Reverse Dictionary: HAN – HANF

HAND – adjectives
– ALL IN A QUOBBLE of a woman’s hands: shrivelled and wrinkled from being too long in the washtub …Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
– ARMSTRONG used to describe anything that is operated by hand rather than by machinery …1914 Amer. sl.
– BETTER of the hand or foot: the right …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– FAIR-HANDED having beautiful, nicely-shaped, or fair-skinned hands …1505
– HORN-FISTED having hard, calloused hands …M19 nautical colloq.
– KAY of the hand or foot: left …a1300 Eng. dial.
– KEY of the hand or foot: left …a1300 Eng. dial.
– MAEGSIE having large hands …1880 Sc.
– MANUARY † pert. to the hand; performed by or with the hands …1576
– PALMAR †* belonging to the palm of the hand …1656
– PALMARY * pert. to the palm of the hand …1696
– QUOBBLED of a woman’s hands: shrivelled and wrinkled from being too long in the washtub …B1900 Eng. dial.
– READY-HANDED clever with the hands, quick and ready …1890 Sc.
hand – adverbs
– SINISTROUSLY with a tendency to use the left hand in preference to the right; with the left hand …1646
hand – nouns 
– AX-HOLDER a hand …c1885 Amer. sl.
– BASH the palm of the hand …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BATCH the palm of the hand …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEST HAND the right hand …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BISCUIT HOOKS one’s hands …1932 Amer. jocular
– BOW-HAN’ a fiddler; a fiddler’s right hand …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREAD HOOKS one’s hands …1966 Amer. dial.
– BREAD SNATCHERS one’s hands …1966 Amer. dial.
– BUNCH OF FIVES the clenched fist; also, the hand …1825 boxing sl.
– CUNT-HOOKS the fingers; the hands …Bk2006 US sl.
– DAD a hand …1791 US sl.
– DADDLE a hand or fist …1773 Eng. dial. & criminals’ sl.
– DAD(D)LER a hand …c1870 sl.
– DALLE †* the hand …c1460
– DANDLE the hand …L18 UK criminals sl.
– DANDY the hand; a child’s hand …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DANNY a child’s hand; used when speaking to children …1886 Eng. dial.
– DARBIES hands …20C Brit. sl.
– DARBY BANDS the hands …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– DEW-CLAWS hands …1892 Amer. dial.
– DICK-SKINNER the hand …1971 US sl.
– DIDDLE-DANDERS the four fingers of the hand on the teats of a cow in the action of milking …1865 Eng. dial.
– DONNY a child’s hand; used when speaking to children …1886 Eng. dial.
– DOOK the hand or fist …1874 sl.
– DOUBLE NEIVE the clenched hand …1882 Eng. dial.
– DRY MARTINI the left hand …2002 Brit. sl.
– DUDDLE the hand …L18 UK criminals sl.
– DUKE the hand, the fist …1859 sl.
– FAM(M) a hand …1698 criminals’ sl.
– FAMBLE a hand …1567 sl.
– FEM(E) the hand …c1690 sl.
– FIN an arm; a hand …L18 nautical sl.
– FLAPPER the hand …1833 sl.
– FLAPPER-SHAKER the hand …1833 sl.
– FLAPPER-SHAKING hand-shaking …1853 sl.
– GALLACK the left hand …1703 Eng. dial.
– GALLACK-HAND, GALLOCK-HAND the left hand …1703 Eng. dial.
– GARDIES the hands, esp. when put up in a posture to fight …1773 Sc.
– GAWK HAND the left hand …1703 Eng. dial.
– GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound …1825 Sc.
– GLAM a hand …1966 Amer. dial.
– GLAUM a hand …1960 Amer. dial.
– GLOM a hand …1938 Amer. dial.
– GLOMMER a hand …1966 Amer. dial.
– GOLL † a hand …a1586
– GOOSE-SKIN the wrinkled and colourless skin of the hands, caused by being long in water …1912 Amer. dial.
– GRABBER a hand …1942 Amer. sl.
– GRABHOOK a hand …1946 Amer. dial.
– GRAPPLER * a hand …E17 sl.
– GRUB HOOKS fingers or hands …1923 Amer. sl.
– HAM a hand …1950 Amer. dial.
– HOOKS a man’s hands and arms …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– KEY-PAW the left hand …1887 Eng. dial.
– LINCOLN’S INN a hand …L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘fin’
– LUNCH HOOKS the hands …Bk1934 college sl.
– MADONNA CLAWS an ugly hand …2003 UK homosexual sl.
– MAIG a hand, generally a large ungainly one; a paw …1825 Sc.
– MANIPLE the hand …1833
– MANUALIZATION * the act of using the hands …1887
– MARTINI the hand; the arm …1992 Brit. sl.
– MARTIN-LE-GRAND hand …M19 rhyming sl. for ‘St. Martin-le-Grand’
– MARTIN’S hand …M19 rhyming sl. for ‘St. Martin-le-Grand’
– MAULER the hand; the fist …1820 sl.
– MAULEY, MAULIE, MAWLEY a  fist, a hand …1780 sl.
– MAULS the hands; the fingers …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAWLER the hand, the fist …E19 sl.
– MEATHOOK the hand or fist; usually plural …1919 Amer. sl.
– MEG a hand, generally a large ungainly one; a paw …1825 Sc.
– MIT(T) the hand …1893 US sl.
– MORLEY the hand, a fist …L18 sl.
– MUD-HOOK the hand …1850 sl.
– NEIVE, NIEVE the fist, the closed hand; the hand …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ON-WYNE the left hand …1768 Sc.
– PADDLE the hand …M19 sl.
– PADDYWHACK the hand, esp. of a baby; chiefly used by little children …1916 Amer. dial.
– PALETTE the hand …L18 sl.
– PALM the hand …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PAN the palm of the hand …1961 Amer. dial.
– PANEL the palm of the hand …c1970 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
– PASTIE the hand …Bk1905 Eng. dial. sl.
– PAUT, PAWT a hand or foot, esp. a clumsy foot …1884 Eng. dial.  
– PAW the hand …1605 sl.
– PEA PICKER one’s hand …1967 Amer. dial.
– POTHOOK the hand …1958 Amer. dial.
– RAMSGATE (SAND) the hand …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– SCRAM-HAND a withered hand …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHIT-HOOKS the fingers; the hands …Bk2006 US sl.
– SINISTERITY * use of the left hand; skill in this …1877
– SKIN the hand …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– ST. MARTIN’S hand …M19 rhyming sl. for ‘St. Martin-le-Grand’
– ST. MARTIN’S LE GRAND hand …M19 rhyming sl.
– SWEET MARTINI the right hand …2002 Brit. sl.
– TALON the grasping fingers or hands of humans …1588
– TIT SPANNERS the hands; not necessarily used in a sexual context …1970s S. Aft. sl.
– TOOLS the human hands …M19 sl.
– YARKEN, YARKIN the space between the forefinger and thumb; the hollow of the foot between the heel and great toe; the grasp of the hand …Bk1905 Sc.
hand – person 
– HANDY a nickname for a person who has a maimed or missing hand …1796 Sc.
– MAEGSIE a person with large, flipper-like hands …1866 Sc.  
hand – verbs (for ‘shake hands’, see HAND SHAKE)
– BEAT GOOSE to strike the hands under the armpits to warm them …1883
– BEAT THE BOOBY to strike the hands under the armpits to warm them …1883 nautical
– GAIG of the hands: to crack or chap …Bk1900 Sc.
– GIVE SOMEONE SOME SKIN to shake or slap hands together as a gesture of friendship or solidarity …1942 Amer. sl.
– PALM 1. to squeeze the hand …1796 Sc.
2. to rub the hands together …1857 Eng. dial.
– PAUM to squeeze the hand …1796 Sc.
– PAWM to rub the hands together …1857 Eng. dial.
– TICHEL to join hands; to make a line or string …Bk1905 Sc.
hand – phrases
– TIP US YOUR DADDLE give me your hand …1785 sl.
 
HANDBAG – nouns
– HANDPOCKET a handbag …1958 Amer. dial.
– IT KIT a handbag …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SALVAGE DEPOT a handbag …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
HANDBILL – nouns
– GAG a handbill …1821 UK sl.
 
HANDCUFF – nouns
– BLOCK AND TACKLE handcuffs …1930s rhyming sl. for ‘tackle’
– BRACELETS handcuffs …1816 sl.
– CLINKERS handcuffs …1940s US criminals’ sl.
– CUFFS handcuffs …1861 sl.
– DARBIES a set of handcuffs or fetters; shackles …1665 UK sl.. orig. criminals’ usage
– HAND-BOLT a handcuff …1816
– HANDLOCK a shackle for the hands; a manacle, a handcuff …1532 obs.
– HAND-SHECKLES handcuffs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAND-TETHERS handcuffs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAND-TIES handcuffs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HANDY-CUFFS handcuffs, manacles …B1900 Eng. dial. 
– JOHNNY DARBIES handcuffs …c1860 sl.
– MAGGIE a handcuff, a manacle …1940s W. Indies sl.
– MITTENS handcuffs …1880 sl.
– MITTS handcuffs …1910s US prison sl.
– NIPPERS handcuffs …1821 sl.
– SHANGIES handcuffs …E19 Sc. & N. Eng.
– SHERIFF’S BRACELETS handcuffs …L18
– SILVER BANGLE handcuffs …1990s W. Indies sl.
– SNAPS handcuffs …1895 sl.
– SNITCHER handcuffs, esp. strings used in place of handcuffs …M19 Sc.
– SNITCHES handcuffs …L19 sl.
handcuff – verbs
– CUFF to put handcuffs on …1851 sl.
– DARBY to handcuff; to shackle …L19 Aust. prison sl.
– GAFFLE to place in handcuffs …2000s US prison sl.
– HAND-BOLT to handcuff …1816
– HANDLOCK to manacle, to handcuff …1586
– IMMANACLE to put manacles on; to handcuff; to fetter …1634 rare
– UNHOOK to remove handcuffs …1982 US sl.
 
HANDCUFFED – adjectives
– FAM-STRUCK baffled in a search; handcuffed …19C sl.
 
HANDFUL – nouns
– ESPIN as much as can be taken up in both hands together; a double handful …1691 Eng. dial.
– FASCICULE † a handful …1699
– HANDSEL a handful …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HANKLE a handful, a great deal, a considerable quantity or amount …1694 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HANTLE a handful …1740 Eng. dial.
– HANTLE FULL a handful; a small number …1936 Amer. dial.
– JAFFLE, JEFFULL a handful …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MANIPLE † a handful …1632
– NEAPENS both hands full …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEFFOW a handful; a small quantity …1874 Sc.
– NEIVE a handful …1899 Sc.
– NEIVEFUL a handful; a small quantity …1874 Sc.
– NIEVE a handful, a fistful …1908 Sc. 
– NIVVIL a handful; a small quantity …1874 Sc.
– OMICK a handful …Bk1905 Sc.
– PUGIL orig. handful; later, as much or as many as can be held between the thumb and the next two fingers; a large pinch …L16 arch.
– TEIST a handful …B1900 Sc.
– YAFFLE, YAFFUL a handful; an armful …1842 Eng. dial.
– YASPEN, YEEPSEN as much as can be taken up in both hands together; a double handful …1691 Eng. dial.
– YEPSEN the two hands placed together so as to form a bowl-shaped cavity; as much as can be held in this …c1325 Eng. dial.
– YEPSINTLE as much as can be taken up in both hands together; a double handful …1691 Eng. dial.
– YESPEN as much as can be taken up in both hands together; a double handful …1691 Eng. dial.
– YESPFULL as much as can be taken up in both hands together; a double handful …1691 Eng. dial.
 
HAND GRENADE (see GRENADE)
 
HANDICAP – nouns
– LOSER a handicap; an obstacle, a disappointment …c1920 sl.
 
HANDICAPPED – person
– QUOZ a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person …1990s UK juvenile sl.
– QUOZZIE a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person …1990s UK juvenile sl.
 
HANDICRAFT – adjectives
– CRAFTIOUS †* engaged in a handicraft …c1449
handicraft – nouns
– HANDCRAFT † manual skill, power, or work; handicraft …a975
– MANUARY † manual work, handicraft trade …1581
– MANUFACTURE † working with the hands; a manual occupation, handicraft …1625
handicraft – person (includes HANDICRAFTSMAN)
– HANDCRAFTMAN † a handicraftsman …a1529
– HANDCRAFTSMAN † a handicraftsman …1530-1
– HANDCRAFTY MAN † a handicraftsman …1463-4
– HANDICRAFT † a handicraftsman, an artisan, a workman …1586
– MANUARY † one who works with his hands …1581
 
HANDILY – adverbs
– GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– TIDILY handily, smartly, well done …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HANDINESS – nouns
– HANDSOMENESS † convenience, handiness; fitness …1530
 
HANDIWORK – nouns
– HAND-DARG handiwork, labour, toil; what is gained by labour …Bk1905 Sc.
– HANDWORK † a thing or quantity of things wrought or made by the hands; handiwork …a1000
– HANDY-FRAME † what is framed by the hands, handiwork …1597
 
HANDKERCHIEF – nouns
– BILLY a silk pocket handkerchief …Bk1890 sl.
– CANARY a yellow silk handkerchief, as worn by a costermonger …E19 sl.
– FAM-CLOTH a handkerchief …L17 sl.
– FASH-CLAWT a pocket handkerchief …1866 Eng. dial.
– FASH-RAG a pocket-handkerchief; a cloth used for wiping …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAND-CLOTH a pocket handkerchief …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HANKIE, HANKY a handkerchief …1895 sl.
– INDIA-WIPE a silk handkerchief …1823 sl.
– JIM BELCHER any particoloured handkerchief worn round the neck …Bk1888
– KENT a coloured cotton handkerchief …c1810 sl.
– KENT CLOUT a coloured cotton handkerchief …1859 sl.
– KENT RAG a coloured cotton handkerchief …1859 sl.
– KERCHIEF a handkerchief …1815
– KINGSMAN 1. a silk handkerchief in a variety of colours, as worn by costermongers of both sexes …M19 sl.
2. a silk handkerchief with a green base and a yellow pattern ,,,M19 sl.
– KINGSMAN OF THE RORTIEST a very gaudy silk handkerchief …M19 sl.
– LACHRYMATORY a pocket-handkerchief …1825 humorous use
– MADAM a handkerchief …M19 sl.
– MUCKENDER † a handkerchief …a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MUCK-RAG a handkerchief …20C Brit. colloq.
– NACKER a handkerchief …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– NAPKIN † a pocket handkerchief …1530 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– NAPKIN-SNATCHER a thief of handkerchiefs …19C sl.
– NAPKIN-SNATCHING stealing handkerchiefs …1823 sl.
– NEB-CLOUT a handkerchief …1963 Sc.
– NECKLATH a neckcloth; a pocket-handkerchief …1874 Eng. dial.
– NEEPYUN a handkerchief …1875 Sc.
– NOSE-RAG a handkerchief …1840 sl.
– NOSE-WIPE a handkerchief …19C colloq.
– NOSE-WIPER a handkerchief …1840 sl.
– NUFFER a handkerchief …L20 colloq.
– PENWIPER a handkerchief …1895 sl.
– QUEER CLOUT a cheap, probably cotton, handkerchief that as such is not worth stealing …L17 UK criminals’ sl.
– RAG a pocket handkerchief …M19 sl.
– RANDAL’S MAN a silk handkerchief with a green base and white spots …M19 sl. 
– SLEEK WIPE a handkerchief …19C sl.
– SNIFFER a handkerchief …1945 US sl.
– SNITCH-RAG a handkerchief …1940s sl.
– SNOT-RAG a handkerchief or tissue …1886 sl.
– SNOTTER a handkerchief; a handkerchief soiled with mucus …E19 Brit. sl.
– STOCK a pocket handkerchief …M19 sl.
– STOOK a pocket handkerchief …M19 sl.
– STUKE a pocket handkerchief …M19 sl.
– SUDARIUM a napkin or cloth for wiping the face; a handkerchief …1601
– SUDARY † a napkin or handkerchief used to wipe sweat or tears from the face …a1350 obs. or arch.
– WATERFALL a handkerchief worn in the top pocket …19C sl.
– YELLOW-MAN † a yellow silk handkerchief …1821 sl.
 
HANDLE – ​nouns
– BLISTER END in logging: the handle of a shovel, axe, or other hand tool …1958 Amer. dial.
– EAR the handle of a pitcher or drinking vessel …c1440
– ELT a handle …BK1900 Eng. dial.
– HAFT a handle, esp. of a knife or small tool …1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAND † a handle …1523
– HANDFAST a handle by which anything is grasped, as a flail …1893 Eng.
– HANDGRIP the handle by which a grip is taken …1887
– HANDLING † a handle …c1450
– HANK the handle of a jug or pot …c1530 Eng. dial.
– HAUVE the haft or handle of an axe or pick …1881 Eng. dial.
– HAWM a haft, the handle of an axe, hammer, spade, etc. …1790 Eng. dial.
– HELM a handle …1939 Amer. dial.
– MANUBRIUM † a handle or haft …1660
– TAIL the long handle of an implement, as a rake …1892
– TILLER the wooden handle of a spade or shovel …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
handle – verbs
– CAIR to toss backwards and forwards; to mix up; to handle overmuch, to stir about …Bk1898 Sc.
– ELT to handle roughly, to injure anything, such as an animal, the nap of cloth, etc., by too much rough handling; to pull about …1866 Sc.
– FAM to feel, to handle; to grope a woman …M18 sl.
– FEEL OF to touch, to handle …1817 Amer. dial.
– GAUM † to handle, esp. in some improper fashion …1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MANDER to handle, to deal …1825 Sc.
– MUMMICK to handle or feel an object or person …L19 US sl.
– NEFFOW to handle, to take in the hands …Bk1905 Sc.
– NEIVE to handle, to manipulate; to work with the fists or fingers …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEVEL to handle or finger things awkwardly so as to soil or disarrange …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PALM to lay hands on; to finger; to handle awkwardly; to maul …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PALP * to touch, to feel; to handle gently, to pat …1534
– PALPABRIZE † to feel, to touch, to handle …1593
– PAUM to lay hands on; to finger; to handle awkwardly; to maul …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TATTLE to turn over and soil; to handle carelessly, as to overhandle a pet animal …1958 Sc.
– THRIMBLE to finger or handle anything as if reluctant to part with it; to dole or pay out money grudgingly and reluctantly …1789 Eng. dial.
– THRIMMEL to finger or handle anything as if reluctant to part with it; to dole or pay out money grudgingly and reluctantly …1789 Eng. dial.
– THRIMMER to finger or handle anything constantly and as if reluctant to part with it …1790 Eng. dial.
– THRIMPLE to finger or handle anything as if reluctant to part with it; to dole or pay out money grudgingly and reluctantly …1789 Eng. dial.
– THRUM to search for in a confused manner; to bring out after much search; to handle overmuch …Bk1905 Sc.
– THRUMBLE to press or rub between the finger and thumb; to finger, to handle over-much or awkwardly…1632 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly …Bk1905 Sc.
 
HANDLED – adjectives
– HANDLESOME † capable of being handled …1674
– MANIABLE † that may be handled or felt, palpable …1483
– MANUABLE †* that may be handled easily …1594
 
HANDLING – adjectives
– PAUMISH awkward in handling …1873 Eng. dial.
handling – nouns
– HANDIMENT † handling, management …1660
– TACT †* the act of touching or handling; a touch …1801
– THRUMBLE the act of handling overmuch or of groping or fumbling …Bk1905 Sc.
 
HAND OVER – verbs
– PART to give up, to hand over, to restore; usually of money …M19 sl.
– TILL to hand over; to reach; to give …1777 Eng. dial.
– UN-ASS to hand over, to give up …1960s US Black sl.
 
HAND-SHAKE, HAND-SHAKING – nouns
– AUSTRALIAN GRIP a hearty shake of the hand …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– DAP a ritualistic handshake, differing from area to area, involving much slapping of palms, snapping of fingers, etc., to express solidarity or enthusiasm  …1972 US Black sl.
– FAM-GRASP a hand-shaking …L18 sl.
– GLAD HAND, THE a cordial handshake or other greeting …1895 orig. US
– SKIN the hand as used in handshaking or hand-slapping as a salutation …1942 US Black sl.
– SOUL SHAKE the ritualized shaking and slapping of hands …1960s sl., orig. US Black
– WAG OF THE FIST a shake of the hand …1899 Eng. dial.
– WAG OF THE HAND a shake of the hand …1899 Eng. dial.
hand-shake, hand-shaking – verbs
– DAP to greet another with a ritualistic handshake; to show respect in greeting …1973 US sl.
– DUKE to shake hands with …1865 sl.
– FAM-GRASP to shake hands, to make up a difference with; to agree …1676 sl.
– FLIP THE GRIP to shake hands …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– GIVE SOMEONE SOME SKIN to shake or slap hands together as a gesture of friendship or solidarity …1942 Amer. sl.
– LATCH ON to shake hands …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MEET ONE WITH THE OPEN PALM to be ready to shake hands …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PRESS THE FLESH to shake hands …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– PUMP THE STUMP to shake hands …1947 US sl.
– SLING ONE’S DADDLE to shake hands …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– TIP A DADDLE to shake hands …L19 sl.
– TIP THE DAD to shake hands …L19 sl.
– TIP THE DADDLE to shake hands …L19 sl.
– WAG HANDS to shake hands …1900 Eng. dial.
– WAG ONE’S PAW to shake hands …1874 Eng. dial.
 
HANDSOME (also see attractive, etc.) – adjectives
– BELLE † pretty, handsome …1668
– BRAW fine, gaily dressed; handsome …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAWSOME comely, handsome; rather ‘braw’ …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUFF handsome, excellent …1982 US sl.
– CLASSIC handsome, well-dressed …1998 US sl.
– DAINTY † pleasant, agreeable, fine, handsome …c1340 obs. or Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DECENT † comely, handsome …1600
– DENTY-CUM-PRETTY handsome and conceited …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FARRAND † of a person: well-favoured, comely, handsome …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
– FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy …1790 Eng. dial.
– FARRANT † of a person: well-favoured, comely, handsome …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
– FARRANTLY of a person: comely, handsome, good-looking …1674 N. Eng. dial.
– FEATOUS † of things: skilfully or artistically fashioned; hence, elegant, handsome, becoming; often said of dress …c1386
– GALLANT † of women: fine-looking, handsome …1552
– GAUCIE, GAUCY, GAUSIE, GAWCIE, GAWCY, GAWSY of persons: well-dressed and jolly-looking; of things: large and handsome …1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GOODLIKE – good-looking, handsome (060D Orig. Gloss. Series C)
– HANTY † handsome …1725 Sc.
– HUMPY handsome, sexy …1968 US homosexual usage
– LAID OUT attractive, handsome …1968 US college sl.
– LIKELY handsome, attractive; good-natured; pleasing, agreeable …1809 Amer. dial.
– PORTLY handsome, imposing …1923 Amer. dial.
– PROPER good-looking or handsome …colloq.
– QUAINT † of persons; beautiful or handsome in appearance; finely or fashionably dressed; elegant, foppish …a1300
– SCRUMPTIOUS stylish, resplendently beautiful, gorgeous; handsome …1881 sl., orig. US
– SIGHTY † sightly, fair, handsome …1387
– SMICKER † beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome …c725
– SNOUT-FAIR † having a fair countenance; fair-faced, comely, pretty, handsome, good-looking; in frequent use in the 16th and early 17th century, usually with some disparaging suggestion …1530
– TALL † comely, goodly, fair, handsome; elegant, fine …c1450
– VAGE †* fine, handsome …1604
– VENUST † handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance …1513
– VICIOUS handsome …1982 US sl.
– VIEWLY sightly, good to look at, handsome, comely …1868 Eng. dial.
– VIEWLYSOME sightly, good to look at, handsome, comely …1868 Eng. dial.
– VIRE of persons, animals, or things: pretty, showy, handsome, well-made, or well-fed …1929 Sc.
– WALLIE, WALLY, WALY handsome, fine; large, ample …1500-20 Sc.
handsome – person
– ABLE GABLE an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– ADONIS a very handsome man …1623 Eng. sl.
– ALAN LADDY an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– BABYCAKES a pretty young woman or handsome man …1964 sl.
– BANG a handsome man …1932 US sl.
– BEAU GARÇON a handsome fellow; an exquisite, a fop …a1687
– BEAU-GARZON a handsome fellow – an exquisite – a fop …c1665
– BEEFCAKE a muscularly handsome male …Bk2006 US sl.
– BELVIDERE a handsome fellow …Bk1889 sl.
– BIG BRUISER a handsome male …Bk1945 jive usage
– BIG HUNK O’ MAN an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– BOY BEAUTIFUL an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– CAKES a pretty young woman, or a handsome young man …1960s US sl.
– CAKIE a pretty young woman, or a handsome young man …1960s US sl.
– CLARK GABLE a nickname for a handsome man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARK GABLE a suave, handsome Black man – a ladies’ man …1959 US sl.
– DON JUAN a handsome, suave, and romantic man …Bk1995 US sl.
– FRIGATE a handsome woman …1675 nautical sl.
– GANYMEDE a beautiful or handsome young man …1566
– GLAMOUR BOY an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– GOOD JOE an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– GOOD-LOOKIN’ a nickname for a handsome man or attractive girl …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HANDSOME a nickname for a handsome man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEINIE a handsome man …1977 US college sl.
– LADYKILLER a handsome, charming man who habitually seduces women …1769 humorous
– LUXER a handsome fellow …c1850 Brit. sl.
– MACK DADDY a very good-looking young man; a handsome, sexy male …1992 US Black sl.
– MAN OF WAX a smart, clever fellow; a very handsome man; also a term of endearment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MCDADDY a handsome, virile man …1990s sl.
– NAILER a handsome woman …1886 sl.
– ROBERT TAYLOR a nickname for a handsome man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SILVER FOX a handsome man with silver-grey hair …1953 colloq.
– SMOOTH JACKSON an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– SUPERMAN an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME a nickname for a handsome man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TWANGIE BOY an admirable or handsome male …Bk1942 US sl.
– VALENTINO a nickname for a handsome man …Bk1942 Amer. sl. 
 
HANDSOMELY – verbs
– FAIR in a beautiful or comely manner; agreeably, beautifully, brightly, handsomely, nobly …a1000
 
HANDWRITING – adjectives
– CHIROGRAPHOSOPHIC skilled in handwriting …19C nonce word
handwriting – nouns
– CACOGRAPHY bad writing; bad handwriting …1656
– CAT TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial. 
– CHICKEN MARKS poor handwriting that is hard to read …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN PECKING poor handwriting that is hard to read …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN SCRATCH illegible handwriting …1950s US sl.
– CHICKEN SCRATCHES poor handwriting that is hard to read …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN SCRATCHING poor handwriting that is hard to read …1956 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial. 
– CROW TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial. 
– CROW’S TRACKS illegible handwriting …1874 Amer. dial. 
– DIDDLING handwriting that is hard to read …1967 Amer. dial.
– DIDO a little flourish on handwriting …1968 Amer. dial.
– DOG TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer.
– DUCK TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial.
– ENGLISH a flourish in handwriting; a curlicue …1967 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE TRACKS illegible handwriting …1954 Amer. dial.
– HAND handwriting; signature …1877 Eng. dial.
– HAND-RITE handwriting …1843 Amer. dial.
– HANDWRIT † handwriting; autograph; signature …c1200
– HANDWRITE handwriting …1836 Amer. dial.
– HENPECKS illegible or hard to read handwriting …1968 Amer. dial.
– HEN’S TRACKS handwriting that is hard to read …1928 Amer. dial.
– HEN-SCRATCH handwriting that is difficult to read …1899 Amer. dial.
– HENSCRATCHES bad handwriting …1899 Amer. dial.
– HEN-SCRATCHING handwriting that is difficult to read …1942 Amer. dial.
– HEN-SCRIBBLING handwriting that is difficult to read …1965 Amer. dial.
– HEN TRACKS illegible handwriting …1854 Amer. dial.
– MANUSCRIPT a person’s handwriting …a1849
– MAULEY, MAULIE, MAWLEY, MORLEY the ‘hand’ that one writes; handwriting; the signature …1851 sl.
– PIG’S TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial.
– PIGTAIL a curlicue; a little flourish on one’s handwriting or signature …1966 Amer. dial.
– PIG TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial.
– POTHOOKS handwriting that’s hard to read …1968 Amer. dial.
– POTHOOKS AND HANGERS small hooked strokes in writing; illegible handwriting …1899 Amer. dial.
– POTHOOKS AND HENSCRATCHES small hooked strokes in writing; illegible handwriting …1952 Amer. dial.
– RABBIT TRACKS illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRIPTION * handwriting; a kind of handwriting …1846
– SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon …1894 Sc.
– TURKEY SCRATCHING handwriting that’s hard to read …1966 Amer. dial.
– TURKEY TRACKS illegible handwriting …1836 Amer. dial.
– UGLYOGRAPHY bad handwriting; uncouth spelling …1804
– VARIORUM a piece of decoration, in furniture, etc.; an ornament, gewgaw, trinket; a flourish in handwriting; any unnecessary appendage …1864 Sc.
handwriting – person
– CHIROGRAPHOSOPHIC a judge of handwriting …1850 nonce word
– HARD READER a person who specializes in reading difficult handwriting …1955 
– WRITINGER an expert in handwriting …1868 nonce word
 
HANDY – adjectives
– FAIRDIE, FAIRDY clever, handy …1724 Sc.
– FEATY * handy, clever, wide-awake …1844
– GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike …a1300 Eng. dial.
– GAINSOME expert, handy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAINY expert,  handy …1691 Eng. dial.
– HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous …1485
– HAFTY handy, active …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HANDERSOME handy; inclined to meddle, meddling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HANDSOME † handy, ready at hand, convenient, suitable …1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HANTY † convenient, handy …1725 Sc.
– HEFTY handy, active …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– IDLE handy, useful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NACKETY ingenious; handy; expert in doing any piece of work: applied to one who can turn his hand to anything …B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NATTY handy, deft; industrious; clever, ingenious …1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NUNTY handy, convenient …1879 Eng. dial.
– QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close …a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
– TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one’s hands; dexterous, handy …1530
handy – adverbs
– BAIN conveniently near, handy …a1700 N. Eng. dial.
 
HANDYMAN, HANDYWOMAN – person
– FACTOTUM an odd-job man; a handyman; a man of all work …1584
– GIMCRACK † a person who has a turn for mechanical contrivances; a jack-of-all-trades …1785 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GIN OF ALL TRADES a woman who can turn her hand to all kinds of work; a female jack-of-all-trades …1705
– HAMMER a handyman on a movie set …Bk2006 Amer. sl.
– HANDY JACK a Jack of all trades; a handyman …Bk1909 sl.
– HANDYMAN a man able or employed to undertake a variety of manual tasks; a general labourer; a man employed or engaged to carry out domestic repairs and building maintenance; an odd-job man …1742
– HIRED MAN the handy-man about the house or farm …Bk1913 Western Can. sl.
– JACK a serving-man or male attendant; a labourer; a man who does odd jobs, etc.; a handyman …1836
– JACK-ABOUT a person not engaged in any particular business, but willing to do anything; a jack of all trades …Bk1883 Eng. dial.
– JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES a person who can do many different things but specializes in none; one who has a smattering knowledge of all crafts; an odd job man; a handyman …1618
– JACK OF ALL TRADES AND MASTER OF NONE a person who can do many different things but specializes in none; one who has a smattering knowledge of all crafts; an odd job man; a handyman …Bk1958
– JACK OF ALL WORKS a jack-of-all-trades; an odd job man; a handyman…1820
– JIM-AROUND a jack-of-all-trades, a handyman …1942 US sl.
– JIM-HAND a jack-of-all-trades, a handyman …1942 US sl.
– PACKLER a peddler who deals in earthenware; a travelling handyman or tinker …1832 Sc.
– UBIQUITARY † a journeyman of all trades; an odd-job man; a handyman …1615