harlean carpenter
- n United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937)
hardenbergia
- n small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia
hardenbergia comnptoniana
- n vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
hardening
- n abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
- n the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
the hardening of concrete - n the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
- v become hard or harder
- v make hard or harder
- v harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- v make fit
- v cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
hardheads
- n a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized
hardihood
- n the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
hardiness
- n the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
- n the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
the plan required great hardiness of heart
harding
- n 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)
harding grass
- n perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
hardinggrass
- n perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
hardliner
- n a conservative who is uncompromising
- s firm and uncompromising