Index of English words, starting with "ho"

(1) - Hour (n.) A measure of distance traveled.
(2) - Hour (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
(3) - Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
(4) - Hour (n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
(5) - Hour (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

(1) - Hourglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

(1) - Houri (n.) A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.

(1) - Hourly (adv.) Every hour; frequently; continually.
(2) - Hourly (a.) Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.