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   haematite
         n 1: the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in
               crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form [syn:
               {hematite}, {haematite}]

English Dictionary: handout by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haematoidin
n
  1. an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice
    Synonym(s): bilirubin, hematoidin, haematoidin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hand out
v
  1. give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams"
    Synonym(s): distribute, give out, hand out, pass out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
handed
adj
  1. having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree- living animal"; "a four-handed card game"
    Antonym(s): handless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
handed-down
adj
  1. having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor"
    Synonym(s): handed- down, tralatitious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
handedness
n
  1. the property of using one hand more than the other [syn: handedness, laterality]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
handout
n
  1. an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
    Synonym(s): handout, press release, release
  2. giving money or food or clothing to a needy person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haunted
adj
  1. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
    Synonym(s): haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)
  2. showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted"
  3. inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hematite
n
  1. the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
    Synonym(s): hematite, haematite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hematoidin
n
  1. an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice
    Synonym(s): bilirubin, hematoidin, haematoidin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hendiadys
n
  1. use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hindu deity
n
  1. a deity worshipped by the Hindus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
home theater
n
  1. television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater
    Synonym(s): home theater, home theatre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
home theatre
n
  1. television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater
    Synonym(s): home theater, home theatre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humidity
n
  1. wetness in the atmosphere
    Synonym(s): humidity, humidness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunted
adj
  1. reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted; "the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face"; "a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunted person
n
  1. a person who is hunted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[acr]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel,
      goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale,
      goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the
      head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the
      chief part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf.
      {Chattel}.]
      Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
      all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
      asses, and swine.
  
      {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.
           
  
      {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
            a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
            prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
  
      {cattle louse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of louse infecting
            cattle. There are several species. The {H[91]matatopinus
            eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck
            blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.
  
      {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
            plague}.
  
      {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which
            cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
            for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
            accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
            domestic products and of implements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91matite \H[91]m"a*tite\, n.
      Same as {Hematite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91matitic \H[91]m`a*tit"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91matodynamometer \H[91]`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter\ (? or ?), n.
      Same as {Hemadynamometer}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91matoid \H[91]m"a*toid\, a.
      Same as {Hematoid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91matoidin \H[91]m`a*toid"in\, n.
      Same as {Hematoidin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91matothermal \H[91]m`a*to*ther"mal\, a.
      Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91matothorax \H[91]m`a*to*tho"rax\, n.
      Same as {Hemothorax}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hamated \Ha"ma*ted\, a.
      Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hand \Hand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Handing}.]
      1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed
            them the letter.
  
      2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as,
            to hand a lady into a carriage.
  
      3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior.
  
      4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
  
      6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten.
  
      {To hand down}, to transmit in succession, as from father to
            son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are
            handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper
            officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of
            the Court of Appeals handed down its decision.
  
      {To hand over}, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver
            up.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Handed \Hand"ed\, a.
      1. With hands joined; hand in hand.
  
                     Into their inmost bower, Handed they went. --Milton.
  
      2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
  
                     As poisonous tongued as handed.         --Shak.
  
      Note: Handed is used in composition in the sense of having
               (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed;
               free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Handyy-dandy \Handy"y-dan`dy\, n.
      A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the
      other holds some small object, winning the object if right
      and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.
      --Piers Plowman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haunt \Haunt\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Haunting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh.
      from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see
      {Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to
      heim home (see {Home}). [root]36.]
      1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit
            pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
  
                     You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift.
  
      2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost
            or apparition.
  
                     Foul spirits haunt my resting place.   --Fairfax.
  
      3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]
  
                     That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . .
                     . is cursed.                                       --Chaucer.
  
                     Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
                                                                              --Ascham.
  
      4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
  
                     Haunt thyself to pity.                        --Wyclif.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haunted \Haunt"ed\, a.
      Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions;
      frequented by a ghost.
  
               All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted
               houses.                                                   --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr. [?] bloodlike, fr.
      a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] (Min.)
      An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because
      of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent
      rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; --
      the last called red ocher. Called also {specular iron},
      {oligist iron}, {rhombohedral iron ore}, and {bloodstone}.
      See {Brown hematite}, under {Brown}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hematitic \Hem`a*tit"ic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hematoid \Hem"a*toid\, a. [Hemato- + -oid.] (Physiol.)
      Resembling blood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hematoidin \Hem`a*toid"in\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
      A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed
      from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in
      the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora
      lutea it is called {h[91]molutein}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hematothermal \Hem"a*to*ther"mal\, a.
      Warm-blooded.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemiditone \Hem`i*di"tone\, n. [Hemi- + ditone.] (Gr. Mus.)
      The lesser third. --Busby.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hendiadys \Hen*di"a*dys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] [?] [?] one by
      two.] (Gram.)
      A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns
      connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting
      adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Triad \Tri"ad\, n. [L. trias, -adis, Gr. [?], [?], fr.[?], [?],
      three: cf. F. triade. See {Three}, and cf. {Trias}, {Trio}.]
      1. A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary;
            a trinity; as, a triad of deities.
  
      2. (Mus.)
            (a) A chord of three notes.
            (b) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third
                  and fifth, with or without the octave.
  
      3. (Chem.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
  
      {Triads of the Welsh bards}, poetical histories, in which the
            facts recorded are grouped by threes, three things or
            circumstances of a kind being mentioned together.
  
      {Hindu triad}. See {Trimurti}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hint \Hint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hinting}.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS.
      hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr
      a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. {Hent}.]
      To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to
      suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
  
               Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.   --Pope.
  
      Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homd2othermal \Ho`m[d2]*o*ther"mal\, a.
      See {Homoiothermal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hound \Hound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hounding}.]
      1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda
            dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. --Abp. Bramhall.
  
      2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
            --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humidity \Hu*mid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. humidit[82].]
      Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is
      perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the
      atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from
      the atmosphere, as clothing.
  
      Note: In hygrometrical reports (as of the United States
               Signal Service) complete saturation of the air is
               designated by Humidity 100, and its partial saturation
               by smaller numbers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hunting}.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow,
      pursue, Goth. hin[?]an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf.
      {Hent}.]
      1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to
            chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing;
            to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to
            hunt a deer.
  
                     Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.         --Tennyson.
  
      2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow;
            -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt
            out evidence.
  
                     Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
                                                                              --Ps. cxl. 11.
  
      3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to
            hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
  
      4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
  
                     He hunts a pack of dogs.                     --Addison.
  
      5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the
            woods, or the country.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hammedatha
      father of Haman, designated usually "the Agagite" (Esther 3:1,
      10; 8:5).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hammoth-dor
      warm springs, a Levitical city of Naphtali (Josh. 21:32);
      probably Hammath in 19:35.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Henadad
      favour of Hadad, the name of a Levite after the Captivity (Ezra
      3:9).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hammedatha, he that troubles the law
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Henadad, grace of the beloved
  
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