Hallux The hallux, big toe, or great toe is the innermost toe of the foot, counted as digit I. In humans, the hallux is shorter than the second or pointer toe for a majority of people; compare to the thumb on the hand. The human big toe has limited grasping ability. In birds with anisodactyl or heterodactyl feet, the hallux is opposed or directed backwards and allows for grasping and perching.
	Halma Halma is a board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School, George Howard Monks. An English game called Hoppity was the inspiration. Playing equipment consists of a checkered board, divided into 16x16 squares. Pieces are typically black & white for two-player games, and of various colors or other distinction in games of four players.
	Haloalkane The haloalkanes are a group of chemical compounds, consisting of alkanes, such as methane or ethane, with one or more halogens linked, such as chlorine or fluorine, making them a type of organic halide. They are known under many chemical and trivial names. As fire extinguisher, propellants and solvents they have or had wide use.
	Halogen The halogens are a chemical series. They are the chemical element in Periodic table group of the periodic table: fluorine , chlorine , bromine , iodine , astatine and the as yet undiscovered ununseptium . The term halogen was coined to mean elements which produce salt in union with a metal.
	Haloperidol Haloperidol is a typical antipsychotic butyrophenone antipsychotic medication. It was developed in 1957 by the Belgian company Janssen Pharmaceutica and submitted to first clinical trials in Belgium in the same year. After being rejected by United States company Searle due to side effects, it was later marketed in the U.S.
	Halophyte A halophyte is a plant that naturally grows where it is affected by salinity in the root area or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. An example of a halophyte is the salt marsh grass Spartina. Adaptation to saline environments by halophytes may take the form of salt tolerance or salt avoidance.
	Halothane Halothane vapour is an inhalational general anaesthetic. Its systematic name is 2-Bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane. It is colourless and pleasant-smelling, but unstable in light. It is packaged in dark-coloured bottles and contains 0.01% thymol as a stabilising agent. This halogenated hydrocarbon was first synthesized by Charles Suckling of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1951 and was first used clinically by M.
	Halt Halt can refer to: *In computing, especially assembly language, a halt or stop command is a directive to cease the execution of a task. Some form of intervention is then required to start a Process. In Unix halt is the command to shutdown the computer.
	Halter A halter, or headcollar, is headgear that is used to guide an animal; it fits over the back of the neck and across or around the animal's animal muzzle so that, when a handler pulls on the muzzle end of the halter, the animal's head turns towards the handler. Halters are commonly used on horses and sometimes on cattle, dogs, and other animals.
	Halteres This article concerns insect anatomy. For halteres as used in ancient sports, see Halteres Halteres , also known as balancers or poisers, are small knobbed structures found as a pair in some two-winged insects; they are flapped rapidly to maintain stability when flying.
	Ham Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughter for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. Although it can be cooked and served fresh, most ham is cured in some fashion. Ham can either be dry-cured or wet-cured.
	Ham hock Ham hocks are essential ingredients in soul food and other forms of cuisine of the Southern United States country cooking. A ham "hock" is the end of a smoked ham where the foot was attached to the hog's leg. It is the portion of the leg that is neither part of the ham proper nor the foot or ankle, but rather the extreme shank end of the leg bone and the associated skin, fat, tendons, and muscle.
	Hamadryad Hamadryads are Greek mythology beings that live in trees. They are a specific species of dryad, which are a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree. If their tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well. For that reason, dryads and the gods punished any mortals who harmed trees.
	Hamamelidaceae The Hamamelidaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales, including 27 genera and about 80-90 species, all shrubs and small trees. In older classifications such as the Cronquist system, the family was treated in a separate order Hamamelidales. ;Genera
	Hamartoma A hamartoma is a common benign tumor in an organ composed of tissue elements normally found at that site but that are growing in a disorganized mass. They occur in many different parts of the body and are most often asymptomatic and undetected unless seen on an image taken for another reason.
	Hamas Hamas is a Palestinian people Sunni Islamism organization that currently forms the majority party of the Palestinian National Authority. Created in 1987 by Shaikh Ahmed Yassin of the Gaza wing of the Muslim Brotherhood at the beginning of the First Intifada, Hamas is known chiefly for its Suicide attacks and other attacks directed against Israeli civilians, as well as military and security forces targets.
	Hamburg Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port, Hamburg is also the second largest port city in the European Union and Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits.
	Hamburger A hamburger is a sandwich involving a patty of ground meat that is usually beef. The meat can be grilling, frying, steamed, or broiled, and is generally served with various condiments and toppings inside a bun baked specially for this purpose. Burgers are often served with french fries, potato chips, or onion rings.
	Hamelin Hamelin is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont. The Weser river runs through the town. Population: 59,156. The town is famous for the folk tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. The version written down by the Brothers Grimm made it extremely popular throughout the world; it is also the subject of a well-known poem by Robert Browning.
	Hamlet The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is one of his best-known and most quoted plays. Scholarly opinion says that in all probability it was written at some time between mid-1599 and mid-1602. Hamlet may be the most frequently produced work in almost every western country, and it is considered a crucial test for mature actors.
	Hammer A hammer is meant to deliver blows to a target, causing it to move or deform. The most common uses are for driving nail s, fitting parts, and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and so their design varies quite a lot. Usual features are a handle and a head, with most of the weight in the head.
	Hammer and sickle The hammer and sickle is a symbol used to represent communism and communist party. It features a sickle superimposed on a hammer. The two tools are symbols of the peasantry and the industrial proletariat; placing them together symbolises the unity between agricultural and industrial workers.
	Hammerhead shark Hammerhead sharks of the genus Sphyrna are members of the family Sphyrnidae. The only other genus of Sphyrnidae, Eusphyra, contains only one species, Eusphyra blochii, the winghead shark. The nine known species of hammerhead range from 2–6 m long, and all species have a projection on each side of the head that give it a resemblance to a flattened hammer.
	Hammerstein Hammerstein is a small town on the Rhine River in the central western Germany. It has about 350 inhabitants and a strong wine industry.
	Hammett Hammett is a 1982 stylized homage to noir and pulp fiction directed by Wim Wenders. The film is a fictionalized story about writer Dashiell Hammett, based on the novel Hammett by Joe Gores. Hammett, trying to put his Pinkerton National Detective Agency detective days behind him while establishing himself as a writer, and dealing with induced tuberculosis and the alcoholism that will plague him almost to the end of his days, he finds himself drawn back into his old life one last time by the irresistible cal
	Hammock ---- The hammock is a device used to sleep or rest in. It consists of cloth or a network of twine or thin rope which is stretched between two firm points. The hammock was developed in Pre-Columbian South America or the Caribbean, and continues to be produced widely throughout the region, including among the Urarina of the Peruvian Amazon.
	Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electronic organ which was designed and built by Laurens Hammond in April 1935. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a low-cost alternative to the pipe organ, it came to be used for jazz, blues, and to a lesser extent Rock and roll and gospel music.
	Hammurabi Hammurabi was the sixth king of Babylon. Achieving the conquest of Sumer and Akkad, and ending the last Sumerian dynasty of Isin, he was the first king of the Babylonia. Hammurabi reigned over the Babylonian Empire from 1792 BC until his death in 1750 BC .
	Hampshire Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county borders ', Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The county has an area of 1,455 square miles and at its widest points is approximately 55 miles east-west and 40 miles north-south.
	Hampton Roads Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States. It is also known as Tidewater Virginia and the "Seven Cities," after its seven major cities: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.
	Hamptons The Hamptons refers to the towns of Southampton, New York and East Hampton, New York on the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York on the east end of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. The Hamptons are located roughly 80 - 140 miles east of Manhattan.
	Hamster A hamster is a rodent belonging to subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 18 species, classified in six or seven genus. A majority of them have expandable cheek pouches, which reach from their cheeks to their shoulders. Because they are easy to keep and breed in captivity, hamsters are often used as lab animals and pets.
	Han Dynasty The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was founded by the prominent family known as the Liu clan. The reign of the Han Dynasty, lasting 400 years, is commonly considered within China to be one of the greatest periods in the entire history of China.
	Hand The hands are the two intricate, prehensile, multi-finger body parts normally located at the end of each arm of a human or other primate. They are our chief organs for physically manipulating the environment, from the roughest to the finest motor skills, and since the fingertips contain some of the densest areas of nerve endings on the human body, they are also our richest source of tactile feedback from our environment, so that our sense of touch is intimately associated with our hands.
	Hand axe A handaxe is a bifacial Paleolithic core tool. This kind of axe is typical of the lower and the middle Palaeolithic and is the longest used tool of human history.
	Hand brake In cars, the hand brake is a supplementary system that can be used if the vehicle's primary brake system has a failure. Automobile e-brakes usually consist of a cable directly connected to the brake mechanism on one end and to some type of lever that can be actuated by the driver on the other end.
	Hand grenade A hand grenade is a small hand-held bomb designed to be thrown. The word "grenade" is derived from the Old French grenate , in reference to the general size of early grenades, and because its shrapnel pellets reminded soldiers of the seeds of this fruit. Grenadier were originally soldiers who specialized in throwing grenades.
	Hand puppet A hand puppet is a type of puppet that is primarily controlled by a hand that occupies the interior of the puppet. Larger varieties of hand puppets place the puppeteer's hand in just the puppet's head, controlling the mouth and head, and the puppet's body then hangs over most or all of the forearm of the puppeteer, and possibly extends further.
	Hand truck A hand truck is an L-shaped box-moving cart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. The objects to be moved are tilted forward, the ledge is inserted underneath them, and the objects allowed to tilt back and rest on the ledge.
	Handbell A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. To ring a handbell, a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle — traditionally made of leather, but often now made of plastic — and snaps it to make the hinged clapper inside strike. An individual handbell can be used simply as a signal to catch people's attention or summon them together, but handbells are generally heard in tuned sets.
	Handcar A handcar is a maintenance of way railroad car powered by its passengers. A typical design consists of an arm that pivots, seesaw-like, on a base, which the passengers alternately push down and pull up to move the car. Handcars have been normally used by railroad service personnel for railroad inspection and maintenance.
	Handcuffs Handcuffs are restraints designed to secure an individual's wrists close together.
	Handkerchief A handkerchief or hanky is a square of fabric, usually carried in the pocket, for personal hygiene purposes such as wiping one's hands or blowing one's nose, but also used as a decorative accessory in a suit pocket. Richard II of England is said to have invented the handkerchief.
	Handlebar Handlebars usually refer to the steering mechanism for bicycles and motorcycles; the equivalent of a steering wheel, though used in conjunction with the rider's balance or centre of gravity to steer. The three most common types of bicycle handlebar are * drop handlebars, as used on Road bicycle, track bicycle and cyclocross bicycles.
	Handshake A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp their right or left hands, often accompanied by a brief shake of the grasped hands. It is commonly done upon meeting, departing, offering congratulations, or completing an agreement. Its purpose is to demonstrate good will, and possibly originated as a gesture showing that the hand holds no weapon.
	Handspring Handspring was a maker of Personal Digital Assistants using the Palm OS operating system. The original inventors of the Palm Pilot and founders of Palm, Inc. were Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan. Palm Computing later became a division of US Robotics, which was then bought by 3Com.
	Handstand A handstand is the act of standing erect, but upside down, with one's hands on the ground and feet in the air. Hands are shoulder-width apart. The basic handstand has legs extended vertically with no knee bend, but there are numerous variations. Performing a handstand requires good arm Physical strength.
	Hang gliding Hang gliding is an air sport. It is both recreational and competitive. The sport is closely related to paragliding and gliding but using a much simpler and less expensive craft consisting of an aluminum- or composite-framed fabric wing, with the aviator mounted on a harness hanging from the wing frame and exercising control by shifting body weight.
	Hang-Ups Hang-Ups is Goldfinger's sophomore effort, which has much more of a ska sound than their first album. Their first single "This Lonely Place" was not as big a success as the release of "Here in your Bedroom", but it did give them numerous live talk show appearances and spins of the video, which is a play on "Alien".
	Hangar A hangar is a metal, wooden, or concrete structure designed to hold one or many aircraft in protective storage. Hangars may be used to protect aircraft from weather or enemy attack, when undergoing repairs, or are simply not in use. Any type of aircraft can be housed in a hangar—some very large ones were constructed to house airships during refueling and boarding.
	Hanging Hanging is a form of execution or a method of committing suicide. It has been used throughout history as a form of capital punishment, first in the Persian Empire, and is still used in some countries. There are four methods of hanging — the long, short, and standard drops, as well as suspension hanging.
	Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the walls of Babylon were considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. They were both supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. The lush Hanging Gardens are extensively documented by Greece history such as Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, but otherwise there is little evidence for their existence.
