Name Report For First Name HAND:

HAND

First name HAND's origin is English. HAND means "worker". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with HAND below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of hand.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with HAND and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with HAND - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming HAND

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES HAND AS A WHOLE:

nehanda chandara chandra chanda chandler shandon shandy shandley chandi chandria

NAMES RHYMING WITH HAND (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (and) - Names That Ends with and:

courtland ryland armand garland hildebrand caitland arland bertrand brand caraidland cleveland clifland clyfland devland drummand eorland eorlland erland fernand gariland harland hildbrand hildehrand howland kirkland kyland lakeland leeland leland marchland marland moreland morland noland ordland orland rand rockland rygeland sutherland tolland wayland wegland weyland normand grantland toland amalasand scand cartland freeland maitland newland cortland durand roland rolland rowland

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (nd) - Names That Ends with nd:

hind rozamond garberend svend barend desmond raymond diamond josalind lind rosalind rozomund aldn'd arend behrend berend bernd cetewind deagmund drummond eadmund edmond edmund esmund estmund garmund govind heardind jaylend lamond lynd ordmund ormemund ormond ormund osmund radmund raedmund redmond redmund sigmund tedmund

NAMES RHYMING WITH HAND (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (han) - Names That Begins with han:

han hana hanan hananel hananiah hanbal haneefa hanford hang hani hania hanif hanifa hanifah hanisi haniyyah hank hanley hanlon hanly hann hanna hannah hannalee hanne hannela hannele hannelora hannelore hanno hanomtano hanraoi hanri hanrietta hanriette hans hansel hanson hantaywee hanz

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ha) - Names That Begins with ha:

ha'ani habib habiba habibah hacket hackett hadad hadar hadara hadarah hadassah haddad hadden haddon hadeel haden hadi hadiya hadiyah hadiyyah hadleigh hadley hadon hadrian hadu haduwig hadwin hadwyn hadya haefen haele haemon haesel haestingas haethowin haethowine hafgan hafsah hafthah hagaleah hagalean hagan hagar hagaward hagley hagly hagop hagos hahkethomemah hahnee hai haidee haifa haig hailey hailie haille haimati haisley haji

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HAND:

First Names which starts with 'h' and ends with 'd':

halford halfrid halifrid halstead hamid hammad haraford harald harford harold harrod hartford hartwood hayward haywood heahweard heanford hefeydd herald heywood hid hild hildegard hlaford hobard hobbard hod hoireabard houd howard hrytherford hubbard hud hulbard huld humayd hunfrid hunfried huxeford huxford hwitford

English Words Rhyming HAND

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES HAND AS A WHOLE:

aforehandadjective (a.) Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.
 adverb (adv.) Beforehand; in anticipation.

backhandnoun (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
 adjective (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
 adjective (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

backhandedadjective (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
 adjective (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
 adjective (a.) Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

backhandednessnoun (n.) State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.

backhandernoun (n.) A backhanded blow.

barehandednoun (n.) Having bare hands.

beforehandadjective (a.) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
 adverb (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
 adverb (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.

chandeliernoun (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.
 noun (n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.

chandlernoun (n.) A maker or seller of candles.
 noun (n.) A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler.

chandlerlyadjective (a.) Like a chandler; in a petty way.

chandlerynoun (n.) Commodities sold by a chandler.

chandoonoun (n.) An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.

chandrynoun (n.) Chandlery.

closehandedadjective (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

clubhandnoun (n.) A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

evenhandnoun (n.) Equality.

evenhandedadjective (a.) Fair or impartial; unbiased.

forehandnoun (n.) All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
 noun (n.) The chief or most important part.
 noun (n.) Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
 adjective (a.) Done beforehand; anticipative.

forehandedadjective (a.) Early; timely; seasonable.
 adjective (a.) Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer.
 adjective (a.) Formed in the forehand or fore parts.

fourhandedadjective (a.) Having four hands; quadrumanous.
 adjective (a.) Requiring four "hands" or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards.

handnoun (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
 noun (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
 noun (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
 noun (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
 noun (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
 noun (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.
 noun (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
 noun (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
 noun (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
 noun (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
 noun (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
 noun (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
 noun (n.) Rate; price.
 noun (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
 noun (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.
 noun (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
 noun (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
 noun (n.) A gambling game played by American Indians, consisting of guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or the like, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
 verb (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
 verb (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
 verb (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.
 verb (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
 verb (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
 verb (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
 verb (v. i.) To cooperate.

handingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hand

handbarrownoun (n.) A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.

handbillnoun (n.) A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
 noun (n.) A pruning hook.

handbooknoun (n.) A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

handbreadthnoun (n.) A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.

handcartnoun (n.) A cart drawn or pushed by hand.

handclothnoun (n.) A handkerchief.

handcraftnoun (n.) Same as Handicraft.

handcraftsmannoun (n.) A handicraftsman.

handcuffnoun (n.) A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.
 verb (v. t.) To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.

handcuffingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handcuff

handedadjective (a.) With hands joined; hand in hand.
 adjective (a.) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Hand

handernoun (n.) One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.

handfastnoun (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
 noun (n.) Contract; specifically, espousal.
 noun (n.) Strong; steadfast.
 adjective (a.) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
 verb (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.

handfastingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handfast

handfishnoun (n.) The frogfish.

handfulnoun (n.) As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
 noun (n.) A hand's breadth; four inches.
 noun (n.) A small quantity.

handicapnoun (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
 noun (n.) A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
 noun (n.) An old game at cards.
 verb (v. t.) To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.

handicappingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handicap

handicappernoun (n.) One who determines the conditions of a handicap.

handicraftnoun (n.) A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
 noun (n.) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.

handinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being handy.

handironnoun (n.) See Andrion.

handiworknoun (n.) Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.

handkerchernoun (n.) A handkerchief.

handkerchiefnoun (n.) A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.
 noun (n.) A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.

handlingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handle
 noun (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
 verb (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.

handlenoun (n.) That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
 noun (n.) That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
 verb (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
 verb (v. t.) To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
 verb (v. t.) To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
 verb (v. t.) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
 verb (v. t.) To deal with; to make a business of.
 verb (v. t.) To treat; to use, well or ill.
 verb (v. t.) To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
 verb (v. t.) To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
 verb (v. i.) To use the hands.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH HAND (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (and) - English Words That Ends with and:


ampersandnoun (n.) A word used to describe the character /, /, or &.

backbandnoun (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

bellybandnoun (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
 noun (n.) A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
 noun (n.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.

bilandnoun (n.) A byland.

blackbandnoun (n.) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.

blandadjective (a.) Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
 adjective (a.) Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.

bocklandnoun (n.) See Bookland.
 noun (n.) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.

booklandnoun (n.) Alt. of Bockland

bookstandnoun (n.) A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.
 noun (n.) A stand to hold books for reading or reference.

bordlandnoun (n.) Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.

breastbandnoun (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.

brigandnoun (n.) A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.
 noun (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter.

bylandnoun (n.) A peninsula.

candnoun (n.) Fluor spar. See Kand.

cloudlandnoun (n.) Dreamland.

commandnoun (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
 noun (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
 noun (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.
 noun (n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
 noun (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.
 noun (n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
 verb (v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
 verb (v. t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
 verb (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
 verb (v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.
 verb (v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.
 verb (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
 verb (v. i.) To have a view, as from a superior position.

contrabandnoun (n.) Illegal or prohibited traffic.
 noun (n.) Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
 noun (n.) A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.
 adjective (a.) Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.
 verb (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
 verb (v. t.) To declare prohibited; to forbid.

coplandnoun (n.) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.

cotlandnoun (n.) Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.

countermandnoun (n.) A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
 verb (v. t.) To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
 verb (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
 verb (v. t.) To oppose; to revoke the command of.

counterstandnoun (n.) Resistance; opposition; a stand against.

croftlandnoun (n.) Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.

cradlelandnoun (n.) Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin.

crownlandnoun (n.) In Austria-Hungary, one of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy; as, the crownland of Lower Austria.

deodandnoun (n.) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.

dreamlandnoun (n.) An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.

droflandnoun (n.) Alt. of Dryfland

dryflandnoun (n.) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets.

elandnoun (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.
 noun (n.) The elk or moose.

elflandnoun (n.) Fairyland.

ellwandnoun (n.) Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.

elwandnoun (n.) See Ellwand.

errandnoun (n.) A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.

fahlbandnoun (n.) A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.
 noun (n.) Same as Tetrahedrite.

fairylandnoun (n.) The imaginary land or abode of fairies.

farandnoun (n.) See Farrand, n.

farrandnoun (n.) Manner; custom; fashion; humor.

fatherlandnoun (n.) One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

firebrandnoun (n.) A piece of burning wood.
 noun (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary.

folklandnoun (n.) Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed.

footbandnoun (n.) A band of foot soldiers.

forelandnoun (n.) A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
 noun (n.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.
 noun (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

garlandnoun (n.) The crown of a king.
 noun (n.) A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath.
 noun (n.) The top; the thing most prized.
 noun (n.) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
 noun (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.
 noun (n.) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
 verb (v. t.) To deck with a garland.

gerlandnoun (n.) Alt. of Gerlond

glandnoun (n.) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.
 noun (n.) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.
 noun (n.) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
 noun (n.) Any very small prominence.
 noun (n.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
 noun (n.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.

glitterandadjective (a.) Glittering.

goelandnoun (n.) A white tropical tern (Cygis candida).

gormandnoun (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
 adjective (a.) Gluttonous; voracious.

goulandnoun (n.) See Golding.

gourmandnoun (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH HAND (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (han) - Words That Begins with han:


hanapnoun (n.) A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.

hanapernoun (n.) A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.

handleableadjective (a.) Capable of being handled.

handlessadjective (a.) Without a hand.

handmadeadjective (a.) Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.

handmaidnoun (n.) Alt. of Handmaiden

handmaidennoun (n.) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

handsawnoun (n.) A saw used with one hand.

handselnoun (n.) A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.
 noun (n.) Price; payment.
 noun (n.) To give a handsel to.
 noun (n.) To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.

handselingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handsel

handsomenessnoun (n.) The quality of being handsome.

handspikenoun (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.

handspringnoun (n.) A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

handwheelnoun (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.

handwritingnoun (n.) The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.
 noun (n.) That which is written by hand; manuscript.

handyfightnoun (n.) A fight with the hands; boxing.

handygripenoun (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.

handystrokenoun (n.) A blow with the hand.

hangingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hang
 noun (n.) The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
 noun (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
 noun (n.) That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
 adjective (a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
 adjective (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
 adjective (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.

hangnoun (n.) The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.
 noun (n.) Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.
 noun (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
 verb (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.
 verb (v. i.) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.
 verb (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.
 verb (v. i.) To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
 verb (v. i.) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.
 verb (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
 verb (v. i.) To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.
 verb (v. i.) To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
 verb (v. i.) To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.
 verb (v. i.) To be, or be like, a suspended weight.
 verb (v. i.) To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.
 verb (v. i.) To lean or incline; to incline downward.
 verb (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
 verb (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.
 verb (v. i.) Of a ball: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of ground.
 verb (v. t.) To prevent from reaching a decision, esp. by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous; as, one obstinate juror can hang a jury.

hangbirdnoun (n.) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.

hangdognoun (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
 adjective (a.) Low; sneaking; ashamed.

hangernoun (n.) One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
 noun (n.) That by which a thing is suspended.
 noun (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
 noun (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
 noun (n.) A bridle iron.
 noun (n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
 noun (n.) A steep, wooded declivity.

hangmannoun (n.) One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office.

hangmanshipnoun (n.) The office or character of a hangman.

hangnailnoun (n.) A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail.

hangnestnoun (n.) A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
 noun (n.) A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.

hanknoun (n.) A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
 noun (n.) A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
 noun (n.) Hold; influence.
 noun (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
 noun (n.) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
 verb (v. t.) To form into hanks.

hankeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hanker

hanoveriannoun (n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.

han sanoun (n.) See 2d Hanse.

hansardnoun (n.) An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
 noun (n.) A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.

hansenoun (n.) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
 noun (n.) An association; a league or confederacy.

hanseaticadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.

hanselnoun (n. & v.) See Handsel.

hanselinesnoun (n.) A sort of breeches.

hanumannoun (n.) See Hoonoomaun.

handballnoun (n.) A ball for throwing or using with the hand.
 noun (n.) A game played with such a ball, as by players striking it to and fro between them with the hands, or alternately against a wall, until one side or the other fails to return the ball.

hanukkanoun (n.) Alt. of Hanukkah

hanukkahnoun (n.) The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabaeus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HAND:

English Words which starts with 'h' and ends with 'd':

habilimentedadjective (a.) Clothed. Taylor (1630).

habitedadjective (p. p. & a.) Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Fixed by habit; accustomed.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Inhabited.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Habit

haemapodnoun (n.) An haemapodous animal.

haematoidadjective (a.) Same as Hematoid.

haggardnoun (n.) A stackyard.
 adjective (a.) Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.
 adjective (a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.
 adjective (a.) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
 adjective (a.) A fierce, intractable creature.
 adjective (a.) A hag.

haggedadjective (a.) Like a hag; lean; ugly.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Hag

hagseednoun (n.) The offspring of a hag.

hairbirdnoun (n.) The chipping sparrow.

hairbrainedadjective (a.) See Harebrained.

hairedadjective (a.) Having hair.
 adjective (a.) In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.

halberdnoun (n.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.

halcyonoldnoun (a. & n.) See Alcyonoid.

half bloodnoun (n.) A person so related to another.
 noun (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.
  () The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

haliotoidadjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.

halliardnoun (n.) See Halyard.

haloedadjective (a.) Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Halo

haloidnoun (n.) A haloid substance.
 adjective (a.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.

halvedadjective (a.) Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Halve

hamadryadnoun (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
 noun (n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.

hamatedadjective (a.) Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate.

hamletedadjective (p. a.) Confined to a hamlet.

hammerheadnoun (n.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
 noun (n.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
 noun (n.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.

haphazardnoun (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

happedadjective (p. a.) Wrapped; covered; cloaked.

hardnoun (n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
 superlative (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
 superlative (superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
 superlative (superl.) Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
 superlative (superl.) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
 superlative (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
 superlative (superl.) Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
 superlative (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
 superlative (superl.) Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
 superlative (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.
 superlative (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.
 superlative (superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
 superlative (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
 adverb (adv.) With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
 adverb (adv.) With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
 adverb (adv.) Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.
 adverb (adv.) So as to raise difficulties.
 adverb (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.
 adverb (adv.) Close or near.
 verb (v. t.) To harden; to make hard.

hardenedadjective (a.) Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Harden

hardheadnoun (n.) Clash or collision of heads in contest.
 noun (n.) The menhaden. See Menhaden.
 noun (n.) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.
 noun (n.) A California salmon; the steelhead.
 noun (n.) The gray whale.
 noun (n.) A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).

harddiheadnoun (n.) Hardihood.

harddihoodnoun (n.) Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.

harehoundnoun (n.) See Harrier.

hareldnoun (n.) The long-tailed duck.

harpsichordnoun (n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

hartfordnoun (n.) 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.

hasardnoun (n.) Hazard.

hastatednoun (n.) Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.

hatbandnoun (n.) A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

hatrednoun (n.) Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

hatstandnoun (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.

hattedadjective (a.) Covered with a hat.

haunchedadjective (a.) Having haunches.

hauntedadjective (a.) Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Haunt

havenedadjective (p. a.) Sheltered in a haven.

hawkedadjective (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Hawk

hawkweednoun (n.) A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.
 noun (n.) A plant of the genus Senecio (S. hieracifolius).

haybirdnoun (n.) The European spotted flycatcher.
 noun (n.) The European blackcap.

hayfieldnoun (n.) A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.

haywardnoun (n.) An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.

