Recreation terms starting with H

54 terms

  1. Habitat The natural environment where people, animals and plants live. In an aquatic environment, it includes the water, topography, structure and cover present…
  2. Hand Behind this is the common term used for the five card hand as it is placed behind the smaller two card hand.
  3. Hand in Front this is the common term used for the two card hand called this because it is placed first, or in front of the hand behind.
  4. handline A fishing line used without a rod or reel; a line held in the hand.
  5. Handling Generally, a race car's performance while racing, qualifying or practicing. How a car "Handles" is determined by its tires, suspension geometry…
  6. Happy Hour the last practice session held before a NASCAR race.
  7. hard bottom Usually a type of bottom that you would not sink far, if at all, were you to walk on it and can consist of clay, gravel, rock or sand.
  8. Hard Hand Any hand without an ace. Also any hand with an ace where the ace must be counted as a 1 to avoid busting.
  9. Hard total The total of a hard hand.
  10. Harmonic balancer An element used to reduce vibrations in the crankshaft.
  11. Harvestable-sized fish A fish of a size normally kept by sport anglers. This size for bream is about 6 inches and larger and for largemouth bass it is about 10 inches and larger.
  12. Hatchery A facility where fish and raised for stocking.
  13. Hate Similar to threat
  14. Hauler The 18-wheel tractor-trailer rig that teams use to transport two race cars, engines, tools and support equipment to the racetrack.
  15. hawg A slang term describing a large lunker-size or heavyweight bass weighing 4 pounds or more.
  16. Head wrench Slang term used for a race team's crew chief.
  17. Heads Up Playing alone against a dealer.
  18. Heads Up or Heads On A head to head play with the dealer - no other players are involved.
  19. Hearthstone An item that can be used once per hour to teleport you to your Home point.
  20. Heat Pressure and intimidation used by a casino to discourage card counters.
  21. Heat cycle Each time a tire is raised to operating temperature.
  22. hellgramite The larvae of the dobsonfly.
  23. Hi-lo count A card counting system. 2 through 6 counts +1 and faces and aces count as -1.
  24. Hi-opt I A card counting system promoted in The World's Greatest Blackjack Book. 3-6 count as +1, and tens (including faces) count as -1.
  25. High Bet A wager that one of the high numbers (19-36) will win the next spin.
  26. High Card this is the highest card in a player's hand, which may be used as a tie-breaker if a player and dealer have the same hand.
  27. High Hand this is another name for the Hand Behind or the Five Card Hand.
  28. High heat Above normal (260 degrees Fahrenheit) tire temperature.
  29. High or low bet An even money bet, either for the top half (19-36) or the bottom half (1-18) of the numbers. (This is an outside bet.)
  30. High Roller this is a player who wages big bets.
  31. Hit To take another card.
  32. Hoca Early version of roulette.
  33. holding area Structure that habitually attracts and holds bass.
  34. holding station Place on a lake where inactive fish spend most of their time.
  35. Hole Card The dealer's face down card.
  36. Hole Cards Cards dealt face-down to a player - most commonly used when describing the first two player cards in Hold'em and the first four player cards in Omaha.
  37. Home The location tied to your Hearthstone, changable only by talking to an innkeeper.
  38. honey hole A slang term describing a specific hole, spot, or area containing big fish or lots of catchable fish.
  39. Hopkins spoons A brand name of spoon with a hammered appearance.
  40. Horsepower A measurement of mechanical or engine power. Measured in the amount of power it takes to move 33,000 pounds one foot in a minute,
  41. Hostile Applied to mean that an enemy has the capability to initiate combat with you.
  42. Hot and Cold System Classification of systems that wager on the side that won previously. Another name for a streak method of betting.
  43. Hot deck A deck where the player has an edge or favorable situation.
  44. Hot Table A table where the players have been winning.
  45. House The establishment running the game. Example: "The \$2 you put on the button goes to the house."
  46. House Edge A term for the casinos' advantage over the player. No game has a more favorable house edge for a player.
  47. House Person A dealer who is unusually concerned with the casino's profits. A dealer who identifies with the casinos or enjoys watching players lose.
  48. House Way this is a set way that all dealers must use when setting their hands. This determines which cards they use in both their hands.
  49. HP Hit points or Health
  50. hump An underwater island that generally rises gradually. Humps can often hold fish.
  51. Hustler A gambling cheat.
  52. Hybrid A class that is a mixture or combination of 2 or more classes. For example, a Druid can be viewed as a Warrior/Rogue/Priest hybrid.
  53. Hydrology The science dealing with the distribution, properties and circulation of water on land, in the soil, and in the atmosphere.
  54. Hypothermia this situation occurs when the core temperature of one's body falls below normal.