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

house mouse
Mus musculus noun brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide

House of Burgesses
noun the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia

house of cards
cardhouse noun an unstable construction with playing cards; `he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed`

House of Commons
British House of Commons noun the lower house of the British parliament

house of correction
noun (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences

House of Lords
British House of Lords noun the upper house of the British parliament

house organ
noun a periodical published by a business firm for its employees and customers

house paint
housepaint noun paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house

house painting
noun the occupation of a house painter; `house painting was the only craft he knew`

house party
noun a party lasting over one or more nights at a large house

house wren
Troglodytes aedon noun common American wren that nests around houses

house-proud
adjective proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep

house-raising
noun construction by a group of neighbors

houseboat
noun a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling

housebreak
house-train verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house

housebreaking
break-in noun trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent

housebroken
house-trained adjective (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; `housebroken pets`; ``house-trained` is chiefly British`

houseclean
clean house verb clean and tidy up the house; `She housecleans every week`

housecleaning
noun the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house; `efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time`

housecraft
noun skill in domestic management

housedog
noun a dog trained to guard a house

housefly
house fly noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases

household
house 5 home noun a social unit living together; `he moved his family to Virginia`; `It was a good Christian household`; `I waited until the whole house was asleep`; `the teacher asked how many people made up his home`

housekeep
verb maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household

houselights
noun lights that illuminate the audience`s part of a theater or other auditorium

housetop
noun the roof of a house; `shout it from the housetops`

housewarming
noun a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home

housewifely
adjective related or suited to a housewife; `housewifely virtues`

housewifery
noun the work of a housewife

housework
housekeeping noun the work of cleaning and running a house

housing
lodging noun structures collectively in which people are housed

housing development
noun a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; `they live in the new housing development`

housing estate
noun a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time

housing project
public housing noun a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families

housing start
noun the act of starting to construct a house

Houyhnhnms
noun a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos

hovel
hut noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling

hover
vibrate 3 vacillate verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; `He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement`

hover
verb hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; `The terrible vision brooded over her all day long`

hovercraft
ground-effect machine noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines

Howard
Leslie Howard Stainer noun English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

Howard Carter
noun Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)

Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes noun United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)

Howard Lindsay
noun United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)

howdah
houdah noun a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant

Howe
noun United States feminist who was active in the women`s suffrage movement (1819-1910)

however
nevertheless adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); `although I`m a little afraid, however I`d like to try it`; `while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed`; `he was a stern yet fair master`; `granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go`

howl
howling noun a long loud emotional utterance; `he gave a howl of pain`; `howls of laughter`; `their howling had no effect`

howl
wail verb emit long loud cries; `wail in self-pity`; `howl with sorrow`

howler
noun a glaring blunder

howler monkey
howler noun monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry

hoydenish
tomboyish adjective used of girls; wild and boisterous

hoydenism
tomboyishness noun masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)

Hoyle
Sir Fred Hoyle noun an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)

Hsuan Chiao
noun popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic

Huambo
Nova Lisboa noun a city in the mountains in western Angola

huarache
huaraches noun a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps

hub
noun the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

hub-and-spoke
hub-and-spoke system noun a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available

hubbard squash
noun large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind

Hubble`s law
Hubble law noun (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer

hubbub
uproar noun loud confused noise from many sources

hubcap
noun cap that fits over the hub of a wheel

hubris
noun overbearing pride or presumption

huck
huckaback noun toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric

huckleberry
noun blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

huddle
powwow noun (informal) a quick private conference

huddle
verb crowd or draw together; `let`s huddle together--it`s cold!`

huddle together
verb crowd or draw together; `let`s huddle together--it`s cold!`

huddled
adjective crowded or massed together; `give me...your huddled masses`; `the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind`

Hudson bay collared lemming
Dicrostonyx hudsonius noun of northern Canada

Hudson River school
romantic realism noun the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England

Hudsonian godwit
Limosa haemastica noun New World godwit

hudud
hudood noun Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes

hue
chromaticity noun the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

hueless
adjective of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue

huff
verb inhale recreational drugs; `The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day`; `the kids were huffing glue`

huff
chuff verb blow hard and loudly; `he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain`

huffily
adverb in a huffy manner; ``Don`t bother to call me back,` he said huffily`

huffiness
noun a passing state of anger and resentment

huffing
snorting noun an act of forcible exhalation

huffish
sulky adjective sullen or moody

huffy
mad adjective roused to anger; `stayed huffy a good while`- Mark Twain; `she gets mad when you wake her up so early`; `mad at his friend`; `sore over a remark`

hug
noun a tight or amorous embrace; `come here and give me a big hug`

hug-me-tight
noun a woman`s fitted jacket

huge
Brobdingnagian adjective unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; `huge government spending`; `huge country estates`; `huge popular demand for higher education`; `a huge wave`; `the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains`; `immense numbers of birds`; `at vast (or immense) expense`; `the vast reaches of outer space`; `the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization`- W.R.Inge

hugger mugger
verb act stealthily or secretively

hugger-mugger
adverb in secrecy; `they did it all hugger-mugger`

Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes noun United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)

Hugo Wolf
noun Austrian composer (1860-1903)

Hugoesque
adjective in the manner of Victor Hugo

huitre
oyster noun edible body of any of numerous oysters

hula
hula-hula noun a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman

hula-hoop
noun plaything consisting of a tubular plastic hoop for swinging around the hips

hulk
noun a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned

hulk
heavyweight 3 whale noun a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

hulking
hulky adjective of great size and bulk; `a hulking figure of a man`; `three hulking battleships`

hull
noun the frame or body of ship

Hull
noun United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution` during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)

hum
humming noun a humming noise; `the hum of distant traffic`