)
FREIHERR VON CHRISTOPH ERNST HOUWALD (1778–1845)
HOVA
HOVE
THOMAS HOVENDEN (184o–1895)
WILLIAM WALSHAM HOW (1823–1897)
HOWARD (FAMILY)
WILLIAM HOWARD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM
CATHERINE HOWARD (d. 1542)
JOHN HOWARD (1726-1790)
LORD WILLIAM HOWARD (1563–1640)
OLIVER OTIS HOWARD (1830-19o9)
SIR ROBERT HOWARD (1626–1698)
HOWE
EIJAS HOWE (1819 — 1867)
JOHN HOWE (1630-17o6)
JOSEPH HOWE (1804–1873)
JULIA WARD HOWE (1819–1910)
EARL RICHARD HOWE HOWE (1726-1799)
SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE (1801-1876)
5TH VISCOUNT WILLIAM HOWE HOWE (1729-1814)
JAMES HOWELL (c. 1594-1666)
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837– )
HOWITT WILLIAM (1792-1899)
HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the French forms obus = shell and obusier = howitzer)
HOWLER
HOWRAH
JOHN SAUL HOWSON (1816-1885)
HOWTH
HOXTER
HOY (Norse Haey, " high island ")
HOYLAKE
HOYLAND NETHER
HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)
PIERRE HOZIER
HPK
HRABANUS MAURUS MAGNENTIUS (c. 776-856)
HROLFR KRAKI
HROSVITHA (frequently ROSWITHA, and properly HROTSUIT)
HSUAN TSANG (HIOUEN THSANG, HIWEN T'SANG, YUAN TSANG, YUAN-CHWANG)
HUAMBISAS
HUANCAVELICA
HUANUCO
HUARAZ
HUARTE DE SAN JUAN, or HUARTE Y NAVARRO, JUAN (c. 1530-1592)
HUASTECS
FRANCOIS HUBER (1750-1831)
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUBER (1830-1879)
LUDWIG FERDINAND HUBER (1764–1804)
HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727)
HUBERTUSBURG
HUBLI
EMIL HUBNER (1834-1901)
COUNT JOSEPH ALEXANDER HUBNER (1811-1892)
HUCBALD (HUOBALDUS, HUBALDUS)
HUCHOWN
HUCHTENBURG
HUCKABACK
HUCKLEBERRY
HUCKNALL TORKARD
HUCKSTER
HUDDERSFIELD
HUDSON
HUDSON BAY (less often, but more correctly, HUDSON'S BAY)
HUDSON RIVER
GEORGE HUDSON (180o-1871)
HENRY HUDSON
JOHN HUDSON (1662–1719)
HUE
HUE AND CRY
HUEHUETANANGO (i.e. in the local Indian dialect, " City of the Ancients ")
HUELVA
HUELVA (the ancient Onuba, Onoba, or Onuba Aestuaria)
HUESCA
HUESCA (anc. Osca)
PIERRE DANIEL HUET (1630-1721)
CHRISTOPH WILHELM HUFELAND (1762-1836)
GOTTLIEB HUFELAND (1760-1817)
JOHANN LEONHARD HUG (1765-1846)
SIR WILLIAM HUGGINS (1824-1910)
HUGH
HUGH CAPET (c. 938-996)
HUGH DE LACY
HUGH DE PUISET (c. 1125-1195)
HUGH OF ST CHER (c. 1200-1263)
HUGH OF ST VICTOR (c. 1078-1141)
HUGH OF WELLS
HUGH ROE
ST HUGH
DAVID EDWARD HUGHES (1831-1900)
HUGH PRICE HUGHES (1847-19o2)
JOHN HUGHES (1677-1720)
JOHN HUGHES (1797-1864)
SIR EDWARD HUGHES (c. 1720-1794)
THOMAS HUGHES
THOMAS HUGHES (1822-1896)
HUGLI, or HOOGHLY
GUSTAV VON HUGO (1764–1844)
VICTOR MARIE HUGO (1802-1885)
HUGUENOTS
CLOVIS HUGUES (1851-1907)
HUICHOL (pronounced Veetchol—a corruption of the native name V ishalika orITirarika, doctors or healers)
HUITZILOPOCHTLI
HULDA
JOHN WHITAKER HULKE (183o-1895)
HULL
HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
ISAAC HULL (1775-1843)
JOHN PYKE HULLAH (1812-1884)
WILLIAM HULME (1631-1691)
HULS
JOHN HULSE (1708-1790)
HUMACAO
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY
HUMANISM (from Lat. humanus, human, connected with holm)
HUMANITARIANS
HUMAYUN (15o8-1556)
HUMBER
KING OF ITALY RANIERI CARLO EMANUELE GIOVANNI MARIA FERDINANDO EUGENIO HUMBERT (1844-1900)
