| HAMADRYAD | • hamadryad n. (Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled. • hamadryad n. The king cobra. • hamadryad n. A baboon of species Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians. |
| HAMADRYAS | • hamadryas n. A large baboon (Papio hamadryas), from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt. • HAMADRYAS n. (Greek) a type of baboon. |
| HAMAMELIS | • hamamelis n. (Botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels. • Hamamelis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Hamamelidaceae – witch hazel and related plants. • HAMAMELIS n. a winter-flowering shrub. |
| HAMARTIAS | • hamartias n. Plural of hamartia. • HAMARTIA n. (Greek) in tragedy, the character flaw that leads to downfall. |
| HAMBONING | • hamboning v. Present participle of hambone. • HAMBONE v. to overact, also HAM. |
| HAMBURGER | • hamburger n. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes… • hamburger n. The patty used in such a sandwich. • hamburger n. (Uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers. |
| HAMFATTER | • hamfatter n. (US slang, acting) A low-grade actor; a ham. • HAMFATTER n. a third-rate minstrel or variety actor. • HAMFATTER v. to perform as a third-rate minstrel. |
| HAMMERERS | • hammerers n. Plural of hammerer. • HAMMERER n. one who hammers. |
| HAMMERING | • hammering n. A period of being beaten or hammered. • hammering n. A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer. • hammering n. (Slang) A heavy defeat. |
| HAMMERKOP | • hammerkop n. A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons. • HAMMERKOP n. (South African) a bird of the heron family. |
| HAMMERMAN | • hammerman n. A hammerer; a forgeman. • HAMMERMAN n. a man who operates a hammer. |
| HAMMERMEN | • hammermen n. Plural of hammerman. • HAMMERMAN n. a man who operates a hammer. |
| HAMMERTOE | • hammertoe n. (Uncountable) A medical condition where a toe is permanently bent down. • hammertoe n. (Countable) A toe suffering from such condition. • hammer␣toe n. A deformity of the second, third, or fourth toe causing it to be permanently bent at the first joint… |
| HAMMINESS | • hamminess n. The state of being hammy. • HAMMINESS n. the quality of being hammy, overacted. |
| HAMPERERS | • hamperers n. Plural of hamperer. • HAMPERER n. one who hampers. |
| HAMPERING | • hampering v. Present participle of hamper. • hampering n. That which hampers; an impediment. • HAMPER v. to hinder, obstruct. |
| HAMPSTERS | • hampsters n. Plural of hampster. • HAMPSTER n. a small rodent with large cheeks, also HAMSTER. |
| HAMSTRING | • hamstring n. (Anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and… • hamstring n. (Informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles. • hamstring v. (Transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough. |
| HAMSTRUNG | • hamstrung adj. (Figurative) Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring. • hamstrung v. Simple past tense and past participle of hamstring. • HAMSTRING v. to disable by severing the hamstrings. |