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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.

Humbug

To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.

Humectant

Diluent. A diluent drink or medicine.

Humeral

Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial.

Humerus

The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.

Humic

Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid. See Humin.

Humid

Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.

humidification

The act or process of increasing the moisture content; -- usually used of gases, especially air.

humidifier

A device that increases the moisture content of the air; -- used to avoid excessive dryness in buildings, which can cause irritation to the throat. Compare dehumidifier.

humidify

to render (gases, especially air) humid or to increase the moisture content of; as, We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house.

Humidity

Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.

Humifuse

Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.

Humiliate

To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to cause a loss of pride or dignity; to humble; to mortify.

humiliated

brought low in condition or status; reduced in dignity; humbled; mortified.

Humiliation

The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.

Humility

The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness.

Humin

A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.

Humiri

A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.

Humite

A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.

Hummel

Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow.

Hummeler

One who, or a machine which, hummels.

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