hairy lip fern

small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly ;

hairy root

a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots ;

hairy spurge

much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America ;

hairy tare

European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops ;

hairy tongue

a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue ;

hairy vetch

European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops ;

hairy willowherb

plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; introduced into North America ;

hairy wood mint

a variety of wood mint ;

haiti

an island in the West Indies ; 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 ;

haitian

a native or inhabitant of Haiti ;

haitian capital

the capital and largest city of Haiti ;

haitian centime

100 centimes equal 1 gourde in Haiti ;

haitian creole

a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages ;

haitian monetary unit

the monetary unit in Haiti ;

haj

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 Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship" ;

haji

an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca ;

hajj

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 Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship" ;

hajji

an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca ; a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people; "to American soldiers, the hajji are the alien people from whom the enemy emerges" ;

hake

any of several marine food fishes related to cod ; the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod ;

hakea

Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers ;

hakea laurina

tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia ;

hakea leucoptera

large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia ;

hakea lissosperma

shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia ;

hakeem

a Muslim physician ;

hakenkreuz

the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction ;

hakham

a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man ;

hakim

a Muslim physician ; a Muslim ruler or governor or judge ;

hakka

a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka ; a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century ;

hakka dialect

a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka ;

halab

a city in northwestern Syria ;

halacha

Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures ;

halaka

Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures ;

halakah

Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures ;

halal

(Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah ;

halberd

a pike fitted with an ax head ;

halberdier

a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty) ;

halchidhoma

a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa ;

halcion

a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep ;

halcyon

a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves ; a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World ; (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher ;

haldane

Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928) ; Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937) ; Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936) ; Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964) ;