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gypsy, a. nomadic, vagabond.
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Habit, n. wont, custom, practice, usage, habitude, addiction, way, routine.
habitual, a. wonted, customary, regular, accustomed.
habituate, v. accustom, addict, inure, familiarize. Antonyms: disaccustom, wean.
hag, n. vixen, virago, termagant, harridan, fury, Jezebel, beldame.
haggard, a. gaunt, emaciated, hollow-eyed.
haggle, v. hack, hackle; chaffer, higgle.
haggler, n. higgler, chafferer.
hail, v. accost, salute, address, signal.
hail-storm, n. a.s.sociated Words: paragrandine, paragrele.
hair, n. bristle; p.u.b.escence; p.u.b.es; tentaculum, palpus; lock, tress; coiffure; chignon; forelock. a.s.sociated Words: trichology, depilatory, depilitant, depilate, depilation, disheveled, bandeau, barrette, tonsure, pomade, follicle, sac, fillet, ecdysis, endysis, bandoline, piliferous, piliform, piligerous, coiffeur, tousled.
hairiness, n. hirsuteness, hirsuties, p.u.b.escence, villosity, capillament, hypertrichosis.
hairless, a. bald, glabrous, depilous.
hairsplitting, a. subtle, fine.
hair-worm, n. gordius.
hairy, a. hirsute, s.h.a.ggy, bristly, p.u.b.escent.
half, adv. partially, imperfectly.
half, n. moiety.
half-blooded, a. hybrid, mongrel, degenerate, half-breed.
half-hearted, a. indifferent, lukewarm, perfunctory.
half-moon, n. crescent. a.s.sociated Word: semilunar.
halfway, adv. in the middle, imperfectly, partially.--a.
intermediate, midway.
half-witted, a. imbecile, defective, silly, dull-witted, witless.
half-yearly, a. semi-annual, bi-annual.
hall, n. auditorium, lyceum; vestibule, entry, court; corridor, pa.s.sage, lobby; manor-house; odeon.
hallow, v. consecrate, venerate, reverence, sanctify, bless.
hallowed, a. holy, sacred, consecrated, dedicated, blessed, sanctified.
hallucination, n. aberration, chimera, fallacy, self-deception, delusion, phantasm, illusion.
halo, n. nimbus, glory, aureola, aureole.
haloed, a. glorified, aureoled.
halve, v. bisect, dimidiate.
halving, n. bisection, dichotomy, dimidiation.
hammer, n. sledge, sledge-hammer, maul, mallet, beetle, gavel, kevel, crandall, marteline. a.s.sociated Words: peen, hephestic, poll.
hammer, v. beat, forge, malleate, beetle.
hammer and tongs. vigorously, forcibly, energetically.
hamper, v. fetter, shackle, impede, restrain, hinder, enc.u.mber, embarra.s.s.
hamper, n. hanaper; shackle, fetter, restraint, impediment.
hamstring, n. hough.--v. disable, cripple, lame, hough.
hand, n. paw, ma.n.u.s. a.s.sociated Words: chirology, chiromancy, palmistry, chiropody, chiropodist, chirognomy, chirographer, chirographist, chirogymnast, chirologist, cheirosophy, manicure, chiromancer, manual, chirography, ambidextral, ambidextrous, ambidexterity, ambidexter, achirous, chiragra, fist, manacle, castanets, mount, discriminal, bimanual, bimanous.
handbag, n. satchel, reticule.
handbook, n. manual, guidebook, _vade mec.u.m_, hornbook, enchiridion.
handcuff, n. manacle, fetter, shackle.
hand down. transmit (in succession).
handle, n. bail; hilt, haft.
handy, a. dexterous, adroit, ready; convenient.
hang, v. suspend; dangle; execute; droop, drop; append, attach; depend, rest; hover, impend, threaten; lean, incline, slope; lynch.
