| Ho | Symbol for holmium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hoagland's sign | <clinical sign> Eyelid oedema in infectious mononucleosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hoar | 1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." 2. Gray or white with age; hoary. "Whose beard with age is hoar." (Coleridge) "Old trees with trunks all hoar." (Byron) 3. Musty; moldy; stale. Origin: OE. Hor, har, AS. Har; akin to Icel. Harr, and to OHG. Her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heith brightness of the sky, Goth. Hais torch, Skr. Ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hoard | A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money. Origin: OE. Hord, AS. Hord; akin to OS. Hord, G. Hort, Icel. Hodd, Goth. Huzd; prob. From the root of E. Hide to conceal, and of L. Custos guard, E. Custody. See Hide to conceal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hoarding | 1. A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. "Posted on every dead wall and hoarding." (London Graphic) 2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something. "The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin." (Tyndall) Origin: From OF. Hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. Horde hurdle, fence, G. Horde, hurde; akin to E. Hurdle. See Hurdle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hoarse | Having a rough, harsh voice. Origin: A.S. Has (05 Mar 2000) |
| hoarseness | An unnaturally deep or rough quality of voice. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hoary | Covered with a greyish layer of very short, closely interwoven hairs. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hoatzin | <zoology> Same as Hoazin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hoazin | <zoology> A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hob | 1. The hub of a wheel. See Hub. 2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. 3. <mechanics> A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc. Origin: Prob. Akin to hump. Cf. Hub. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hobbies | Leisure activities engaged in for pleasure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hobbism | The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist; especially, his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hobbist | One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hobblebush | <botany> A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Synonym: shinhopple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |