Name Report For First Name HAL:
HAL
First name HAL's origin is English. HAL means "a nickname for henry rules his household". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with HAL below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of hal.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with HAL and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with HAL - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming HAL
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES HAL AS A WHOLE:
halima ghaliyah imtithal khalidah diorbhall halcyone halimeda omphale thalassa thalia halia ahalya chalchiuitl haloke abdul-halim abdul-khaliq ghalib halim khalil halwn halomtano menhalom khaldun khalfani parthalan cephalus hali halirrhothius halithersis athaleyah athalia athalie chalina chalise halag halah haleigh haley halfrid halfrith halfryta halifrid halle halley hallfrita hallie halona kathalina mahal mahalia michal michalin mychal nathalee nathalie nathaly phalyn shalene ata'halne' avshalom bhaltair cahal cathal chalmer chalmers dichali doughal doughall dughall halbart halburt haldane halden halebeorht haligwiella hallwell halsig kendhal khaled macdoughall marschall marshall mihaly mikhalis nihal paschal sahale shalom tihalt trumhall halimah tuathal raghallach fearghall marshal cearbhall halton halstead halsey halliwell hallam hall hale halbert galahalt khaleel khalid khaldoon mahala thaleia halfr halfrida halig haleema halwende halford halette shalott nathaliaNAMES RHYMING WITH HAL (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (al) - Names That Ends with al:
amal dalal firyal nawal nibal wisal giorsal abital opal abiageal mizquixaual necahual xiuhtonal xochiquetzal bilal badal batal gabal galal ghazal zoolal abdul-muta'al faisal hilal jalal jamal kamal kardal mash'al nawfal talal aglaval beal chval kral baal hanbal neacal matlal zipactonal abaigeal adal amirykal chantal christal chrystal connal coral crystal derforgal derval gilal iseabal isibeal kapital kendal koral krystal laural merial mical minal moibeal muirgheal raicheal roial sibeal teal adrial aglaral ajmal anibal ardal artegal balmoral breasal bressal cabal caiseal cal cheval cristobal cristoval dal donal dougal duval emmanual gorvenal idal izreal jahmal jamaal jemal jubal kamaal loyal macdougal mal mikealNAMES RHYMING WITH HAL (According to first letters):
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 hajjaj hajna hakan hakeem hakem hakidonmuya hakim hakizimana ham hamadi hamal hamdan hamden hamdun hameeda hamelatun hamelstun hamia hamid hamidah hamilton hamlet hamlett hamlin hammad hamoelet hampton hamza hamzah han hana hanan hananel hananiah hand haneefa hanford hang hani haniaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HAL:
First Names which starts with 'h' and ends with 'l':
hansel harel harrell hartwell haskel hazel hazell heall hel herschel hershel hilel hillel hoel holwell howel howell hueil huitzilihuitlEnglish Words Rhyming HAL
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES HAL AS A WHOLE:
abhal | noun (n.) The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies. |
acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
acanthocephalous | adjective (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. |
acephal | noun (n.) One of the Acephala. |
acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
acephalan | noun (n.) Same as Acephal. |
adjective (a.) Belonging to the Acephala. |
acephali | noun (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads. |
noun (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader. | |
noun (n. pl.) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control. | |
noun (n. pl.) A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I. |
acephalist | noun (n.) One who acknowledges no head or superior. |
acephalocyst | noun (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin. |
acephalocystic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts. |
acephalous | adjective (a.) Headless. |
adjective (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks. | |
adjective (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. | |
adjective (a.) Without a leader or chief. | |
adjective (a.) Wanting the beginning. | |
adjective (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. |
acrocephalic | adjective (a.) Characterized by a high skull. |
acrocephaly | noun (n.) Loftiness of skull. |
acronychal | adjective (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical. |
alecithal | adjective (a.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. |
allhallond | noun (n.) Allhallows. |
allhallow | noun (n.) Alt. of Allhallows |
allhallows | noun (n.) All the saints (in heaven). |
noun (n.) All Saints' Day, November 1st. |
allhallowmas | noun (n.) The feast of All Saints. |
allhallown | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer"). |
allhallowtide | noun (n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. |
anarchal | adjective (a.) Lawless; anarchical. |
anencephalic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Anencephalous |
anencephalous | adjective (a.) Without a brain; brainless. |
antepaschal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter. |
anticatarrhal | noun (n.) An anticatarrhal remedy. |
adjective (a.) Efficacious against catarrh. |
apocryphal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Apocrypha. |
adjective (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false. |
apocryphalist | noun (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. |
apocryphalness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness. |
archencephala | noun (n. pl.) The division that includes man alone. |
archmarshal | noun (n.) The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony. |
asphalt | noun (n.) Alt. of Asphaltum |
verb (v. t.) To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets. |
asphaltum | noun (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen. |
noun (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. |
asphalte | noun (n.) Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2. |
asphaltic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous. |
asphaltite | adjective (a.) Asphaltic. |
adjective (a.) Asphaltic. |
asphaltus | noun (n.) See Asphalt. |
athalamous | adjective (a.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens. |
aurichalceous | adjective (a.) Brass-colored. |
aurichalcite | noun (n.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction. |
aurocephalous | adjective (a.) Having a gold-colored head. |
autocephalous | adjective (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches. |
autographal | adjective (a.) Autographic. |
azimuthal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. |
androcephalous | adjective (a.) Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx. |
behalf | noun (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. |
benthal | adjective (a.) Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean. |
bequeathal | noun (n.) The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. |
betrothal | noun (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH HAL (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (al) - English Words That Ends with al:
aaronical | adjective (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews. |
abactinal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. |
abaxial | adjective (a.) Alt. of Abaxile |
abbatial | adjective (a.) Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights. |
abbatical | adjective (a.) Abbatial. |
abdal | noun (n.) A religious devotee or dervish in Persia. |
abdominal | noun (n.) A fish of the group Abdominales. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity. | |
adjective (a.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes. |
aberrational | adjective (a.) Characterized by aberration. |
abettal | noun (n.) Abetment. |
abhominal | adjective (a.) Inhuman. |
abiological | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the study of inanimate things. |
abnormal | adjective (a.) Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. |
aboral | adjective (a.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. |
aboriginal | noun (n.) An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. |
noun (n.) An animal or a plant native to the region. | |
adjective (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood. |
abortional | adjective (a.) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. |
abranchial | adjective (a.) Abranchiate. |
absinthial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian. |
abstractional | adjective (a.) Pertaining to abstraction. |
abuttal | noun (n.) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. |
abysmal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. |
abyssal | adjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. |
academial | adjective (a.) Academic. |
academical | adjective (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy. |
adjective (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. |
accentual | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. |
accessional | adjective (a.) Pertaining to accession; additional. |
accessorial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt. |
accidental | noun (n.) A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally. |
noun (n.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow. | |
noun (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note. | |
adjective (a.) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. | |
adjective (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play. |
accipitral | noun (n.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. |
accrementitial | adjective (a.) Pertaining to accremention. |
accrual | noun (n.) Accrument. |
accusal | noun (n.) Accusation. |
accusatival | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the accusative case. |
accusatorial | adjective (a.) Accusatory. |
acerval | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a heap. |
acetal | noun (n.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black. |
achenial | adjective (a.) Pertaining to an achene. |
acnodal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to acnodes. |
aconital | adjective (a.) Of the nature of aconite. |
acoustical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to acoustics. |
acquittal | noun (n.) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. |
noun (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. |
acranial | adjective (a.) Wanting a skull. |
acritical | adjective (a.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess. |
acroamatical | adjective (a.) Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound. |
acromial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the acromion. |
acropetal | adjective (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence. |
acrostical | noun (n.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. |
acroterial | adjective (a.) Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments. |
actinal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. |
actinozoal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa. |
actual | noun (n.) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. |
adjective (a.) Involving or comprising action; active. | |
adjective (a.) Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. | |
adjective (a.) In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH HAL (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ha) - Words That Begins with ha:
haaf | noun (n.) The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles. |
haak | noun (n.) A sea fish. See Hake. |
haar | noun (n.) A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind. |
habendum | noun (n.) That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum. |
haberdasher | noun (n.) A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter. |
noun (n.) A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc. |
haberdashery | noun (n.) The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles. |
haberdine | noun (n.) A cod salted and dried. |
habergeon | noun (n.) Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. |
habilatory | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes. |
habile | adjective (a.) Fit; qualified; also, apt. |
habiliment | noun (n.) A garment; an article of clothing. |
noun (n.) Dress, in general. |
habilimented | adjective (a.) Clothed. Taylor (1630). |
habilitate | adjective (a.) Qualified or entitled. |
verb (v. t.) To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. |
habilitation | noun (n.) Equipment; qualification. |
hability | noun (n.) Ability; aptitude. |
habit | noun (n.) The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body. |
noun (n.) The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism. | |
noun (n.) Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior. | |
noun (n.) Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit. | |
noun (n.) To inhabit. | |
noun (n.) To dress; to clothe; to array. | |
noun (n.) To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman. |
habiting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Habit |
habitability | noun (n.) Habitableness. |
habitable | adjective (a.) Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world. |
habitan | noun (n.) Same as Habitant, 2. |
habitance | noun (n.) Dwelling; abode; residence. |
habiitancy | noun (n.) Same as Inhabitancy. |
habitation | noun (n.) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. |
noun (n.) Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. |
habitator | noun (n.) A dweller; an inhabitant. |
habited | adjective (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 |
habitual | noun (n.) Formed or acquired by habit or use. |
noun (n.) According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin. |
habituating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Habituate |
habituate | adjective (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. |
habituation | noun (n.) The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. |
habitude | noun (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. |
habitue | noun (n.) One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater. |
habiture | noun (n.) Habitude. |
habitus | noun (n.) Habitude; mode of life; general appearance. |
hable | adjective (a.) See Habile. |
hachure | noun (n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching. |
hacienda | noun (n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions. |
hack | noun (n.) A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc. |
noun (n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying. | |
noun (n.) A notch; a cut. | |
noun (n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone. | |
noun (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. | |
noun (n.) A kick on the shins. | |
noun (n.) A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses. | |
noun (n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. | |
noun (n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. | |
noun (n.) A procuress. | |
noun (n.) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick. | |
adjective (a.) Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. | |
verb (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post. | |
verb (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking. | |
verb (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough. | |
verb (v. t.) To use as a hack; to let out for hire. | |
verb (v. t.) To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. | |
verb (v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. | |
verb (v. i.) To live the life of a drudge or hack. | |
verb (v. i.) To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion. | |
verb (v. t.) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer). |
hacking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hack |
hackamore | noun (n.) A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. |
hackberry | noun (n.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. |
hackbolt | noun (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon. |
hackbuss | noun (n.) Same as Hagbut. |
hackee | noun (n.) The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel. |
hacker | noun (n.) One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack. |
hackery | noun (n.) A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. |
hackle | noun (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. |
hackling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hackle |
hackly | adjective (a.) Rough or broken, as if hacked. |
adjective (a.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron. |
hackman | noun (n.) The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire. |
hackmatack | noun (n.) The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HAL:
English Words which starts with 'h' and ends with 'l':
haemal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal. |
haematocryal | adjective (a.) Cold-blooded. |
haematothermal | adjective (a.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal. |
haemorrhoidal | adjective (a.) Same as Hemorrhoidal. |
haikal | noun (n.) The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain. |
hail | noun (n.) Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones. |
noun (n.) A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. | |
adjective (a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling). | |
verb (v. i.) To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors. | |
verb (v. t.) To pour forcibly down, as hail. | |
verb (v. t.) To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address. | |
verb (v. t.) To name; to designate; to call. | |
verb (v. i.) To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York. | |
verb (v. i.) To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. | |
verb (v. t.) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. |
hairbell | noun (n.) See Harebell. |
hairtail | noun (n.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish. |
halfendeal | noun (n.) A half part. |
adverb (adv.) Half; by the part. |
hall | noun (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. |
hallucal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the hallux. |
handbill | noun (n.) A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand. |
noun (n.) A pruning hook. |
handful | noun (n.) As much as the hand will grasp or contain. |
noun (n.) A hand's breadth; four inches. | |
noun (n.) A small quantity. |
handsel | noun (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. |
handwheel | noun (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. |
hangnail | noun (n.) A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. |
hansel | noun (n. & v.) See Handsel. |
harangueful | adjective (a.) Full of harangue. |
hardtail | noun (n.) See Jurel. |
harebell | noun (n.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. |
harl | noun (n.) A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp. |
noun (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies. |
harmel | noun (n.) A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation. |
harmful | adjective (a.) Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. |
harmonical | adjective (a.) Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. |
adjective (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body. | |
adjective (a.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like. |
hatchel | noun (n.) An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle. |
noun (n.) To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts. | |
noun (n.) To tease; to worry; to torment. |
hateful | adjective (a.) Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. |
adjective (a.) Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious. |
hatel | adjective (a.) Hateful; detestable. |
haul | noun (n.) A pulling with force; a violent pull. |
noun (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul. | |
noun (n.) That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net. | |
noun (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul. | |
noun (n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred. | |
verb (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag. | |
verb (v. t.) To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. | |
verb (v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t. | |
verb (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. |
hawkbill | noun (n.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret. |
hazel | noun (n.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. |
noun (n.) A miner's name for freestone. | |
adjective (a.) Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand. | |
adjective (a.) Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. |
headsail | noun (n.) Any sail set forward of the foremast. |
headstall | noun (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. |
healall | noun (n.) A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea. |
healful | adjective (a.) Tending or serving to heal; healing. |
healthful | adjective (a.) Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant. |
adjective (a.) Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. | |
adjective (a.) Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. | |
adjective (a.) Well-disposed; favorable. |
hearsal | noun (n.) Rehearsal. |
hebdomadal | adjective (a.) Alt. of Hebdomadary |
hebdomatical | adjective (a.) Weekly; hebdomadal. |
heckimal | noun (n.) The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus). |
hederal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to ivy. |
heedful | adjective (a.) Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. |
heel | noun (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. |
noun (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. | |
noun (n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. | |
noun (n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. | |
noun (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests | |
noun (n.) The after end of a ship's keel. | |
noun (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. | |
noun (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. | |
noun (n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. | |
noun (n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. | |
noun (n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. | |
noun (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. | |
noun (n.) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. | |
noun (n.) The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft. | |
noun (n.) In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder. | |
verb (v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. | |
verb (v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. | |
verb (v. t.) To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe. | |
verb (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting. | |
verb (v. t.) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club. | |
verb (v. t.) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up. |
heelball | noun (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions. |
heeltool | noun (n.) A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end. |
hegemonical | adjective (a.) Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. |
heliacal | adjective (a.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. |
helical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. |
helicoidal | adjective (a.) Same as Helicoid. |
heliocentrical | adjective (a.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. |
heliometrical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry. |
helispherical | adjective (a.) Spiral. |
hellenistical | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Hellenists. |
helminthological | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to helminthology. |
helpful | adjective (a.) Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. |
hemal | adjective (a.) Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural. |
hemastatical | noun (a. & n.) Same as Hemostatic. |
hemathermal | adjective (a.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. |
hematothermal | adjective (a.) Warm-blooded. |
hemidactyl | noun (n.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath. |
hemihedral | adjective (a.) Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron. |
hemiholohedral | adjective (a.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes. |
hemipteral | adjective (a.) Alt. of Hemipterous |
hemispherical | adjective (a.) Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body. |
hemispheroidal | adjective (a.) Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form. |
hemistichal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse. |
hemitropal | adjective (a.) Alt. of Hemitropous |
hemmel | noun (n.) A shed or hovel for cattle. |
hemorrhoidal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves. |
hepatical | adjective (a.) Hepatic. |
hepatorenal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament. |
heptagonal | adjective (a.) Having seven angles or sides. |
heptyl | noun (n.) A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds. |
herbal | noun (n.) A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. |
noun (n.) A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to herbs. |
heremitical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. |
heretical | adjective (a.) Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy. |
herl | noun (n.) Same as Harl, 2. |
hermaphroditical | adjective (a.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. |
hermeneutical | adjective (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase. |
hermetical | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine. | |
adjective (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically. |
hermitical | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. |
hermodactyl | noun (n.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic. |
hernial | adjective (a.) Of, or connected with, hernia. |
heroical | adjective (a.) Heroic. |
heroicomical | adjective (a.) Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem. |
herpetological | adjective (a.) Pertaining to herpetology. |
hersal | noun (n.) Rehearsal. |
herschel | noun (n.) See Uranus. |
hesternal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a. |
heterocercal | adjective (a.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks. |
heteroclitical | adjective (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal. |
heterodactyl | noun (n.) One of the Heterodactylae. |
adjective (a.) Heterodactylous. |
heterodoxal | adjective (a.) Not orthodox. |
heterogeneal | adjective (a.) Heterogeneous. |
heterotropal | adjective (a.) Alt. of Heterotropous |
hexagonal | adjective (a.) Having six sides and six angles; six-sided. |
hexahedral | adjective (a.) In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces. |
hexametrical | adjective (a.) Consisting of six metrical feet. |
hexdecyl | noun (n.) The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane. |
hexyl | noun (n.) A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds. |
hibernal | adjective (a.) Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. |