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Hard WheatnounMWEwheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pastaverified
Hard-Skinned PuffballnounMWEany of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling trufflesverified
Hardboardnouna cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resinverified
HardeningnounConfiguring a host’s operating systems and applications to reduce the host’s security weaknesses.Process
Hardnessnouna quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from latheringverified
Hardpannouncrust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regionsverified
Hardstem BulrushnounMWEwidely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stemsverified
Hardstemmed BulrushnounMWEwidely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stemsverified
hardwarenounThe physical components of an information system. See also Software and Firmware.Physical
Hardware ErrornounMWEerror resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computerverified
hardware integritynounMWEThe assurance that any given hardware asset is not a counterfeit, or otherwise falsely represented as being whole and intact as measured against original specifications.SystemRegulated
Hardwoodnounthe wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)verified
Hare's-Foot FernnounMWEeither of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstockverified
Harebellnounperennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowersverified
Hareemnounliving quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim householdverified
Haremnounliving quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim householdverified
Harlequin-Snakenounany of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or whiteverified
HarmnounAn undesired outcome [whose] cost exceeds some threshold[; ...] the key points in the definition of safety are that: costs have to be sufficiently high in some human sense for events to be harmful, and that safety involves reducing both the probability of expected harms and the possibility of unexpected harms.Event
Harmattannouna dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winterverified
Harmful BiasnounMWEHarmful bias can be either conscious or unconscious. Unconscious, also known as implicit bias, involves associations outside conscious awareness that lead to a negative evaluation of a person on the basis of characteristics such as race, gender, sexual orientation, or physical ability. Discrimination is behavior; discriminatory actions perpetrated by individuals or institutions refer to inequitable treatment of members of certain social groups that results in social advantages or disadvantagesVulnerabilityRegulatedPII
Harmonic AnalysisnounMWEanalysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal componentsverified
Harmonic LawnounMWEa law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planetsverified
Harmonic MeannounMWEthe mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbersverified
Harmonic MotionnounMWEa periodic motion in which the displacement is either symmetrical about a point or is the sum of such motionsverified
Harmonic ProgressionnounMWE(mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progressionverified
Harmonicanouna small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired holeverified
Harmonynouna harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds)verified
Harness RacenounMWEa horse race between people riding in sulkies behind horses that are trotting or pacingverified
Harness RacingnounMWEa horse race between people riding in sulkies behind horses that are trotting or pacingverified
Harnessed AntelopenounMWEany of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harnessverified
Harpullanounfast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for buildingverified
Harpynounany of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubesverified
Harpy BatnounMWEany of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubesverified
Harrier EaglenounMWEany of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eaglesverified
Hart's-Tongue FernnounMWEcommon epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leavesverified
Harvest MitenounMWElarval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritationverified
Harvest MousenounMWEany of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fieldsverified