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)
hastiness
- n overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- n hasty impulsiveness
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
hasty defence
- n a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited
hasty defense
- n a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited
hasty pudding
- n sweetened porridge made of tapioca or flour or oatmeal cooked quickly in milk or water
- n cornmeal mush served with sweetening (maple syrup or brown sugar)
hat
- n headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- n an informal term for a person's role
he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly - v put on or wear a hat
He was unsuitably hatted - v furnish with a hat
hat trick
- n (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
hatiora
- n small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti