All English words - page 1634

Meanings of Haulms:

noun

A stalk or stem.

Usage examples:

I saw a neat vegetable patch the other day, with the onion haulms all pushed over, straightened and…

Meanings of Hauls:

verb

(of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.

Usage examples:

He hauled his bike out of the shed

noun

A quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally.

Usage examples:

They escaped with a haul of antiques

Meanings of Haunches:

noun

A buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal.

Usage examples:

They were built like cattle, with thick necks and big haunches.

Meanings of Haunt:

verb

(of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly.

Usage examples:

A grey lady who haunts the chapel

noun

A place frequented by a specified person.

Usage examples:

The bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time

Meanings of Haunting:

adjective

Poignant; evocative.

Usage examples:

The sweet haunting sound of pan pipes

noun

The action of haunting a place.

Usage examples:

The haunting of calgarth hall

verb

(of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly.

Usage examples:

A grey lady who haunts the chapel

Meanings of Haunts:

verb

(of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly.

Usage examples:

A grey lady who haunts the chapel

noun

A place frequented by a specified person.

Usage examples:

The bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time

Meanings of Hausa:

noun

A member of a people of northern nigeria and adjacent regions.

Usage examples:

Wrestling and boxing are popular traditional sports among the hausa

adjective

The chadic language of the hausa, spoken by some 30 million people, mainly in nigeria and niger, and used as a lingua franca in parts of west africa.

Meanings of Hausfraus:

noun

A german housewife.

Usage examples:

One, felice, is active in the jewish resistance; another is a german hausfrau (juliane köhler); and…

Meanings of Haustella:

noun

The sucking organ or proboscis of an insect or crustacean.

Usage examples:

It is about 4-5 cm long, and has a kind of ‘hook’ at the head, which is where the moth's tongue, or…

Meanings of Haustellum:

noun

The sucking organ or proboscis of an insect or crustacean.

Usage examples:

It is about 4-5 cm long, and has a kind of ‘hook’ at the head, which is where the moth's tongue, or…

Meanings of Haustoria:

noun

A slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it.

Usage examples:

Parasitic plants can form haustoria within various host tissues, and this has led to convenient, ye…

Meanings of Haustorium:

noun

A slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it.

Usage examples:

Parasitic plants can form haustoria within various host tissues, and this has led to convenient, ye…

Meanings of Hautboy:

noun

Archaic form of oboe.

Meanings of Hautboys:

noun

Archaic form of oboe.

Meanings of Hauteur:

noun

Proud haughtiness of manner.

Usage examples:

She swept into the room with formidable hauteur

Meanings of Havana:

noun

A cigar made in cuba or from cuban tobacco.

Usage examples:

We spoke to browne over whisky and fine havanas at the cigar bar at the park hyatt hotel in the roc…

proper noun

The capital of cuba, situated on the north coast; population 2,148,132 (2008). it was founded in 1515 by diego velázquez de cuéllar.

Meanings of Havdalahs:

noun

A jewish religious ceremony or formal prayer marking the end of the sabbath.

Usage examples:

As the shabbat came to a close we recited the words in the havdalah from the story of purim, a pray…

Meanings of Have:

verb

Possess, own, or hold.

Usage examples:

He had a new car and a boat

noun

People with plenty of money and possessions.

Usage examples:

An increasing gap between the haves and have-nots

Possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

auxiliary verb

Used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.

Usage examples:

I have finished

modal verb

To need to or be forced

Usage examples:

I have to go to san francisco tomorrow on business.

Meanings of Have a fit:

idiom

Get very angry and fly into a rage

phrase

Be very shocked or angry.

Usage examples:

My mother would have a fit if she heard that

Meanings of Have a frog in your throat:

idiom

To have difficulty in speaking because your throat feels dry and you want to cough

Meanings of Have a go at:

phrase

To criticize someone

Usage examples:

My dad's always having a go at me about getting a proper job., she's been having a go at me about t…

Meanings of Have a good time:

idiom

Enjoy oneself greatly

Meanings of Have a head for:

idiom

To have a natural ability to do something well

Usage examples:

Kim has a head for numbers.

Meanings of Have a leg up on:

To have an advantage over someone

phrase

Have an advantage over.

Usage examples:

He'd certainly have a leg-up on the competition

Meanings of Have a look:

idiom

Look at with attention