hagiographist
1: the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography [syn: {hagiographer}, {hagiologist}]
hagiography
1: a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
hagiolatry
1: worship of saints [syn: {hierolatry}, {worship of saints}]
hagiologist
1: the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography [syn: {hagiographer}, {hagiographist}]
hagiology
1: literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
hagridden
1: tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis [syn: {hag-ridden}, {tormented}]
Hahn
1: German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968) [syn: {Otto Hahn}]
hahnium
1: a transuranic element that has not been found in nature [syn: {unnilquintium}, {unnilpentium}, {Unp}, {element 105}, {atomic number 105}]
haick
1: a outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa [syn: {haik}]
Haida
1: a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska 2: the Na-Dene language of the Haida people
Haifa
1: a major port in northwestern Israel
haik
1: a outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa [syn: {haick}]
haiku
1: an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
hail
1: precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents 2: enthusiastic greeting v 1: praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" [syn: {acclaim},...
Hail Mary
1: a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to Her [syn: {Ave Maria}]
hail-fellow
1: heartily friendly and congenial [syn: {comradely}, {hail-fellow-well-met}]
Haile Selassie
1: emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975) [syn: {Ras Tafari Makonnen}, {Ras Tafari}]
hailstone
1: small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm
Haiphong
1: a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center
hair
1: dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair" 2: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "...
hair ball
1: a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) [syn: {hairball}, {trichobezoar}]
hair care
1: care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair [syn: {haircare}, {hairdressing}]
hair cell
1: a sensory epithelial cell present in the Organ of Corti
hair coloring
1: a dye or tint for the hair [syn: {hair dye}] 2: coloring of the hair; "her hair-coloring was unusual: a very pale gold" 3: the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
hair curler
1: a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight" [syn: {curler}, {roller}, {crimper}]
hair drier
1: a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair [syn: {hand blower}, {blow dryer}, {blow drier}, {hair dryer}]
hair dryer
1: a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair [syn: {hand blower}, {blow dryer}, {blow drier}, {hair drier}]
hair dye
1: a dye or tint for the hair [syn: {hair coloring}]
hair follicle
1: a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with hair follicles
hair gel
1: toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling [syn: {mousse}, {hair mousse}]
hair grass
1: fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums [syn: {needle spike rush}, {needle rush}, {slender spike rush}, {Eleocharis acicularis}]
hair grease
1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: {hairdressing}, {hair tonic}, {hair oil}]
hair mousse
1: toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling [syn: {mousse}, {hair gel}]
hair oil
1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: {hairdressing}, {hair tonic}, {hair grease}]
hair seal
1: any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers [syn: {earless seal}, {true seal}]
hair shirt
1: an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
hair slide
1: a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
hair space
1: (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters
hair spray
1: toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place
hair style
1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) [syn: {hairdo}, {coiffure}]
hair tonic
1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: {hairdressing}, {hair oil}, {hair grease}]
hair trigger
1: a gun trigger that responds with little pressure
hair's-breadth
1: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" [syn: {hairsbreadth}, {hair}, {whisker}]
hair-raiser
1: excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones; "the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser" [syn: {chiller}]
hair-raising
1: extremely alarming [syn: {bloodcurdling}, {nightmarish}]
hair-shirt
1: self-sacrificing or austere [syn: {hair-shirted}]
hair-shirted
1: self-sacrificing or austere [syn: {hair-shirt}]
hair-tailed mole
1: mole of eastern North America [syn: {brewer's mole}, {Parascalops breweri}]
hair-trigger
1: responsive to the slightest stimulation or provocation; "he has a hair-trigger temper"
hairball
1: a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) [syn: {hair ball}, {trichobezoar}]
hairbrush
1: a brush used to groom a person's hair
haircare
1: care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair [syn: {hair care}, {hairdressing}]
haircloth
1: cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments [syn: {hair}]
haircut
1: the style in which hair has been cut 2: the act of cutting the hair
hairdo
1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) [syn: {hair style}, {coiffure}]
hairdresser
1: someone who cuts or beautifies hair [syn: {hairstylist}, {stylist}, {styler}]
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hairdressing
1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: {hair tonic}, {hair oil}, {hair grease}] 2: care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair [syn: {hair care}, {haircare}]
hairgrip
1: a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in England they call a bobby pin a grip" [syn: {bobby pin}, {grip}]
hairiness
1: the quality of having hair [ant: {hairlessness}]
hairless
1: having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail" [ant: {hairy}]
hairlessness
1: the condition of being void of hair [syn: {depilation}] 2: the quality of not having hair [ant: {hairiness}]
hairlike
1: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" [syn: {capillary}]
hairline
1: a very thin line 2: the natural margin formed by hair on the head
hairline fracture
1: a fracture without separation of the frgments and the line of the break being very thin [syn: {capillary fracture}]
hairnet
1: a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place
hairpiece
1: a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment [syn: {false hair}, {postiche}]
hairpin
1: a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
hairsbreadth
1: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" [syn: {hair's-breadth}, {hair}, {whisker}]
hairsplitter
1: a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
hairsplitting
1: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions" [syn: {finespun}] n : making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" [syn: {word-spl...
