H. | Hard (pencils); heart (cards); horrific (films); hot (tap); hydrant. |
h. | Height; hour(-s); hundred; husband. |
Hab. | Book of Habakkuk. |
hab. | Habitat (Latin), he lives. |
Hag. | Book of Haggai. |
h. & c. | Hot and cold water. |
Hants. | Hampshire. |
HB. | Hard black (pencils). |
H.C. | House of Commons; House of Correction. |
h.c. | Honoris causa (Latin), as a way of honouring. |
H.C.F. | Highest common factor. |
h(d)cp. | Handicap. |
Heb. | Epistle to the Hebrews; Hebrew. |
hept. | Heptagon(-al). |
her. | Heraldic. |
Herts. | Hertfordshire. |
hex. | Hexagon(-al). |
HF. | Hard firm (pencils). |
hfbd. | Half-bound. |
hfcf. | Half-calf. |
hfcl. | Half-cloth. |
H.G. | High German; Holy Ghost. |
hg. | Hectogramme(-s); heliograph. |
hhd. | Hogshead. |
Hil. | Hilary. |
H.J.(S.) | Hie jacet (sepultus), (Latin), here lies (buried). |
H.K. | Hong Kong; House of Keys. |
H.L. | House of Lords. |
hi. | Hectolitre(-s). |
H.M. | Headmaster. |
hm. | Hectometre(-s). |
H.M.C. | Headmasters' Conference; His Majesty's Customs. |
H.M.P. | Hand-made paper; hoc monumctitum posuit (Latin), he erected this monument. |
H.M.S. | His Majesty's Service; His Majesty's ship. |
H.M.T. | His Majesty's trawler. |
H.M.V. | His Master's Voice. |
Ho. | House. |
H.O. | Head Office; hold over; Home Office. |
Hon. | Honorary; Honourable. |
hor. | Horizon. |
Hos. | Book of Hosea. |
H.P. | High pressure; high priest; high power; house physician; Houses of Parliament. |
h.p. | Half pay; hire purchase; horse power. |
hr. | Hour. |
H.S. | Home Secretary; hospital ship; house surgeon. |
H.S.C. | Higher School Certificate. |
H.S.E. | Hie sepultus esi (Latin), here is buried. |
H.T. | Hawaiian Territory; high tension. |
Hunts. | Huntingdonshire. |
H.W. | High water. |
h.w. | Hit wicket; hot water. |
H.W.M. | High water mark. |
hy. | Heavy. |
hyd. | Hydrostatic. |
hyp. | Hypothetical. |