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Hippopotamusnounmassive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africaverified
Hipstersnouna youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960sverified
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
Hirudineannouncarnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each endverified
Histaminenounamine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vesselsverified
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
Histidinenounan essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissueverified
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
Histocompatibilitynouncondition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissueverified
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
Histoincompatibilitynounincompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another personverified
Histologynounthe branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissuesverified
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
Historiographernouna person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about itverified
Historynounthe continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the futureverified
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
Hitchracknouna fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from strayingverified
Hmonoungroup insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physiciansverified
Hoactzinnouncrested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wingsverified
Hoagienouna large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)verified
Hoagynouna large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)verified
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
Hoatzinnouncrested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wingsverified
Hobgoblinnouna small grotesque supernatural creature from folklore that makes trouble for human beingsverified