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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.

Hummer

One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.

Humming

A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.

humming bird hummingbird

any bird of the family Trochilid/, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size with long slender bills adapted to sucking nectar from flowers, and are noted for the very brilliant iridescent colors of their plumage and their peculiar habit of hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming noise; the wings are specialized for hovering flight, but they can also dart forward and fly quite rapidly. They feed both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is Trochilus colubris. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and Ruby-throat.

Hummock

A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.

Hummocking

The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.

Hummum

A sweating bath or place for sweating.

Humor

To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.

Humoral

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever.

Humoralist

One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.

Humorism

The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.

Humorist

One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

Humoristic

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.

humourous

same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter.

Hump

To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.

Humped

Having a hump, as the back.

Humph

An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.

Humpy

Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.

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