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Haemothoraxnounaccumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)verified
Hafniumnouna grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium mineralsverified
Hagnouneellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentaclesverified
Hagfishnouneellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentaclesverified
Haggisnounmade of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomachverified
Hagiographynouna biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)verified
Hairnouna covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head)verified
Hair CarenounMWEcare for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hairverified
Hair CurlernounMWEa mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl itverified
Hair SealnounMWEany of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippersverified
Hair SlidenounMWEa decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in placeverified
Hair SpraynounMWEtoiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in placeverified
Hairballnouna compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal, especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking furverified
HaircutnounWith respect of an eligible currency, the percentage increase of a negative currency balance or reduction of a positive currency balance and is based on (a) the volatility of the historic foreign exchange movements in the applicable eligible currency determined by CLS Bank and (b) an add-on component.Metric
Hairdressingnouncare for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hairverified
Hairline FracturenounMWEa fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thinverified
Hairspringnouna fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepieceverified
Hairy Darling PeanounMWEshrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowersverified
Hairy HoneysucklenounMWEtwining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowersverified
Hairy RootnounMWEa phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous rootsverified
Hairy WillowherbnounMWEplant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leavesverified
Half BindingnounMWEbook binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in anotherverified