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Halab
- noun - a city in northwestern Syria
Halal
- adjective - (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
- conforming to dietary laws; "halal meat"; "a halal kitchen"
- proper or legitimate; "the fund earns halal profits in full compliance with the Shari'a"
Hamal
- - In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer.
Haman
- noun - (Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them
Hamas
- noun - a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
Hanap
- - A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.
Hazan
- noun - the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
Jacal
- - In Mexico and the southwestern United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the ground, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork, and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar; also, this method of construction.
Jafar
- noun - Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000)
Jalap
- - A purgative drug, obtained from the tuberous roots of a Mexican climbing plant ( Ipomoca purga )
- The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom (or Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative (cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other species of Ipom yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the Ipom, and Ipom.