hairy vetch
- n European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
haematite
- n the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
habitus
- n person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease)
the consumptive habitus - n constitution of the human body
hablot knight browne
- n English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
habsburg
- n a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
hacek
- n a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
hacienda
- n a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
- n the main house on a ranch or large estate
haddock
- n lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
- n important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
hadean aeon
- n the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
hack
- n one who works hard at boring tasks
- n a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- n a mediocre and disdained writer
- n a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- n a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- n an old or over-worked horse
- n a horse kept for hire
- n a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- v cut with a hacking tool
- v be able to manage or manage successfully
I can't hack it anymore - v cut away
he hacked his way through the forest - v kick on the arms
- v kick on the shins
- v fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best - v significantly cut up a manuscript
- v cough spasmodically
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day