| 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] |
| haphazard |
not organized or based on reason or logic; without aim or purpose. [3 definitions] |
| haphazardly |
by chance or accident. [2 definitions] |
| hapless |
not favored by chance; unlucky; unfortunate. |
| haploid |
in biology, having a single set of non-sex-determining chromosomes. (See diploid.) [2 definitions] |
| haply |
by chance; fortuitously; perhaps. |
| happen |
to take place; occur. [4 definitions] |
| happening |
something that happens; event; occurrence. [2 definitions] |
| happenstance |
accident or chance. |
| happi coat |
a smock of Japanese origin, worn belted with a narrow sash. |
| happily |
in a happy manner. [2 definitions] |
| happiness |
the state or condition of being happy. [2 definitions] |
| happy |
marked by a feeling of joy, contentment, pleasure, comfort, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| happy-go-lucky |
trusting one's well-being or success to luck; carefree. |
| happy hour |
a period of one or two hours in the late afternoon during which some bars offer reduced prices on drinks. |
| Hapsburg |
a member of a German noble family that has produced rulers of several European countries since the twelfth century, or the name of the family itself. |
| hara-kiri |
a Japanese ritual suicide with knife or dagger, usu. to preserve one's honor, and associated esp. with the samurai and, more recently, the military. [2 definitions] |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, esp. such a speech delivered in public; tirade. [4 definitions] |