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hassid
  • n  a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism
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hassidim
  • n  a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
  • n  a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism
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hassle
  • n  an angry disturbance
  • n  disorderly fighting
  • v  annoy continually or chronically
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hassock
  • n  thick cushion used as a seat
  • n  a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
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hastate leaf
  • n  a leaf shaped like a spearhead with flaring pointed lobes at the base
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haste
  • n  overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
    he soon regretted his haste
  • n  the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
    in his haste to leave he forgot his book
  • n  a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
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hastinapura
  • n  one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined)
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hastiness
  • n  overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
  • n  hasty impulsiveness
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hastings
  • n  United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
  • n  a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
  • n  the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
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hasty defence
  • n  a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited
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hasty defense
  • n  a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited
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