BARON FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT
KARL WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT (1767-1835)
HUMBUG
ALEXANDER HUME (c. 1557-1609)
DAVID HUME (1711-1776)
JOSEPH HUME (1777-1855)
HUMILIATI
HUMITE
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL (1778-1837)
HUMMOCK (of uncertain derivation; cf. hump or hillock)
HUMOUR (Latin humor)
HUMPBACK WHALE (Megaptera longimana or M. books)
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1854- )
HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)
ANDREW ATKINSON HUMPHREYS (1810-1883)
OZIAS HUMPHRY (1742-1810)
DUKE HUNALD
HUNDRED
HUNDRED DAYS (Fr. Cent Jours)
HUNGARY
HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)
HUNGER
HUNGERFORD
BARON WALTER HUNGERFORD HUNGERFORD (d. 1449)
HUNINGEN
HUNNERIC (d. 484)
WILLIAM HUNNIS (d. 1597)
HUNS
1ST BARON HENRY CAREY HUNSDON (c. 1524-1596)
HUNSTANTON [commonly pronounced Hunston]
ALFRED WILLIAM HUNT (183o-1896)
HENRY HUNT (1i73-1835)
HENRY JACKSON HUNT (1819-1889)
JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT (1784-1859)
ROBERT HUNT (1807-1887)
THOMAS STERRY HUNT (1826-1892)
WILLIAM HENRY HUNT (1790—1864)
WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT (1827-1910)
WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT (1824-1879)
JOHN HUNTER (1728-1793)
ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO HUNTER (r8o9-1887)
SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER (1840-19oo)
WILLIAM HUNTER (1718–1783)
WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUNTER (1844-1898)
HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)
HUNTING DOG (Lycaon pictus)
HUNTINGDON
EARLS OF HUNTINGDON
COUNTESS OF SELINA HASTINGS HUNTINGDON (1707—1791)
HUNTINGDONSHIRE (HUNTS)
HUNTINGTON
DANIEL HUNTINGTON (1816-1906)
FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON (1819–1904)
HUNTINGTOWER AND RUTHVENFIELD
HUNTLY
EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF HUNTLY
BENJAMIN HUNTSMAN (1704-1776)
HUNTSVILLE
LASZLO HUNYADI (1433—1457)
JANOS HUNYAIDI (c. 1387-1456)
HUNZA (also known as KANJUT)
HUON OF BORDEAUX
HUON PINE
HERMANN HUPFELD (1796-1866)
RICHARD HURD (1720-1808)
HURDLE (O. Eng. hyrdel, cognate with such Teutonic forms as Ger. Hilrde, Dutch horde, Eng. " hoarding "; in pre-Teutonic languages the word appears in Gr. Kvprla, wickerwork, e(pT77, Lat. cratis, basket, cf. " crate," " grate ")
HURDLE RACING
FREDERICK YEATES HURLSTONE (1800-1869)
HURON
HURON (a French term, from huge', bristled, early used as an expression of contempt, signifying "lout ")
HURONS
HURRICANE
HURRY (or URRV), SIR JOHN (d. 165o)
JOHN FLETCHER HURST (1834-1903)
HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX)
HUSBAND
LAW RELATING TO HUSBAND AND WIFE
HUSHI (Rumanian Husi)
WILLIAM HUSKISSON (1770-1830)
HUSS (or Hus), JOHN (c. 1373-1415)
HUSSAR
HUSSITES
HUSTING (O. Eng. hiesting, from Old Norwegian hzesthing)
HUSUM
FRANCIS HUTCHESON (1694-1746)
HUTCHINSON
ANNE HUTCHINSON (c. 1600-1643)
JOHN HUTCHINSON (1615-1664)
JOHN HUTCHINSON (1674-1737)
SIR JONATHAN HUTCHINSON (1828– )
THOMAS HUTCHINSON (1711-1780)
PHILIPP VON HUTTEN (c. 1511—1546)
ULRICH VON HUTTEN (1488—1523)
