| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| hardily | adverb | Same as Hardly., Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. |
| hardish | adjective | Somewhat hard. |
| hardock | noun | See Hordock. |
| hardpan | noun | The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a. |
| harelip | noun | A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare. |
| harfang | noun | The snowy owl. |
| haricot | noun | A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables., 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. |
| harlock | noun | Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. |
| harming | present participle & vb. noun | of Harm |
| harmful | adjective | Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. |
| harmine | noun | An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance. |
| harmony | noun | The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe., Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony., A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels., A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation., The science which treats of their construction and progression., See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. |
| harmost | noun | A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them. |
| harness | noun | Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor., The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling., The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle., To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array., Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense., To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. |
| harping | present participle & vb. noun | of Harp, Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. |
| harpist | noun | A player on the harp; a harper. |
| harpoon | noun | A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun., To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon. |
| harpies | plural | of Harpy |
| harrage | verb t. | To harass; to plunder from. |
| harrier | noun | One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares., One who harries., One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, — as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus). |
| harried | imp. & past participle | of Harry |
| harshly | adverb | In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely. |
| harslet | noun | See Haslet. |
| harvest | noun | The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn., That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit., The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward., To reap or gather, as any crop. |