hairdressing
1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: {hair tonic}, {hair oil}, {hair grease}] 2: care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair [syn: {hair care}, {haircare}]
hairgrip
1: a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in England they call a bobby pin a grip" [syn: {bobby pin}, {grip}]
hairiness
1: the quality of having hair [ant: {hairlessness}]
hairless
1: having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail" [ant: {hairy}]
hairlessness
1: the condition of being void of hair [syn: {depilation}] 2: the quality of not having hair [ant: {hairiness}]
hairlike
1: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" [syn: {capillary}]
hairline
1: a very thin line 2: the natural margin formed by hair on the head
hairline fracture
1: a fracture without separation of the frgments and the line of the break being very thin [syn: {capillary fracture}]
hairnet
1: a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place
hairpiece
1: a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment [syn: {false hair}, {postiche}]
hairpin
1: a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
hairsbreadth
1: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" [syn: {hair's-breadth}, {hair}, {whisker}]
hairsplitter
1: a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
hairsplitting
1: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions" [syn: {finespun}] n : making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" [syn: {word-spl...
hairspring
1: a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece
hairstreak
1: small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: {hairstreak butterfly}]
hairstreak butterfly
1: small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: {hairstreak}]
hairstylist
1: someone who cuts or beautifies hair [syn: {hairdresser}, {stylist}, {styler}]
hairtail
1: long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel [syn: {cutlassfish}, {frost fish}]
hairweaving
1: the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair
hairy
1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: {hirsute}] [ant: {hairless}] 2: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains" [also: {hairiest}, {hai...
hairy darling pea
1: shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers [syn: {Swainsona greyana}, {Swainsona grandiflora}]
hairy finger grass
1: a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States [syn: {large crabgrass}, {Digitaria sanguinalis}]
hairy golden aster
1: hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis [syn...
hairy honeysuckle
1: twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers; northeastern America [syn: {Lonicera hirsuta}]
hairy lip fern
1: small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly [syn: {wooly lip fern}, {Cheilanthes lanosa}]
hairy root
1: a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots
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hairy spurge
1: much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America [syn: {Euphorbia hirsuta}]
hairy tare
1: European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops [syn: {hairy vetch}, {Vicia villosa}]
hairy tongue
1: a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue [syn: {furry tongue}, {black tongue}]
hairy vetch
1: European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops [syn: {hairy tare}, {Vicia villosa}]
hairy willowherb
1: plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; introduced into North America [syn: {codlins-and-cream}, {Epilobium hirsutum}]
hairy-legged vampire bat
1: similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas [syn: {Diphylla ecaudata}]
Haiti
1: a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the Western Hemisphere [syn: {Rep...
Haitian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people; "Haitian shantytowns" n : a native or inhabitant of Haiti
Haitian capital
1: the capital and largest city of Haiti [syn: {Port-au-Prince}]
Haitian Creole
1: a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages
haj
1: the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Musl...
haji
1: a pilgrim who journeys to Mecca [syn: {hajji}, {hadji}]
hajj
1: the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Musl...
hajji
1: a pilgrim who journeys to Mecca [syn: {hadji}, {haji}]
hake
1: the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod 2: any of several marine food fishes related to cod
Hakea
1: Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers [syn: {genus Hakea}]
Hakea laurina
1: tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia [syn: {cushion flower}, {pincushion hakea}]
Hakea leucoptera
1: large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia [syn: {needlewood}, {needle-wood}, {needle wood}]
Hakea lissosperma
1: shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia [syn: {needlebush}, {needle-bush}, {needle bush}]
hakeem
1: a Muslim physician [syn: {hakim}]
Hakenkreuz
1: the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction [syn: {swastika}]
Hakham
1: a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man
hakim
1: a Muslim ruler or governor or judge 2: a Muslim physician [syn: {hakeem}]
Hakka
1: a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China; this form of Chinese is not well known outside China because few of the Hakka people have migrated [syn: {Hakka dialect}]
Hakka dialect
1: a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China; this form of Chinese is not well known outside China because few of the Hakka people have migrated [syn: {Hakka}]
Halacha
1: Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures [syn: {Halakah}, {Halaka}]
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