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Holothuriannounechinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feetverified
Holy Day of ObligationnounMWEa day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communionverified
Holy of HoliesnounMWE(Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was keptverified
Holy ThistlenounMWEtall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower headsverified
Home Away From HomenounMWEa place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were homeverified
Home BankingnounMWEbanking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer)verified
Home BasenounMWE(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterpriseverified
Home From HomenounMWEa place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were homeverified
Home GroundnounMWEthe type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occursverified
Home GuardnounMWEa volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhereverified
Home HelpnounMWEa person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work)verified
Home OfficenounMWE(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterpriseverified
Home ReservenounMWEUnited States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal governmentverified
Home RoomnounMWEa classroom in which all students in a particular grade, or in a division of a grade, meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative businessverified
Home RulenounMWEself-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national governmentverified
Home TheaternounMWEtelevision and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theaterverified
Home TheatrenounMWEtelevision and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theaterverified
Homecourt AdvantagenounMWEthe advantage of playing on your home court in front of fans who are rooting for youverified
Homelessnessnounthe state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)verified
Homeoboxnounone of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic developmentverified
Homeobox GenenounMWEone of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic developmentverified
Homeopathynouna method of treating disease with extremely diluted remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treatedverified
Homeostasisnoun(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changesverified
Homeothermnounan animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperatureverified
Homesteadernounsomeone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to itverified
Homing beaconsnounMWEDevices that send messages to the institution when they connect to a network and that enable recovery of the device.PhysicalRegulated
Homing TorpedonounMWEa torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines)verified
Hominy GritsnounMWEcoarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United Statesverified
Homonounany living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriageverified