hairy vetch
- n European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
haemulon album
- n a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
haemulon parra
- n a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
hafnium
- n a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons
haftarah
- n a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
haftorah
- n a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
hag
- n an ugly evil-looking old woman
- n eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies