hagiographa

the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures ;

hagiographer

the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography ;

hagiographist

the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography ;

hagiography

a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) ;

hagiolatry

the worship of saints ;

hagiologist

the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography ;

hagiology

literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints ;

hahn

German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968) ;

hahnium

a transuranic element ;

haick

a outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa ;

haida

the Na-Dene language of the Haida ; a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska ;

haifa

a major port in northwestern Israel ;

haik

a outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa ;

haiku

an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines ;

hail

enthusiastic greeting ; precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents ;

hail mary

a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her ;

haile selassie

emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975) ;

hailstone

small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm ;

hailstorm

a storm during which hail falls ;

haiphong

a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center ;

hair

a filamentous projection or process on an organism ; cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments ; any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup" ; a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" ; filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" ; a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" ;

hair's-breadth

a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" ;

hair-raiser

excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones; "the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser" ;

hair-tailed mole

mole of eastern North America ;

hair ball

a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) ;

hair care

care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair ;

hair cell

a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti ;

hair coloring

the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair ; coloring of the hair; "her hair-coloring was unusual: a very pale gold" ; a dye or tint for the hair ;

hair curler

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" ;

hair drier

a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair ;

hair dryer

a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair ;

hair dye

a dye or tint for the hair ;

hair follicle

a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them ;

hair gel

toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling ;

hair grass

fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums ;

hair grease

a toiletry for the hair ;

hair mousse

toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling ;

hair of the dog

an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover ;

hair oil

a toiletry for the hair ;

hair seal

any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers ;