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   hemp
         n 1: a plant fiber
         2: any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with
            palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields
            tough fibers and narcotic drugs [syn: {cannabis}, {hemp}]
         3: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have
            been condemned to death by hanging [syn: {hangman's rope},
            {hangman's halter}, {halter}, {hemp}, {hempen necktie}]

English Dictionary: Huambo by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homeboy
n
  1. a fellow male member of a youth gang
  2. a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honeybee
n
  1. social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
    Synonym(s): honeybee, Apis mellifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Huambo
n
  1. a city in the mountains in western Angola [syn: Huambo, Nova Lisboa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hum-Vee
n
  1. a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four- wheel drive
    Synonym(s): Humvee, Hum-Vee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humify
v
  1. convert (plant remains) into humus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hump
n
  1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
    Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
v
  1. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
    Synonym(s): hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over
  2. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Humvee
n
  1. a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four- wheel drive
    Synonym(s): Humvee, Hum-Vee
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hanap \Han"ap\, n. [F. hanap. See {Hanaper}.]
      A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemp \Hemp\ (h[ecr]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[91]nep; akin
      to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
      Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
      cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [cced]a[nsdot]a; all prob. borrowed
      from some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine},
      {Canvas}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the
            fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and
            cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants
            yielding fiber.
  
      2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
            spinning. The name has also been extended to various
            fibers resembling the true hemp.
  
      {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and
            {Bowstring}.
  
      {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}.
  
      {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}),
            the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
  
      {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
            ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset.
           
  
      {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G.
            Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.
  
      {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a.
  
      {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}.
  
      {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and
            Yucatan.
  
      {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
            ({Crotalaria juncea}).
  
      {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}),
            related to the amaranth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hempy \Hemp"y\, a.
      Like hemp. [R.] --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honeybee \Hon"ey*bee`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any bee of the genus {Apis}, which lives in communities and
      collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ({Apis
      mellifica}), the Italian bee ({A. ligustica}), and the
      Arabiab bee ({A. fasciata}). The two latter are by many
      entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive
      bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers
      (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile
      female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and
      a number of males or drones, are produced.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hump \Hump\, v. t.
      1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; --
            often with up.
  
                     The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped
                     up in the bushes.                              --T. Roosvelt.
  
      2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence,
            to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia]
  
                     Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it
                     out of the bush.                                 --C. L. Money.
  
      3. To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in
            running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; --
            usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump
            yourself. [Slang, U. S.]
  
                     A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all
                     scared, were humping it across a meadow. --McClure's
                                                                              Mag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hump \Hump\, n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump,
      possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. {Hunch}.]
      1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a
            crooked back.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal,
            as a camel or whale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humph \Humph\, interj. [Of imitative origin.]
      An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humpy \Hump"y\, a.
      Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Honobia, OK
      Zip code(s): 74549

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HMP
  
      {hybrid multiprocessing}
  
  
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