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   haemagglutinate
         v 1: cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) [syn:
               {haemagglutinate}, {hemagglutinate}]

English Dictionary: Hans Albrecht Bethe by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemagglutination
n
  1. agglutination of red blood cells [syn: hemagglutination, haemagglutination]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemoglobin
n
  1. a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
    Synonym(s): hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemoglobinemia
n
  1. presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma [syn: hemoglobinemia, haemoglobinemia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemoglobinopathy
n
  1. a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
    Synonym(s): hemoglobinopathy, haemoglobinopathy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemoglobinuria
n
  1. presence of hemoglobin in the urine [syn: hemoglobinuria, haemoglobinuria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hang glide
v
  1. fly by means of a hang glider
    Synonym(s): hang glide, soar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hang glider
n
  1. a rider of a hang glider
  2. a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hang gliding
n
  1. gliding in a hang glider
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hank Williams
n
  1. United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)
    Synonym(s): Williams, Hank Williams, Hiram Williams, Hiram King Williams
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hans Albrecht Bethe
n
  1. United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005)
    Synonym(s): Bethe, Hans Bethe, Hans Albrecht Bethe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hans Holbein
n
  1. German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)
    Synonym(s): Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Younger
  2. German painter of religious works (1465-1524)
    Synonym(s): Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Elder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hawaiian Islands
n
  1. a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific
    Synonym(s): Hawaiian Islands, Sandwich Islands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haym Salomon
n
  1. American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)
    Synonym(s): Salomon, Haym Salomon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heinously
adv
  1. in a terribly evil manner; "the child was heinously murdered"
    Synonym(s): heinously, monstrously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemagglutinate
v
  1. cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) [syn: haemagglutinate, hemagglutinate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemagglutination
n
  1. agglutination of red blood cells [syn: hemagglutination, haemagglutination]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hemigalus
n
  1. banded palm civets
    Synonym(s): Hemigalus, genus Hemigalus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hemigalus hardwickii
n
  1. an East Indian civet [syn: banded palm civet, {Hemigalus hardwickii}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemoglobin
n
  1. a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
    Synonym(s): hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemoglobinemia
n
  1. presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma [syn: hemoglobinemia, haemoglobinemia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemoglobinopathy
n
  1. a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
    Synonym(s): hemoglobinopathy, haemoglobinopathy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemoglobinuria
n
  1. presence of hemoglobin in the urine [syn: hemoglobinuria, haemoglobinuria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hohenzollern
n
  1. a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hohenzollern empire
n
  1. the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919)
    Synonym(s): Hohenzollern empire, Second Reich
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
home-school
v
  1. educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school; "The parents are home-schooling their daughter"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Homo soloensis
n
  1. extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey gland
n
  1. a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
    Synonym(s): nectary, honey gland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey-colored
adj
  1. having the color of honey [syn: honey-colored, {honey- coloured}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey-coloured
adj
  1. having the color of honey [syn: honey-colored, {honey- coloured}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
huamachil
n
  1. common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
    Synonym(s): manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humic shale
n
  1. shale that is rich in humic acids
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91moglobin \H[91]m`o*glo"bin\, n.
      Same as {Hemoglobin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91moglobinometer \H[91]m`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter\, n. [H[91]moglobin
      + -meter.]
      Same as {Hemochromometer}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Handsel \Hand"sel\, n. [Written also {hansel}.] [OE. handsal,
      hansal, hansel, AS. hands[?]lena giving into hands, or more
      prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin
      to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See {Sell}, {Sale}. ]
      1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another;
            especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the
            first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a
            first installment; an earnest; as the first money received
            for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money
            taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a
            young woman on her wedding day, etc.
  
                     Their first good handsel of breath in this world.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
                     Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
                     Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
                                                                              --Herrick.
  
      2. Price; payment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      {Handsel Monday}, the first Monday of the new year, when
            handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hansel \Han"sel\, n. & v.
      See {Handsel}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Handsel \Hand"sel\, n. [Written also {hansel}.] [OE. handsal,
      hansal, hansel, AS. hands[?]lena giving into hands, or more
      prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin
      to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See {Sell}, {Sale}. ]
      1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another;
            especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the
            first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a
            first installment; an earnest; as the first money received
            for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money
            taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a
            young woman on her wedding day, etc.
  
                     Their first good handsel of breath in this world.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
                     Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
                     Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
                                                                              --Herrick.
  
      2. Price; payment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      {Handsel Monday}, the first Monday of the new year, when
            handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hansel \Han"sel\, n. & v.
      See {Handsel}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hanselines \Han"sel*ines\, n.
      A sort of breeches. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heinous \Hei"nous\, a. [OF. ha[8b]nos hateful, F. haineux, fr.
      OF. ha[8b]ne hate, F. haine, fr. ha[8b]r to hate; of German
      origin. See {Hate}.]
      Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving
      great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
  
               It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker.
  
               How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt!
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. --
               {Hei"nous*ly}, adv. -- {Hei"nous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemicollin \Hem`i*col"lin\, n. [Hemi- + collin.] (Physiol.
      Chem.)
      See {Semiglutin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemiglyph \Hem"i*glyph\, n. [Hemi- + Gr. [?] a carving.] (Arch.)
      The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the
      Doric order.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Triton \[d8]Tri"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr.[?].] (Gr. Myth.)
      A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and
      the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and
      painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
      man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a
      trumpet made of a shell.
  
               Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old
               Triton blow his wreathed horn.               --Wordsworth.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods
            belonging to {Triton} and allied genera, having a stout
            spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
            prominent varices. Some of the species are among the
            largest of all gastropods. Called also {trumpet shell},
            and {sea trumpet}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
            salamanders. The common European species are
            {Hemisalamandra cristata}, {Molge palmata}, and {M.
            alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
            The most common species of the United States is
            {Diemyctylus viridescens}. See Illust. under {Salamander}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemoglobin \Hem"o*glo"bin\, n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.)
      The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of
      vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin,
      and is also called {h[91]matoglobulin}. In arterial blood, it
      is always combined with oxygen, and is then called
      {oxyhemoglobin}. It crystallizes under different forms from
      different animals, and when crystallized, is called
      {h[91]matocrystallin}. See {Blood crystal}, under {Blood}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemoglobinometer \Hem`o*glo"bin*om"e*ter\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
      Same as {H[91]mochromometer}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemself \Hem*self"\, Hemselve \Hem*selve"\, Hemselven
   \Hem*selv"en\, pron. pl. [See {Hem}, pron.]
      Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemself \Hem*self"\, Hemselve \Hem*selve"\, Hemselven
   \Hem*selv"en\, pron. pl. [See {Hem}, pron.]
      Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemself \Hem*self"\, Hemselve \Hem*selve"\, Hemselven
   \Hem*selv"en\, pron. pl. [See {Hem}, pron.]
      Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hen \Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[91]n; akin to D. hen, OHG.
      henna, G. henne, Icel. h[?]na, Dan. h[94]na; the fem.
      corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn,
      Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing,
      and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. {Chanticleer}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,
      pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray
      hen.
  
      Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the
               female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
  
      {Hen clam}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A clam of the {Mactra}, and allied genera; the sea clam
            or surf clam. See {Surf clam}.
      (b) A California clam of the genus {Pachydesma}.
  
      {Hen driver}. See {Hen harrier} (below).
  
      {Hen harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus}), found in
            Europe and America; -- called also {dove hawk}, {henharm},
            {henharrow}, {hen driver}, and usually, in America, {marsh
            hawk}. See {Marsh hawk}.
  
      {Hen hawk} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of large hawks
            which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk
            ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B.
            lineatus}), and the goshawk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Himself \Him*self"\, pron.
      1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun;
            -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will
            bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the
            nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved
            himself.
  
                     But he himself returned from the quarries. --Judges
                                                                              iii. 19.
  
                     David hid himself in the field.         --1 Sam. xx.
                                                                              24.
  
                     The Lord himself shall give you a sign. --Is. vii.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify
                     unto himself a peculiar people.         --Titus ii.
                                                                              14.
  
                     With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the
                     same herd, himself the same had done. --Denham.
  
      Note: Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note
               under {Him}.
  
                        It comprehendeth in himself all good. --Chaucer.
  
      2. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and
            disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane
            mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or
            abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
  
      {By himself}, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as,
            he sits or studies by himself.
  
      {To leave one to himself}, to withdraw from him; to let him
            take his own course.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Himself \Him*self"\, Himselve \Him*selve"\, Himselven
   \Him*selv"en\ ([?]), pron. pl.
      Themselves. See {Hemself}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Himself \Him*self"\, Himselve \Him*selve"\, Himselven
   \Him*selv"en\ ([?]), pron. pl.
      Themselves. See {Hemself}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Himselve \Him*selve"\, pron.
      See 1st {Himself}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Himself \Him*self"\, Himselve \Him*selve"\, Himselven
   \Him*selv"en\ ([?]), pron. pl.
      Themselves. See {Hemself}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hingeless \Hinge"less\, a.
      Without a hinge or joint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hone \Hone\, n. [AS. h[be]n; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf.
      Skr. [87][be][nsdot]a, also [87][d3], [87]i, to sharpen, and
      E. cone. [root]38, 228.]
      A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with
      an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting
      instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
      --Tusser.
  
      {Hone slate}See {Polishing slate}.
  
      {Hone stone}, one of several kinds of stone used for hones.
            See {Novaculite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS.
      honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw.
      h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.]
      1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from
            flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the
            honeycomb.
  
      2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
  
                     The honey of his language.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer.
  
                     Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.
  
      Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of
               compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or
               honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
  
      {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus
            melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and
            in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are
            larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which
            serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey,
            their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a
            currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the
            honey and feed the rest.
  
      {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel.
  
      {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}.
  
      {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of
            the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus};
            the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}.
            They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also
            {bee hawk}, {bee kite}.
  
      {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small,
            bright, colored, passerine birds of the family
            {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America.
           
  
      {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small
            passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant
            in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}.
  
      {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus
            {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The
            flowers yield much honey.
  
      {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small
            birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa
            and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading
            persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also
            {honeybird}, and {indicator}.
  
      {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the
            honey which is gathered. --Dryden.
  
      {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above).
  
      {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia
            triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods
            with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
  
      {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}.
  
      {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hansell, IA (city, FIPS 34365)
      Location: 42.75725 N, 93.10344 W
      Population (1990): 83 (41 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50640

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hensel, ND
      Zip code(s): 58241

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hensley, AR
      Zip code(s): 72065

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hinckley, IL (village, FIPS 35268)
      Location: 41.76970 N, 88.64175 W
      Population (1990): 1682 (641 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60520
   Hinckley, MN (city, FIPS 29294)
      Location: 46.01451 N, 92.93839 W
      Population (1990): 946 (456 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55037
   Hinckley, OH
      Zip code(s): 44233
   Hinckley, UT (town, FIPS 35740)
      Location: 39.33239 N, 112.67277 W
      Population (1990): 658 (230 housing units)
      Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84635

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hinkle, KY
      Zip code(s): 40953

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hinkley, CA
      Zip code(s): 92347

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HMSL
  
      {Hierarchical Music Specification Language}
  
  
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