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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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HONORLESS a.
Destitute of honor; not honored. Bp. Warburton.
HOODLESS a.
Having no hood.
HOOFLESS a.
Destitute of hoofs.
HOPELESS a. 3 definitions
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak.
HORNLESS a.
Having no horn.
HORSEFLESH n. 2 definitions
The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon.
HORSELESS a.
Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.
HOSTLESS a.
Inhospitable. [Obs.] "A hostless house." Spenser.
HOTCOCKLES n.
A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
HOUSELESS a.
Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
HOUSELESSNESS n.
The state of being houseless.
HUELESS a.
Destitute of color. Hudibras.
HUMBLES n.
Entrails of a deer. [Written also umbles.] Johnson.
HUMBLESSE n.
Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
HUMORLESS a.
Destitute of humor.
HUMPLESS a.
Without a hump. Darwin.
HURTLESS a.
Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm. Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. Spenser. -- Hurt"less*ly, adv. -- Hurt"less*ness, n.
HUSBANDLESS a.
Destitute of a husband. Shak.
HYALESCENCE n.
The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.
IDEALESS a.
Destitute of an idea.
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