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   harmless
         adj 1: not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless
                  bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" [ant: {harmful}]

English Dictionary: Hiram Ulysses Grant by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harmlessly
adv
  1. in a harmless manner; "this is a harmlessly childish game"
    Antonym(s): detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hiram Ulysses Grant
n
  1. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Synonym(s): Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hiram 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]:
hornless
adj
  1. having no horns; "hornless cattle"
    Antonym(s): horned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hornlike
adj
  1. made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) [syn: corneous, hornlike, horny]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horny layer
n
  1. the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
    Synonym(s): stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harmaline \Har"ma*line\, n. [Cf. F. harmaline See {Harmel}.]
      (Chem.)
      An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms
      bitter, yellow salts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harmel \Har"mel\, n. [Ar. harmal.] (Bot.)
      A kind of rue ({Ruta sylvestris}) growing in India. At Lahore
      the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harmless \Harm"less\, a.
      1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another
            harmless.
  
      2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent;
            inoffensive. [bd] The harmless deer.[b8] --Drayton
  
      Syn: Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive;
               unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.
               --{Harm"less*ly}, adv.- {Harm"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harmless \Harm"less\, a.
      1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another
            harmless.
  
      2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent;
            inoffensive. [bd] The harmless deer.[b8] --Drayton
  
      Syn: Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive;
               unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.
               --{Harm"less*ly}, adv.- {Harm"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harmless \Harm"less\, a.
      1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another
            harmless.
  
      2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent;
            inoffensive. [bd] The harmless deer.[b8] --Drayton
  
      Syn: Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive;
               unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.
               --{Harm"less*ly}, adv.- {Harm"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hernial \Her"ni*al\, a.
      Of, or connected with, hernia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jew's-ear \Jew's"-ear`\, n. (Bot.)
      A species of fungus ({Hirneola Auricula-Jud[91], [or]
      Auricula}), bearing some resemblance to the human ear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel.,
      Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L.
      cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium,
      cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the
      foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.]
      1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing
            upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants,
            as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox
            family consist externally of true horn, and are never
            shed.
  
      2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
            annually shed and renewed.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an
            animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in
            substance or form; esp.:
            (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the
                  hornbill.
            (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the
                  horned owl.
            (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an
                  insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish.
            (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in
                  the horned pout.
  
      4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
            in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}).
  
      5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as:
            (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a
                  horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various
                  elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other
                  metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn
                  under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French
                  horn}, under {French}.
            (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
                  made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and
                  ale.[b8] --Mason.
            (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}.
                  [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8]
                  --Milton.
            (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
                  containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for
                  carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and
                  anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13.
            (e) The pointed beak of an anvil.
            (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the
                  projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
            (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute.
            (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the
                  projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
            (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
                  plane.
            (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the
                  Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught
                  hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28.
  
      6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
            or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
  
                     The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
                                                                              --Thomson.
  
      7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
            a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
  
                     Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton.
  
      8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are
            composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous,
            with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance,
            as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and
            cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
  
      9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
            or pride.
  
                     The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
                                                                              xviii. 2.
  
      10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
            [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car
            axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}.
           
  
      {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}.
  
      {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
            substance of the horn.
  
      {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising
            water.
  
      {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead.
  
      {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below).
  
      {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium
            luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and
            Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray.
  
      {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like
            that of chicken pox.
  
      {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
            mercury.
  
      {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
            shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera.
  
      {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite.
  
      {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone.
  
      {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant
            pretension. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horned \Horned\, a.
      Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
      process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
      shaped like a horn.
  
               The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether
               tip.                                                      --Coleridge.
  
      {Horned bee} (Zo[94]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia
            bicornis}), having two little horns on the head.
  
      {Horned dace} (Zo[94]l.), an American cyprinoid fish
            ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the
            common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}.
  
      {Horned frog} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Brazilian frog
            ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns
            arising from the eyelids.
  
      {Horned grebe} (Zo[94]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
            auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
            tufts of feathers on the head.
  
      {Horned horse} (Zo[94]l.), the gnu.
  
      {Horned lark} (Zo[94]l.), the shore lark.
  
      {Horned lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the horned toad.
  
      {Horned owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
            Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
            feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
            known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
            owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
            regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl},
            {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the
            {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}.
  
      {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}.
  
      {Horned pout} (Zo[94]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid
            fish; the bullpout.
  
      {Horned rattler} (Zo[94]l.), a species of rattlesnake
            ({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains,
            from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular
            horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}.
  
      {Horned ray} (Zo[94]l.), the sea devil.
  
      {Horned screamer} (Zo[94]l.), the kamichi.
  
      {Horned snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cerastes.
  
      {Horned toad} (Zo[94]l.), any lizard of the genus
            {Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known.
            These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head,
            and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They
            inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico
            and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}.
  
      {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hornel \Horn"el\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The European sand eel. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hornless \Horn"less\, a.
      Having no horn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hornowl \Horn"owl`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Horned Owl}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hermleigh, TX
      Zip code(s): 79526

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Heron Lake, MN (city, FIPS 28700)
      Location: 43.79534 N, 95.32364 W
      Population (1990): 730 (333 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56137

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horn Lake, MS (city, FIPS 33700)
      Location: 34.95608 N, 90.03528 W
      Population (1990): 9069 (3136 housing units)
      Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38637

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hornell, NY (city, FIPS 35672)
      Location: 42.32436 N, 77.66054 W
      Population (1990): 9877 (4148 housing units)
      Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14843
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