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hail², n. 1. hailstones, hailstorm, sleet, pellets; frozen rain, soft hail, tapioca snow, graupel.
2. shower, storm, pelting, rain.
-v. 3. shower, storm, rain, rain down on, pelt, pepper, beat, beat down on; batter, riddle, bombard, wallop, stone, thump, buffet.

hair, n. 1. filament, thread, fiber, fibril, fibrilla,

Bot. villus, bristle.
2. (all of humans) locks, tresses, curls, ringlets; crine, head of hair, SI. mane; thatch, shock, SI. mop; bangs, fringe of hair; down, fuzz, fluff, soft or fine hairs; whisker, mustache; eyelash, cilia; pubes, pubic hair, SI. pubies.
3. (all of animals) mane, coat, fur, pelt, fell, skin, hide; wool, fleece; down, feathers.
4. hair's-breadth, fraction of an inch, skin of one's teeth; split second, instant, moment.

hairdo, n. coiffure, Inf. coif, SI. do, haircut, cut, hairstyle; set, permanent, permanent wave, wave, marcel, cold wave, finger wave; updo, upsweep, pompadour, beehive; bob, pixie cut, shag, pageboy; bun, chignon; plait, braid, cornrows, Archaic, tress; afro, SI. fro, natural; crew cut, crop, U.S. butch haircut; ducktail, SI. D.A.

hairdresser, n. hair stylist, coiffurist, Fr. coiffeur; haircutter, barber, beautician.

hairiness, n. crinosity, furriness, downiness, pilosity, Both Bot., Zool. pubescence, pubescency; wooliness, shagginess, hirsuteness, Med. hirsutism; bristliness, Bot., Zool. hispidity.

hairless, adj. bald, baldheaded, baldpated, Scot. beld, calvous, Zool., Bot. glabrous, Zool. glabrate; whisker-less, beardless, clean-shaven, smooth-shaven, smoothfaced; smooth, shaven, depilated, tonsured, Obs. polled.

hairsplitting, adj. carping, caviling, quibbling, pettifogging, niggling, Inf. nitpicking, subtle, fine, nice, jesuitical; hypercritical, critical, captious, censorious, severe, overcritical, faultfinding.

hairy, adj. shaggy, hirsute, crinite, comose, comate, piliferous; downy, nappy, Bot., Entomol. tomentose, fuzzy, linty; woolly, lanate, fluffy, fleecy, furry, pile-ous, Bot., Zool. pubescent, Bot. villous; tufted, floc-culent, Bot. awned, Bot. aristate, Bot. pappose, Bot., Zool. barbate; bearded, whiskered, bewhiskered, whiskery, goateed, unshaven; stubbly, bristly, setaceous, bristlelike, Bot., Zool. strigose, Both Bot., Zool. hispid, hispidulous; filamentous, Bot., Zool. fimbriate.

halcyon, adj. 1. mild, pleasant, moderate, temperate, halcyonian, halcyonic; warm, summery, sunny; calm, peaceful, tranquil, pacific, serene, restful, reposeful, placid; still, motionless, smooth, undisturbed, unagitated, unruffled, quiet, windless, waveless, stormless.
2. prosperous, successful, thriving, flourishing, palmy; fruitful, profitable, rewarding, satisfying; rich, wealthy, well-off; promising, favorable, propitious, auspicious.
3. happy, pleased, contented; carefree, light-hearted, blithe, blithesome, animated, buoyant; joyful, joyous, elated, jubilant.

hale, adj. healthy, well, in good health, blooming, fresh, in fine fettle, fit, Inf. fit as a fiddle, Inf. fine, Inf. in the pink, Inf. in tip-top shape; vigorous, lusty, flourishing, full of vim and vigor, energetic, bursting with health, hearty, athletic, in excellent condition, Inf. in shape; sound, able-bodied, robust, strong, hardy, sturdy, mighty, forceful, spirited; rugged, strapping, stalwart, brawny, muscular, sinewy, well-knit, husky, stout, doughty, staunch, solid.

half, n. 1. part, equal part, fifty percent; bisection, hemisphere, semisphere, division.