An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension, remorse, and/or obsessive concern about some uncertain event, which may be experienced during the day(s) following a bout of alcohol drinking. It however can also refer to one of the classic symptoms of alcohol’s rebound effect, which is a physiological mechanism, rather than a psychological regret.

hangy-downsnoun

The parts of anything that hang down, such as tassels.

Hangzhouname

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, in eastern China; a former imperial capital.

Hangzhou numeralnoun

Synonym of Suzhou numeral.

Hanianame

Alternative spelling of Chania: a city and regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece.

Hanielname

An angel in Jewish lore and angelology, generally associated with the planet Venus.

hanifnoun

Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.

Haniffname

A surname from Arabic.

hanimalsnoun

plural of hanimal

hanitisernoun

Hand sanitizer or a bottle thereof.

haniwanoun

A terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.

Hanizeverb

To make more like the Han Chinese culture or language

hanjanoun

The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.

Hanjabamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

hanjiannoun

A traitor to the Han Chinese state and, to a lesser extent, Han ethnicity.

hanjienoun

A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.

Hankname

A diminutive of the male given name Henry.

Hank Marvinadj

Starving; very hungry.

Hankename

A surname.

hankedverb

simple past and past participle of hank

Hankelname

A surname from German.

Hankel matrixnoun

A square matrix with constant skew-diagonals (positive sloping diagonals).

hankerverb

To crave, want or desire.

hankerernoun

A person who hankers

hankeringverb

present participle and gerund of hanker

hankeringlyadv

In a hankering manner.

Hankesname

A surname.

hankey-pankeynoun

Alternative form of hanky-panky.

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