(n) United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804), Syn. Alexander Hamilton

hamilton

(n) a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario

hamilton

(n) the capital of Bermuda

haminoea

(n) common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America, Syn. genus Haminoea

hamitic

(n) a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic, Syn. Hamitic language

ketorolac tromethamine

(n) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly, Syn. Acular, Toradol

liopelma hamiltoni

(n) primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feet

wykehamist

(n) a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College

afroasiatic

(n) a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa, Syn. Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic, Afroasiatic language

black maire

(n) northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood, Syn. Olea cunninghamii

brush turkey

(n) black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea, Syn. Alectura lathami

hoop pine

(n) pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood, Syn. Moreton Bay pine, Araucaria cunninghamii

mariehamn

(n) a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands, Syn. Maarianhamina

myrtle beech

(n) large evergreen tree of Tasmania, Syn. Nothofagus cuninghamii

samisen

(n) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum, Syn. shamisen

toad lily

(n) a floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers; wet areas at high elevations of western North America, Syn. Montia chamissoi

yerba buena

(n) trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally, Syn. Micromeria douglasii, Satureja douglasii, Micromeria chamissonis

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Abrahamic

a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benthamic

a. Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benthamism

n. That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benthamite

n. One who believes in Benthamism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carthamin

n. (Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chamisal

‖n. [ Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a kind of wild cane. ] 1. (Bot.) A California rosaceous shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) which often forms an impenetrable chaparral. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A chaparral formed by dense growths of this shrub. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Gothamist

n. A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gothamite

n. 1. A gothamist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inhabitant of New York city. [ Jocular ] Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grahamite

n. [ See Graham bread. ] One who follows the dietetic system of Graham. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hamiform

a. [ L. hamus hook + -form. ] Hook-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hamilton period

(Geol.) A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

Haminoea

n. A common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
Syn. -- genus Haminoea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Haminura

‖n. (Zool.) A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hamite

n.[ L. hamus hook. ] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hamite

n. A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hamitic

a. Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hamitic languages, the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Somâli Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic. Keith Johnston. [ 1913 Webster ]

ical

a. Relating to the patriarch Abraham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sulphamic

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sulphamide

n. (Chem.) Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Withamite

n. [ From its discoverer, H. Witham. ] (Min.) A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Xanthamide

n. [ Xanthic + amide. ] (Chem.) An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide. [ 1913 Webster ]

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汉密尔顿

[汉密尔顿 / 漢密爾頓, Hàn mì ěr dùn] Hamilton (name) #22068

哈密瓜

[哈密瓜, hā mì guā] Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon); honeydew #34881

哈密

[哈密, Hā mì] Kumul city in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami) #36252

卡尔扎伊

[卡尔扎伊, Kǎ ěr zā yī] Hamid Karzai (interim leader of Afghanistan from 2001 and president since 2004) #44290

闭月羞花

[闭月羞花 / 閉月羞花, bì yuè xiū huā] lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (成语 saw); fig. female beauty captivating even the natural world #73771

哈密地区

[哈密地区 / 哈密地區, Hā mì dì qū] Kumul prefecture in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami)) #85693

哈密市

[哈密市, Hā mì shì] Kumul city in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami) #99734

巴里坤

[巴里坤 / 巴裡坤, Bā lǐ kūn] Barkol Kazak autonomous county near Hami in Xinjiang #103061

巴里坤哈萨克自治县

[巴里坤哈萨克自治县 / 巴裡坤哈薩克自治縣, Bā lǐ kūn Hā sà kè zì zhì xiàn] Barkol Kazak autonomous county near Hami in Xinjiang #307540

哈米尔卡

[哈米尔卡 / 哈米爾卡, Hā mǐ ěr kǎ] Hamilcar (c. 270-228 BC), Carthaginian statesman and general #526936

哈蜜瓜

[哈蜜瓜, hā mì guā] Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon); honeydew; also written 哈密瓜, See Also: 哈密瓜

巴里坤草原

[巴里坤草原 / 巴裡坤草原, Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán] Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang

甲胺磷

[甲胺磷, jiǎ àn lín] methamidophos C2H8ONPS, poisonous organophosphate insecticide

闪含语系

[闪含语系 / 閃含語系, shǎn hán yǔ xì] Hamito-Semitic system of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)

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地

[ち, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208

歌(P);唄(P);詩

[うた, uta] (n) (1) (歌, 唄 only) (唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs) song; (2) (歌 only) (See 短歌) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) (歌, 詩 only) modern poetry; (P) #610

猫

[ねこ, neko] (n) (1) cat; (2) shamisen; (3) geisha; (4) (abbr) (See 猫車) wheelbarrow; (5) (abbr) (See 猫火鉢) clay bed-warmer; (6) (uk) (col) (ant #1982

丁

[てい;ひのと, tei ; hinoto] (ctr) (1) counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.; (2) counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; (3) (See 挺) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; (n) (4) (See 半・はん・3) even number; (5) (See 町・3) 109.09 m #2197

床(P);牀

[ゆか, yuka] (n) (1) floor; (2) stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); (3) dining platform built across a river; (P) #2631

箱(P);函;匣;筥;筐;凾

[はこ(P);こう(匣), hako (P); kou ( kou )] (n) (1) box; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (arch) (See 箱屋) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (5) (arch) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (P) #3163

弦

[げん, gen] (n) (1) (arch) bowstring; (2) (See 絃) string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; (3) { geom } chord; (4) hypotenuse #5687

弦(P);絃;鉉

[つる, tsuru] (n) (1) bowstring; (2) string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); (3) (esp. 鉉) bail (arched pot handle); (4) (also written as 梁) (See 枡・1) diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu; (P) #5687

ハミルトン

[hamiruton] (n) Hamilton; (P) #7269

胴

[どう, dou] (n) (1) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist; (2) plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); (3) frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship); (P) #11135

三味線

[しゃみせん(P);さみせん, shamisen (P); samisen] (n) three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen; (P) #13053

挺;梃

[ちょう, chou] (ctr) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc. #16451

うた沢;歌沢;哥沢

[うたざわ, utazawa] (n) (歌沢 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen) slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

うた沢節;歌沢節;哥沢節

[うたざわぶし, utazawabushi] (n) (歌沢節 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢節 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen) (See うた沢) slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

すまじきものは宮仕え

[すまじきものはみやづかえ, sumajikimonohamiyadukae] (exp) phrase indicating that it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else

はみ乳;食み乳

[はみちち, hamichichi] (n) (sl) exposed breasts

ガランタミン

[garantamin] (n) galanthamine

シクロホスファミド

[shikurohosufamido] (n) cyclophosphamide

ハミパン;はみパン

[hamipan ; hami pan] (n) (abbr) (sl) having part of one's underwear exposed from their shorts

ハミルトニアン

[hamirutonian] (n, adj-no) Hamiltonian

ハミング

[hamingu] (n, vs) (1) humming; (n) (2) Hamming

ハミングコード

[haminguko-do] (n) { comp } Hamming code

ハミングコードチェック

[haminguko-dochiekku] (n) { comp } Hamming code check

ハミングバード

[haminguba-do] (n) (See 蜂鳥) hummingbird

ハミ瓜;哈密瓜

[ハミうり;ハミウリ, hami uri ; hamiuri] (n) (uk) Hami melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus); Chinese Hami melon; snow melon

ハムセム語族

[ハムセムごぞく, hamusemu gozoku] (n) (obs) (obsc) (See アフロアジア語族) Hamito-Semitic (family of languages)

ハム語族

[ハムごぞく, hamu gozoku] (n) (obs) Hamitic (hypothetical family of languages)

一の糸

[いちのいと, ichinoito] (n) first string (of a shamisen, etc.)

一中節

[いっちゅうぶし, icchuubushi] (n) (See 浄瑠璃) type of Joruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)

一丁

[いっちょう, icchou] (n) (1) one sheet; one page; one leaf; (2) one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); (3) (also written as 一挺, 一梃) one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); (4) one cho (unit of distance, 109.09 m); (5) one game; one task; (n-adv) (6) well then; come then; (P)

夏櫨

[なつはぜ;ナツハゼ, natsuhaze ; natsuhaze] (n) (uk) oldham blueberry (Vaccinium oldhamii)

歌妓

[かぎ, kagi] (n) woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

海老尾;蝦尾

[えびお;かいろうび(海老尾), ebio ; kairoubi ( ebi o )] (n) (1) (えびお only) goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; (2) head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

竿(P);棹

[さお, sao] (n) (1) rod; pole; (2) (esp. 棹) neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; (3) beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); (4) single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); (5) (sl) penis; (ctr) (6) counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan); (P)

義太夫節

[ぎだゆうぶし, gidayuubushi] (n) (See 義太夫) gidayuu ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)

芸は身を助く

[げいはみをたすく, geihamiwotasuku] (exp) (id) Art brings bread

芸事

[げいごと, geigoto] (n) traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

芸術は長く人生は短し

[げいじゅつはながくじんせいはみじかし, geijutsuhanagakujinseihamijikashi] (exp) (id) Art is long, life is short

血は水よりも濃い

[ちはみずよりもこい, chihamizuyorimokoi] (exp) (id) Blood is thicker than water

見る人は見ている

[みるひとはみている, miruhitohamiteiru] (exp) (id) There are always people with discerning eyes

絃

[げん, gen] (n) (1) (See 弦・げん・2) string (of a shamisen, etc.); (2) stringed instrument

絃妓;弦妓

[げんぎ, gengi] (n) (obsc) (See 歌妓) geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living

沙弥

[しゃみ;さみ, shami ; sami] (n) male Buddhist novice

沙弥十戒

[しゃみじっかい, shamijikkai] (n) { Buddh } (See 十戒・1) the 10 precepts

沙弥尼

[しゃみに, shamini] (n) female Buddhist novice

作者未詳

[さくしゃみしょう, sakushamishou] (n) anonymous; author unknown

三の糸

[さんのいと, sannoito] (n) third string (of a shamisen, etc.)

三線

[さんしん;さんせん, sanshin ; sansen] (n) (1) (さんしん only) (See 三味線) Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen; (2) (さんせん only) shamisen

三味線の駒

[しゃみせんのこま, shamisennokoma] (n) bridge of shamisen

三味線貝

[しゃみせんがい;シャミセンガイ, shamisengai ; shamisengai] (n) (uk) lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)

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ハミングコードチェック

[はみんぐこーどちえっく, haminguko-dochiekku] Hamming code check

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beschämend

shaming; shameful

Chamicurosameisen-vogel { m } [ ornith. ]

Plumbepus Antbird