ham | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | Synonyms: gammon, jambon |
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(noun) an unskilled actor who overacts | Synonyms: ham actor |
(noun) a licensed amateur radio operator | - |
hamadryad | (noun) large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja | Synonyms: king cobra, Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah |
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(noun) the nymph or spirit of a particular tree | - |
hamartia | (noun) the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall | Synonyms: tragic flaw |
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hamartoma | (noun) a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ | - |
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hamate | (noun) the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers | Synonyms: hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone |
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hamburger | (noun) beef that has been ground | Synonyms: ground beef |
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(noun) a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients | Synonyms: beefburger, burger |
hame | (noun) stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces | - |
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hamelia | (noun) any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia | - |
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hamlet | (noun) a community of people smaller than a village | Synonyms: crossroads |
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(noun) a settlement smaller than a town | Synonyms: village |
hammer | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammering, pound, pounding |
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(noun) a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking | - |
(noun) a power tool for drilling rocks | Synonyms: power hammer |
(noun) a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate | - |
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. | Synonyms: mallet |
(noun) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled | Synonyms: cock |
(noun) a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw | - |
(noun) the ossicle attached to the eardrum | Synonyms: malleus |
hammerhead | (noun) medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous | Synonyms: hammerhead shark |
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(noun) the striking part of a hammer | - |
(noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
hammering | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, pound, pounding |
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hammerlock | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back | - |
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hammertoe | (noun) a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch | - |
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hamming | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: overacting |
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hammock | (noun) a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily | Synonyms: sack |
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(noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hillock, hummock, knoll, mound |
hamper | (noun) a basket usually with a cover | - |
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(noun) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | Synonyms: bond, shackle, trammel |
hamster | (noun) short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches | - |
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hamstring | (noun) one of the tendons at the back of the knee | Synonyms: hamstring tendon |
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