hairspring
1: a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece
hairstreak
1: small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: {hairstreak butterfly}]
hairstreak butterfly
1: small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: {hairstreak}]
hairstylist
1: someone who cuts or beautifies hair [syn: {hairdresser}, {stylist}, {styler}]
hairtail
1: long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel [syn: {cutlassfish}, {frost fish}]
hairweaving
1: the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair
hairy
1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: {hirsute}] [ant: {hairless}] 2: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains" [also: {hairiest}, {hai...
hairy darling pea
1: shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers [syn: {Swainsona greyana}, {Swainsona grandiflora}]
hairy finger grass
1: a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States [syn: {large crabgrass}, {Digitaria sanguinalis}]
hairy golden aster
1: hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis [syn...
hairy honeysuckle
1: twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers; northeastern America [syn: {Lonicera hirsuta}]
hairy lip fern
1: small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly [syn: {wooly lip fern}, {Cheilanthes lanosa}]
hairy root
1: a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots
hairy spurge
1: much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America [syn: {Euphorbia hirsuta}]
hairy tare
1: European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops [syn: {hairy vetch}, {Vicia villosa}]
hairy tongue
1: a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue [syn: {furry tongue}, {black tongue}]
hairy vetch
1: European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops [syn: {hairy tare}, {Vicia villosa}]
hairy willowherb
1: plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; introduced into North America [syn: {codlins-and-cream}, {Epilobium hirsutum}]
hairy-legged vampire bat
1: similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas [syn: {Diphylla ecaudata}]
Haiti
1: a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the Western Hemisphere [syn: {Rep...
Haitian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people; "Haitian shantytowns" n : a native or inhabitant of Haiti
Haitian capital
1: the capital and largest city of Haiti [syn: {Port-au-Prince}]
Haitian Creole
1: a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages
haj
1: the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Musl...
haji
1: a pilgrim who journeys to Mecca [syn: {hajji}, {hadji}]
hajj
1: the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Musl...
hajji
1: a pilgrim who journeys to Mecca [syn: {hadji}, {haji}]
hake
1: the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod 2: any of several marine food fishes related to cod
Hakea
1: Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers [syn: {genus Hakea}]
Hakea laurina
1: tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia [syn: {cushion flower}, {pincushion hakea}]
Hakea leucoptera
1: large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia [syn: {needlewood}, {needle-wood}, {needle wood}]
Hakea lissosperma
1: shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia [syn: {needlebush}, {needle-bush}, {needle bush}]
hakeem
1: a Muslim physician [syn: {hakim}]
Hakenkreuz
1: the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction [syn: {swastika}]
Hakham
1: a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man
hakim
1: a Muslim ruler or governor or judge 2: a Muslim physician [syn: {hakeem}]
Hakka
1: a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China; this form of Chinese is not well known outside China because few of the Hakka people have migrated [syn: {Hakka dialect}]
Hakka dialect
1: a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China; this form of Chinese is not well known outside China because few of the Hakka people have migrated [syn: {Hakka}]
Halacha
1: Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures [syn: {Halakah}, {Halaka}]
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