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Hippocratic OathnounMWEan oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocratesverified
Hired HelpnounMWEemployee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)verified
Hiring HallnounMWEa union-operated placement office where jobs are allotted to applicants according to seniority or rotationverified
Histamine BlockernounMWEa medicine used to treat the gastric effects of histamine in cases of peptic ulcers and gastritis and gastroesophageal refluxverified
Histamine HeadachenounMWEa painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cellsverified
Histiocytic LeukaemianounMWEleukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the bloodverified
Histiocytic LeukemianounMWEleukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the bloodverified
Histocompatibility ComplexnounMWEa family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune responseverified
Historical DocumentnounMWEwriting having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)verified
Historical RecordnounMWEwriting having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)verified
Historical SchoolnounMWEa school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical termsverified
Hitchens's RazornounMWEa principle which asserts that claims made without evidence are not worthy of being taken seriouslyverified
Hitching BarnounMWEa fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from strayingverified
Hitching PostnounMWEa fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from strayingverified
hive offverbMWEwithdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentionsverified
Hoary AlisonnounMWEtall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy podsverified
Hoary AlyssumnounMWEtall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy podsverified
Hoary Golden BushnounMWEwestern American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purpleverified
Hoary PeanounMWEa plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy podsverified
Hoary PlantainnounMWEwidely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowersverified
Hoary PuccoonnounMWEperennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigmentverified
Hockey ClinicnounMWEa meeting at which hockey players receive special evaluation and instructionverified
Hockey GamenounMWEa game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticksverified
Hockey PucknounMWEa vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockeyverified
Hockey SticknounMWEsports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puckverified
Hog CranberrynounMWEevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berriesverified
Hog MilletnounMWEextensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forageverified
Hog PlumnounMWEsmall native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruitverified
Hog Plum BushnounMWEsmall native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruitverified