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 often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).

handeggsnoun

plural of handegg

Handelname

A surname from German; (music) used specifically of George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), a German-British Baroque composer.

Handelianadj

Of or relating to George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), German-born Baroque composer.

handernoun

One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession

Handersname

The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.

handestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of hand

handethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hand

handfastnoun

A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.

handfastlyadv

In a handfast manner

handfedadj

Fed by hand.

handfeedverb

To feed by hand.

handfeelnoun

The way that something feels when touched by or held in the hand.

handfightverb

To fight using hands.

handfishnoun

Any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.

handflowernoun

A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).

Handfordname

A surname.

Handford devicenoun

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 behind.

handformnoun

Synonym of handshape.

Handforthname

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, just outside Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8583).

handfuckernoun

A masturbator.

handfulnoun

The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.

handgagverb

To silence (a person) by placing one's hand over their mouth.

handgamenoun

A Native American guessing game, in which marked "bones" are concealed in the hands of one team while another team guesses their location.

handgatenoun

A gate that can be opened and closed by hand.

handgiftnoun

A gift given directly (i.e. by hand), usually to a newly wedded couple; a wedding gift

handglidenoun

In breakdancing, the turtle move, but performed using only one hand.

handglovenoun

A glove.

handgonnenoun

A handheld pre-matchlock black-powder gun.

handgrabnoun

A bar, handle or other fitting used to steady or support oneself.

handgraspnoun

Synonym of handgrip (“grasping with the hand”).

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