| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| harangue | noun | A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting., To make an harangue; to declaim., To address by an harangue. |
| harassed | imp. & past participle | of Harass |
| harasser | noun | One who harasses. |
| harbored | imp. & past participle | of Harbor |
| harborer | noun | One who, or that which, harbors. |
| hardbake | noun | A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. |
| hardbeam | noun | A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam. |
| hardened | imp. & past participle | of Harden, Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice. |
| hardener | noun | One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools. |
| hardfern | noun | A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America. |
| hardhack | noun | A very astringent shrub (Spiraea tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this name. |
| hardhead | noun | Clash or collision of heads in contest., The menhaden. See Menhaden., Block’s gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe., A California salmon; the steelhead., The gray whale., A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura). |
| hardness | noun | The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively., The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes., The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes. |
| hardship | noun | That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. |
| hardspun | adjective | Firmly twisted in spinning. |
| hardtail | noun | See Jurel. |
| hardware | noun | Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery. |
| harebell | noun | A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; — called also bluebell. |
| harefoot | noun | A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; — said of dogs., A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare’s foot. |
| harikari | noun | See Hara-kiri. |
| harlotry | noun | Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story., The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness., Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art., A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. |
| harmless | adjective | Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless., Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. |
| harmonic | adjective | Alt. of Harmonical, A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics. |
| harpagon | noun | A grappling iron. |
| harpings | noun pl. | The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. |
| harpress | noun | A female harper. |
| harridan | noun | A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. |
| harrowed | imp. & past participle | of Harrow |
| harrower | noun | One who harrows., One who harries. |
| harrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Harry |
| hartford | noun | The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds. |
| hartwort | noun | A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum). |