| Halloween |
October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day, which is now celebrated primarily by costumed children who go from house to house begging for treats or playing tricks. |
| hall tree |
a clothes tree, esp. one standing in an entrance hall. |
| hallucinate |
to have hallucinations. [2 definitions] |
| hallucination |
a false or distorted but compelling sensory perception, as induced by drugs or by mental derangement such as schizophrenia. [2 definitions] |
| hallucinatory |
of, similar to, or caused by hallucinations. |
| hallucinogen |
a natural or synthetic substance that induces false or distorted sensory perceptions. |
| hallway |
a narrow passage in a house or building; corridor. [2 definitions] |
| halo |
a circle of light depicted in paintings as shining around the head of a divine or sacred being. [2 definitions] |
| halo- |
halogen. [2 definitions] |
| halocarbon |
a chemical compound of carbon and a halogen. |
| halo effect |
the tendency of extraneous material or ideas to affect a judgment, attitude, or the like, esp. in a favorable direction. [2 definitions] |
| halogen |
any of the five nonmetallic elements fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine. |
| halogenate |
to treat or combine with a halogen. [2 definitions] |
| haloid |
like or derived from a halogen. |
| Halong Bay |
a body of water in the Gulf of Tonkin along the coast of northern Vietnam that is densely clustered with vegetation-covered, monolithic islands, many of which have caves. |
| haloperidol |
an antipsychotic drug used to treat alcohol withdrawal and psychological disorders such as schizophrenia. |
| halt1 |
to stop or pause, as in a movement or operation. [4 definitions] |
| halt2 |
to falter or stumble in movement, thought, writing, and the like. [3 definitions] |
| halter1 |
a rope or strap with a bitless headstall that is set on the head or neck, as of a horse or ox, to restrain or guide the animal. [5 definitions] |
| halter2 |
either of a pair of club-shaped appendages that form rudimentary hind wings on an insect, such as the fly or mosquito, and serve to maintain its balance in flight. |
| halting |
limping or crippled. [2 definitions] |