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Haley Kalil
Haley Kalil, born Haley O'Brien and known online as Haley Baylee, is an American model and comedy influencer who co-won Sports Illustrated's 2018 Swim Search.
Half and half
Half and half is a dairy product of milk and cream, defined in the US as 10.5 to 18 percent milkfat, used chiefly to lighten coffee and enrich sauces.
Half dollar (United States coin)
The U.S. half dollar, also called the fifty-cent piece, is a 50-cent coin first struck in silver in 1794 under the Coinage Act of 1792. Designs ran from Flowing Hair through Walking Liberty, Franklin, and Kennedy (1964-present); since 1971 it is copper-nickel clad, and for 2026 only the Enduring Liberty design appears.
Halkevleri
Halkevleri (Turkish for "People's Houses") were community cultural and educational centers in Turkey, established by the Republican People's Party in 1932 and closed in 1951.
Halloumi
Halloumi (Χαλλούμι/Hellim) is a white semi-hard Cypriot cheese of sheep, goat, or cow milk with mint, boiled in whey so it grills without melting; EU PDO since 2021 and a top Cyprus export.
Halloween
Halloween, also called All Hallows' Eve, is an October 31 holiday with roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian feasts of All Saints' and All Souls' Days, now marked by costumes and trick-or-treating.
Halloween costume
Halloween costume: disguise worn on October 31, descended from Celtic Samhain guising, mumming, and souling, brought to the U.S. by 1840s Irish and Scottish immigrants; now a $4.4 billion American retail category.
Halo hairstyle
Halo hairstyle covers several hairdressing techniques: the halo braid (braids pinned around the crown), halo hair color (circular highlight bands, Alysa Liu's signature), the halo haircut (crown layers), and wire-based halo extensions.
Halo-halo
Halo-halo (haluhalò), the Philippines' unofficial national dessert: shaved ice, evaporated milk, sweetened beans, fruit, jellies, and ube ice cream mixed in a tall glass. It grew from Japanese kakigōri-style mongo con hielo sold by pre-war Japanese settlers.
Halston
Halston (Roy Halston Frowick, 1932-1990), American fashion designer and first celebrity designer, famed for the Ultrasuede shirtdress model 704, Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat, Studio 54 glamour, and name licensing.
Halva (حلوى)
Halva (حلوى, ḥalwā, "sweet") is a family of dense confections from the Middle East, Balkans, and South Asia, in flour/semolina and tahini-based forms, with records from 7th-century Arabia and pre-Islamic Persia.
Ham
Ham: the cured hind leg of pork, from US city ham and country ham to Parma, Serrano, and Ibérico. Covers dry vs wet curing, nitrite chemistry and limits, PDO rules, curing times, and 2024 market data.
Ham hock
Ham hock, also known as pork knuckle, is the lower portion of a hog's leg. It is cured or smoked and is used to flavor long-cooked dishes.
Hamada Shōji
Hamada Shōji (濱田庄司) was a Japanese ceramic artist, a central figure of the mingei folk craft movement who made the pottery town of Mashiko famous.
Hamantash
Hamantash (Yiddish homentash, Hebrew oznei Haman) is the triangular filled cookie eaten on Purim, named for Haman; likely from German Mohntaschen, poppy pocket, first recorded as food in a 1550 Mantua play.
Hamburg steak
Hamburg steak, also called hambāgu (ハンバーグ) in Japan, is a seasoned ground-beef patty served on a plate, not a bun. Named for Hamburg, Germany, it reached New York in the 1870s, became the hamburger sandwich in the 1890s, and evolved in Japan into a soft beef-pork yoshoku staple with demi-glace and wafu sauces.
Hamburger
Hamburger: a ground-beef patty sandwich on a bun, named for Hamburg steak from Hamburg, Germany. Sandwich invented in 1890s America (disputed); White Castle 1921 and McDonald's made it fast food; cook to 160°F.
Hamburger Helper
Hamburger Helper (now Helper) is an American boxed meal kit of pasta, rice, or potatoes plus sauce mix, launched nationally in 1971 by General Mills under Betty Crocker and sold to Eagle Foods in 2022 for about $610 million.
Hamburger University
Hamburger University is McDonald's global manager-training school, founded by Fred Turner in 1961 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Campuses in Tokyo, Shanghai, London and elsewhere; ACE-recommended credits; Hamburgerology credentials; 275,000+ graduates.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Hamdi Ulukaya (born 1972) is a Turkish-American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Chobani, America's No. 1 Greek yogurt brand, and founder of the Tent Partnership for Refugees; he bought a shuttered Kraft plant in New Berlin, New York in 2005 with an SBA loan.
Hamm's Brewery
Hamm's Brewery (Theodore Hamm Brewing Company), founded 1865 in St. Paul, Minnesota, by German immigrant Theodore Hamm; grew to the fifth-largest U.S. brewery by the 1950s behind the Hamm's Bear and "land of sky-blue waters" ads; Saint Paul plant closed 1997, brand now under Molson Coors.
Hammam (حمّام)
Hammam (حمّام), the public bathhouse of the Islamic world, descended from Roman thermae and central to hygiene and sociability in Middle Eastern and Ottoman cities; distinct from European spa towns in its embedded neighborhood layout.
Han (cultural)
Han (한, 恨) is a Korean cultural emotion concept of unresolved resentment, grief, and binding wounds, celebrated as uniquely Korean and traced in Goryeo songs, Joseon literature, minjung theology, and modern film.
Hanbok (한복)
Hanbok (한복) is traditional Korean dress: a jeogori jacket with chima skirt or baji trousers, plus durumagi coat. Term coined late 19th century; Three Kingdoms origins; Hanbok Day October 21.
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.
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.
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.
Handloom sari
Handloom sari: a sari woven on a manually operated loom, legally "any loom other than powerloom" in India. Also called handwoven saree; distinguished from powerloom copies by weave variation and certification marks; 35.22 lakh weavers per the 2019-20 census.
Handshake
Handshake: a greeting in which two people grasp right hands and move them up and down, used to greet, congratulate, or seal agreements. Ancient origins, egalitarian spread in Britain 1700–1850, and measured bacterial transfer versus fist bumps and high fives.
Handweavers Guild of America
Handweavers Guild of America (HGA), founded 1969, is a 501(c)(3) fiber arts association with 4,000+ members; publishes Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, runs the biennial Convergence conference, Small Expressions exhibit, and the currently suspended Certificate of Excellence program.