| HWB | hot water bottle |
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| HWE | healthy worker effect; hot water extract |
| HWP | hepatic wedge pressure; hot wet pack |
| HWS | hot water-soluble |
| hot-blooded | Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hot-short | <chemistry> More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hotbed | 1. <botany> A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics. 2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hotchpotch | 1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge. "A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes." (Bacon) 2. A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalising the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given. This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story. It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See Collation. Origin: F. Hochepot, fr. Hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. Hutspot hotchpotch, D. Hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See Hustle, and Pot, and cf. Hodgepodge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hotel | 1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class. 2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth. Origin: F. Hotel, OF. Hostel. See Hostel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hotfoot | Burning pain in the soles of the feet, in multiple neuritis. Synonym: hotfoot. Origin: L. Ignis, fire, + pes (ped-), foot, + G. Ites (05 Mar 2000) |
| hothouse | 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. 3. A brothel; a bagnio. 4. A heated room for drying green ware. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hotlines | A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hotpress | To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hottentot | 1. <ethnology> One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts. 2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds. <botany> Hottentot cherry See Elephant's foot, under Elephant. Origin: D. Hottentot; so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hottentot tea | <botany> A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil dlands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hottentotism | A form of stammering. Origin: D. Fr. Hottentot, (D. Hateren to stammer, tateren to stutter), a people in South Africa named by the Dutch for the sounds of their speech (05 Mar 2000) |
| hot-cathode tube |
a vacuum tube in which the cathode is electrically heated to incandescence and in which the stream of electrons depends on the temperature of the cathode.
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| hot spot |
A hotspot is a center of high activity within a larger area of low activity. The term is applied to different things in different contexts: * In geology see Hotspot (geology).* In genetics, a hotspot can be** a position on the DNA where mutations occur with an unusual high frequency** a position on the DNA where recombination occurs with an unusual high frequency* In meteorology, a hotspot is an area where the atmosphere is relatively hot. ...
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| hot spot |
In geology, a hotspot is a location on the Earth's surface that has experienced active vulcanism for a long period of time. J. Tuzo Wilson came up with the idea in 1963 that volcanic chains like the Hawaiian Islands result from the slow movement of a tectonic plate across a "fixed" hot spot deep beneath the surface of the planet. ...
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| hot zone |
Hot zone refers to an area that is considered to be dangerous due to biological, chemical, or nuclear contamination. For example, the area in which remediation or containment work during a hazardous materials incident is considered the hot zone, for which individuals must be trained and prepared to enter and leave through specific corridors. ...
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| hot flash |
A sudden, temporary onset of body warmth, flushing, and sweating (often associated with menopause).
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| HOT | having or bringing unusually good luck |
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| HOT | newest or most recent |
| HOT | very unpleasant or even dangerous |
| HOT | (informal) very popular or successful |
| HOT | having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers |
| HOT | sexually excited or exciting |
| HOT | (informal) performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy |
| HOT | characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement |
| HOT | wanted by the police |
| HOT | (color) bold and intense |
| HOT | loud and confused and empty talk |
| HOT | thrown into a state of agitated confusion |