| 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) |
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| 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) |
| hobby | Origin: OE. Hobi; cf. OF. Hobe, hobe, F. Hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. Hober to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse. <zoology> A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hobnail | 1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes. 2. A clownish person; a rustic. <medicine> Hobnail liver, a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver. Origin: 1st hob + nail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hobnail cells | Cell's characteristic of a mesonephroma; a round expansion of clear cytoplasm projects into the lumen of neoplastic tubules, but the basal part of the cell containing the nucleus is narrow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hobnail liver | In Laennec's cirrhosis, the contraction of scar tissue and hepatic cellular regeneration which causes a nodular appearance of the liver's surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hobnail tongue | Interstitial glossitis with hypertrophy and verrucous changes in papillae; seen in some cases of late acquired syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoboken | Nicholas van, Dutch anatomist and physician, 1632-1678. See: Hoboken's gemmules, Hoboken's nodules, Hoboken's valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoboken's gemmules | Gross dilations on the outer surface of the umbilical arteries. See: Hoboken's valves. Synonym: Hoboken's gemmules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoboken's nodules | Gross dilations on the outer surface of the umbilical arteries. See: Hoboken's valves. Synonym: Hoboken's gemmules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoboken's valves | The flangelike protrusions into the lumen of the umbilical arteries where they are twisted or kinked in their course through the umbilical cord. (05 Mar 2000) |