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Handbags and Gladrags
Handbags and Gladrags: Mike d'Abo song (1967) first recorded by Chris Farlowe (UK #33), definitive version by Rod Stewart (1969), UK #4 hit for Stereophonics (2001), and theme of BBC's The Office.
Handball
Handball, or team handball, is an indoor seven-a-side ball sport governed by the IHF, founded 1946 in Copenhagen; Olympic since 1972 (men) and 1976 (women), played on a 40x20 m court.
Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics: two 12-team tournaments at Rio's Future Arena, 6–21 August 2016. Denmark men beat France 28:26 for their first gold; Russia women beat France 22:19; Germany and Norway took bronze.
Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics (played 2021, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo): France won both the men's and women's twelve-team tournaments, beating Denmark and ROC in Rio 2016 final rematches; Hansen scored a record 61 goals.
Handball at the 2026 Asian Games
Handball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya), 19–29 September 2026 at Kasugai City Gymnasium and ENTRIO, Inazawa. Bahrain won men's gold 33:32 over Qatar; South Korea took a eighth women's title.
Handball-Bundesliga
Handball-Bundesliga (HBL), Germany's top men's handball league, founded 1966 as two North/South divisions, single 14-team league from 1977, now 18 clubs; record 1,708,675 spectators in 2025/26; organized by HBL GmbH; sponsors Toyota, DKB, LIQUI MOLY, DAIKIN, Opel.
HandBrake
HandBrake, briefly known as MediaFork in 2007, is a free, open-source video transcoder for Linux, Mac, and Windows that converts video to MP4, MKV, or WebM.
Handbuch der Physik
Handbuch der Physik, or Handbook of Physics, is a German-language encyclopedia of physics published by Springer in Berlin, in a first edition of 24 volumes and a second of 55.
Handcar
A handcar, also known as a pump trolley, is a small railroad vehicle powered by passengers pumping a lever, used mainly for track inspection and repair.
Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefässe : Organ der Vereinigung der Deutschen Plastischen Chirurgen
Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie (HaMiPla) is a German peer-reviewed bimonthly journal of hand, micro-, and plastic surgery, published by Thieme since 1982, organ of DAH, DGH, ÖGH, DAM, and DGPRÄC, ISSN 0722-1819.
Handcuffs
Handcuffs, also called manacles or darbies, are locking metal loops joined by a chain or hinge, used by police to restrain wrists; they tighten with a ratchet and open only with a key.
Hande Cilingir
Hande Çilingir is a Turkish technology executive who co-founded the customer engagement software company Insider, now Insider One, in 2012 and has served as its chief executive officer since.
Hande Erçel
Hande Erçel (born 1993, Bandırma, Turkey) is a Turkish actress known for Güneşin Kızları, Aşk Laftan Anlamaz, and Sen Çal Kapımı; Golden Butterfly winner, brand ambassador for L'Oréal, Nocturne, Pomellato.
Hande Yener
Hande Yener is a Turkish pop and dance-pop singer whose 2000 debut Senden İbaret brought fame, later followed by chart-topping singles and a turn toward electronic pop.
Handedness
Handedness, or hand preference, is the tendency to favor one hand for tasks; about 10.6% of people are left-handed, with the roughly 1:10 right-left ratio shaped by evolution and moderated by culture.
Handel (Mercurian crater)
Handel is an IAU-approved impact crater on Mercury, feature ID 2344, about 166 km across, centered near 3.4° latitude and 33.8° longitude, mapped as a basin in the Kuiper quadrangle.
Handen Shūju System
The Handen Shūju System (班田収授法) was the land-allotment institution of Japan's ritsuryō state, under which the government periodically redistributed paddy fields to individuals according to age, sex, and social position.
Handes Amsorya
Handes Amsorya (Հանդէս ամսօրեայ, "Monthly Review") is an Armenian academic journal founded by the Mekhitarist Congregation in Vienna in 1887, one of the oldest Armenian scholarly periodicals, covering history, linguistics, and philology.
Handfasting
Handfasting: a wedding or betrothal ritual in which a couple's hands are bound with cord or ribbon. Historically the Scots term for betrothal; the Celtic trial-marriage story is a myth, and the modern cord rite is a twentieth-century revival used in Pagan and humanist ceremonies.
Handgrip strength test
The handgrip strength test measures maximal squeezing force with a dynamometer, used as a quick bedside proxy for overall muscle function and to screen for sarcopenia and frailty.
Handgun
A handgun is a firearm designed to be fired with one hand, in contrast to rifles and shotguns; its two main types are the pistol and the revolver.
Handheld game console
Handheld game console: portable gaming device with built-in screen, controls, and speakers. From Microvision (1979) and Game Boy (1989) to Nintendo Switch 2 and Steam Deck PC handhelds; battery life versus performance is the defining trade-off.
Handia
Handia (Giant) is a 2017 Basque-language Spanish historical drama by Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño about Miguel Joaquín Eleizegui, the Giant of Altzo; it won ten Goya Awards and the San Sebastián Special Jury Prize.
Handicap (golf)
Golf handicap, a stroke measure of playing ability now issued worldwide under the World Handicap System (WHS) of the USGA and R&A since 2020; Handicap Index averages best 8 of last 20 differentials, with caps, Course Handicap formula, and 2024 revisions.
Handicraft
Handicraft: artisan-made useful or decorative objects produced by hand, hand-tools, or assisted means where the artisan's manual contribution remains the most substantial component; distinct from mass production; includes ceramics, textiles, woodwork, and jewelry; major rural livelihood in India and China.
Handil Oil and Gas Field
Handil is a giant, mature oil and gas field in the Mahakam River delta in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, discovered in 1974, developed by Total, and operated since 2018 by Pertamina.
Handir Colles
Handir Colles is a 100-km-wide group of hills (colles) on Titan at 10.0°N, 356.68°W, IAU-approved December 19, 2012, named for a Tolkien character, son of Haldir of the Folk of Haleth.
Handjass
Handjass, also Sackjass, Butzer, or Schläger, is the most basic Swiss form of Jass: a 2–4 player, 36-card point-trick game played to find a loser, with strokes, potatoes (Herdöpfel), Weis melds, and a 7-stroke retirement target.
Handjob
Handjob: slang for manual sex, hand stimulation of a partner's penis; counterpart fingering on a vulva. Slang attested from 1937; no pregnancy risk; lower STI exposure than penetrative sex; gloves and handwashing reduce risk.
Handkerchief
Handkerchief (hankie): a small square of cotton, linen, or silk carried for wiping the nose, face, or hands, or worn as decoration. From the Roman sudarium to the 1924 Kleenex displacement, pocket squares, hygiene, and a $2.3 billion market.