English words: hand out to handling
300 English words, part 12 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 44 have a page of their own.
English words hand out to handling
- hand out noun, phrase, verb /ˈhændaʊt/: To distribute; to give out, either by hand or as if so (figuratively).
- hand over noun, verb: To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
- hand over fist adverb: Quickly or in great quantity, especially in reference to earning money.
- hand over hand adverb: by passing the hands alternately one before or above the other, especially with rope
- hand over head adverb: Negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does.
- hand-painted adjective: Alternative form of handpainted.
- hand paper noun: A particular make of paper, early in use at the Record Office, with the watermark of a hand pointing.
- hand pay noun: The situation when a slot attendant or cage gives the player a cash payout, rather than the actual slot machine paying out from the printer with ticket...
- hand percussion noun: Any percussion instrument that can be held in the hand.
- hand-pick verb: Alternative form of handpick.
- hand picked adjective, verb: Alternative form of handpicked.
- hand pie noun: A semilunar pastry with either a sweet or savory filling, formed by placing a dollop of filling onto a circular piece of biscuit-style dough and then...
- hand plant noun: Alternative spelling of handplant.
- hand-portable adjective: Of a device, tool, or piece of equipment, that is compact and lightweight enough to be easily carried, lifted, and operated by a single person using their...
- hand practice noun: Masturbation.
- hand press noun: A press operated by hand, especially a printing press.
- hand-printed adjective: Alternative form of handprinted.
- hand puppet noun: A puppet operated by the hand, especially one in which the puppeteer's hand occupies and controls the head.
- hand-raise verb: For a person to rear (an animal), rather than have it reared naturally by its mother.
- hand-ride noun, verb: To urge the horse on with one's hands, without using the whip.
- hand roll noun: Alternative form of handroll.
- hand round verb: To pass something to everyone in a group.
- hand rub noun: A lotion used to moisturize the hands; a hand cream.
- hand running adverb: Consecutively; in a row.
- hand's turn noun: A piece of work; assistance contributed to some endeavour.
- hand salute noun: a gesture of respect to someone or something by raising the right hand to the side of one's head.
- hand sanitiser noun: Non-Oxford British spelling of hand sanitizer.
- hand sanitizer noun /ˈhænd ˌsænətaɪzɚ/: A disinfecting liquid, most often based on ethyl alcohol, used as an alternative to washing the hands with soap and water.
- hand sanny noun: hand sanitizer
- hand saw noun: Alternative form of handsaw.
- Hand-Schüller-Christian disease noun: A condition associated with multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis and a triad of exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions (often in the skull), and diabetes...
- hand screen noun: A small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.
- hand scrub noun: A substance manufactured for cleansing the hands to their cosmetically or hygienically optimal states.
- hand-select verb: Synonym of handpick.
- hand-sell verb: The sell an item by making personal contact with the customer to showcase the item and build rapport.
- hand shaker noun: Alternative form of handshaker.
- hand shower noun: Synonym of telephone shower.
- hand signal noun, verb: A standardized hand gesture used by cyclists and some motorists to indicate intentions (such as turning or braking) to other traffic.
- hand signalman noun: Alternative form of handsignalman.
- hand-sitter noun: A person who sits on their hands; one who dawdles or remains idle when action is needed.
- hand sling noun: in the madison, the act of propelling one's teammate into the race by linking hands
- hand soap noun: Any soap intended for washing one's hands.
- Hand Solo noun: An act of masturbation involving the manual stimulation of one's own genitals.
- hand someone their cards verb: To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.
- hand someone their hat verb: To require someone to depart; to dismiss someone.
- hand someone their head verb: To kill, especially by beheading.
- hand someone their head on a plate verb: Alternative form of hand someone their head.
- hand someone their head on a platter verb: Alternative form of hand someone their head.
- hand-spike noun: Alternative form of handspike.
- hand spinner noun: fidget spinner
- hand-spring noun: Alternative spelling of handspring.
- hand-stitched adjective: Alternative form of handstitched.
- hand strap noun: A short strap, typically used to hold a camera
- hand strip verb: To manually pluck the old coat of a dog; (for some breeds, such as terriers, clipping does not help a new coat grow in.)
- hand-tab verb: To spot-apply asphalt-based adhesive to shingles for securement and wind resistance.
- hand-tame adjective: Alternative form of handtame.
- hand-tameness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being handtame
- hand tennis noun: Synonym of fives (“ball game”).
- hand-tied adjective, noun: Of a bouquet: formed by bringing the stems together in one's hand and then tying them.
- hand-tight adjective: As tight as can be made by the strength of one's hand wielding a standard tool: that is, without special equipment or leverage.
- hand to God phrase: Honestly.
- hand-to-hand adjective: Close together, within arm's reach.
- hand to mouth adjective, adverb: Involving immediate consumption (especially of food) with no provision for the future; having barely enough to survive, in poverty
- hand tool noun: A tool powered by human muscular action rather than a motor or engine.
- hand towel noun /ˈhæn(d)ˌtaʊ(ə)l/: A small towel used for drying the hands or face.
- hand traverse noun: A maneuver involving traversing (a ledge) using only the hands
- hand tree noun: Chiranthodendron pentadactylon, a tree with distinctive red flowers that resemble open human hands.
- hand trolley noun: Synonym of hand truck.
- hand truck noun: An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the...
- hand trunk noun: A relatively small piece of hard-sided luggage with hinges and latches.
- hand turkey noun: A drawing of a turkey created by tracing the outline of a splayed hand, the fingers representing its back feathers and the thumb its head and neck.
- hand up verb: To deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).
- hand wash noun, verb: An instance of washing one’s hands.
- hand washable adjective: Suitable for washing by hands.
- hand washing noun, verb: Alternative form of handwashing.
- hand-wave verb: Alternative form of handwave.
- hand waving adjective, noun, verb: Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.
- hand wavy adjective: Alternative spelling of handwavy.
- hand wedge noun: A golf player's hand, when used to cheat by surreptitiously moving the ball to a more advantageous position.
- hand wheel noun: Alternative form of handwheel.
- hand windmill noun: Synonym of windmill (“a child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind”)
- hand-winged adjective: Synonym of wing-handed.
- hand-work noun: Alternative form of handiwork.
- hand-worked adjective: Alternative form of handworked.
- hand-woven adjective: Alternative form of handwoven.
- hand wringing noun: Alternative spelling of hand wringing.
- hand-wringingly adverb: Alternative spelling of handwringingly.
- hand-written adjective: Alternative spelling of handwritten.
- Handa proper noun: A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- handakuten noun /hænˈdæ.kuˌtɛn/: A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
- Handal proper noun: A surname.
- Handan proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
- handax noun: Alternative form of hand axe.
- handaxe noun: Alternative form of hand axe.
- handback noun: The act of handing something back.
- handbag noun, verb /ˈhændˌbæɡ/: A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
- handbag clip noun: Synonym of binder clip.
- handbag house noun: A subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.
- handbagful noun: As much as a handbag will hold.
- handbagger noun: A person who collects handbags.
- handbagging noun, verb: A verbal attack or criticism.
- handbaggy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a handbag.
- handbagless adjective: Without a handbag.
- handbags interjection, noun, verb: An insignificant fight or argument.
- handbags at dawn noun: A catty squabble.
- handbags at ten paces noun: Synonym of handbags at dawn (“a catty squabble”).
- handbake verb: To bake (e.g., a cake) oneself, rather than buy it already baked.
- handbalance noun: Supporting one's body in an upside down position only using the hands.
- handbalancer noun: One who handbalances.
- handball noun, verb: A ball held in, or thrown with, the hand, especially one used for one of the various games in later senses, below.
- handball alley noun: Synonym of ball alley (“court for playing handball”).
- handball player noun: A person who plays handball, especially professionally.
- handballer noun: A handball player.
- handballing noun, verb: The act of inserting a hand into a partner's anus.
- handbarrow noun: A frame, supported by poles, used for carrying things; similar to a litter or stretcher.
- handbasin noun: washbasin
- handbasket noun: A basket with a handle.
- handbasket portion noun: Gifts or support provided to a woman’s husband by her father or family;
- handbell noun: A small bell designed to be rung by hand.
- handbike noun: A handcycle.
- handbill noun: A pruning hook.
- handblocked adjective: Having been blocked (shaped) by hand.
- handblow noun: A blow struck with the hand.
- handblown adjective: Blown by hand, without the use of machinery
- handboard noun, verb: A board that is held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing.
- handbook noun /ˈhændˌbʊk/: A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
- handbooking noun: Illicit betting.
- handbound adjective: bound by hand
- handbra noun: The act of covering the nipples and areolae with the hands, sometimes used for modesty in photographic poses.
- handbrake noun, verb: A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
- handbrake turn noun: An automobile driving manoeuvre where the driver starts turning the vehicle and then pulls on the handbrake to make the rear tyres lose adhesion and thus...
- handbreadth noun: A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
- handbuilding noun: The process of using the hands to shape clay.
- handbuilt adjective: Which is built by hand.
- handcam noun: A video or livestream that films one's hands.
- handcannon noun: Alternative form of hand cannon.
- handcar noun: A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism
- handcard noun: Alternative form of hand card.
- handcare noun: The care of the hands.
- handcarried adjective, verb: Carried in one's hands.
- handcarry noun, verb: To transport and deliver in person.
- handcart noun, verb: A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
- handcarved adjective: Carved by hand.
- handclap noun /ˈhæn(dˌ)klæp/: A single clap of the hands.
- handclapper noun: Someone who claps, especially as part of a musical performance; a clapper.
- handclapping noun: The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
- handclasp noun: A handshake.
- handcloth noun /ˈhændˌklɒθ/: A handkerchief.
- Handcock proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
- handcorer noun: A hand-held corer
- handcraft noun, verb /ˈhændˌkɹæft/: handicraft
- handcrafted adjective: Made by hand or using the hands, as opposed to by mass production or using machinery.
- handcraftedness noun: The condition of being handcrafted
- handcrafter noun: One who handcrafts or engages in handcraft or handicraft.
- handcraftman noun: Alternative form of handicraftsman.
- handcraftsman noun: A handicraftsman.
- handcraftsmanship noun: The position or lifestyle of being a handcraftsman.
- handcraftswoman noun: A handicraftswoman.
- handcrank noun: Alternative form of hand crank.
- handcrew noun: A team of firefighters responsible for constructing firelines.
- handcuff noun, verb /ˈhændˌkʌf/: One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
- handcuff artist noun: An escape artist who specializes in escaping handcuffs.
- handcuff knot noun: A knot tied in the bight, having two adjustable loops in opposing directions, able to be tightened around hands or feet.
- handcuffing noun, verb: The act by which somebody is handcuffed.
- handcuffs noun, verb /ˈhændˌkʌfs/: A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
- handcut adjective: Cut by hand.
- handcycle noun, verb: A land vehicle resembling a bicycle or tricycle but powered by the arms rather than the legs.
- handcycling noun, verb: The sport of riding and racing handcycles.
- handcyclist noun: A person who rides a handcycle or who competes in handcycling.
- handed adjective, verb /ˈhændɪd/: Having a certain kind or number of hands.
- handedly adverb: Easily; with ease; misconstruction of handily.
- handedness noun /ˈhændɪdnəs/: A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.
- handegg noun /ˈhændɛɡ/: Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less...
- Handel proper noun: A surname from German; (music) used specifically of George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), a German-British Baroque composer.
- Handelian adjective: Of or relating to George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), German-born Baroque composer.
- hander noun /ˈhændə(ɹ)/: One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
- hander-in noun: One who hands something in.
- handfast adjective, noun, verb: A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
- handfasting noun, verb: The ceremony in which people handfast.
- handfastly adverb: In a handfast manner
- handfed adjective, verb: Of an animal or machine, fed by hand.
- handfeed verb: Of an animal or machine, to feed by hand.
- handfeel noun: The way that something feels when touched by or held in the hand.
- handfight verb: To fight using hands.
- handfish noun: Any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.
- handflag noun: A flag held in the hand and used for semaphore signalling.
- handflare noun: A handheld flare.
- handflower noun: A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
- Handford proper noun: A surname.
- Handford device noun: A vertical spoiler piece attached across the back of a car's rear wing that pushes air down, increasing drag and creating a larger slipstream for the car...
- handform noun: Synonym of handshape.
- Handforth proper noun /ˈhændfə(ɹ)θ/: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, just outside Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8583).
- handful noun /ˈhæn(d)fʊl/: The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
- handgag verb: To silence (a person) by placing one's hand over their mouth.
- handgame noun: A Native American guessing game, in which marked "bones" are concealed in the hands of one team while another team guesses their location.
- handgate noun: A gate that can be opened and closed by hand.
- handgift noun: A gift given directly (i.e. by hand), usually to a newly wedded couple; a wedding gift
- handglass noun: Alternative form of hand glass.
- handglide noun: In breakdancing, the turtle move, but performed using only one hand.
- handglove noun: A glove.
- handgonne noun: A handheld pre-matchlock black-powder gun.
- handgrab noun: A bar, handle or other fitting used to steady or support oneself.
- handgrasp noun: Synonym of handgrip (“grasping with the hand”).
- handgrip noun: A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- handguard noun: A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.
- handguide noun: A handbook.
- handgun noun /ˈhændˌɡʌn/: A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.
- handgunner noun: One who uses a handgun.
- handhabend adjective: Having goods that one has stolen in one's possession.
- handheld adjective, noun: Alternative form of hand-held.
- handheld console noun: A portable video game console, designed to be easily carried, as opposed to home consoles.
- handheld terminal noun: A portable pricing gun or scanner, as opposed to one wired to the checkout.
- handhold noun, verb: A projection that one may hold onto for support, e.g. in mountain climbing.
- handholdable adjective: Small and light enough to be held in the hand.
- handholder noun: One who holds hands (with someone else).
- handholding adjective, noun: The holding of hands.
- handholdless adjective: Usually of a man: having never held hands with a member of the opposite sex.
- handholdy adjective: Tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.
- handhole noun: Alternative form of hand-hole.
- handi noun /ˈhɑːndi/: A deep, narrow-mouthed vessel used in north Indian, Pakistani and Bengali cooking.
- handi-craftsman noun: Alternative form of handicraftsman.
- handi wipe noun: A wet wipe.
- handicam noun: A hand-held camcorder.
- handicamp noun: A camp (recreational event held in temporary accommodation) for disabled people.
- handicap noun, verb /ˈhændikæp/: Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
- handicapable adjective, noun /ˈhændɪkeɪpəbl̩/: Disabled or handicapped.
- handicapism noun: Ableism.
- handicapitalism noun: The marketing of products and services to disabled people, particularly products and services that are designed to meet these consumers' unique needs.
- handicappable adjective /ˈhændɪkæpəbl̩/: Able to be handicapped (able to be subjected to handicap).
- handicapped adjective, noun, verb /ˈhændikæpt/: Having a handicap.
- handicapped-accessible adjective: Able to be accessed by people having physical handicaps.
- handicapped sign noun: A sign indicating that a certain facility (e.g. parking space, toilet) is reserved for disabled people.
- handicapper noun: One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
- handicapping noun, verb: The imposition of a handicap.
- handicappism noun: Alternative form of handicapism.
- handicraft noun /ˈhændɪkɹæft/: A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
- handicrafter noun: One who engages in handicrafts.
- handicraftman noun: Alternative form of handicraftsman.
- handicraftship noun: The skill or art of making handicrafts.
- handicraftsman noun: A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
- handicraftsmanship noun: Synonym of handicraftship.
- handicraftswoman noun: A female practitioner of a handicraft.
- handicuffs noun: Hand-to-hand fighting; fisticuffs.
- handie noun: Alternative form of handy (“hand; handjob”).
- handie talkie noun: Alternative spelling of handy talkie.
- Handigodu syndrome noun: A rare osteoarthritic disorder endemic to the Malnad region in Karnataka, India.
- handily adverb: In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
- handiman noun: Dated form of handyman.
- handin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of handing.
- handiness noun: The quality or state of being handy.
- handing noun, verb /ˈhændɪŋ/: The act by which something is handed to somebody.
- handiphobia noun: A fear of being handicapped, or of having a handicapped child
- handish adjective: Of or relating to the hand; handly.
- handism noun: prejudice or bias based on whether a person is left-handed or right-handed
- handiwoman noun: Dated form of handywoman.
- handiwork noun /ˈhændiˌwɜːk/: Work done by the hands.
- handjar noun: A Turkish dagger.
- Handke proper noun: A surname from German.
- handkerchief noun /ˈhæŋkəːt͡ʃɪf/: A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
- handkerchief code noun: The display of handkerchiefs of various colors used as a coded way to indicate the sexual interests of the wearer.
- handkerchief tree noun /ˌhæŋkət͡ʃɪf ˈtɹiː/: The dove tree (Davidia involucrata), which has large white bracts said to look like handkerchiefs.
- handkerchiefed adjective: Wearing a handkerchief (neckwear).
- handkerchiefful noun: As much as a handkerchief will hold.
- handkerchiefless adjective: Without a handkerchief or handkerchieves.
- handkerchieved adjective: Alternative form of handkerchiefed.
- handknit noun, verb: Any item knitted by hand.
- handlable adjective: Alternative spelling of handleable.
- handlaid adjective: Laid down by hand.
- handlamp noun: A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handlanger noun /ˈhændˌlæŋə/: An unskilled assistant to an artisan.
- handle noun, verb /ˈhæn.d(ə)l/: The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- handle oneself verb: to behave
- handle time noun: The duration of a telephone call from a customer to a business (used as a customer service cost metric).
- handle up verb: To take care of business; to get on with doing something.
- handle with kid gloves verb: To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.
- handle without gloves verb: To treat with vigour or with scant ceremony.
- handle without mittens verb: Synonym of handle without gloves.
- handleability noun: The condition of being handleable
- handleable adjective /ˈhændləəbl̩/: Capable of being handled.
- handleably adverb: in a way or manner that can be handled
- handlebar noun /ˈhændəlbɑː/: The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
- handlebar moustache noun: A broad moustache worn long and curled up at the sides.
- handlebar mustache noun: Alternative spelling of handlebar moustache.
- handlebody noun: A top-dimensional submanifold of Euclidean space comprising a ball with handles attached to it along its boundary.
- handled adjective, verb /ˈhændl̩d/: Having a handle or handles, often of a specified number or kind.
- handled the ball phrase: Describing a way of getting out in which the batsman deliberately touches the ball with the hand not holding the bat.
- handleless adjective /ˈhæn.dl̩.ləs/: Without a handle.
- handlelessness noun: Absence of a handle.
- handler noun /ˈhænd.lə/: One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
- handlesome adjective: Typified by, or requiring handling; (by extension) difficult to manage
- handless adjective /ˈhændləs/: Without any hands.
- handlessness noun: Lack of hands.
- handlever noun: A lever-like handle used to manually control the opening and closing of a valve.
- Handley proper noun /ˈhændli/: A surname.
- handlight noun: Synonym of cloche (“glass covering for plants”).
- handlike adjective: Resembling a hand.
- handlin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of handling.
- handline noun, verb: A single fishing line without a rod, but usually attached to a reel, held in the hands.
- handliner noun: A person who fishes using a handline.
- handling noun, verb /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/: A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
Part 11 · Part 13 · English words: H
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.