hen /hen/

1. A female bird
2. A female domestic fowl
3. Applied (loosely) to any domestic fowl
4. The female of certain fishes and crustaceans
5. A woman or girl (facetiously, disrespectfully, or endearingly)
6. A faint-hearted person

1. To lose courage or resolution
2. To balk

To challenge to an act of daring

1. Female
2. Composed of women

hennˈer noun (Scot)

1. A challenge to an act of daring
2. A somersault or other gymnastic feat

hennˈery noun

A place where fowls are kept

hennˈy noun

A hen-like cock

Hen-like

henˈ-and-chickˈens noun

A name for various plants, esp a garden daisy with small heads surrounding the main head

henˈbane noun

A poisonous plant (Hyoscyamus niger) of the nightshade family

henˈbit noun

1. The ivy-leaved speedwell
2. A species of dead-nettle

henˈ-coop noun

A coop for a hen

henˈ-court noun

An enclosure for fowls

henˈ-driver noun

A hen harrier

henˈ-flesh noun

Gooseflesh

hen harrier noun

A bird of prey, the common harrier

henˈ-hearted adjective

1. Faint-hearted
2. Timid

hen house noun

A house for fowls

henˈ-hussy noun

A man who meddles with women's affairs

hen night same as hen party below.

hen-paddle, hen-padle or hen-paidle see under paddle³

hen party or hen night noun

A party for women only, esp one held for a woman about to be married

henˈpeck transitive verb

(of a wife) to domineer over (her husband)

noun

1. A henpecked husband
2. Henpecking

henˈpecked adjective

henpeckˈery noun

henˈ-pen noun (Scot)

Manure from a hen house

hen roost noun

A roosting-place for fowls

• bastardised
• bastardises
• bastardising
• bastardism
• bastardisms
• bastardization
• bastardizations
• bastardize
• bastardized
• bastardizes
• bastardizing
• bastardly
• bastard pimpernel
• bastards
• bastard saffron
• bastard teak
• bastard title
• bastard titles
• bastard types
• bastard wing
• bastard wings
• bastardy
• baste
• basted
• bastel-house