hinault
- n French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954)
hinayana
- n a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts
- n an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia
hinayana buddhism
- n an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia
hind limb
- n a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals
hindbrain
- n the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
hindemith
- n German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)
hindenburg
- n German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
hinderance
- n something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- n any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- n the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
hindgut
- n the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
hindlimb
- n a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals