hail

n 1: precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising

air currents

2: enthusiastic greeting

v 1: praise vociferously [syn: {acclaim}, {herald}]

2: be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" [syn: {come}]

3: call for, as of cabs

4: greet enthusiastically

5: precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"

hair

[back-formation from {hairy}] The complications that make

something hairy. "Decoding {TECO} commands requires a certain

amount of hair." Often seen in the phrase "infinite hair",

which connotes extreme complexity. Also in "hairiferous"

(tending to promote hair growth): "GNUMACS elisp encourages

{lusers} to write complex editing modes." "Yeah, it's pretty

hairiferous all right." (Or just: "Hair squared!")