Name Report For First Name HALE:

HALE

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

Rhymes with HALE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming HALE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES HALE AS A WHOLE:

omphale athaleyah haleigh haley nathalee shalene halebeorht khaled sahale khaleel thaleia haleema halette

NAMES RHYMING WITH HALE (According to last letters):

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

tale crocale chibale zale kale abbigale dale gale aglarale cale cordale kendale kordale makale mckale neale odale pasquale randale udale vale truesdale brale madale royale pascale caindale yale beale wendale

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

kifle njemile udele naile nile adele cybele eriphyle eurayle helle hypsipyle myrtle nephele odele semele kiele rachele akinwole bekele kelile roble sule tekle stille bankole kafele tearle michelle neville scoville maoltuile murthuile somhairle aristotle ercole theophile daniele emmanuele gamble vasile abegayle adelle afrodille anabelle angelle annabelle aprille ardelle areille ariele arielle arnelle audrielle belle bernelle bonnibelle brielle camile camille carole cecile cecille chamyle chanelle channelle chantalle chantelle chavelle chenelle cherelle

NAMES RHYMING WITH HALE (According to first letters):

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

hal halag halah halbart halbert halburt halcyone haldane halden halford halfr halfrid halfrida halfrith halfryta hali halia halifrid halig haligwiella halim halima halimah halimeda halirrhothius halithersis hall hallam halle halley hallfrita hallie halliwell hallwell haloke halomtano halona halsey halsig halstead halton halwende halwn

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

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HALE:

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

hannalee hanne hannele hannelore hanriette hantaywee hare harelache hargrove harimanne harkahome harlake harlie harlowe harmonee harmonie harriette harte hasione hattie hausisse haye hayle haylee hayley-jade haylie hazle heallstede heardwine hearne hearpere heathdene heathle hebe hecate hedvige heide helaine helene helice helike heloise henriette heortwode here hermandine hermione hermoine herne herve herzeloyde hesione hettie hide hilaire hildagarde hilde hildie hillocke hippolyte hline hodsone hok'ee holde holle hollee hollie home honbrie honore hope horae hortense howe howie hue huette hugette hughette hulde hume hurlee hurste hweolere hwistlere hyacinthe hyancinthe hyde hypate

English Words Rhyming HALE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES HALE AS A WHOLE:

chaletnoun (n.) A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
 noun (n.) A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

exhalementnoun (n.) Exhalation.

exhalencenoun (n.) Exhalation.

halenoun (n.) Welfare.
 adjective (a.) Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
 verb (v. t.) To pull; to drag; to haul.

halesianoun (n.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

heartyhaleadjective (a.) Good for the heart.

inhalentadjective (a.) Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct.

inhalernoun (n.) One who inhales.
 noun (n.) An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes.
 noun (n.) A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.

mahalednoun (n.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

marshalernoun (n.) One who marshals.

naphthalenenoun (n.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.

naphthalenicadjective (a.) Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol.

nymphalesnoun (n. pl.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.

paranaphthalenenoun (n.) Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline.

phthaleinnoun (n.) One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthalein. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent.

shalenoun (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
 noun (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
 verb (v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.

singhalesenoun (n. & a.) Same as Cingalese.

sphaleritenoun (n.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).

tahalebnoun (n.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

thalernoun (n.) A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.

whalenoun (n.) Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.

whaleboatnoun (n.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

whalebonenoun (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.

whalemannoun (n.) A man employed in the whale fishery.

whalernoun (n.) A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
 noun (n.) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.

whalebacknoun (n.) A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.

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


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


alenoun (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
 noun (n.) A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

balenoun (n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.
 noun (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
 noun (n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
 verb (v. t.) To make up in a bale.
 verb (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade.

bidalenoun (n.) An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.

bubalenoun (n.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.

carpalenoun (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

carrytalenoun (n.) A talebearer.

centralenoun (n.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.

cetewalenoun (n.) Same as Zedoary.

corporaleadjective (a.) A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.

counterscalenoun (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another.

chippendaleadjective (a.) Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular.

clydesdalenoun (n.) One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay.

dalenoun (n.) A low place between hills; a vale or valley.
 noun (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

dorsalenoun (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.

dwaleadjective (a.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
 adjective (a.) The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
 adjective (a.) A sleeping potion; an opiate.

ealenoun (n.) Ale.

epipodialenoun (n.) One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

euryalenoun (n.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.
 noun (n.) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.

fardingdalenoun (n.) A farthingale.

farthingalenoun (n.) A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.

femalenoun (n.) An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.
 noun (n.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.
 adjective (a.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.

finalenoun (n.) Close; termination
 noun (n.) The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or any instrumental composition.
 noun (n.) The last composition performed in any act of an opera.
 noun (n.) The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition.

