Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
hards |
noun pl. |
The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow. |
hardy |
adjective |
Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid., Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless., Strong; firm; compact., Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner., Able to withstand the cold of winter., A blacksmith’s fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole. |
harem |
noun |
The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families., The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio. |
harle |
noun |
The red-breasted merganser. |
harns |
noun pl. |
The brains. |
harpa |
noun |
A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; — so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs. |
harpy |
noun |
A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three., One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner., The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)., A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil. |
harre |
noun |
A hinge. |
harry |
verb t. |
To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land., To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass., To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. |
harsh |
adjective |
Rough; disagreeable; grating, disagreeable to the touch., disagreeable to the taste., disagreeable to the ear., Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough., Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony. |