| horsemint | <botany> A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata). In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| horsefly |
horse tick: winged fly parasitic on horses large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
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| horseradish |
the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root grated horseradish root
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| horse chestnut |
The genus Aesculus comprises about 20-25 species of deciduous trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 7-10 species native to North America and 13-15 species native in Eurasia; there are also several natural hybrids. ...
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| horseshoe crab |
The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), also known as king crab, is an arthropod that is more closely related to spiders than crabs. They are most commonly found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the northern Atlantic coast. A Japanese variant (Tachypleus tridentatus) is found in the Seto Inland Sea, but is considered an endangered species through loss of habitat. They can grow up to 20 inches (51 cm), on a diet of mollusks, worms, and other invertebrates. ...
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| horsepower |
unit for measuring power or rate of work(equal to 746 watts)
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| horse | parasitic chiefly on horses |
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| horse | breeding horses |
| horse | tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers |
| horse | East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine |
| horse | an army unit mounted on horseback |
| horse | troops trained to fight on horseback |
| horse | tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds |
| horse | the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut |
| horse | a veterinarian who treats horses |
| horse | a person who breeds and cares for horses |
| horse | large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals |
| horse | coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers |