| Harlem |
a section of northern Manhattan in New York City, mostly African American since the early 1900s and with a substantial Hispanic population, known for both its poverty and its cultural richness. |
| Harlem Globetrotters |
world-renowned U.S. basketball team founded in 1927, which plays exhibition matches highlighting their extraordinary skill and comic maneuvers. |
| harlequin |
(often cap.) a clown in Italian popular comedy of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, traditionally masked and dressed in multicolored diamond-patterned tights. [3 definitions] |
| harlot |
a promiscuous woman, esp. one who sells sexual services; prostitute. |
| harlotry |
prostitution. |
| harm |
injury or damage, either psychological or physical. [3 definitions] |
| harmful |
causing or likely to cause harm; damaging; dangerous. |
| harmless |
lacking the power or intention to cause harm. |
| harmonic |
in music, related to harmony. [3 definitions] |
| harmonica |
a small rectangular hand-held wind instrument played by blowing and inhaling air over a set of metal reeds recessed beneath a row of air holes; mouth organ. |
| harmonics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of the physical characteristics of musical sound. [2 definitions] |
| harmonious |
characterized by harmony or agreement. [2 definitions] |
| harmonist |
a musician who is expert in harmony. [2 definitions] |
| harmonium |
a small keyboard organ that produces tones when air from a pedal-operated bellows is drawn through metal reeds. |
| harmonize |
to make harmonious; bring into harmony. [3 definitions] |
| harmony |
a state of agreement or accord; unity. [4 definitions] |
| harness |
a set of connected straps and other parts by which a wheeled vehicle, such as a cart or carriage, is attached to a draft animal and by means of which the animal is guided and controlled. [5 definitions] |
| harness race |
a horse race in which the horses, either trotters or pacers, pull a sulky and driver. |
| harp |
a large musical instrument that consists of an upright triangular frame fitted with forty-six strings of graduated lengths, played by plucking with the fingers. [4 definitions] |
| harpist |
a person who plays a harp. |
| harp on |
(informal) to talk or write about something repeatedly and tiresomely. |