English words starting with hin

Meanings of Hin:

noun

A hebrew unit of liquid capacity equal to approximately 5 litres (about one gallon).

Usage examples:

For a ram two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil and a libation of…

Meanings of Hinayana:

noun

A pejorative name given by the followers of mahayana buddhism to the more conservative schools of early buddhism. the tradition died out in india, but it survived in sri lanka (ceylon) as the theravada school and was taken from there to other regions of se asia.

Usage examples:

An example can be found in buddhism itself, where people try to discriminate between hinayana and m…

Meanings of Hind:

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior.

Usage examples:

A hind leg

noun

A female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year.

Usage examples:

Our second visit was a success and as we got closer to the farm we saw a group of hinds and deer gr…

combining form

(added to nouns) at the back; posterior.

Usage examples:

Hindquarters

Meanings of Hindbrain:

noun

The lower part of the brainstem, comprising the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata.

Usage examples:

I found a spinal cord, a hindbrain, a midbrain, a forebrain, all organized in similar ways to my ow…

Meanings of Hinder:

verb

Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

Usage examples:

Language barriers hindered communication between scientists

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

Usage examples:

The hinder end of its body

Meanings of Hinderance:

noun

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

Usage examples:

a hindrance to the development process

Meanings of Hindered:

verb

Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

Usage examples:

Language barriers hindered communication between scientists

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

Usage examples:

The hinder end of its body

Meanings of Hinderer:

verb

Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

Usage examples:

Language barriers hindered communication between scientists

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

Usage examples:

The hinder end of its body

Meanings of Hindering:

verb

Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

Usage examples:

Language barriers hindered communication between scientists

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

Usage examples:

The hinder end of its body

Meanings of Hinders:

verb

Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

Usage examples:

Language barriers hindered communication between scientists

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

Usage examples:

The hinder end of its body

Meanings of Hindi:

noun

An indic language of northern india, derived from sanskrit and written in the devanagari script. it is the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, with more than 250 million people speaking it as their first language.

Usage examples:

I speak hindi fluently

adjective

Relating to hindi.

Usage examples:

She left the hindi film industry some two decades ago

Meanings of Hindmost:

adjective

Furthest back.

Usage examples:

The hindmost attendant

Meanings of Hindoo:

noun

A follower of hinduism; a hindu.

adjective

Relating to hindus or hinduism; hindu.

Meanings of Hindquarters:

plural noun

The hind legs and adjoining parts of a quadruped.

Usage examples:

See, the front half of the horse was simply white with black spots on its dappled middle, and her h…

Meanings of Hindrance:

noun

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

Usage examples:

A hindrance to the development process

Meanings of Hindrances:

noun

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

Usage examples:

a hindrance to the development process

Meanings of Hinds:

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior.

Usage examples:

A hind leg

noun

A female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year.

Usage examples:

Our second visit was a success and as we got closer to the farm we saw a group of hinds and deer gr…

Meanings of Hindsight:

noun

Understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed.

Usage examples:

With hindsight, i should never have gone

idiom

Understanding the nature of an event after it has happened

Meanings of Hindu:

noun

A follower of hinduism.

Usage examples:

Therefore those sounds of words of vedas and upanishads are very important to hindus.

adjective

Relating to hindus or hinduism.

Usage examples:

Lord shiva the destroyer, is one of the three primary hindu deities or trimurti.

Meanings of Hinduism:

noun

A major religious and cultural tradition of south asia, which developed from vedic religion.

Usage examples:

Respect and tolerance of other religions is one of the premises of hinduism.

Meanings of Hinduize:

verb

Make hindu in form or character.

Usage examples:

He led the campaign to hinduize education in public schools

Meanings of Hindus:

noun

A follower of hinduism.

Usage examples:

Therefore those sounds of words of vedas and upanishads are very important to hindus.

adjective

Relating to hindus or hinduism.

Usage examples:

Lord shiva the destroyer, is one of the three primary hindu deities or trimurti.

Meanings of Hindustan:

proper noun

The indian subcontinent in general, more specifically that part of india north of the deccan, especially the plains of the ganges and jumna rivers.

Meanings of Hindustani:

noun

A group of mutually intelligible languages and dialects spoken in north-western india, principally hindi and urdu.

Usage examples:

They speak, urdu or hindustani regardless of the local languages of an indian state in which they h…

adjective

Relating to hindustani.

Usage examples:

Hindustani classical music

Meanings of Hinge:

noun

A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects.

Usage examples:

He had only time to back away before the thick wooden doors swung open, hinges protesting loudly.

verb

Attach or join with or as if with a hinge.

Usage examples:

The ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom