English words: ham-fisted to hammerhead turn

300 English words, part 10 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 17 have a page of their own.

English words ham-fisted to hammerhead turn

ham-fisted adjective /ˈhæmˌfɪstɪd/: Lacking skill in physical movement with the hands; clumsy.
ham-fistedly adverb: In a ham-fisted manner.
ham-handed adjective: Clumsy, heavy, or inept; not delicate, light or gentle.
ham-handedly adverb: In a ham-handed manner; clumsily or heavily
ham-handedness noun: the state or condition of being ham-handed
ham hands noun: Big, clumsy hands.
ham hock noun: The cut of meat at the joint between the leg and foot of a hog.
ham hocks noun: Alternative form of ham hocks.
ham it up verb: To deliberately exaggerate one's emotions or movements, or to overact or act hammily.
ham radio noun: The hobby of amateur radio communication.
ham salad noun: An Anglo-American salad of ham mixed with chopped vegetables or relishes, bound together with mayonnaise, salad cream, or similar dressing.
ham sandwich noun: A sandwich made with ham.
ham shank noun: ham hock
ham steak noun: A thick slice of ham for cooking.
ham up verb: To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.
ham wild adjective: Synonym of hog-wild.
Hama proper noun /ˈhɑːmə/: A city in Syria.
hamabiwalactone noun: Any of a group of substituted furanones (such as (2S)-4-[(1E)-dodeca-1,11-dienyl]-2-methyl-2H-furan-5-one) that inhibit hemolysis
Hamacher proper noun: A surname.
hamachi noun: Japanese amberjack, Pacific yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata).
hamacratic adjective: Forming a harmonious whole from independent parts, as in a federation or commonwealth.
Hamad proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
hamada noun: A high, desert landscape from which most of the sand has been removed by wind erosion
Hamadan proper noun /ˈhæməˌdæn/: A city in Iran, the seat of Hamadan County's Central District and the capital of Hamadan Province.
hamadarin noun: A protein in the saliva of the mosquito
hamade noun: A bar that does not touch the edges of the shield, especially if borne as part of a set of three (which may be of equal length, or have the top bar longer...
Hamadiye noun: Well-armed, irregular, mainly Sunni Kurdish cavalry formations that operated in the southeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
hamadryad noun /hæməˈdɹaɪæd/: A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
hamadryadic adjective: Of or relating to the hamadryads.
hamadryas noun /ˌhæməˈdraɪ.əs/: A large baboon (Papio hamadryas), from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
hamadryas baboon noun: Synonym of hamadryas.
Hamaguchi proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Hamaker proper noun: A surname.
hamal noun /həˈmɒl/: A porter in Turkey and nearby countries.
hamam noun: Alternative form of hammam (“bathhouse”).
Hamamatsu proper noun: A city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
hamamelid noun: Any member of a grouping Hamamelididae used in analyses of flowering plant phylogeny toward the end of the twentieth century. It included a number of dicot...
hamamelidaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Hamamelidaceae.
hamamelidid noun: Alternative form of hamamelid.
hamamelidin noun: A substance obtained from the plant Hamamelis virginica and formerly used to treat dysmenorrhea.
hamamelis noun: Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
hamamelitannin noun: A tannin present in the witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana
hamamelose noun: The monosaccharide 2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-ribose
Haman proper noun /ˈheɪ.mən/: A surname.
hamana-hamana-hamana interjection: Verbally expressing speechlessness.
Hamann proper noun: A surname.
hamantaschen noun: Traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes,...
hamantashen noun: Alternative spelling of hamantaschen.
Hamar noun: A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia.
hamarthritis noun: Generalized arthritis, affecting all the joints.
hamartia noun /həˈmɑː.ti.ə/: The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy.
hamartialogical adjective: Of or relating to hamartiology.
hamartialogy noun: The part of theology dealing with the nature and effects of sin.
hamartin noun: A peripheral membrane protein encoded in humans by the TSC1 gene, and implicated as a tumor suppressor.
hamartiological adjective: Relating to hamartiology.
hamartiologically adverb: In terms of hamartiology.
hamartiologist noun: One who studies hamartiology.
hamartiology noun: The theology or study of sin.
hamartochondroma noun: A chondroma having characteristics of a hamartoma
hamartology noun: Alternative form of hamartiology.
hamartoma noun /ˌhæ.mɑːˈtəʊ.mə/: A noncancerous, mostly benign, local malformation of cells, due to an overgrowth of multiple aberrant cells.
hamartomatosis noun: The presence of hamartomas
hamartomatous adjective: Of or relating to a hamartoma.
hamartomous adjective: Relating to hamartomas
hamartous adjective: Growing in a disorganized fashion.
Hamas proper noun /həˈmɑs/: A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.
Hamasaki proper noun /ˌhɑməˈsɑki/: A surname from Japanese.
Hamasite noun: A member or supporter of Hamas.
hamate adjective, noun /ˈheɪmeɪt/: Hooked at the end.
hamate bone noun: One of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).
hamated adjective: Hooked, or with hooks
Hamath proper noun: An Iron Age city located in north-west Syria. Roughly equivalent to modern day Hama.
hamathecial adjective: Relating to the hamathecium.
hamathecium noun: A hypha developing between asci of the hymenium.
Hamathite noun: A descendant of Canaan, according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16, inhabiting the Kingdom of Hamath, located in what is now western Syria and...
hamatia noun: Alternative spelling of hamartia.
hamatsa noun: A member of a Kwakwaka'wakw secret society that performs dances.
hamatum noun: The hamate bone.
hamaul noun: Alternative form of hamal (“porter”).
Hamawi adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Hama.
hambalang pronoun /ham˥ pa˥ laŋ˥/: Entire; all; every
Hambantota proper noun: A town, the provincial capital of Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Hamberg proper noun: A surname.
hambergite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
hamble verb /ˈhæm.bəl/: To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
Hambleden proper noun: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7886).
Hambledon proper noun: A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6414).
Hamblen proper noun: A surname.
Hambleton proper noun /ˈhæm.bəl.tən/: A former local government district in North Yorkshire, created 1 April 1974 and abolished 1 April 2023.
Hamblett proper noun: A surname.
Hambley proper noun: A surname.
Hamblin proper noun: A surname.
Hambly proper noun: A surname.
hambo noun: A Swedish folk dance in three-four time.
hambone noun, verb: The bone at the center of a ham
hamboned adjective, verb /ˈhæmboʊnəd/: Extremely drunk
Hambrick proper noun: A surname.
Hambridge proper noun: A village in Hambridge and Westport parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3921).
Hambright proper noun: A surname.
hambroline noun: A three-stranded tarred hemp cord.
Hambrook proper noun: A small village in Winterbourne parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6478).
hamburg noun, verb /ˈhæmbɝɡ/: A Hamburg chicken.
Hamburg Blue noun: Synonym of Prussian blue.
Hamburg chicken noun: A chicken of a small to medium-sized breed that originated in Germany and Holland prior to 1700.
Hamburg edging noun: A kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin, and used for trimming.
Hamburg lake noun: A purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.
Hamburg parsley noun: Synonym of root parsley.
hamburg steak noun: Hamburger patty.
hamburger noun, verb /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/: A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
hamburger button noun: A dropdown menu whose presence is indicated by a triple bar (≡).
hamburger helper noun: Any quick, one-pan meal made by combining ground beef, a starch (like pasta or rice), and a seasoned sauce; applies to generic store-brand versions or...
hamburger icon noun: A dropdown menu whose presence is indicated by a triple bar (≡).
hamburger menu noun: A dropdown menu whose presence is indicated by a triple bar (≡).
hamburger roundabout noun: A roundabout with a lane cutting through the middle for a particularly heavily trafficked direction.
hamburger sauce noun: Synonym of burger sauce.
hamburger steak noun: Synonym of Hamburg steak.
hamburgeria noun: Alternative form of hamburgery.
hamburgerless adjective: Without hamburgers.
hamburgerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hamburger.
hamburgerologist noun: A person skilled at making or eating hamburgers.
hamburgerology noun: A course of study introduced by McDonald's to train people to work in its fast food restaurants.
hamburgery adjective, noun: Resembling or characteristic of a hamburger.
Hamburgh noun: Alternative form of Hamburg (kind of chicken)
Hamburgh chicken noun: Alternative form of Hamburg chicken.
Hamburgian noun: Synonym of Hamburger (“a person from Hamburg”).
Hamby proper noun: A surname.
Hamdan proper noun: A surname.
Hamdanid adjective, noun: Relating to the Hamdanids, a Shi'ite Arab dynasty that ruled northern Syria in 906–1004.
Hamden proper noun: A town in New Haven County, Connecticut.
hamdog noun /ˈhæm.dɒɡ/: Any of various snack foods combining a hamburger and a hot dog.
hame noun: shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
hame string noun: A leather strap or thong used to hold a horse's hame together.
Hamed proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
Hameed proper noun: A surname.
hamel verb: Alternative form of hamble.
hameless adjective: Not having a hame (part of a horse collar).
hamelia noun: Any plant of the genus Hamelia.
Hamelin proper noun: A surname from German.
hamentaschen noun: Alternative spelling of hamantaschen.
hamentashen noun: Alternative spelling of hamantaschen.
Hamer noun: Alternative form of Hamar (“a people of Ethiopia”).
hamerkop noun: Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
Hamerton proper noun: A village in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL145794).
hames noun: A mess.
hamese noun: The jargon of ham radio enthusiasts.
hamesecken noun: Alternative form of hamesucken.
hamesuchen noun: Alternative spelling of hamesucken.
hamesucken noun: An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
Hamet proper noun: A surname.
hamets noun: Alternative spelling of chametz.
hametz noun: Alternative spelling of chametz.
hamfare noun: In Anglo-Saxon law, the crime of forcible entry into a person's house.
hamfatter noun: A low-grade actor; a ham.
hamfest noun: An event where amateur radio operators can meet up and trade equipment.
hamfist verb: To handle crudely.
hamfisted adjective, verb: Alternative form of ham-fisted.
hamfistedly adverb: Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
hamfistedness noun: The quality or state of being hamfisted
Hamgyong proper noun: A former province of northeastern Korea under the Joseon dynasty.
hamhanded adjective: Alternative form of ham-handed.
hamhandedly adverb: Alternative spelling of ham-handedly.
hamhandedness noun: Alternative form of ham-handedness.
hamhock noun: Alternative form of ham hock.
Hamhung proper noun /hɑmˈhʊŋ/: The provincial capital of South Hamgyong Province, North Korea; the country's 2nd-largest city and 3rd-largest port.
Hami melon noun: A variety of muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, particularly associated with Hami City.
Hamid proper noun: A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Hamidi proper noun: A surname.
Hamidian adjective: Of or relating to Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan.
Hamidieh noun: Alternative form of Hamadiye.
hamiform adjective /ˈheɪmɪfɔːm/: Curved at the extremity.
hamigeran noun: Any of a group of cytotoxic naphthoquinones including...
Hamil proper noun: Synonym of Hami.
Hamilcar proper noun: A transliteration of the Punic male given name 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 (ḥmlqrt).
Hamilcarian adjective: Of or relating to Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca.
Hamilfan noun: A fan of the musical Hamilton.
Hamill proper noun: A surname from Irish.
hamilton noun /ˈhæməltən/: A United States ten-dollar bill.
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation noun: A nonlinear partial differential equation that provides necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality of a control with respect to a loss function.
Hamilton-Jacobi equation noun: A mathematical formulation of classical mechanics in which the motion of a particle can be represented as a wave.
Hamilton's frog noun: Leiopelma hamiltoni, a primitive frog native to New Zealand.
hamiltonian adjective, noun /ˌhæmɪlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: Of, attributed to or inspired by the Irish mathematician, astronomer and physicist William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865).
Hamiltonian constraint noun: A constraint arising from any theory that admits a Hamiltonian formulation and is reparameterization-invariant, such as that of general relativity.
Hamiltonian cycle noun: A Hamiltonian path with an additional connection between the first and last vertices visited, forming a cycle.
Hamiltonian graph noun: A graph for which there is a Hamiltonian cycle.
Hamiltonian operator noun: Synonym of Hamiltonian.
Hamiltonian path noun: A path through a graph which visits each vertex exactly once.
Hamiltonian spite noun: Behaviours occurring among conspecifics that have a cost for the actor and a negative impact upon the recipient.
Hamiltonianism noun: Support for the fiscal policies advocated by Alexander Hamilton.
Hamiltonianness noun: The property of being Hamiltonian.
Hamiltonicity noun: The property of being Hamiltonian.
Hamiltonisation noun: Alternative form of Hamiltonization.
Hamiltonism noun: The economic policy attributed to Alexander Hamilton.
Hamiltonization noun: The process of making a system Hamiltonian.
Hamiltrash noun: A fan of the musical Hamilton; the fandom of Hamilton collectively.
Hamina proper noun: A town and municipality of Kymenlaakso, Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland near the Russian border.
hamingja noun: A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.
haminoeid noun: Any member of the Haminoeidae.
haminoid noun: Any sea snail of the family Haminoeidae
Hamir proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Hamirpur proper noun: A town and district of Shimla division, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Hamish proper noun /ˈheɪmɪʃ/: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of mostly Scottish usage.
hamite noun: A descendant of Ham, son of Noah, a member of the nations or peoples supposedly descended from Ham, i.e. the North African and the Horn African peoples.
Hamitic adjective: of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages.
Hamiticist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Hamitic languages.
Hamiticized adjective: Having partial Hamitic ancestry through interbreeding.
Hamitism noun: The quality or state of being Hamitic.
Hamito- prefix: Of Ham or Hamite.
Hamito-Semitic adjective: Afroasiatic.
hamitocone noun: An organism or fossil with a hamitoconic shell, or the shell itself.
hamitoconic adjective: Having a shell which has two or more straight shafts, like some heteromorph ammonites such as Polyptychoceras.
Hamitoid adjective, noun: Similar to or resembling the Hamitic type.
Hamler proper noun: A surname from German.
hamlet noun /ˈhæm.lɪt/: A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village.
hamleted adjective: Confined to a hamlet.
hamleteer noun: An inhabitant of a hamlet.
Hamletian adjective: Of or pertaining to William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (circa 1600), with themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
Hamletic adjective /hæmˈlɛtɪk/: Undecided; hesitating; uncertain; vacillating.
Hamletism noun: Disastrous indecisiveness.
hamletization noun: The creation of smaller hamlets as residents move away from a village.
Hamlett proper noun: A surname.
hamletted adjective: Whose population lives in hamlets.
hamlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a ham.
Hamlin proper noun: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Hamling proper noun: A surname.
hamlinite noun: Synonym of goyazite.
Hamlyn proper noun: A surname.
Hamlyn's monkey noun: Cercopithecus hamlyni, a rare Old World monkey that inhabits the bamboo and primary rainforests of the Congo.
Hamm proper noun: An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in...
Hammack proper noun: A surname.
Hammad proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
hammada noun: Alternative spelling of hamada.
hammajang adjective: In a state of confusion or disorder.
Hammaker proper noun: A surname.
hammal noun: Alternative form of hamal (porter)
hammam noun: A communal bathhouse in Islamic countries and communities.
Hammamet proper noun: A town in Tunisia, in the northeast of the country.
Hamman proper noun: A surname.
Hamman-Rich syndrome noun: Acute interstitial pneumonitis, a rare and severe lung disease.
Hammann proper noun: A surname.
Hammar proper noun: A surname.
Hammarby proper noun: A community in Sandviken, Gävleborg, Sweden.
hammarite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal reddish steel gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, and sulfur.
Hammarskjöld proper noun /ˈhæmə(ɹ)ʃoʊld/: A surname in Swedish, Hammarskjöld
hammatoceratid noun: Any of the family †Hammatoceratidae of lower and middle Jurassic ammonites.
Hamme proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
hammed adjective, verb: Having hams or hocks of the specified kind.
Hammell proper noun: A surname.
Hammen proper noun: A surname.
hammer noun, verb /ˈhæmə/: A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
hammer and anvil noun: A tactic involving the use of two primary forces, one to pin down an enemy and the other to encircle him.
hammer and sickle noun /ˈhæ.mə.rən(d)ˌsɪ.kəl/: A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
hammer and tongs phrase: In a manner indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm.
hammer away verb: To continue discussing or trying to solve.
hammer beam noun: A (short) member of a kind of roof truss (a hammer-beam truss), so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer...
hammer beam roof noun: A roof supported by a kind of roof truss, so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the...
hammer beam truss noun: A kind of roof truss, so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the situation, and to...
hammer bench noun: A young child's toy in which short cylinders can be hammered through holes in a framework.
hammer blast noun: A blast beat played as a roll of straight eighth notes with the kick and snare in unison.
hammer blow noun: A blow with a hammer.
hammer break noun: An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly...
hammer-cloth noun: Alternative form of hammercloth.
hammer-dressed adjective: Of building stone: having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer.
hammer-dressing noun: The rough shaping of building stone with the stonecutter's hammer.
hammer drill noun: A power tool consisting of a rotary drill with an impact mechanism that generates a hammering motion, used to bore through hard materials.
hammer dulcimer noun: Alternative form of hammered dulcimer.
hammer face noun: The face of a hammer: the part of the hammerhead that strikes the stricken object (e.g., nail, chisel, stone).
hammer fist noun: A blow with a clenched fist, usually using the side of the hand or wrist
hammer-harden verb: to cold-hammer
hammer-headed adjective: Having a head in the shape of a hammer.
hammer-headed shark noun: The hammerhead shark
hammer headline noun: A brief larger headline above a smaller main headline.
hammer home verb: To repeatedly or continually emphasize (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.
hammer-on noun: A stringed instrument playing technique performed (especially on guitar) by sharply bringing a fretting-hand finger down on the fingerboard behind a fret,...
hammer out verb: To flatten and shape (metal) by hammering.
Hammer pants noun: Loose-fitting trousers inspired by harem pants.
hammer pond noun /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)pɒnd/: The millpond of an iron forge, especially in the Weald.
hammer price noun: The amount of the highest bid at an auction, accepted by the striking of the auctioneer's gavel.
Hammer projection noun: A certain map projection intended to reduce distortion in the regions of the outer meridians, where it is extreme in the Mollweide projection.
hammer throw noun: An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.
hammer thrower noun: An athlete who competes in the hammer throw.
hammer toe noun: A medical condition where a toe is permanently bent down.
hammer up verb: To harm, defeat, or beat up (someone).
hammerable adjective: Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer.
Hammerbarn noun: A store selling goods for home improvement and DIY, and household hardware.
hammerbeam noun: Alternative form of hammer beam.
hammerblow noun: Alternative form of hammer blow.
hammercloth noun /ˈhæməɹˌklɒθ/: The cloth that covers a coachbox.
hammered adjective, verb: Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object.
hammered and sickled adjective: Converted or coerced into communism.
hammered dulcimer noun: A type of dulcimer whose metal strings are stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board that has two bridges, one bass and one treble, set on a stand and...
hammered dulcimerist noun: Someone who plays the hammered dulcimer.
hammerer noun: One who hammers.
hammerface noun: Alternative spelling of hammer face
Hammerfest proper noun: A town with bystatus and municipality in Finnmark, Norway.
hammerfish noun: The hammerhead shark.
hammerfist noun, verb: Alternative form of hammer fist.
hammerhead noun: The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
hammerhead ribozyme noun: Any of a class of self-cleaving RNAs found in some viroids.
hammerhead shark noun: Any of various sharks of the genus Sphyrna having the eyes set on projections (cephalofoils) from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.
hammerhead turn noun: A turnaround maneuver in aerobatics.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under H: 32,288 words, in 108 parts.