hals
- n Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
halter
- n rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
- n a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
- n a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
- n either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
- v hang with a halter
- v prevent the progress or free movement of
haltere
- n either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
ham
- n meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- n (Old Testament) son of Noah
- n a licensed amateur radio operator
- n an unskilled actor who overacts
- v exaggerate one's acting
hamadryad
- n the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
- n large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
hamamelid dicot family
- n family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
hamamelid dicot genus
- n genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
hamamelidaceae
- n comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera
hamamelidae
- n a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder