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   Haldea striatula
         n 1: in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small
               reddish-grey snake of eastern North America [syn: {eastern
               ground snake}, {Potamophis striatula}, {Haldea striatula}]

English Dictionary: Helotiaceae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haliaeetus
n
  1. a genus of Accipitridae [syn: Haliaeetus, {genus Haliaeetus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
n
  1. a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body
    Synonym(s): bald eagle, American eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haliaeetus leucorhyphus
n
  1. of southeast Europe and central Asia [syn: fishing eagle, Haliaeetus leucorhyphus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haliaeetus pelagicus
n
  1. found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific [syn: Kamchatkan sea eagle, Stellar's sea eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haliatus albicilla
n
  1. bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
    Synonym(s): ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white- tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haliotis
n
  1. type genus of the family Haliotidae [syn: Haliotis, genus Haliotis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Haliotis tuberculata
n
  1. an abalone found near the Channel Islands [syn: ormer, sea-ear, Haliotis tuberculata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
halitosis
n
  1. offensive breath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
halitus
n
  1. exhaled breath
    Synonym(s): halitus, exhalation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health care
n
  1. social insurance for the ill and injured
  2. the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
    Synonym(s): healthcare, health care
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health care delivery
n
  1. the provision of health care [syn: healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health care provider
n
  1. a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
    Synonym(s): health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health check
n
  1. a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
    Synonym(s): checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health club
n
  1. a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
    Synonym(s): health spa, spa, health club
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health code
n
  1. set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc
    Synonym(s): sanitary code, health code
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health hazard
n
  1. hazard to the health of those exposed to it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health spa
n
  1. a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
    Synonym(s): health spa, spa, health club
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
healthcare
n
  1. the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
    Synonym(s): healthcare, health care
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
healthcare delivery
n
  1. the provision of health care [syn: healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
healthcare facility
n
  1. building where medicine is practiced [syn: {medical building}, health facility, healthcare facility]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heliothis
n
  1. a genus of Noctuidae
    Synonym(s): Heliothis, genus Heliothis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heliothis moth
n
  1. medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms [syn: heliothis moth, Heliothis zia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heliothis zia
n
  1. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
    Synonym(s): corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm, Heliothis zia
  2. medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms
    Synonym(s): heliothis moth, Heliothis zia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hell dust
n
  1. street names for heroin [syn: big H, hell dust, {nose drops}, smack, thunder, skag, scag]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Helladic civilisation
n
  1. the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC
    Synonym(s): Helladic civilization, Helladic civilisation, Helladic culture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Helladic civilization
n
  1. the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC
    Synonym(s): Helladic civilization, Helladic civilisation, Helladic culture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Helladic culture
n
  1. the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC
    Synonym(s): Helladic civilization, Helladic civilisation, Helladic culture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Helotiaceae
n
  1. a fungus family of order Helotiales [syn: Helotiaceae, family Helotiaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold close
v
  1. hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
    Synonym(s): cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold still for
v
  1. tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"
    Synonym(s): stand for, hold still for
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold sway
v
  1. be master; reign or rule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold tight
v
  1. hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
    Synonym(s): cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holiday season
n
  1. a time when many people take holidays
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holy thistle
n
  1. tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white- blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
    Synonym(s): milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, blessed thistle, Silybum marianum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ern \Ern\, Erne \Erne\, n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend,
      OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. [94]rn, Goth. ara, and
      to Gr. [?] bird. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Ornithology}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle
      ({Hali[91]etus albicilla}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
      named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
      Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
            esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[91]etus}. The eagle
            is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
            keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
            noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
            chrysa[89]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({A.
            mogilnik [or] imperialis}); the American bald eagle
            ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle
            ({H. albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle ({Thrasaetus
            harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,
            is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for
            standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald eagle},
            {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.
  
      2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
            dollars.
  
      3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
            star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.
  
      4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
            of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
            standard of any people.
  
                     Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.
  
      Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
               under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
               national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
               an emblem a double-headed eagle.
  
      {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.
  
      {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.
  
      {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
            dollars.
  
      {Eagle hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested, South American
            hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.
  
      {Eagle owl} (Zo[94]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},
            and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
            Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
            maximus}). See {Horned owl}.
  
      {Eagle ray} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
            {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).
  
      {Eagle vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large West African bid
            ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several
            respects, between the eagles and vultures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bald eagle \Bald" ea"gle\ (Zo[94]l.)
      The white-headed eagle ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}) of
      America. The young, until several years old, lack the white
      feathers on the head.
  
      Note: The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and
               on the coins, of the United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Halieutics \Hal`i*eu"tics\, n. [L. halieuticus pertaining to
      fishing, Gr. [?].]
      A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Zygobranchia \[d8]Zyg`o*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?]
      a yoke + [?] a gill.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are
      developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are
      also paired. The abalone ({Haliotis}) and the keyhole limpet
      ({Fissurella}) are examples.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Halituous \Ha*lit"u*ous\ (?; 135), a. [L. halitus breath, vapor,
      fr. halare to breathe: cf. F. halitueux.]
      Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous. --Boyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
      G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.
      sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]
      1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
            food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
            native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
            and crystallization, from sea water and other water
            impregnated with saline particles.
  
      2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
  
                     Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
                     . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
  
      3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
  
      4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
  
                     I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
                     of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.
  
      5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
  
                     Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
                     and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
  
      6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
            acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
            salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
  
      Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
               it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
               basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
               water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
               the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
               and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
               in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
               acid salts. See Phrases below.
  
      7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
            which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
            allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
            with a grain of salt.
  
                     Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.
  
      8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
            especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
  
      9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have
            survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
            of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
            table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
            of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
            and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.
  
                     His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
                     beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
                     salt.                                                --B. Jonson.
  
      {Acid salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
                  replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
                  exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
                  acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
            (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
                  an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
                  composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
                  an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
                  a neutral salt.
  
      {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
            reaction, as sodium carbonate.
  
      {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
            regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
            oxide. [Obsolescent]
  
      {Basic salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
                  than is required to neutralize the acid.
            (b) An alkaline salt.
  
      {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
            regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
            haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
  
      {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
            of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
            sulphate. See under {Double}.
  
      {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
            crystallizing plant juices.
  
      {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.
  
      {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
            sodium chloride.
  
      {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)
            (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
                  neutralize each other.
            (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
  
      {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
  
      {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
            peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
  
      {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on
            exposure to the air.
  
      {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
            analogous compound.
  
      {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.
  
      {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
  
      {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
            of iron.
  
      {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)
            (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
            (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under
                  {Hartshorn}.
  
      {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.
  
      {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
            the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.
  
      {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
  
      {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
            potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
            -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
            sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.
  
      {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
            called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
            or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
            -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
  
      {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
  
      {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
            or analogous compound.
  
      {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.
  
      {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
            containing sulphur in place of oxygen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.
      hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.
      humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
      1. (Bot.) A climbing plant ({Humulus Lupulus}), having a
            long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its
            fruit (hops).
  
      2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
            brewing to give a bitter taste.
  
      3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See {Hip}.
  
      {Hop back}. (Brewing) See under 1st {Back}.
  
      {Hop clover} (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads
            like hops in miniature ({Trifolium agrarium}, and {T.
            procumbens}).
  
      {Hop flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea beetle ({Haltica
            concinna}), very injurious to hops.
  
      {Hop fly} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid ({Phorodon humuli}), very
            injurious to hop vines.
  
      {Hop froth fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect
            ({Aphrophora interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It
            often does great damage to hop vines.
  
      {Hop hornbeam} (Bot.), an American tree of the genus {Ostrya}
            ({O. Virginica}) the American ironwood; also, a European
            species ({O. vulgaris}).
  
      {Hop moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Hypena humuli}), which in the
            larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
  
      {Hop picker}, one who picks hops.
  
      {Hop pole}, a pole used to support hop vines.
  
      {Hop tree} (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia
            trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large
            clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
  
      {Hop vine} (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr
      dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,
      LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.
      bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]
      1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
            color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
            color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
            color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
  
                     O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.
  
      2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
            darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
            heavens black with clouds.
  
                     I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
            destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
            cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's
            black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black
            vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
      4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
            foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
  
      Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
               as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
               black-visaged.
  
      {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
            felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
            hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
            disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
            malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
            called black acts.
  
      {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and
            Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail
            yellow, and the middle of the body black.
  
      {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
            {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
  
      {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus
            Americanus}).
  
      {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.
  
      {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach
            ({Blatta orientalis}).
  
      {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,
            which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch
            the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.
  
      {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
            Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.
  
      {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,
            produced by a species of caterpillar.
  
      {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North
            America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.
  
      {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
            distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
  
      {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.
  
      {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See
            {Cockatoo}.
  
      {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.
  
      {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
  
      {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.
  
      {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
            senna and magnesia.
  
      {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
            consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
           
  
      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
  
      {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
            skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
  
      {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})
            injurious to turnips.
  
      {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
            obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
            niter. --Brande & C.
  
      {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged
                  fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,
                  exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern
                  forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.
            (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).
                 
  
      {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
            Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
            Hercynian forest.
  
      {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},
            {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.
  
      {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
            Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
  
      {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
            pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.
  
      {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
            dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.
  
      {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
            ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the
            Missouri sucker.
  
      {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the
            {acoumbo} of the natives.
  
      {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason
            thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
            of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
            for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
            {Blacklist}, v. t.
  
      {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
            {MnO2}.
  
      {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
            to or from jail.
  
      {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.
  
      {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
            southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.
  
      {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.
  
      {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
            or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
            printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
           
  
      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
  
      {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
            shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
  
      {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
            rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
  
      {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
  
      {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
            matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
  
      {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the
            rest, and makes trouble.
  
      {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.
  
      {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
            reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
            dogs.
  
      {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.
  
      {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
            stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
            of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
  
      {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.
  
      {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo
            Harlani}).
  
      Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
               Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turnip \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour
      a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[aemac]pe, L.
      napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.)
      The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
      cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. {Napus});
      also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.]
  
      {Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}.
           
  
      {Turnip flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, [or]
            Phyllotreta, striolata}), which feeds upon the turnip, and
            often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of
            yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to
            several other small insects which are injurious to
            turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}.
  
      {Turnip fly}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The turnip flea.
      (b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larv[91]
            live in the turnip root.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Healthy \Health"y\, a. [Compar. {Healthier}; superl.
      {Healthiest}.]
      1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound;
            free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.
  
                     His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy
            complexion.
  
      3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as,
            a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
  
      Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome;
               salutary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Healthsome \Health"some\, a.
      Wholesome; salubrious. [R.] [bd]Healthsome air.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bollworm \Boll"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The larva of a moth ({Heliothis armigera}) which devours the
      bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great
      damage to the crops.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phlox \Phlox\, n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. [?] flame, fr.
      [?] to burn.] (Bot.)
      A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
      flowers.
  
      {Phlox worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American moth
            ({Heliothis phloxiphaga}). It is destructive to phloxes.
           
  
      {Phlox subulata}, the moss pink. See under {Moss}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Helotism \He"lot*ism\, n.
      The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE.
      holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation,
      happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. &
      G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel.
      heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow},
      {Hollyhock}.]
      1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
            sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels;
            a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and
            virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly;
            pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
  
                     Now through her round of holy thought The Church our
                     annual steps has brought.                  --Keble.
  
      {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving
            religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for
            repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional
            government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia,
            Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
            Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and
            subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe,
            except the pope and the king of England.
  
      {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}.
  
      {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}.
  
      {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
            his parents, and others of his family are represented.
  
      {Holy Father}, a title of the pope.
  
      {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the
            Comforter; the Paraclete.
  
      {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}.
  
      {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa
            borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was
            formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days;
            whence the name. It is common in the northern and western
            parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or]
            Seneca, grass}.
  
      {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day.
  
      {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.
  
      {Holy office}, the Inquisition.
  
      {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the
            Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and
            where no person entered, except the high priest once a
            year.
  
      {Holy One}.
            (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis.
                  [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14.
            (b) One separated to the service of God.
  
      {Holy orders}. See {Order}.
  
      {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed,
            in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
  
      {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony.
  
      {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding
            the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.
  
      {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above).
  
      {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}.
  
      {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under
            {Thistle}.
  
      {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.)
            (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
                  Thursday.
  
      {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians
            against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
            twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of
            the holy places.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hulled \Hulled\, a.
      Deprived of the hulls.
  
      {Hulled corn}, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing
            the hulls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hulotheism \Hu"lo*the*ism\, n.
      See {Hylotheism}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hylotheism \Hy"lo*the*ism\, n. [Gr. [?] wood, matter + [?] God.]
      The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is
      no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See
      {Materialism}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hylotheist \Hy"lo*the*ist\, n.
      One who believes in hylotheism.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hallettsville, TX (city, FIPS 31868)
      Location: 29.44495 N, 96.94175 W
      Population (1990): 2718 (1239 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 77964

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Healdsburg, CA (city, FIPS 33056)
      Location: 38.61850 N, 122.86276 W
      Population (1990): 9469 (3766 housing units)
      Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95448

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Helotes, TX (city, FIPS 33146)
      Location: 29.56809 N, 98.69353 W
      Population (1990): 1535 (575 housing units)
      Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holiday City South, NJ (CDP, FIPS 32418)
      Location: 39.94868 N, 74.23663 W
      Population (1990): 5452 (3126 housing units)
      Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ (CDP, FIPS 32415)
      Location: 39.95959 N, 74.27771 W
      Population (1990): 14293 (8808 housing units)
      Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holiday City-Dover, NJ (CDP, FIPS 32416)
      Location: 40.02120 N, 74.16716 W
      Population (1990): 2391 (1626 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holiday Heights, NJ (CDP, FIPS 32424)
      Location: 39.94583 N, 74.25435 W
      Population (1990): 703 (381 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holladay-Cottonwood, UT (CDP, FIPS 36085)
      Location: 40.64851 N, 111.80942 W
      Population (1990): 14095 (4927 housing units)
      Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hollidaysburg, PA (borough, FIPS 35224)
      Location: 40.43015 N, 78.39306 W
      Population (1990): 5624 (2395 housing units)
      Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 16648

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holt County, MO (county, FIPS 87)
      Location: 40.09484 N, 95.21343 W
      Population (1990): 6034 (3190 housing units)
      Area: 1196.3 sq km (land), 18.6 sq km (water)
   Holt County, NE (county, FIPS 89)
      Location: 42.46021 N, 98.78440 W
      Population (1990): 12599 (5472 housing units)
      Area: 6249.2 sq km (land), 12.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holts Summit, MO (city, FIPS 32770)
      Location: 38.64466 N, 92.11596 W
      Population (1990): 2292 (882 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65043

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holtsville, NY (CDP, FIPS 35254)
      Location: 40.81330 N, 73.04762 W
      Population (1990): 14972 (4532 housing units)
      Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11742
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