	Hangnail A hangnail or agnail is a small, loose strip of torn skin near a fingernail or toenail. Hangnails are usually caused by dry skin or nail biting, and may be prevented with proper moisturization of the skin. When attempting to remove a hangnail, additional skin may be painfully ripped off if its attachment is not broken properly.
	Hangzhou Hangzhou is a sub-provincial city in China, and the capital of Zhejiang Provinces of China. Located 180 km southwest of Shanghai, the population in the city proper is now around 1.75 million. By the end of 2003, Hangzhou had a registered population of 6.4 million including an urban registered population of 3.9 million.
	Hanoi Hanoi , estimated population 3,083,800 , is the capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802, it was the political center of an independent Vietnam with a few brief interruptions, making it the oldest capital in Southeast Asia. It was eclipsed by Hue during the Nguyen Dynasty as the capital of Vietnam, but served as the capital of French Indochina from 1887 to 1945.
	Hanover Hanover , on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany. It was also the capital of the administrative area Hanover until Lower Saxony's regions were disbanded at the beginning of 2005. It is, however, still part of the Hanover , which is a municipal body made up from the former district and city of Hanover.
	Hans Bethe Hans Albrecht Bethe, was a Germany-United States physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. During World War II, he was head of the Theoretical Division at the secret Los Alamos National Laboratory laboratory developing the first atomic bombs.
	Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen or simply HC Andersen , was a Denmark author and poet most famous for his fairy tales.
	Hans Eysenck Hans Jrgen Eysenck was an eminent psychologist, most remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas. At the time of his death, Eysenck was the living psychologist most frequently cited in science journals. Hans Eysenck was born in Germany, but moved to England as a young man in the 1930s because of his opposition to the Nazism party.
	Hanseatic League The Hanseatic League comprised an military alliance of trade guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly over the Baltic Sea and most of Northern Europe for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Modern Times , between the 13th century and 17th century centuries.
	Hansom cab A Hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage first designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. Originally known as the Hansom Safety Cab, its purpose was to combine speed with safety, with a low center of gravity that was essential for safe cornering.
	Hanukkah Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights or Festival of Dedication, is an eight day Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th day of Kislev, which may be in December, late November, or, while very rare in occasion, early January . The festival is observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second night and so on.
	Hanuman In the Hindu faith, Hanuman, known also as 'Anjaneya', is one of the most important personalities in the Indian epic poetry, the Ramayana. He is a vanara who aided Lord Rama in rescuing His Consort, Sita Devi, from the Rakshasa king Ravana.
	Haoma Haoma is the Avestan language name of a plant and its divinity, both of which play a role in Zoroastrianism doctrine and in later Persian culture and mythology. The Middle Persian form of the name is hom, which continues to be the name in Persian language and other living Iranian languages.
	Happiness Happiness is an emotional or affective state that feels good or pleasing. Overlapping states or experiences associated with happiness include wellbeing, joy, sexual pleasure, delight, health, safety, contentment and love, while contrasting ones include suffering, sadness, grief, anxiety, and pain.
	Haptic Haptic From the Greek Haphe, means pertaining to the sense of touch. It is the earliest sense to develop in the fetus, and the development of infants haptic senses, and how that relates to the development of the other senses such as Visual perception, has been the target of much research.
	Harbor A harbor or harbour , or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbors can be man-made or natural. A man-made harbor will have sea walls or Breakwater and may require dredging. A natural harbor is surrounded on most sides by land.
	Hard clam The hard clam or quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria is a bivalve mollusc native to the eastern shores of North America, from Nova Scotia to the Yucatán Peninsula. Older sources may give it the systematic name Venus mercenaria. It is one of many unrelated bivalves referred to as clams.
	Hard Core Hard Core was rapper Lil' Kim's debut album, released in November 1996 by Atlantic Records. The album was notable for its overt sexual tone and language, which made Kim infamous as a hip hop music celebrity. Hard Core debuted at #11 on the Billboard 200 charts, making it the highest debuting album by a female rapper at the time, with 130,000 copies sold.
	Hard disk A hard disk drive is a digitally encoded non-volatile storage device which stores data on the magnetic surfaces of hard disk platters. Hard disks were originally developed for use in connection with, or later inside, a single computer. Later, as a way of guarding against hard disk failure, they were arranged into configurations such as redundant array of independent disks .