English words starting with ha - page 2

Meanings of Habitus:

noun

A person's general constitution, especially physical build.

Usage examples:

The patient's vital signs and body habitus should be noted

Meanings of Haboob:

noun

A violent and oppressive wind blowing in summer in sudan and elsewhere, bringing sand from the desert.

Usage examples:

Heading for the desert he attempts the marathon des sables, an exhausting and dangerous seven-day t…

Meanings of Habsburg:

proper noun

One of the principal dynasties of central europe from medieval to modern times.

Meanings of Hacek:

noun

A diacritic mark (ˇ) placed over a letter to indicate modification of the sound in slavic and other languages.

Meanings of Haceks:

noun

A diacritic mark (ˇ) placed over a letter to indicate modification of the sound in slavic and other languages.

Meanings of Hacendado:

noun

The owner of a hacienda.

Usage examples:

The cause, it seems, rested with the local hacendados or estate owners who had changed the natural …

Meanings of Hachure:

noun

Parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.

Meanings of Hachures:

plural noun

Parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.

Usage examples:

For example, british cartographers favoured showing height by means of contour lines while the fren…

Meanings of Hacienda:

noun

(in spanish-speaking countries or regions) a large estate or plantation with a dwelling house.

Usage examples:

Indigenous people in chimborazo who were unable to meet their tribute or whose land was expropriate…

Meanings of Haciendado:

noun

The owner of a hacienda.

Usage examples:

The cause, it seems, rested with the local hacendados or estate owners who had changed the natural …

Meanings of Haciendas:

noun

(in spanish-speaking countries or regions) a large estate or plantation with a dwelling house.

Usage examples:

Indigenous people in chimborazo who were unable to meet their tribute or whose land was expropriate…

Meanings of Hack:

verb

Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Usage examples:

Hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground

noun

A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Usage examples:

He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him

Meanings of Hack around:

phrasal verb

Pass one's time idly or with no definite purpose.

Usage examples:

She hacked around with neighbourhood buddies

Meanings of Hack-off:

phrasal verb

Annoy or infuriate someone.

Usage examples:

It really hacks me off when they whine about what a poor job we're doing

Meanings of Hackamore:

noun

A bridle without a bit, operating by exerting pressure on the horse's nose.

Usage examples:

When we tried her out she was riding with a hackamore.

Meanings of Hackberries:

noun

A tree of the elm family which has leaves that resemble those of nettles, found in both tropical and temperate regions.

Usage examples:

In addition to the oaks, the city lost wax myrtles, hackberries, weeping willows and magnolias.

Meanings of Hackberry:

noun

A tree of the elm family which has leaves that resemble those of nettles, found in both tropical and temperate regions.

Usage examples:

In addition to the oaks, the city lost wax myrtles, hackberries, weeping willows and magnolias.

Meanings of Hackbush:

noun

An early type of portable firearm; = "arquebus".

Meanings of Hackbut:

noun

An early type of portable firearm; = "arquebus".

Meanings of Hackbutter:

noun

A soldier armed with an arquebus. compare "hackbuteer", arquebusier .

Meanings of Hacked:

verb

Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Usage examples:

Hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground

noun

A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Usage examples:

He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him

Meanings of Hacked-off:

adjective

Unhappy, tired, or annoyed, especially because of the situation you are in

Usage examples:

Hacked off with she's getting a bit hacked off with all the travelling she has to do.

Meanings of Hackee:

noun

A north american ground squirrel or chipmunk, especially the eastern chipmunk, tamias striatus (also "ground hackee"). sometimes locally: the american red squirrel, tamiasciurus hudsonicus (also "tree hackee").

Meanings of Hacker:

noun

A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.

Usage examples:

If you're accessing the internet without properly securing your computer, hackers can gain illegal …

Meanings of Hackeries:

noun

The action or practice of gaining unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.

Usage examples:

A gambler won $32 million at a casino, thanks to a little network hackery carried out by accomplices