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41hap´less|ness — hap|less «HAP lihs», adjective. unlucky; unfortunate: »a hapless love affair. SYNONYM(S): inauspicious. –hap´less|ly, adverb. –hap´less|ness, noun …
42hap´less|ly — hap|less «HAP lihs», adjective. unlucky; unfortunate: »a hapless love affair. SYNONYM(S): inauspicious. –hap´less|ly, adverb. –hap´less|ness, noun …
43hap|less — «HAP lihs», adjective. unlucky; unfortunate: »a hapless love affair. SYNONYM(S): inauspicious. –hap´less|ly, adverb. –hap´less|ness, noun …
44hap|pen|ing — «HAP uh nihng, HAP nihng», noun. 1. something that happens; event; occurrence: »The evening newscast reviewed the happenings of the day. 2. Often, Happening. a spontaneous or improvised public performance, display, spectacle, or the like, often… …
45hap|chance — «HAP chans, chahns», noun. a chance occurrence; happenstance: »Hapchance or hazard in no way diminish the glow of creation (Sid Chaplin). ╂[< hap1 + chance] …
46hap|lite — «HAP lyt», noun. = aplite. (Cf. ↑aplite) …
47hap|lit|ic — «hap LIHT ihk», adjective. = aplitic. (Cf. ↑aplitic) …
48hap|loi|dy — «HAP loy dee», noun. the condition of being haploid …
49hap|loid — «HAP loyd», adjective, noun. Biology. –adj. 1. having the gametic number of sets of chromosomes, or half as many as in the somatic cells of the species, such as a germ cell. 2. = monoploid. (Cf. ↑monoploid) –n. 1. a haploid organism or cell. 2 …
50hap|lol|o|gy — «hap LOL uh jee», noun. the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds, resulting in the contraction of a word, as in symbolatry for symbololatry. ╂[< Greek haploûs single + English logy] …
