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

honey
adjective of something having the color of honey

honey bear
potto 2 Potos flavus noun arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail

honey bun
sticky bun noun rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom

honey buzzard
Pernis apivorus noun Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles

honey cake
noun a spicy cake partially sweetened with honey

honey crisp
noun a crisp candy made with honey

honey eater
honeysucker noun Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar

honey guide
noun small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae

honey-colored
honey-coloured adjective having the color of honey

honey-flower
noun Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously

honey-scented
adjective smelling of honey

honeybee
Apis mellifera noun social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces

honeycomb
noun a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees

honeycomb tripe
noun lining of the reticulum (or second stomach) of a ruminant used as food

honeycreeper
noun small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands

honeydew
honeydew melon noun the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh

honeyed
honied adjective with honey added

honeyflower
noun Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously

honeylike
adjective resembling honey

honeymoon
verb spend a holiday after one`s marriage; `they plan to honeymoon in Hawai`i`

honeymoon resort
noun a resort that caters to newlyweds; `Niagra Falls is a well-known honeymoon resort`

honeysuckle
coast banksia noun shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers

Hong Kong
noun formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world`s leading commercial centers

honk
noun the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)

honk
verb use the horn of a car

honker
Canada goose noun common greyish-brown wild goose of North America

honkytonk
noun a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

honor
honour noun the quality of being honorable and having a good name; `a man of honor`

honor
pureness noun a woman`s virtue or chastity

honor killing
noun an ancient Muslim tradition still sometimes observed; a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image

honor system
noun a system of conduct in which participants are trusted not to take unfair advantage of others; `the students are on the honor system`

honorable
honourable adjective used as a title of respect; `my honorable colleague`; `our worthy commanding officer`

honorable discharge
noun a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record

honorableness
honourableness noun the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor

honorably
honourably adverb with honor; `he was honorably discharged after many years of service`

honorary
adjective given as an honor without the normal duties; `an honorary degree`

honorary degree
honoris causa noun a degree conferred to honor the recipient

honorary society
noun an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

honored
honoured adjective worthy of honor; `an honored name`; `our honored dead`

honorific
adjective conferring or showing honor or respect; `honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession`

honoring
noun conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

honour
pureness noun a woman`s virtue or chastity

honours
honours degree noun a university degree with honors

hooch
hootch noun an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor

hood
bonnet 1 cowl noun protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; `there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars`; `the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane`s engine`

hood
noun metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes

hood latch
noun a catch that holds the hood of a car shut

hood ornament
noun an ornament on the front of the hood of a car emblematic of the manufacturer

hooded coat
noun a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head

hooded merganser
hooded sheldrake noun small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male`s head

hooded seal
bladdernose noun medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters

hooded skunk
Mephitis macroura noun of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States

hoodoo
verb bring back luck; be a source of misfortune

hoof
noun the foot of an ungulate mammal

hooflike
adjective resembling a hoof; especially having the horny texture of a hoof; `hooflike calluses`

hoofprint
hoof mark noun a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal

hook
noun a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

hook
noun a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; `he took lessons to cure his hooking`

hook and eye
noun a kind of fastener used on clothing

hook line and sinker
adverb in every detail; `he believed her story hook, line, and sinker`

hook shot
noun a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

hook up
verb connect or link; `hook up the houses to the gas supply line`; `Hook up the components of the new sound system`

hook wrench
hook spanner noun a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head

hook-nosed
adjective having an aquiline nose

hook-shaped
adjective shaped in the form of a hook

hookah
narghile noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; `a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola`

Hooke`s law
noun (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced

Hooker
noun English theologian (1554-1600)

hooking
noun a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; `he took lessons to cure his hooking`

hooklike
adjective resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); `hooklike thorns`

hooks
meat hooks noun large strong hand (as of a fighter); `wait till I get my hooks on him`

hookup
assemblage noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose

hookworm
noun parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts

hoop
noun a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; `there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse`

hoop snake
noun any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop

hoopoe
hoopoo noun any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

hoopskirt
noun a skirt stiffened with hoops

hoosegow
hoosgow noun slang for a jail

hoot
verb to utter a loud clamorous shout; `the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance`

hoot owl
noun any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching

Hoover
noun a kind of vacuum cleaner

Hoover
John Edgar Hoover noun United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

Hoover Dam
noun a large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada

hop
record hop noun an informal dance where popular music is played

hop garden
hop field noun a garden where hops are grown

hop on
mount 1 mount up verb get on the back of; `mount a horse`

hop out
verb get out of quickly; `The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car`

hop pole
noun a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained

hop-picker
noun a machine used for picking hops

hope
noun one of the three Christian virtues

hope
verb expect and wish; `I trust you will behave better from now on`; `I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise`

hope chest
wedding chest noun chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage

hopeful
adjective having or manifesting or inspiring hope; `a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets`; `found a hopeful way of attacking the problem`

hopefully
adverb with hope; in a hopeful manner; `we searched hopefully for a good position`

hopefulness
noun the feeling you have when you have hope

hopeless
adjective without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; `in an agony of hopeless grief`; `with a hopeless sigh he sat down`

hopelessly
adverb without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success; `he hung his head hopelessly`; ``I must die,` he said hopelessly`

hopelessness
noun the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

Hopi
noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi

Hopkins
noun English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)