Hexalectris spicata : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   H. G. Wells
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English Dictionary: Hexalectris spicata	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hackles n a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" Synonym(s): dander, hackles
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hagiologist n the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography [syn: hagiographer, hagiographist, hagiologist]
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hagiology n literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
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Hakea leucoptera n large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia Synonym(s): needlewood, needle-wood, needle wood, Hakea leucoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hakea lissosperma n shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia Synonym(s): needlebush, needle- bush, needle bush, Hakea lissosperma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hexalectris n a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae [syn: Hexalectris, genus Hexalectris]
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Hexalectris spicata n orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States Synonym(s): crested coral root, Hexalectris spicata
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Hexalectris warnockii n orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas Synonym(s): Texas purple spike, Hexalectris warnockii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high-low-jack n card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game Synonym(s): all fours, high-low-jack
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highlight n the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican" Synonym(s): highlight, high spot an area of lightness in a picture Synonym(s): highlight, highlighting v move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" Synonym(s): foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up Antonym(s): background, downplay, play down apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"
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highlighter n a cosmetic used to highlight the eyes or cheekbones a fluorescent marker used to mark important passages in a text
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highlighting n an area of lightness in a picture [syn: highlight, highlighting]
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highly active antiretroviral therapy n a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV Synonym(s): drug cocktail, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
highly sensitive adj readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
highly strung adj being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
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highly-sexed adj having excessive sexual desire or appeal [syn: oversexed, highly-sexed]
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hockey league n a league of hockey teams
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hooklike adj having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns"; Synonym(s): hooklike, hooked
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houselights n lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: The white-handed gibbon ({Hylobates lar}), the crowned ({H. pilatus}), the wou-wou or singing gibbon ({H. agilis}), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hagiologist \Ha`giol"ogist\, n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. --Tylor. Hagiologists have related it without scruple. --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hagiology \Ha`giol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] sacred + -logy.] The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. --J. H. Newman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bito \Bi"to\, n., Bito tree \Bi"to tree`\ . [Etym. uncertain.] (Bot.) A small scrubby tree ({Balanites [92]gyptiaca}) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia. Note: The hard yellowish white wood is made into plows in Abyssinia; the bark is used in Farther India to stupefy fish; the ripe fruit is edible, when green it is an anthelmintic; the fermented juice is used as a beverage; the seeds yield a medicinal oil called zachun. The African name of the tree is {hajilij}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hazel \Ha"zel\, n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[91]sel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus {Corylus}, as the {C. avellana}, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are {C. Americana}, which produces the common hazelnut, and {C. rostrata}. See {Filbert}. --Gray. 2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond. {Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. {Hazel grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European grouse ({Bonasa betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse. {Hazel hoe}, a kind of grub hoe. {Witch hazel}. See {Witch-hazel}, and {Hamamelis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hazeless \Haze"less\, a. Destitute of haze. --Tyndall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hegelianism \Hege"lianism\, Hegelism \He"gelism\, n. The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hexylic \Hex*yl"ic\, a. (chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Old \Old\, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. {Adult}, {Alderman}, {Aliment}, {Auld}, {Elder}.] 1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young. 2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. [bd]An old acquaintance.[b8] --Camden. 3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. [bd]The old schools of Greece.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The character of the old Ligurians.[b8] --Addison. 4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? --Cen. xlvii. 8. Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old. 5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. --Milton. 6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to {new} land, that is, to land lately cleared. 7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. 8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.] If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. --Shak. 9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. 10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. 11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. [bd]Go thy ways, old lad.[b8] --Shak. {Old age}, advanced years; the latter period of life. {Old bachelor}. See {Bachelor}, 1. {Old Catholics}. See under {Catholic}. {Old English}. See under {English}. n., 2. {Old Nick}, {Old Scratch}, the devil. {Old lady} (Zo[94]l.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo maura}). {Old maid}. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle ({Vinca rosea}). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. {Old man's beard}. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba}). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The {Tillandsia usneoides}. See {Tillandsia}. {Old man's head} (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs. {Old red sandstone} (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See {Sandstone}, and the Chart of {Geology}. {Old school}, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. {Old sledge}, an old and well-known game of cards, called also {all fours}, and {high, low, Jack, and the game}. {Old squaw} (Zo[94]l.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis}) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also {longtailed duck}, {south southerly}, {callow}, {hareld}, and {old wife}. {Old style}. (Chron.) See the Note under {Style}. {Old Testament}. See under {Testament}. {Old wife}. [In the senses b and c written also {oldwife}.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip. Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim. iv. 7. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zo[94]l.) A duck; the old squaw. {Old World}, the Eastern Hemisphere. Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See {Ancient}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
High \High\, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. {High, low, jack, and the game}, a game at cards; -- also called {all fours}, {old sledge}, and {seven up}. {In high and low}, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {On high}, aloft; above. The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke i. 78. {The Most High}, the Supreme Being; God.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Old \Old\, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. {Adult}, {Alderman}, {Aliment}, {Auld}, {Elder}.] 1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young. 2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. [bd]An old acquaintance.[b8] --Camden. 3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. [bd]The old schools of Greece.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The character of the old Ligurians.[b8] --Addison. 4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? --Cen. xlvii. 8. Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old. 5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. --Milton. 6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to {new} land, that is, to land lately cleared. 7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. 8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.] If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. --Shak. 9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. 10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. 11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. [bd]Go thy ways, old lad.[b8] --Shak. {Old age}, advanced years; the latter period of life. {Old bachelor}. See {Bachelor}, 1. {Old Catholics}. See under {Catholic}. {Old English}. See under {English}. n., 2. {Old Nick}, {Old Scratch}, the devil. {Old lady} (Zo[94]l.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo maura}). {Old maid}. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle ({Vinca rosea}). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. {Old man's beard}. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba}). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The {Tillandsia usneoides}. See {Tillandsia}. {Old man's head} (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs. {Old red sandstone} (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See {Sandstone}, and the Chart of {Geology}. {Old school}, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. {Old sledge}, an old and well-known game of cards, called also {all fours}, and {high, low, Jack, and the game}. {Old squaw} (Zo[94]l.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis}) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also {longtailed duck}, {south southerly}, {callow}, {hareld}, and {old wife}. {Old style}. (Chron.) See the Note under {Style}. {Old Testament}. See under {Testament}. {Old wife}. [In the senses b and c written also {oldwife}.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip. Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim. iv. 7. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zo[94]l.) A duck; the old squaw. {Old World}, the Eastern Hemisphere. Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See {Ancient}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
High \High\, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. {High, low, jack, and the game}, a game at cards; -- also called {all fours}, {old sledge}, and {seven up}. {In high and low}, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {On high}, aloft; above. The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke i. 78. {The Most High}, the Supreme Being; God.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houseleek \House"leek`\, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus {Sempervivum} ({S. tectorum}), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also {ayegreen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houseless \House"less\, a. Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houselessness \House"less*ness\, n. The state of being houseless.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hygiology \Hy`giol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] health + -logy.] A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyoglossal \Hy`o*glos"sal\, a. [Hyo- + Gr. [?] tongue.] (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane. (b) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.
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Haskell County, KS (county, FIPS 81) Location: 37.56278 N, 100.87292 W Population (1990): 3886 (1586 housing units) Area: 1495.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Haskell County, OK (county, FIPS 61) Location: 35.22534 N, 95.11118 W Population (1990): 10940 (5138 housing units) Area: 1494.6 sq km (land), 124.9 sq km (water) Haskell County, TX (county, FIPS 207) Location: 33.17920 N, 99.72959 W Population (1990): 6820 (3843 housing units) Area: 2338.9 sq km (land), 18.9 sq km (water)
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Hazel Crest, IL (village, FIPS 33695) Location: 41.57230 N, 87.68940 W Population (1990): 13334 (4811 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60429
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Hazel Green, AL (CDP, FIPS 33808) Location: 34.92362 N, 86.56721 W Population (1990): 2208 (825 housing units) Area: 26.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35750 Hazel Green, WI (village, FIPS 33500) Location: 42.53432 N, 90.43561 W Population (1990): 1171 (449 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53811
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Hazelgreen, WV Zip code(s): 26367
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Hockley County, TX (county, FIPS 219) Location: 33.60583 N, 102.34292 W Population (1990): 24199 (9279 housing units) Area: 2352.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Haskell Curry Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed {combinatory logic}. The {functional programming} language {Haskell} was named after him. {Biography (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Curry.html)}. (1999-01-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Haskell User's Gofer System (HUGS) An implementation of {Haskell} derived from {Gofer} 2.30b with an interactive development environment much like Gofer's. Almost all of the features of Haskell 1.2 are implemented with the exception of the {module} system. Hugs supports Haskell style {type class}es, a full prelude, {derived instance}s, defaults, {overloaded} numeric {literal}s and {pattern matching}, and {bignum} arithmetic. {Home (http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/hugs.html)}. {(ftp://ftp.cs.nott.ac.uk/pub/haskell/hugs)}. E-mail: Mark P. Jones . (1995-02-14)