| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |