| hand | (noun) physical assistance | Synonyms: helping hand |
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| (noun) terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos) | - |
| (noun) a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece | - |
| (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: manus, mitt, paw |
| (noun) ability | - |
| (noun) one of two sides of an issue | - |
| (noun) something written by hand | Synonyms: handwriting, script |
| (noun) a round of applause to signify approval | - |
| (noun) the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time | Synonyms: deal |
| (noun) a position given by its location to the side of an object | - |
| (noun) a hired laborer on a farm or ranch | Synonyms: hired hand, hired man |
| (noun) a card player in a game of bridge | Synonyms: bridge player |
| (noun) a member of the crew of a ship | - |
| (noun) a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses | - |
| handbag | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, pocketbook, purse |
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| handball | (noun) a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands | - |
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| (noun) a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball | - |
| handbarrow | (noun) a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people | - |
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| handbasin | (noun) a basin for washing the hands | Synonyms: lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl |
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| handbasket | (noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: basket |
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| handbell | (noun) a bell that is held in the hand | - |
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| handbill | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, throwaway |
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| handbook | (noun) a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location | Synonyms: enchiridion, vade mecum |
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| handbow | (noun) a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow | - |
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| handbreadth | (noun) any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand | Synonyms: handsbreadth |
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| handcar | (noun) a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor | - |
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| handcart | (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: cart, go-cart, pushcart |
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| handclap | (noun) a clap of the hands to indicate approval | - |
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| handclasp | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handshake, handshaking, shake |
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| handcraft | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handicraft, handiwork, handwork |
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| handcuff | (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: cuff, handlock, manacle |
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| handedness | (noun) the property of using one hand more than the other | Synonyms: laterality |
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| handful | (noun) the quantity that can be held in the hand | Synonyms: fistful |
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| (noun) a small number or amount | Synonyms: smattering |
| handgrip | (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handle, hold |
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| handgun | (noun) a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | Synonyms: pistol, shooting iron, side arm |
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| handhold | (noun) an appendage to hold onto | - |
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| handicap | (noun) advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning | - |
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| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, impairment |
| handicapped | (noun) people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped | Synonyms: disabled |
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| handicapper | (noun) someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) | Synonyms: odds-maker |
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| handicraft | (noun) a craft that requires skillful hands | - |
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| (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handiwork, handwork |
| handiness | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: accessibility, availability, availableness |
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| (noun) skillfulness with the hands | - |
| handiwork | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handicraft, handwork |
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| handkerchief | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: hankey, hankie, hanky |
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| handle | (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handgrip, hold |
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| handlebar | (noun) the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle | - |
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| handler | (noun) (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | Synonyms: coach, manager |
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| (noun) one who trains or exhibits animals | Synonyms: animal trainer |
| (noun) an agent who handles something or someone | - |
| handline | (noun) a fishing line managed principally by hand | Synonyms: hand line |
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| (noun) (climbing) a line that can be hung onto with hands while climbing up or down a steep or slick section for limited protection. | - |
| handling | (noun) manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something | - |
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| (noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: manipulation |
| (noun) the management of someone or something | Synonyms: treatment |
| handlock | (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: cuff, handcuff, manacle |
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| handloom | (noun) a loom powered by hand | - |
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| handmaid | (noun) a personal maid or female attendant | Synonyms: handmaiden |
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| (noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaiden, servant |
| handmaiden | (noun) a personal maid or female attendant | Synonyms: handmaid |
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| (noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, servant |
| handoff | (noun) (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate | - |
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| handout | (noun) giving money or food or clothing to a needy person | - |
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| (noun) an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation | Synonyms: press release, release |
| handover | (noun) act of relinquishing property or authority etc | - |
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| handrail | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, banister, bannister |
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| handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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| hands | (noun) (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child | Synonyms: custody |
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| (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: manpower, men, work force, workforce |
| handsaw | (noun) a saw used with one hand for cutting wood | Synonyms: carpenter's saw, hand saw |
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| handsbreadth | (noun) any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand | Synonyms: handbreadth |
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| handset | (noun) telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle | Synonyms: French telephone |
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| handshake | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handclasp, handshaking, shake |
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| handshaking | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handclasp, handshake, shake |
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| handsomeness | (noun) the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) | Synonyms: good looks |
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| handspike | (noun) a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever | - |
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| handspring | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again | - |
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| handstamp | (noun) a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand | Synonyms: rubber stamp |
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| handstand | (noun) the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position | - |
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| handwear | (noun) clothing for the hands | Synonyms: hand wear |
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| handwheel | (noun) control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated | - |
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| (noun) a wheel worked by hand | - |
| handwork | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handicraft, handiwork |
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| handwriting | (noun) the activity of writing by hand | - |
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| (noun) something written by hand | Synonyms: hand, script |
| handyman | (noun) a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks | Synonyms: jack of all trades, odd-job man |
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| hang | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms | - |
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| (noun) the way a garment hangs | - |
| (noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: bent, knack |
| hangar | (noun) a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained | Synonyms: airdock, repair shed |
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| hangbird | (noun) eastern subspecies of northern oriole | Synonyms: Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula |
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| hanger | (noun) anything from which something can be hung | - |
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| (noun) a worker who hangs something | - |
| hanging | (noun) the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | Synonyms: dangling, suspension |
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| (noun) a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead | - |
| (noun) decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window | Synonyms: wall hanging |
| hangman | (noun) an executioner who hangs the condemned person | - |
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| hangnail | (noun) a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected | Synonyms: agnail |
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| hangout | (noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: haunt, repair, resort, stamping ground |
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| hangover | (noun) something that has survived from the past | Synonyms: holdover |
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| (noun) an official who remains in office after his term | Synonyms: holdover |
| (noun) disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) | Synonyms: katzenjammer |
| hank | (noun) a coil of rope or wool or yarn | - |
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| hankering | (noun) a yearning for something or to do something | Synonyms: yen |
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| hankey | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: handkerchief, hankie, hanky |
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| hankie | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: handkerchief, hankey, hanky |
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| hanky | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: handkerchief, hankey, hankie |
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| hansom | (noun) a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers | Synonyms: hansom cab |
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| hanuman | (noun) langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | Synonyms: entellus, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus |
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