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Halacha
- noun - Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures
Halakah
- noun - Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures
Halberd
- noun - a pike fitted with an ax head
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