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Hockeynouna 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 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
Holdernounthe person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds itverified
Holding CellnounMWEa jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trialverified
Holding PatternnounMWEthe flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to landverified
Holismnounthe theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the wholeverified
Holistic MedicinenounMWEmedical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factorsverified
Holistic TheorynounMWEthe theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the wholeverified
Hollynounany tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edgesverified
Holly FernnounMWEany of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like hollyverified
Holly-Leaf CherrynounMWECalifornia evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowersverified
Holly-Leaved CherrynounMWECalifornia evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowersverified
Holly-Leaved OaknounMWEevergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of hollyverified
Holly-Leaves BarberrynounMWEornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berriesverified
Hollygrapenounornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berriesverified
Holm OaknounMWEevergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of hollyverified
Holm TreenounMWEevergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of hollyverified
Hologramnounthe intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holographyverified
Holographnounthe intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holographyverified
Holographynounthe branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional imageverified