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Halbert
- unknown - Combined spear and battle-axe. Also halberd.
Halcion
- noun - a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep
Halcyon
- adjective - (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
- a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
- a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
- idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
- marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
Haldane
- noun - Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
- Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
- Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)
- Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
Halenia
- noun - genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians
Halesia
- noun - deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America
Halfway
- adjective - at a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark"
- at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
- equally distant from the extremes
- including only half or a portion; "halfway measures"
Halibut
- noun - lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
- marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
Halides
- noun - a salt of any halogen acid