| hack2 |
one who surrenders professional or artistic integrity or commitment in return for monetary reward. [12 definitions] |
| hackamore |
a simple bitless bridle of rope or rawhide with a reinforced noseband and single rope rein which together exert controlling pressure on the nose of a horse, used esp. for training. |
| hackberry |
a type of elm tree that bears small, edible, cherrylike fruit. [2 definitions] |
| hacker |
a computer user who is able to penetrate carefully protected computer networks, such as those of a government. [2 definitions] |
| hackie |
(informal) a taxi driver. |
| hackle |
one of the long, thin feathers on the neck or lower back of certain birds, such as the rooster. [3 definitions] |
| hackmatack |
a tamarack. [2 definitions] |
| hackney |
a horse suited for ordinary riding or driving. [4 definitions] |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| hacksaw |
a saw used to cut metal, with a tough, fine-toothed, short blade fixed in a frame. |
| had |
past tense and past participle of have. |
| had better |
used to state or warn that something bad might happen if you do not do something; should. |
| haddock |
a North Atlantic food fish, related to but smaller than cod. |
| Hades |
in Greek mythology, the underworld inhabited by the dead, or the god who rules there; Pluto. [3 definitions] |
| hadn't |
contracted form of "had not". |
| haemato- |
see hemato-. |
| hafnium |
a chemical element that has seventy-two protons in each nucleus and that occurs as a tetravalent metal often found in combination with zirconium, used in pure form for applications such as nuclear reactor control rods because it absorbs neutrons well. (symbol: Hf) |
| haft |
a handle or hilt, as of a weapon or cutting tool. [2 definitions] |
| hag |
an ugly old woman, esp. one considered frightening or wicked. [2 definitions] |
| Hagar |
according to the Old Testament, Abraham's concubine and the mother of Ishmael. |
| hagfish |
a small eellike marine fish with horny teeth and a round, jawless, sucking mouth. |