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  • English Word Hin Definition A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.
  • English Word Hind Definition The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
  • English Word Hind Definition A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
  • English Word Hind Definition A domestic; a servant.
  • English Word Hind Definition A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
  • English Word Hind Definition In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
  • English Word Hindberry Definition The raspberry.
  • English Word Hindbrain Definition The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
  • English Word Hinder Definition Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
  • English Word Hinder Definition To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
  • English Word Hinder Definition To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
  • English Word Hinder Definition To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
  • English Word Hinderance Definition Same as Hindrance.
  • English Word Hindered Definition of Hinder
  • English Word Hinderer Definition One who, or that which, hinders.
  • English Word Hinderest Definition Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a.
  • English Word Hindering Definition of Hinder
  • English Word Hinderling Definition A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal.
  • English Word Hindermost Definition Alt. of Hindmost
  • English Word Hindgut Definition The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.
  • English Word Hindi Definition The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.
  • English Word Hindleys screw Definition A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.
  • English Word Hindmost Definition Furthest in or toward the rear; last.
  • English Word Hindoo Definition Alt. of Hindu
  • English Word Hindooism Definition Alt. of Hinduism
  • English Word Hindoos Definition of Hindu
  • English Word Hindoostanee Definition Alt. of Hindustani
  • English Word Hindrance Definition The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
  • English Word Hindrance Definition That which hinders; an impediment.
  • English Word Hindu Definition A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.