LEONHARD HUTTER (1563-1616)
CHARLES HUTTON (1737-1823)
JAMES HUTTON (1726-1797)
RICHARD HOLT HUTTON (1826-1897)
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY (1825–1895)
CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS (1629-1695)
SIR CONSTANTIJN HUYGENS (1596-1687)
HUYSMANS
JORIS KARL HUYSMANS (1848–1907)
JAN VAN HUYSUM (1682–1749)
HWANG HO [HoANG Ho]
HWICCE
HYACINTH (Gr. ualavOor)
HYACINTH, or JACINTH
HYACINTHUS
HYADES (" the rainy ones ")
ALPHEUS HYATT (1838–1902)
HYBLA
HYBRIDISM
HYDANTOIN (glycolyl urea), C3H4N202
HYDE
BARON JEAN GUILLAUME HYDE DE NEUVILLE
HYDE PARK
THOMAS HYDE (1636-1703)
HYDER ALI, or HAIDAR
HAIDARABAD HYDERABAD
HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD
HYDRA
HYDRA (or SDRA, NIDRA, IDERO, &c.; anc. Hydrea)
HYDRA (watersnake)
HYDRACRYLIC ACID (ethylene lactic acid)
HYDRANGEA
HYDRASTINE
HYDRATE
HYDRAULIC
HYDRAULICS (Gr. iS&,p, water, and ai,Xos, a pipe)
HYDRAZINE (DIAMIDOGEN), N2H4
HYDRAZONE
HYDROCARBON
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCHARIDEAE
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDRODYNAMICS (Gr. Scot)
atomic weight x-oo8 HYDROGEN [symbol H (0=16)]
HYDROGRAPHY (.Gr. 6&,p, water, and cypfidiecv, to write)
HYDROLYSIS (Gr. 6Swp, water, Anew, to loosen)
HYDROMECHANICS (Gr. ubpops avuca)
HYDROMEDUSAE
HYDROMETER (Gr. u"Swp, water, and pErpov, a measure)
HYDROPATHY
HYDROPHOBIA (Gr. iibwp, water, and 4osos, fear; so called from the symptom of dread of water), or RABIES (Lat. for" madness ")
HYDROPTERIDEAE
HYDROSPHERE (Gr. i55wp, water, and O4aipa, sphere)
HYDROSTATICS (Gr. iibwp, water, and the root Ora-, to cause to stand)
NH2OH HYDROXYLAMINE
HYDROZOA
HYENA
HYERES
HYGIEIA
HYGIENE (Fr. hygiene, from Gr. ir'taivety, to be healthy)
HYGINUS
HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
GAIUS JULIUS HYGINUS
HYGROMETER (Gr. hypos, moist, L Tpov, a measure)
HYKSOS
HYLAS
HYLOZOISM (Gr. iiX7)
HYMEN, or HYMENAEUS
HYMENOPTERA
HYMENOPTERA (Gr. bµ$v, a membrane, and irrepov, a wing)
HYMETTUS (Ital. Monte Matto, hence the modern name Trello Vouni)
HYMNS
HYOGLOSSUS
HYPAETHROS (Gr. iiiraiOpos, beneath the sky, in the open air, inrb, beneath, and aWBilp, air)
HYPALLAGE (Gr. Ur aX)tceyi, interchange or exchange)
HYPATIA ('Tiraria) (c. A.D. 370–415)
HYPERBATON (Gr. in4p1arov, a stepping over)
HYPERBOLA
HYPERBOLE (from Gr. i'irep/3aX tew, to throw beyond)
HYPERBOREANS (`Tirep(3bpeot, `Taepf3bpeiot)
HYPEREIDES (c. 390-322 B.c.)
HYPERION
HYPERSTHENE
HYPERTROPHY (Gr. inrEp, over, and rpo(A, nourishment)
HYPNOTISM
HYPOCAUST (Gr. inroicauQrov: &Ire, beneath, and Icaueiv, to burn)
HYPOCHONDRIASIS (synonyms— " the spleen," " the vapours ")
HYPOCRISY
HYPOSTASIS
HYPOSTYLE
HYPOSULPHITE OF SODA
HYPOTHEC (Lat. hypotheca, Gr. vaoOi7Kf)
HYPOTHESIS (from Gr. inrorcOivat, to put under; cf. Lat. suppositio, from sub-ponere)
HYPOTRACHELIUM (Gr. vaorpaxi7Awv, the lower part of the neck, rphx Aos)
HYPSOMETER (Gr. lidos, height, pETpov, a measure)
HYRACOIDEA
HYRCANIA
HYRCANUS ('Tp,av6s)
HYSSOP (Hyssopus officinalis)
HYSTASPES (the Greek form of the Persian Vishtaspa)
HYSTERESIS (Gr. IQTEprIo-es, from vvrkp€iv, to lag behind)
HYSTERIA
HYTHE
HZN
I00
I000
I10
I122
I14
I178
I212
I235
I25