haplosporidian
- n parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
haplotype
- n (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together
happening
- n an event that happens
- v come to pass
What is happening? - v happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
- v chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
- v come into being; become reality
- v come upon, as if by accident; meet with
happenstance
- n an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
happiness
- n state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
- n emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
happy hour
- n the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
hapsburg
- n a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
haptoglobin
- n a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds)
hara-kiri
- n ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
harakat al-jihad al-islami al-filastini
- n a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas