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handsomeness
  • n  the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
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handspring
  • n  an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
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handstamp
  • n  a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand
  • v  stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document
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handstand
  • n  the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position
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handwheel
  • n  a wheel worked by hand
  • n  control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated
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handwriting
  • n  something written by hand
    she recognized his handwriting
  • n  the activity of writing by hand
    handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis
  • v  write by hand
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handwriting expert
  • n  a specialist in inferring character from handwriting
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handyman
  • n  a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
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hang
  • n  a special way of doing something
    he couldn't get the hang of it
  • n  the way a garment hangs
    he adjusted the hang of his coat
  • n  a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
  • v  be suspended or hanging
  • v  cause to be hanging or suspended
  • v  kill by hanging
    The murderer was hanged on Friday
  • v  let drop or droop
  • v  fall or flow in a certain way
    This dress hangs well
  • v  be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
    This worry hangs on my mind
    The cloud of suspicion hangs over her
  • v  give heed (to)
  • v  be suspended or poised
  • v  hold on tightly or tenaciously
    hang on to your father's hands
  • v  be exhibited
    Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum
  • v  prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
  • v  decorate or furnish with something suspended
  • v  be placed in position as by a hinge
    This cabinet door doesn't hang right!
  • v  place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
    hang a door
  • v  suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
    hang the venison for a few days
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hang-up
  • n  an emotional preoccupation
  • n  an unforeseen obstacle
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hang glider
  • n  a rider of a hang glider
  • n  a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height
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