| hangnail |
a small, loose flap of skin at the side or base of the fingernail. |
| hang out |
(informal) to spend a lot of time at a place with no particular purpose. [6 definitions] |
| hang up |
to end a telephone call by pressing a button or putting the telephone down in the part that holds it. [4 definitions] |
| hanker |
to crave or long for something (often fol. by "for" or "after"). |
| Hanoi |
the capital of Vietnam. |
| Hanukkah |
an eight-day festival beginning on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev in which, by lighting the menorah each night, Jews celebrate the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrians, the rededication of the temple at Jerusalem, and the miracle of the lamp. |
| haphazard |
not organized or based on reason or logic; without aim or purpose. [3 definitions] |
| happen |
to take place; occur. [4 definitions] |
| happening |
something that happens; event; occurrence. [2 definitions] |
| happily |
in a happy manner. [2 definitions] |
| happiness |
the state or condition of being happy. [2 definitions] |
| happy |
marked by a feeling of joy, contentment, pleasure, comfort, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| happy-go-lucky |
trusting one's well-being or success to luck; carefree. |
| harass |
to trouble or disturb repeatedly or persistently. [2 definitions] |
| harbor |
a sheltered area of water for boats to be anchored or otherwise secured. [5 definitions] |
| hard |
not soft; solid; firm; tough. [11 definitions] |
| hard-boiled |
of an egg, boiled in the shell until firm all the way through. (Cf. soft-boiled.) [2 definitions] |
| hard disk |
a rigid, magnetized disk built into a computer that is capable of storing a large amount of data. |
| hard drive |
a device usu. inside a computer that copies data to and from a computer's hard disk; hard disk drive. |
| harden |
to make hard or more resistant to pressure. [6 definitions] |
| hard hat |
a protective helmet, made of metal or hard, impact-resistant plastic, worn by construction workers, miners, and the like. |