Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Harlowe A surname. Harlowton A small city, the county seat of Wheatland County, Montana, United States. Harlyn A village on Harlyn Bay in St Merryn parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8775). harm Physical injury; hurt; damage. harmability The quality of being harmable. harmable susceptible to harm harmal Peganum harmala, a perennial plant of the family Nitrariaceae. harmala A harmala alkaloid. harmaline The reduced hydrated form of harmine. harmalol An alkaloid, 1-methyl-4,9-dihydro-3H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-7-ol, found in the seeds of the harmal plant harman A policeman. harmandianamine A lactonic carbazole found in Clausena harmandiana. harmane An alkaloid related to harmine. harmans The stocks (instrument of punishment) harmattan A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and a cold wind in others. Harmatz A surname. Harmby A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1289). harmdoing The committing of acts that cause harm. Harmening A surname from German. harmer One who harms. Harmeyer A surname. harmful Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious. harmfully In a harmful manner. harmfulness The characteristic of being harmful. Harmi A surname from Arabic. harmika The stone balustrade surrounding the upper portion of a stupa. Harminder A unisex given name from Punjabi, of Sikh usage. harmine A fluorescent harmala alkaloid belonging to the carboline family of compounds, found in harmal and certain other plants. Harmison A surname originating as a patronymic. harmless Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe. harmlessly In a harmless manner. harmlessness The characteristic of being harmless. harmol A naturally occurring β-carboline. harmolodic Of or pertaining to harmolodics. harmolodics A form of improvised jazz associated with Ornette Coleman harmomegathic Relating to harmomegathy harmomegathy The closing of the pores in pollen grains to avoid loss of water Harmon A surname. Harmoni A female given name. harmonia A harmonic mode in ancient Greek music, characterized by a particular set of chords and rhythmic patterns. harmoniacal Harmonious. harmonial Of or relating to a form of Spiritualism promoted by Andrew Jackson Davis (1826–1910). harmonic Pertaining to harmony. harmonica A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note. harmonicaist Synonym of harmonicist. harmonical Synonym of harmonic mean. harmonically In a harmonic manner. harmonicalness The quality of being harmonical. harmonichord A kind of upright piano whose strings are set in vibration not by the blow of the hammer but by indirectly transmitted friction. harmonicism The quality of being harmonic. harmonicist someone who plays a harmonica harmonicity The condition of being harmonic harmonicon The harmonica. harmonics The science of musical sounds harmonious Showing accord in feeling or action. harmoniously In a harmonious manner; coordinately. harmoniousness The characteristic of being harmonious. harmoniphone A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica. harmonisation Non-Oxford British standard spelling of harmonization. harmoniser Non-Oxford British standard spelling of harmonizer. harmonism Synonym of Rappism. harmonist One who shows the agreement of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four Biblical evangelists. harmonistic of or pertaining to harmony (in fields other than music) harmonistically In a harmonistic manner. Harmonite A Harmonist. harmonium A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through. harmoniumist Someone who plays a harmonium. harmonizability Suitability or potential for being harmonized. harmonizable That can be harmonized harmonizant A form of bilinear invariant harmonization An act of harmonizing. harmonize To be in harmonious agreement. harmonized brought into harmony harmonizer One who harmonizes or brings harmony. harmonizingly In a way that harmonizes. harmonogram An early form of Gantt chart. harmonograph A mechanical device that uses a combination of pendulums to generate an image based on Lissajous curves. harmonometer An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. Harmonstown A small suburb and townland in north-east Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2038). harmony Agreement or accord. harmost A governor or ruler appointed by the Spartans in the cities they subjugated. harmosty The rank or office of a harmost. harmotome A rare zeolite, a hydrated barium silicate that forms vitreous white monoclinic crystals. harmproof Resistant to harm. harms A surname. Harmsen A surname. Harmston A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9762). Harmsworth A surname. harn Brain. Harnack A surname from German. Harnage A surname. Harnagian An age from 459 to 458 million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician. Harnden A surname. Harned A surname. Harner A surname. harness A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement. harnessable Able to be harnessed. harnesser One who harnesses. harnessing The materials used to harness an animal. harnesslike Resembling or characteristic of a harness. harnessmaker A maker of harnesses and similar equipment for horses. harnessry harness equipment for animals Harnett A surname. Harney A surname. Harnham A hamlet in Belsay parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0780). Harnhill A hamlet in Driffield parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0700). Harnisch A surname from German. Harnish A surname. harnizo A person of approximately two-thirds European and one-third Amerindian descent. harnpan The brainpan; the skull. harns Brains. haro An exclamation of distress; alas. Haroian A surname from Armenian. Harold A male given name from Old English or Old Norse. Haroldian Of or relating to Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a lengthy narrative poem published between 1812 and 1818. Haroldson A surname. Haroon A male given name from Arabic, variant of Harun, equivalent to English Aaron. haroseth A paste made of fruits and nuts eaten at Passover, representing the mortar mixed by the Israelites during their slavery in Egypt. haroun The leading figures of the Daraawiish (i.e. commanders, governors, representatives, judges etc.) considered collectively. Haroyan A surname from Armenian. harp A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body harpacticoid Any copepod of the order Harpacticoida. harpactophagous Predatory; catching other organisms to feed on them. harpagide An iridoid found in the fruits of Clerodendrum colebrokianum. harpagiferid Any fish in the family Harpagiferidae. harpago Synonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”). harpagon A grappling hook. harpagone The clasping organ of male genitalia, one of the gonopods harpagoside An iridoid glycoside present in the medicinal plant Harpagophytum procumbens harpaline Belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae. Harpalyke One of the moons of Jupiter. Harparary A locality in the Narrabri council area, northern New South Wales, Australia. harpax An Ancient Roman catapult-shot grapnel. harpe A type of curved weapon or implement, variously described as a sickle, a pruning hook, or a curved sword like a scimitar. In later depictions it became a combination of a straight sword on one side and a curved blade on the other. harpejji An electrophonic string instrument. Harpel A surname from German. harpellaceous Of or relating to the Harpellaceae. Harpenden A town and civil parish with a town council in St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1314). harper A harpist, especially one who plays a traditional harp without pedals. Harperite A supporter of Stephen Harper and the policies of his government. Harperley A hamlet in Stanley parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1753). harpetid Any trilobite in the order †Harpetida. Harpford A small village in Newton Poppleford and Harpford parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0990). harpform Of a bridge, having support cables which run parallel to each other along the pylon. Harpham A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0961). Harpic An international brand of toilet cleaner harpid Any member of the family Harpidae of snails. harpiform Of a trilobite, having a harp-shaped, wide and flat brim or fringe. harpin A protein produced by certain plant pathogens harpineer harpooner