hairy vetch
- n European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
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
hail mary
- n a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her
haile selassie
- n emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975)
hair
- n a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
he combed his hair
each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells - n a very small distance or space
they escaped by a hair's-breadth - n filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- n any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
there is a hair in my soup - n cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
- n a filamentous projection or process on an organism
hair's-breadth
- n a very small distance or space
they escaped by a hair's-breadth
hair-raiser
- n excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones
the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser