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hairy vetch
  • n  European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
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hagiology
  • n  literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
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hahn
  • n  German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
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haick
  • n  an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa
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haida
  • n  a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska
  • n  the Na-Dene language of the Haida
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haik
  • n  an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa
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haiku
  • n  an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
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hail
  • n  precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
  • n  many objects thrown forcefully through the air
    a hail of pebbles
    a hail of bullets
  • n  enthusiastic greeting
  • v  praise vociferously
    The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein
  • v  be a native of
    She hails from Kalamazoo
  • v  call for
    hail a cab
  • v  greet enthusiastically or joyfully
  • v  precipitate as small ice particles
    It hailed for an hour
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hail mary
  • n  a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her
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haile selassie
  • n  emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975)
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