HC

See also: hc, hC, h/c, H/C, and H&C

English

Noun

HC (plural HCs)

1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of hydrocarbonate.
2. (organic chemistry, refrigeration) Initialism of hydrocarbon, a class of molecules containing hydrogen and carbon atoms.
3. (sports) Initialism of hockey club.
4. (fandom slang) Initialism of headcanon.

   Alternative form: hc

5. (music, subculture) Abbreviation of hardcore.
6. (cycling) Abbreviation of hors categorie (French HC).
7. (sports) Initialism of head coach.
8. (video games, MOBAs) Initialism of hard carry.

Hypernyms

(hockey club):

• AC (athletics club) ("athletics" as in all sporting activities)
• SC (sports club)

Related terms

(refrigeration):

• CFC (chlorofluorocarbon)
• HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbon)
• HFC (hydroflurocarbon)
• fluorocarbon
• halocarbon
• chlorocarbon

(hockey club):

• AC (athletics club) ("athletics" as in track-and-field)
• BC (baseball club)
• BC (basketball club)
• FC (football club)
• SC (soccer club)

Translations

hockey club

Czech: HK (cs) French: CH (fr) German: EK (de)

Verb

HC (third-person singular simple present HCs, present participle HCing, simple past and past participle HCed)

1. (fandom slang) Initialism of headcanon.

   Alternative form: hc

Anagrams

• c͟h, ch-, CH, ch, ch.

French

Noun

HC f (plural HCs)

1. (cycling) HC; abbreviation of hors catégorie