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What is the noun for hands?

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hand

The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
(heading) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.

A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.

(heading) In linear measurement:

(height) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
(obsolete) Three inches.

A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
An instance of helping.
Handwriting; style of penmanship.
A person's autograph or signature.
Personal possession; ownership.
(plural) Management, domain, control.
(heading) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

(card game) The set of cards held by a player.
(tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
(collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.

Applause.
(historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
(firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
A whole rhizome of ginger.
The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
(archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
(archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
(obsolete) Rate; price.
Synonyms:

palm, fist, mitt, paw, duke, manus, metacarpus, nief, nieve, fin, hook, meathook, meat hook, appendage, grip, bunch of fives, clenched fist, clasp, grasp, clutch, knuckles, clenched hand, worker, laborer, labourer, employee, hireling, workman, artisan, workperson, operative, roustabout, workwoman, craftsman, crewman, deckhand, jobholder, peon, sailor, artificer, farmhand, helper, khalasi, mechanical, retainer, rouseabout, aide, craftsperson, employe, mazdoor … more

Examples:

“He opened his eyes, looking up to see the woman's hand holding a damp cloth to his face.”

“He worked as a hand in the fields, but he was knowledgeable enough that he was eventually given a position of greater responsibility.”

“They could do with a hand, so why not share some of that amazing good fortune that you have had with them?”

handful

The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
A small number, usually approximately five.
Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
Synonyms:

fistful, wad, fist, lump, chunk, pile, wodge, heap, few, sprinkling, scattering, smattering, smatter, scatter, couple, sprinkle, trickle, some, several, minority, spattering, not many, a few, one or two, a small amount, a small number, small amount, small quantity, a bit, hardly any, not much, small number, dash, dusting, bit, smidgen, shake, peppering, modicum, rudiments, elements, tad, touch, smidge, little, soupçon, iota, hint, trace, suggestion … more

Examples:

“Ken tipped the attendant one handful of cash. He just pushed a wad of folding money into the young man's hands.”

“The contest was clearly into its last phase, with just a handful of boys still competing.”

“I was a little punk and too much of a handful for their pristine little world to handle.”

hander

One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
(in combinations) Having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
Examples:

“I was entering the left hander, thinking about stopping to see what the trouble was, when the rear tyre blew out, coming off the bead entirely.”

“A hard-hitting right hander and an off-spinner, he has another string to his bow, being a very good fielder.”

“After that there is, in all probability, the veteran Wayne Arthurs, another tall left hander with a belting serve.”

handsies

(childish) hands
flirtatious or lascivious touching

handiness

The quality or state of being handy.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“The handiness of this device as compared with tape is obvious at a glance.”

“It may have been Crosse's hot temper and handiness with the sword that cost him his post in the King's Guard, for James had a profound aversion to dueling.”

“The location is second to none, especially with the handiness of public transport and shops, all nearby.”

handing

The act by which something is handed to somebody.

handfull

Archaic form of handful.
Examples:

“Those tweezers are very handfull in order to eliminate the unwanted hairs or to redefine the eyebrow shape.”

“He will thus only have a small handfull of starter until the end of the year.”

“You may put in a handfull or two of damask rose leaves dryed, which will somewhat better the sent.”

hande

Archaic spelling of hand.

handinesses

handfulls

plural of handfull

handsful

plural of handful
Synonyms:

fistsful, wads, fists, lumps, chunks, wodges, piles, heaps, sprinklings, scatterings, smatterings, smatters, couples, sprinkles, trickles, minorities, spatterings, dashes, dustings, bits, smidgens, rudiments, modica, elements, pepperings, shakes, smidges, tads, touches, iotas, hints, traces, suggestions, suspicions, scintillas, whiffs, tinges, pinches, streaks, drops, splashes, dabs, smacks, tastes, nuances, specks, spots, strains, glimmers, tinctures … more

Examples:

“Into this torrential sewer had unthinkable generations of ulsios pushed their few handsful of dirt in the excavating of their vast labyrinth.”

handfuls

plural of handful
Synonyms:

fistfuls, wads, fists, wodges, chunks, piles, lumps, heaps, sprinklings, scatterings, smattering, smatters, couples, sprinkles, trickles, minority, spatterings, dashes, dustings, bits, smidgens, pepperings, shakes, smidges, touch, tads, modica, iotas, drops, nips, dribbles, licks, pinches, trace, scintillae, splashes, specks, taste, ounces, spots, streaks, dabs, crumbs, drams, whiffs, driblets, hints, mites, morsels, smidgeons … more

Examples:

“The snow came down in handfuls and cars jackknifed to the left and right of us as we drove east on unplowed streets.”

“He dropped to his knees and gathered up handfuls of dust and smeared them on his forehead and chest, crying aloud in anguish.”

“And of all the flowers I sowed this spring only a handfuls of poppies and marigolds have come up.”

handings

plural of handing

handers

plural of hander

handes

plural of hande

hands

plural of hand
Synonyms:

control, power, authority, dominion, supremacy, dominance, domination, ascendancy, influence, rule, reign, sovereignty, predominance, grip, hold, jurisdiction, clout, hegemony, pull, ascendency, ascendance, clutch, arm, ascendence, force, grasp, prepotency, prepotence, might, possession, predomination, prepollency, ownership, helm, occupation, presidency, proprietorship, rulership, spell, regimentation, clasp, collaring, commandeering, retention, hand, chokehold, choke hold, mastery, command, sway … more

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