| hundredweight |
a unit of weight equal to one hundred pounds or 45.359 kilograms in the United States and 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms in Great Britain and Canada. |
| Hundred Years' War |
the series of wars fought between England and France from about the middle of the fourteenth century to the middle of the fifteenth century, which cost England most of its holdings in France. |
| hung |
a past tense and past participle of hang. |
| Hungarian |
of or pertaining to Hungary or its people, culture, language, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| Hungary |
a country in central Europe between Austria and Romania. |
| hunger |
the need or desire for food. [5 definitions] |
| hunger strike |
a refusal to eat, as by a prisoner or protester, until certain conditions or demands are met. |
| hungry |
feeling a need or desire for food. [5 definitions] |
| hunk |
a large, crude, or clumsy piece; chunk. [2 definitions] |
| hunker |
(informal) to hide and wait until an unfavorable circumstance or situation is over (usu. fol. by "down"). [2 definitions] |
| hunt |
to pursue (game animals) for food or sport. [8 definitions] |
| hunt down |
to search for rigorously and find. |
| hunter |
one who hunts. [2 definitions] |
| hunter's moon |
the first full moon following the harvest moon, usu. in late October. |
| hunting |
the act or sport of chasing wild animals for the purpose of capturing or killing them. |
| hunting knife |
a large sharp knife carried by hunters and used esp. to skin, gut, and cut up game. |
| Huntington's chorea |
an inheritable disorder of the nervous system causing progressive deterioration of the mental processes. |
| huntress |
a female hunter. |
| huntsman |
a male hunter. [2 definitions] |
| hurdle |
a movable or fixed barrier over which a runner or horse must leap in the course of certain races. [6 definitions] |
| hurdy-gurdy |
a barrel organ or other musical instrument that is played by turning a crank. [2 definitions] |