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- English Word Hairbird Definition The chipping sparrow.
- English Word Hairbrained Definition See Harebrained.
- English Word Hairbreadth Definition Alt. of Hair'sbreadth
- English Word Hairbreadth Definition Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
- English Word Hairbrush Definition A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
- English Word Haircloth Definition Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
- English Word Hairdresser Definition One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
- English Word Haired Definition In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
- English Word Haired Definition Having hair.
- English Word Hairen Definition Hairy.
- English Word Hairiness Definition The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.
- English Word Hairless Definition Destitute of hair.
- English Word Hairpin Definition A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.
- English Word Hairsplitter Definition One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
- English Word Hairsplitting Definition Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
- English Word Hairsplitting Definition The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
- English Word Hairspring Definition The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
- English Word Hairstreak Definition A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).
- English Word Hairtail Definition Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.
- English Word Hairworm Definition A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.