| horsepower | 1. The power which a horse exerts. 2. <machinery> A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second, etc. The power of a draught horse, of average strength, working eight hours per day, is about four fifths of a standard horse power. Brake horse power, the net effective power of a prime mover, as a steam engine, water wheel, etc, in horse powers, as shown by a friction brake. See Friction brake, under Friction. Indicated horse power, the power exerted in the cylinder of an engine, stated in horse powers, estimated from the diameter and speed of the piston, and the mean effective pressure upon it as shown by an indicator. See Indicator. <engineering> Nominal horse power, a term still sometimes used in England to express certain proportions of cylinder, but having no value as a standard of measurement. 3. A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor. 4. <unit> A unit for measuring the rate of mechanical energy output. The term is usually applied to engines or electric motors to describe maximum output. 1 hp = 745.7 Watts = 0.746 kW = 2,545 Btu/hr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| horsepox | A disease, now rare, that usually appears as typical eruptions, first papular, then vesicular, in the mouth or on the lips and buccal mucosa, sometimes on the skin of the fetlocks; caused by the horsepox virus, a member of the family Poxviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horsepox virus | The poxvirus causing horsepox. Synonym: contagious pustular stomatitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horseradish peroxidase | <enzyme> A large enzyme, frequently used in conjunction with diaminobenzidine as an intracellular marker to identify cells both at light and electron microscopic levels. (18 Nov 1997) |
| horses | Large, hoofed mammals of the family equidae. Horses are active day and night with most of the day spent seeking and consuming food. Feeding peaks occur in the early morning and late afternoon, and there are several daily periods of rest. (12 Dec 1998) |
| horseshoe | 1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof. 2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab. 3. <zoology> The Limulus of horsehoe crab. <medicine> Horsehoe head, a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| horseshoe crabs | An arthropod subclass (xiphosura) comprising the north american (limulus) and asiatic (tachypleus) genera of horseshoe crabs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| horseshoe fistula | An anal fistula partially encircling the anus and opening at both extremities on the cutaneous surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horseshoe kidney | <radiology> 50% most likely to be other GU anomaly, duplication, cryptorchidism, urethral anomaly, increased kidney tumours, Wilms -- in kids, adenocarcinoma -- later in life (12 Dec 1998) |
| horseshoe placenta | An exaggerated placenta reniformis curved in the form of a horseshoe; present in some twin pregnancies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horsetail | 1. <botany> A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. 2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank. Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one. Shrubby horsetail. <botany> See Joint-fir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| horseweed | <botany> A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| horsewoman | A woman who rides on horseback. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| horsewood | <botany> A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Horsfall, Frank L Jr | <person> U.S. Physician, 1906-1971. See: Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein, Tamm-Horsfall protein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horizontal |
a side to side direction, like the horizon
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| horn |
1.) A sharp peak formed at the intersection of the headwalls of three or more cirques. 2.)A hardened structure that extends from the head of some caterpillars.
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vowel jamo are written under the initial: 으 eu.
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Permanent, unbranched, keratinized sheaths growing over bony cores from the frontal bones of the skull (eg buffalo)
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Slang term for being sexually arroused or excited. hostile environment A work or educational atmosphere that interferes with a person's performance because of sexual harassment.
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| hor | cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps |
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| hor | have one's hair stand on end and get goosbumps |
| hor | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
| hor | something that inspires horror |
| hor | intense aversion |
| hor | intense and profound fear |
| hor | stricken with horror |
| hor | stricken with horror |
| hor | a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal |
| hor | so badly injured as to be unable to continue |
| hor | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
| hor | a narcotic that is considered a hard drug |