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Howitzer

A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar. A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.

Howl

The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.

Howp

To cry out; to whoop.

Howsoever

In what manner soever; to whatever degree or extent; however.

Hox

To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.

Hoy

Ho! Halloe! Stop!

hoya

Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.

Hoyman

One who navigates a hoy.

HQ

Headquarters, the place from which a commander performs the functions of command.

hr

An abbreviation for hour, the period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.

Hsien

An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district.

HSV-I HSV-1 HS1

Herpes simplex 1, a herpes virus that causes oral herpes; also called type I Herpes.

HSV-II HSV-2 HS2

Herpes simplex 2, a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes; also called type II Herpes.

huamachil

A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.

Huascaran

a mountain in Peru, 22,205 feet high.

huastorium

a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host.

Hub

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Telescope

A large astromical optical telescope placed into orbit around the earth, from which, in the absence of absorption and distortion by the earth's atmosphere, clear high-resolution images of astronomical objects can be obtained in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths. The telescope was launched into orbit on April 24, 1990. Since then the telescope has taken thousands of images, many of them unique, recording never before seen astronomical phenomena. Service missions were performed in 1993 and 1997, during which astronauts upgraded or replaced equipment on the telescope. Link to Hubble Telescope Information.

Hubble-bubble

A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell. It is a simple type of hookah.

Hubbub

A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.

Hubby

Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.

Hubnerite

A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.

Huchen Huch

A large salmon (Salmo hucho or Salvelinus hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.

Huck

To higgle in trading.

Huckaback

A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.

Huckleberry

The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa. The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.

Huckster

To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.

Hucksterage

The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.

Hud

A huck or hull, as of a nut.

Huddle

A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.

Huddler

One who huddles things together.

Hudge

An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.

Hudibrastic

Similar to, or in the style of, the poem /Hudibras,/ by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.

Hudsonia

A genus of small evergreen subshrubs of North America.

Hudsonian

Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.

Hue

A shouting or vociferation.

Hued

Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many-hued.

Huer

One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker.

Huff

A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.

Huffcap

A blusterer; a bully. Blustering; swaggering.

Huffiness

The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.

Huffish

Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.

Huffy

Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

Hug

A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.

Huge

Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference.

Hugger

To conceal; to lurk ambush.

hugging

Affectionate embracing; caressing.

Hugoesque

of, pertaining to, or in the style of Victor Hugo.

Hugueninia

A genus having only one species, the tansy-leaved rocket.

Huguenot

A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

Huke

An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.

Hulk

To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.

Hull

To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.

Huller

One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.

Hully

Having or containing hulls.

Hulver

Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.

Hum

Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.

Humane

Pertaining to man; human.

Humanify

To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate.

Humanism

Human nature or disposition; humanity.

Humanist

One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title.

Humanistic

Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion.

Humanitarian

One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.

Humanitarianism

The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

Humanity

The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

Humanize

To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.

Humanly

In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue.

Humanness

The quality or state of being human.

Humble

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

Humbleness

The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.

Humbler

One who, or that which, humbles some one.

Humblesse

Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance.

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