galenoun (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
 noun (n.) A moderate current of air; a breeze.
 noun (n.) A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
 noun (n.) A song or story.
 noun (n.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.
 noun (n.) The payment of a rent or annuity.
 verb (v. i.) To sale, or sail fast.
 verb (v. i.) To sing.

galingalenoun (n.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.

gunwalenoun (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull.

intervalenoun (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.

kalenoun (n.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.
 noun (n.) See Kail, 2.

lambalenoun (n.) A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

lichwalenoun (n.) The gromwell.

localenoun (n.) A place, spot, or location.
 noun (n.) A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.

maidpaleadjective (a.) Pale, like a sick girl.

malenoun (n.) Same as Mail, a bag.
 noun (n.) An animal of the male sex.
 noun (n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
 adjective (a.) Evil; wicked; bad.
 verb (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
 verb (v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
 verb (v. t.) Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
 verb (v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
 verb (v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.

maritimaleadjective (a.) See Maritime.

martingalenoun (n.) Alt. of Martingal

mesopodialenoun (n.) One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.

metapodialenoun (n.) One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.

moraleadjective (a.) The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.

musicalenoun (n.) A social musical party.

mygalenoun (n.) A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii).

nalenoun (n.) Ale; also, an alehouse.

nightertalenoun (n.) period of night; nighttime.

nightingalenoun (n.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
 noun (n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.

palenoun (n.) Paleness; pallor.
 noun (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
 noun (n.) That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
 noun (n.) A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
 noun (n.) A stripe or band, as on a garment.
 noun (n.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
 noun (n.) A cheese scoop.
 noun (n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
 verb (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
 verb (v. i.) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
 verb (v. i.) To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
 verb (v. t.) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
 verb (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

pardalenoun (n.) A leopard.

pastoralenoun (n.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.
 noun (n.) A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.

percalenoun (n.) A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear.

petrogalenoun (n.) Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (P. penicillata).

portsalenoun (n.) Public or open sale; auction.

potalenoun (n.) The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine.

propodialenoun (n.) The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.

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


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


haltingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hail
 noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halt

halachanoun (n.) The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

halationnoun (n.) An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.

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.

halberdiernoun (n.) One who is armed with a halberd.

halcyonnoun (n.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.

halcyonianadjective (a.) Halcyon; calm.

halcyonoldnoun (a. & n.) See Alcyonoid.

halingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hale

halfadjective (a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
 adjective (a.) Part; side; behalf.
 adjective (a.) One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
 adverb (adv.) In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
 verb (v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.

halfbeaknoun (n.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

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.

halfcockingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halfcock

halfenadjective (a.) Wanting half its due qualities.

halfendealnoun (n.) A half part.
 adverb (adv.) Half; by the part.

halfernoun (n.) One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
 noun (n.) A male fallow deer gelded.

halfnessnoun (n.) The quality of being half; incompleteness.

halfpacenoun (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

halfwayadjective (a.) Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
 adverb (adv.) In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

halibutnoun (n.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.

halichondriaenoun (n. pl.) An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.

halicorenoun (n.) Same as Dugong.

halidomnoun (n.) Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
 noun (n.) Holy doom; the Last Day.

halieuticsnoun (n.) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

halmasadjective (a.) The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas.

haliographernoun (n.) One who writes about or describes the sea.

haliographynoun (n.) Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.

haliotisnoun (n.) A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.

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

halisaurianoun (n. pl.) The Enaliosauria.

halitenoun (n.) Native salt; sodium chloride.

halituousadjective (a.) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.

halknoun (n.) A nook; a corner.

hallnoun (n.) A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
 noun (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
 noun (n.) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
 noun (n.) Any corridor or passage in a building.
 noun (n.) A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
 noun (n.) A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
 noun (n.) The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
 noun (n.) Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.

hallagenoun (n.) A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.

halleluiahnoun (n. & interj.) Alt. of Hallelujah

hallelujahnoun (n. & interj.) Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.

hallelujaticadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.

halliardnoun (n.) See Halyard.

hallidomenoun (n.) Same as Halidom.

halliernoun (n.) A kind of net for catching birds.

halloonoun (n.) A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
 noun (n.) An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
 verb (v. i.) To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
 verb (v. t.) To encourage with shouts.
 verb (v. t.) To chase with shouts or outcries.
 verb (v. t.) To call or shout to; to hail.

halloingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halloo

hallowingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hallow

halloweennoun (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

hallowmasnoun (n.) The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.

halloysitenoun (n.) A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.

hallucaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the hallux.

hallucinationnoun (n.) The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
 noun (n.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.

hallucinatornoun (n.) One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HALE:

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

haberdinenoun (n.) A cod salted and dried.

habileadjective (a.) Fit; qualified; also, apt.

habilitateadjective (a.) Qualified or entitled.
 verb (v. t.) To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.

habitableadjective (a.) Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world.

habitancenoun (n.) Dwelling; abode; residence.

habituateadjective (a.) Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
 verb (v. t.) To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
 verb (v. t.) To settle as an inhabitant.

habitudenoun (n.) Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.
 noun (n.) Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
 noun (n.) Habit of body or of action.

habituenoun (n.) One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater.

habiturenoun (n.) Habitude.

hableadjective (a.) See Habile.

hachurenoun (n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

hackamorenoun (n.) A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.

hackeenoun (n.) The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel.

hacklenoun (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
 noun (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
 noun (n.) One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.
 noun (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
 verb (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
 verb (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

haddienoun (n.) The haddock.

hadenoun (n.) The descent of a hill.
 noun (n.) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
 noun (n.) The deviation of a fault plane from the vertical.
 verb (v. i.) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

haemachromenoun (n.) Hematin.

haematitenoun (n.) Same as Hematite.

haematoscopenoun (n.) A haemoscope.

haemochromenoun (n.) Same as Haemachrome.

haemoscopenoun (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.

hagglenoun (n.) The act or process of haggling.
 verb (v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.
 verb (v. i.) To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

hagioscopenoun (n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.

haidingeritenoun (n.) A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

hailstonenoun (n.) A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

hayenoun (n.) The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.

hakenoun (n.) A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
 noun (n.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.
 verb (v. t.) To loiter; to sneak.

halophytenoun (n.) A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.

haloscopenoun (n.) An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.

halotrichitenoun (n.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.

haloxylinenoun (n.) An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.

halpacenoun (n.) See Haut pas.

halvenoun (n.) A half.
 verb (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.
 verb (v. t.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
 verb (v. t.) Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.

halwenoun (n.) A saint.

hamateadjective (a.) Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

hamenoun (n.) Home.
 noun (n.) One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.

hamitenoun (n.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.
 noun (n.) A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.

hammerableadjective (a.) Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer.

hamulateadjective (a.) Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.

hamulenoun (n.) A little hook.

hamuloseadjective (a.) Bearing a small hook at the end.

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.

handleableadjective (a.) Capable of being handled.

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

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.

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

handystrokenoun (n.) A blow with the hand.

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.

haranguenoun (n.) 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.
 verb (v. i.) To make an harangue; to declaim.
 verb (v. t.) To address by an harangue.

harboragenoun (n.) Shelter; entertainment.

hardbakenoun (n.) A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc.

hardwarenoun (n.) Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

harenoun (n.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
 noun (n.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.
 verb (v. t.) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

harlenoun (n.) The red-breasted merganser.

harlequinadenoun (n.) A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.

harmalinenoun (n.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.

harminenoun (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.

harmonitenoun (n.) One of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.

harmotomenoun (n.) A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.

harquebusenoun (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.

harrenoun (n.) A hinge.

haruspicenoun (n.) A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.

hastatenoun (n.) Alt. of Hastated

hastenoun (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
 noun (n.) The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
 noun (n.) To hasten; to hurry.

hastileadjective (a.) Same as Hastate.

hastivenoun (n.) Forward; early; -- said of fruits.

hatableadjective (a.) Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.

hatchettinenoun (n.) Alt. of Hatchettite

hatchettitenoun (n.) Mineral t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.

hatchurenoun (n.) Same as Hachure.

hatenoun (n.) To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
 noun (n.) To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
 noun (n.) To love less, relatively.
 verb (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love.

hattreenoun (n.) A hatstand.

haueritenoun (n.) Native sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.

haulagenoun (n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

haussenoun (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.

haustellatenoun (n.) One of the Haustellata.
 adjective (a.) Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.

hauynitenoun (n.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/ rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.

havanesenoun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.

havenagenoun (n.) Harbor dues; port dues.

hawebakenoun (n.) Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2.

hawsenoun (n.) A hawse hole.
 noun (n.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
 noun (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
 noun (n.) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.

haybotenoun (n.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote.

hayrakenoun (n.) A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.

hazardableadjective (a.) Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.
 adjective (a.) Such as can be hazarded or risked.

hazardizenoun (n.) A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.

hazenoun (n.) Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
 verb (v. i.) To be hazy, or tick with haze.
 verb (v. t.) To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
 verb (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

headachenoun (n.) Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

headlinenoun (n.) The line at the head or top of a page.
 noun (n.) See Headrope.

headnotenoun (n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.

headpiecenoun (n.) Head.
 noun (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
 noun (n.) Understanding; mental faculty.
 noun (n.) An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

headracenoun (n.) See Race, a water course.

headropenoun (n.) That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.

headshakenoun (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.

headstonenoun (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
 noun (n.) The stone at the head of a grave.

headtirenoun (n.) A headdress.
 noun (n.) The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.

healableadjective (a.) Capable of being healed.

healthsomeadjective (a.) Wholesome; salubrious.

hearsenoun (n.) A hind in the year of its age.
 noun (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
 noun (n.) A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
 noun (n.) A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
 noun (n.) A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
 verb (v. t.) To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.

hearselikeadjective (a.) Suitable to a funeral.

heartachenoun (n.) Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.