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  • English Word Hardwaremen Definition of Hardwareman
  • English Word Hardy Definition Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
  • English Word Hardy Definition Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
  • English Word Hardy Definition Strong; firm; compact.
  • English Word Hardy Definition Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
  • English Word Hardy Definition Able to withstand the cold of winter.
  • English Word Hardy Definition A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
  • English Word Hare Definition To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
  • English Word Hare Definition A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
  • English Word Hare Definition A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.
  • English Word Hare'brained' Definition Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless.
  • English Word Hare's-ear Definition An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves.
  • English Word Hare's-foot fern Definition A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.
  • English Word Hare's-tail Definition A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.
  • English Word Hare-hearted Definition Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
  • English Word Harebell Definition A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell.
  • English Word Harefoot Definition A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
  • English Word Harefoot Definition A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.
  • English Word Harehound Definition See Harrier.
  • English Word Hareld Definition The long-tailed duck.
  • English Word Harelip Definition A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare.
  • English Word Harem Definition The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
  • English Word Harem Definition The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
  • English Word Harengiform Definition Herring-shaped.
  • English Word Harfang Definition The snowy owl.
  • English Word Hariali grass Definition The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.
  • English Word Haricot Definition A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
  • English Word Haricot Definition The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.
  • English Word Harier Definition See Harrier.
  • English Word Harikari Definition See Hara-kiri.