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Habeas CorpusnounMWEthe civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonmentverified
Habitual CriminalnounMWEsomeone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)verified
Haemal ArchnounMWEa structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vesselsverified
Haemophilia BnounMWEa clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IXverified
Haemorrhagic FevernounMWEa group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area)verified
Hair CarenounMWEcare for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hairverified
Hair CurlernounMWEa mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl itverified
Hair SealnounMWEany of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippersverified
Hair SlidenounMWEa decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in placeverified
Hair SpraynounMWEtoiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in placeverified
Hairline FracturenounMWEa fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thinverified
Hairy Darling PeanounMWEshrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowersverified
Hairy HoneysucklenounMWEtwining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowersverified
Hairy RootnounMWEa phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous rootsverified
Hairy WillowherbnounMWEplant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leavesverified
Half BindingnounMWEbook binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in anotherverified
Half GainernounMWEa dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving boardverified
Half LifenounMWEthe time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)verified
Half NelsonnounMWEa wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neckverified
Half RestnounMWEa musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common timeverified
Half-And-Half DressingnounMWEhalf mayonnaise and half vinaigrette seasoned with minced garlic and mashed anchovies and grated Parmesan cheeseverified
Half-Free MorelnounMWEa morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its lengthverified
Halibut-Liver OilnounMWEa fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin Averified
Hall PassnounMWEwritten permission from a teacher for a student to be out of the classroom and in the halls of the schoolverified
Hallucinogenic DrugnounMWEa psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiencesverified
Hamamelid Dicot FamilynounMWEfamily of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkinsverified
Hamamelid Dicot GenusnounMWEgenus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkinsverified