Today at a boring presentation that I had to listen to twice, I noticed a wide open unabridged Webster's...so I slid over to it and began to read about hornblende. Fun. And then I noticed a wonderful word with a wonderful definition:

horripilation--the standing up of the hair on the neck as with goosebumps.

And then I noticed that horror had the Latin horrere as the root.

Anyway, since it's the season, I thought you might enjoy reading a list of bristling words:

horror
horripilation
horripilate
horrisonous
horrisonant
horrendous (Why not!)
horrent

don'cha just love meetings in the library?!

I never said I was in a library, et'! You must have been at the same boring meeting that I attended! Of course, where else would a teacher most likely come across an unabridged MW?

I always make sure to seat myself somewhere near the magazine rack, or at least the reference section, so I'm insured something interesting to read during those meetings...

horripilated follicles

Abhorrent is to Horrent as abhore is to... Hmmmm don't think I'll go there

Was it not Dorothy Parker who said "You can lead a horticlture but you cannot make her think!"?

OH you people are so bad! And is someone addicted to sex a horehound? From M-W:
Main Entry: hore·hound
Pronunciation: 'hOr-"haund, 'hor-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English horhoune, from Old English hArhune, from hAr hoary + hune horehound -- more at HOAR
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a bitter mint (Marrubium vulgare) with downy leaves b : an extract or confection made from this plant
2 : any of several mints resembling the horehound

Not we, she! [whistling innocently-e]

Just came across another interesting 'h' word: hirrient, meaning trilled double 'r's'...

And the above list, enunciated hirriently would be not only horrent, but also trilling.

also trilling

too true, too true...

And is someone addicted to sex a horehound?

No...that's someone who's addicted to whores!