| Hooke | English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) |
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| Hooke | (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced |
| Hooke | addicted to a drug |
| Hooke | curved down like an eagle's beak |
| Hooke | (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to hook the ball |
| Hooke | a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers) |
| Hooke | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets |
| Hooke | English theologian (1554-1600) |
| Hooke | United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) |
| Hooke | green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge |
| Hooke | a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk |
| Hooke | a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal |