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biographical name Edward Mandell 1858-1938  Colonel house American diplomat

 house arrest 
  noun 
 Date: 1936
 confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison

 house call 
  noun 
 Date: 1960
 a visit (as by a doctor or a repair person) to a home to provide a requested service

 house cat 
  noun 
 Date: 1607
  cat  1a

 house cricket 
  noun 
 Date: 1774
 a widely distributed cricket ( Acheta domesticus ) usually living in or about dwellings

 house detective 
  noun 
 Date: 1898
 a person who is employed (as by a hotel) to prevent disorderly or improper conduct of patrons

 house finch 
  noun 
 Date: 1869
 a small finch ( Carpodacus mexicanus ) that has a male with a red head, breast, and rump and that is native to Mexico and the western United States and has been introduced in the eastern United States

 house girl 
  noun 
 Date: 1835
  housemaid  

 house mouse 
  noun 
 Date: 1835
 a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish-brown mouse ( Mus musculus ) that usually lives and breeds about buildings, may act as a vector of diseases, and is an important laboratory animal

 house of assembly 
 Date: 1653 a legislative body or the lower house of a legislature (as in various British colonies, protectorates, and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations)

 house of burgesses 
 Date: 1658 the colonial representative assembly of Virginia

 house of cards 
 Date: 1645 a structure, situation, or institution that is insubstantial, shaky, or in constant danger of collapse

 house of commons 
 Date: 1621 the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments

 house of correction 
 Date: circa 1576 a penal institution for persons convicted of a minor offense and considered capable of reformation

 house of delegates 
 Date: 1783  house  6a

 house of lords 
 Date: 1643 the upper house of the British Parliament composed of the lords temporal and spiritual

 house of representatives 
 Date: 1716 the lower house of a legislative body (as the United States Congress)

 house of studies 
 Date: 1929 an educational institution serving scholars of a religious order

 house of study see:  house of studies   
 

 house organ 
  noun 
 Date: 1907
 a periodical distributed by a business concern among its employees, sales personnel, or customers

 house party 
  noun 
 Date: 1876
 a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (as a home or fraternity house)

 house rule 
  noun 
 Date: 1947
 a rule (as in a game) that applies only among a certain group or in a certain place

 house seat 
  noun 
 Date: 1948
 a theater seat reserved by the management for a special guest

 house sitter 
  noun 
 Date: 1971
 a person who occupies a dwelling to provide security and maintenance while the tenant is away, house-sit intransitive  verb house-sitting  noun 

 house sparrow 
  noun 
 Date: 1674
 a sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) native to Eurasia that has been introduced worldwide and is found especially in urban and agricultural areas

 house trailer 
  noun 
 Date: 1937
  mobile home