*hama*

n. Adamant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Written in the table of athamaunt. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar to call, fr. L. clamare. ] (Mil.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. [ 1913 Webster ]

They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; -- often used especially for those formerly included in genus Cytisus.
Syn. -- genus Chamaecytisus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus consisting of only one species, the leatherleaf.
Syn. -- genus Chamaedaphne. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Chamaeleontidae.
Syn. -- genus Chamaeleo, genus Chamaeleon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Astronomy) a small constellation in the southern skies between Hydrus and Musca.
Syn. -- Chameleon. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. Chamaeleon, Gr. chamaile`wn, lit., “ground lion;” chamai` on the ground + le`wn lion. ] (Zool.) a lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.
Syn. -- chameleon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria.
Syn. -- family Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis; chamomile.
Syn. -- genus Chamaemelum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. chamai` on the ground + -phyte. ] a perennial plant that sets its dormant vegetative buds just at or above the surface of the ground. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Hamadryads L. Hamadryades [ L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. "Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad. ] (Zool.) The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Written also hammal, hummaul, hamaul, khamal, etc. ] [ Turk. & Ar. hammāl, fr. Ar. hamala to carry. ] In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A natural family of plants comprising the genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; and other small genera.
Syn. -- family Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; they have a perianth poorly developed or lacking, and flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated. The group contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes it is classified as a superorder.
Syn. -- subclass Hamamelidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region.
Syn. -- genus Hamamelidanthum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel.
Syn. -- genus Hamamelidoxylon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "amamhli`s a kind of medlar or service tree; "a`ma at the same time + mh^lon an apple, any tree fruit. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook. ] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. hamatus hooked. ] (Anat.) See Unciform. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Ramadan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. shāmā. ] (Zool.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name. ] A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Shamanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent of Shamanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [ Also spelled whatchamacallit. ]
Syn. -- thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what-do-you-call-it. [ PJC ]