hazardnoun (n.) A game of chance played with dice.
 noun (n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
 noun (n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
 noun (n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
 noun (n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
 noun (n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
 noun (n.) To venture to incur, or bring on.
 noun (n.) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.
 verb (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

headnoun (n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.
 noun (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.
 noun (n.) The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.
 noun (n.) The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.
 noun (n.) The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.
 noun (n.) Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.
 noun (n.) The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.
 noun (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
 noun (n.) A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.
 noun (n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.
 noun (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.
 noun (n.) Power; armed force.
 noun (n.) A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.
 noun (n.) An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
 noun (n.) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.
 noun (n.) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.
 noun (n.) The antlers of a deer.
 noun (n.) A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.
 noun (n.) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
 adjective (a.) Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
 verb (v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.
 verb (v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.
 verb (v. t.) To behead; to decapitate.
 verb (v. t.) To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
 verb (v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.
 verb (v. t.) To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
 verb (v. i.) To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.
 verb (v. i.) To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?
 verb (v. i.) To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.

headbandnoun (n.) A fillet; a band for the head.
 noun (n.) The band at each end of the back of a book.

headbeardnoun (n.) A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

headedadjective (a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
 adjective (a.) Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Head

headlandnoun (n.) A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.
 noun (n.) A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence.

healdnoun (n.) A heddle.

heartburnedadjective (a.) Having heartburn.

heartedadjective (a.) Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
 adjective (a.) Shaped like a heart; cordate.
 adjective (a.) Seated or laid up in the heart.

heartseednoun (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart.

heartshapedadjective (a.) Having the shape of a heart; cordate.

heartwoodnoun (n.) The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.

heathcladadjective (a.) Clad or crowned with heath.

heavenlymindedadjective (a.) Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious.

hebdomadnoun (n.) A week; a period of seven days.

hectocotylizedadjective (a.) Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.

heednoun (n.) Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
 noun (n.) Careful consideration; obedient regard.
 noun (n.) A look or expression of heading.
 verb (v. t.) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
 verb (v. i.) To mind; to consider.

helianthoidadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.

helicoidnoun (n.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.
 adjective (a.) Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
 adjective (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family.

hellbredadjective (a.) Produced in hell.

hellbrewedadjective (a.) Prepared in hell.

helldoomedadjective (a.) Doomed to hell.

hellhoundnoun (n.) A dog of hell; an agent of hell.

helmedadjective (a.) Covered with a helmet.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Helm

helmetedadjective (a.) Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.

helminthoidadjective (a.) Wormlike; vermiform.

helmwindnoun (n.) A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm.

hematoidadjective (a.) Resembling blood.

hemerobidadjective (a.) Of relating to the hemerobians.

hemispheroidnoun (n.) A half of a spheroid.

hemstitchedadjective (a.) Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Hemstitch

heptachordnoun (n.) A system of seven sounds.
 noun (n.) A lyre with seven chords.
 noun (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.

heptadnoun (n.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.

heraldnoun (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
 noun (n.) In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.
 noun (n.) A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
 noun (n.) A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
 noun (n.) Any messenger.
 verb (v. t.) To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.

heraudnoun (n.) A herald.

herbagedadjective (a.) Covered with grass.

herbidadjective (a.) Covered with herbs.

herdnoun (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.
 noun (n.) A crowd of low people; a rabble.
 noun (n.) One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
 adjective (a.) Haired.
 verb (v. i.) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
 verb (v. i.) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
 verb (v. i.) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
 verb (v. t.) To form or put into a herd.

herefordnoun (n.) One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

hesperidnoun (a. & n.) Same as 3d Hesperian.

heteropodnoun (n.) One of the Heteropoda.
 adjective (a.) Heteropodous.

heterostyledadjective (a.) Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths.

hevednoun (n.) The head.

hexachordnoun (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.

hexacidadjective (a.) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.

hexactinellidadjective (a.) Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinae.

hexadnoun (n.) An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.

hexapodnoun (n.) An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
 adjective (a.) Having six feet.

hideboundadjective (a.) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
 adjective (a.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.
 adjective (a.) Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
 adjective (a.) Niggardly; penurious.

highlandnoun (n.) Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.

highroadnoun (n.) A highway; a much traveled or main road.

hiltedadjective (a.) Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.

hindnoun (n.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
 noun (n.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
 noun (n.) A domestic; a servant.
 noun (n.) A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
 adjective (a.) In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.