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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Hilbert space
noun a metric space that is linear and complete and (usually) infinite-dimensional

hill
verb form into a hill

Hill
James Jerome Hill noun United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)

hill myna
Indian grackle noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech

hillbilly music
noun country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States

hilliness
noun the quality of being hilly; `the hilliness of West Virginia`

hilltop
brow noun the peak of a hill; `the sun set behind the brow of distant hills`

hilt
noun the handle of a sword or dagger

hilus
hilum noun (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; `the hilus of the kidney`

Himalayan
adjective of or relating to the Himalayas; `Himalayan peaks`

Himalayish
noun the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Tibet and Nepal and Bhutan and Sikkim

Himantopus
genus Himantopus noun major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills

Hinayana
Hinayana Buddhism noun an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia

Hinayanism
noun the religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism

hind
noun female red deer

hind leg
noun the back limb of a quadruped

hind limb
noun a posterior leg or homologous structure in other animals

hindbrain
rhombencephalon noun the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem

hindfoot
noun a rear foot of a quadruped

hindgut
noun the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos

Hindi
noun the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script

hindquarter
noun the back half of a side of meat

hindquarters
croup noun the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks

hindrance
hinderance noun the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

hindshank
noun a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg

hindsight
noun understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; `hindsight is always better than foresight`

Hindu
Hindi adjective of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; `the Hindu faith`

Hinduism
Hindooism noun a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils

Hindustani
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language

hinge
flexible joint noun a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other

hinge joint
ginglymus noun a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane

hinging post
swinging post noun the gatepost on which the gate is hung

hinny
noun hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile; `a hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule`

hint
intimation noun an indirect suggestion; `not a breath of scandal ever touched her`

hint
noun a slight indication

hip
noun either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh

hip
coxa noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

hip boot
thigh boot noun a very high boot; used especially for fishing

hip joint
coxa noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

hip pad
noun protective garment consisting of a pad worn by football and hockey players

hip pocket
noun a pocket in rear of trousers

hip roof
noun a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides

hip socket
noun the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone

hip-hop
noun an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city

hipbone
innominate bone noun large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis

hipflask
pocket flask noun a flask that holds spirits

hiplength
hip-length adjective extending to or just over the hips; `a hiplength jacket`

hipless
adjective having or seeming to have no hips; `slim and hipless`

hipline
noun the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment

hipped
adjective having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination); `broad-hipped`

Hippo
Hippo Regius noun an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria

Hippobosca
genus Hippobosca noun type genus of the Hippoboscidae

Hippoboscidae
family Hippoboscidae noun winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies

Hippocampus
genus Hippocampus noun seahorses

Hippocratic
adjective of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name

Hippocratic oath
noun an oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates

Hippodamia
genus Hippodamia noun genus of ladybugs

Hippodamia convergens
noun a variety of ladybug

hippodrome
noun a stadium for horse shows or horse races

Hippoglossoides
genus Hippoglossoides noun a genus of Pleuronectidae

Hippoglossus
genus Hippoglossus noun halibuts

Hippopotamidae
family Hippopotamidae noun hippopotami

hippopotamus
hippo noun massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

Hipposideridae
family Hipposideridae noun Old World leafnose bats

Hipposideros
genus Hipposideros noun horseshoe bats

Hippotragus
genus Hippotragus noun sable antelopes

Hipsurus
genus Hipsurus noun a genus of Embiotocidae

hircine
adjective of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor)

hire
noun the act of hiring something or someone; `he signed up for a week`s car hire`

hire out
rent out verb grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; `We rent out our apartment to tourists every year`; `He hired himself out as a cook`

hired
adjective having services engaged for a fee; `hired hands`; `a hired gun`

hiring freeze
noun freeze on hiring

hiring hall
noun a union-operated placement office where jobs are allotted to applicants according to seniority or rotation

hirsuteness
hirsutism noun excessive hairiness

Hirudinea
class Hirudinea noun hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids

Hirudinidae
family Hirudinidae noun a family of Hirudinea

Hirudo
genus Hirudo noun type genus of the family Hirudinidae

Hirundinidae
family Hirundinidae noun swallows and martins

Hirundo
genus Hirundo noun type genus of the Hirundinidae

Hispanic
Latino adjective related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture; `the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly`

Hispanic American
Hispanic noun an American whose first language is Spanish

Hispaniolan
adjective of or relating to the West Indian island of Hispaniola

hispid
adjective (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles; `plants with hispid stems`

hispid pocket mouse
Perognathus hispidus noun large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States

hiss
hissing noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); `the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience`

histamine
noun amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions

histamine blocker
noun a medicine used to treat the gastric effects of histamine in cases of peptic ulcers and gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux; works by blocking the effects of histamine on the receptor site known as H2

histiocyte
noun a macrophage that is found in connective tissue

histocompatibility complex
noun a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response

histogram
noun a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies

histological
histologic adjective of or relating to histology

histologically
adverb involving the use of histology or histological techniques; `histologically identifiable structures`

histology
noun the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues

historic
historical adjective belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; `historic victories`; `historical (or historic) times`; `a historical character`

historic period
noun a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; `a novel from the Victorian period`

historical
adjective having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; `the historical Jesus`; `doubt that a historical Camelot every existed`; `actual historical events`

historical document
historical paper noun writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)

historical linguistics
diachronic linguistics noun the study of linguistic change; `the synchrony and diachrony of language`

historical period
noun a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; `a novel from the Victorian period`

historical present
noun the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states