handguard
A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.

handguards
plural of handguard

handgun
A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.

handguns
plural of handgun

handjar
A Turkish dagger.

handjars
plural of handjar

handlanger
An unskilled assistant to an artisan.
An aide, an assistant.
Alternative letter-case form of Handlanger.

handlangers
plural of handlanger

handplay
Hand-to-hand combat.
In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.

handstaff
The part of a flail that is held in the hand.
A weapon mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel), perhaps a javelin.

handstaffs
plural of handstaff

handstaves
plural of handstaff

hangfire
Alternative form of hang fire.

hangfires
plural of hangfire

hangle
A hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.
A form of hanger by which the scabbard of a sword was suspended, attached not necessarily to the girdle, but sometimes to two rings fastened to the cuirass at its bottom edge, one over the left hip, the other near the middle of the back.

hangles
plural of hangle

hanjar
Alternative form of handjar.

hanjars
plural of hanjar

haquebut
Obsolete spelling of hagbut.

haquebuts
plural of haquebut

harakiri
Alternative spelling of hara-kiri.

hardware
Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
Equipment.
The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
Electronic equipment.
Metal implements.
A firearm.
Medals or trophies.
Ellipsis of hardware store.

hardwares
plural of hardware

hardwear
Misspelling of hardware.

harikari
Alternative form of hara-kiri.

harikiri
Alternative spelling of hara-kiri.

harpoon
A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper.
A harmonica.

harpooned
simple past and past participle of harpoon

harpoons
plural of harpoon

harquebus
An obsolete matchlock firearm.
A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.

harquebuse
Alternative form of harquebus.

harquebuses
plural of harquebus

harquebuss
Alternative form of harquebus.

harquebusses
plural of harquebus
plural of harquebuss

harquebuze
Obsolete form of arquebus.

harquebuzes
plural of harquebuze

hassagay
Archaic form of assegai.

hassagays
plural of hassagay

hassaguay
Archaic form of assegai.

hassaguays
plural of hassaguay

hatchet
A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
Belligerence, animosity; harsh criticism.

hatchetation
A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.

hatchetations
plural of hatchetation

hatcheted
simple past and past participle of hatchet

hatcheting
present participle and gerund of hatchet

hatchetman
Alternative spelling of hatchet man.

hatchetmen
plural of hatchetman (alternative spelling of hatchet men).

hatchets
plural of hatchet

hatchetted
simple past and past participle of hatchet

hatchettine
Alternative form of hatchettite.

hatchetting
present participle and gerund of hatchet

headstamp
The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.

headstamps
plural of headstamp

heelplate
A metal plate used to reinforce the heel of a shoe.
Synonym of buttplate.

heelplates
plural of heelplate

helepole
Alternative form of helepolis.

helepoleis
plural of helepolis

helepoles
plural of helepole

helepolis
an ancient Greek siege engine consisting of a wheeled tower containing machines for throwing stones and spears

helepolises
plural of helepolis

helve
The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

helves
plural of helve

heptagrids
plural of heptagrid

heptanitrocubane
An experimental high explosive based on the cubane molecule and closely related to octanitrocubane.

heresiarchies
plural of heresiarchy

heterostrophy
Twisting in a different direction.

hiddens
plural of hidden

higherarchies
plural of higherarchy

higonokami
A Japanese folding pocketknife.

hilt
The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
The base of the penis.

hilts
plural of hilt

hindsight
Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
The rear sight of a firearm.

hindsights
plural of hindsight

histoknife
A small, very sharp knife designed for the sectioning of biological specimens

histoknives
plural of histoknife

hoeroa
A traditional Maori hand weapon.

hoeroas
plural of hoeroa

holdover
Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.
The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.

holdovers
plural of holdover

honeyword
An incorrect password published as part of a honeypot, so that any user attempting to log in with the password may be assumed to be an attacker.

honeywords
plural of honeyword

hookgun
a harquebus

hookguns
plural of hookgun

hoplite
A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.

humdudgeon
An unnecessary outcry or complaint.
An imaginary illness.

humdudgeons
plural of humdudgeon

humdurgeon
Alternative form of humdudgeon.

hwacha
A mid-16th-century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder.

hwachas
plural of hwacha

hypaspist
A type of lightly armoured foot soldier equipped with an aspis (shield) and spear.

hypaspistai
plural of hypaspist

hypaspists
plural of hypaspist

hyperbomb
An exceedingly powerful, destructive bomb; superbomb.

hypercannon
An extraordinarily powerful, superior cannon.

hypercannons
plural of hypercannon

hypermissile
An extremely advanced and powerful missile or projectile; a supermissile.

hypermissiles
plural of hypermissile

hypopomid
Any knifefish in the family Hypopomidae.

hypopomids
plural of hypopomid

hypoptila
plural of hypoptilum

hypoptilum
An aftershaft.

hysterotome
A special knife used in hysterectomy.
Obsolete spelling of hysterotomy.

hysterotomes
plural of hysterotome

iaido
A Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.

icedrake
A dragon which breathes ice or has a freezing body temperature.

icedrakes
plural of icedrake

icosagrids
plural of icosagrid

igloo
A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
A kind of airfreight cargo container.

igloos
plural of igloo

iglu
Archaic form of igloo.

igluit
plural of iglu

iglus
plural of iglu

intercombat
combat

interframe
A video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame.
A type of bolster for a folding knife.

interframes
plural of interframe

interstage
The structure, generally containing mechanical components and instruments but no engines or fuel tanks, connecting the top of a stage of a multistage rocket to the bottom of the stage above it.
The components of a multistage thermonuclear weapon which channel the radiation produced by the primary's fission explosion so as to trigger the implosion of the secondary and ignite a fusion explosion in the secondary's fusion fuel.

interstages
plural of interstage