| hangnail |
a small, loose flap of skin at the side or base of the fingernail. |
| hang on |
to cling tightly to something. [6 definitions] |
| hangout |
a place where a person or group spends a good deal of time, esp. during idle or leisure hours. |
| hang out |
(informal) to spend a lot of time at a place with no particular purpose. [6 definitions] |
| hangover |
the unpleasant aftereffects, such as headache or nausea, of drinking too much alcohol, usu. experienced after sleep. |
| hang-up |
(informal) an unspecified psychological or emotional impediment or fixation. [2 definitions] |
| hang up |
to end a telephone call by pressing a button or putting the telephone down in the part that holds it. [4 definitions] |
| hang up on |
O End a phone conversation with someone by abruptly and unexpectedly cutting the connection. |
| hank |
a coil or length, as of yarn or hair. [2 definitions] |
| hanker |
to crave or long for something (often fol. by "for" or "after"). |
| hanky |
a handkerchief. |
| hanky-panky |
(informal) devious, unethical, or illegal conduct. [2 definitions] |
| Hanoi |
the capital of Vietnam. |
| Hanover |
a member of Great Britain's ruling family in 1714-1901, or the name of the family itself. |
| Hansa |
a medieval merchants' guild. [2 definitions] |
| Hanseatic League |
a medieval association of northern European free towns, formed to promote and protect merchants' interests. |
| Hansen's disease |
leprosy. |
| hansom |
a two-wheeled, two-passenger, covered carriage drawn by one horse, and driven by a person who sits behind and above the passengers. |
| Hanukkah |
an eight-day festival beginning on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev in which, by lighting the menorah each night, Jews celebrate the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrians, the rededication of the temple at Jerusalem, and the miracle of the lamp. |
| hao |
the smaller monetary unit of Vietnam. (Cf. dong.) |
| hap |
chance or luck. [3 definitions] |