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   head for the hills
         v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
               man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
               up" [syn: {scat}, {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam},
               {run away}, {hightail it}, {bunk}, {head for the hills},
               {take to the woods}, {escape}, {fly the coop}, {break
               away}]

English Dictionary: head of hair by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head of hair
n
  1. growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being [syn: mane, head of hair]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head over heels
adv
  1. in disorderly haste; "we ran head over heels toward the shelter"
    Synonym(s): head over heels, heels over head, topsy-turvy, topsy-turvily, in great confusion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headboard
n
  1. a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headfirst
adv
  1. with the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base"
    Synonym(s): headlong, headfirst
adj
  1. with the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool"
    Synonym(s): headfirst, headlong
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat barrier
n
  1. a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
    Synonym(s): thermal barrier, heat barrier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat hyperpyrexia
n
  1. collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat [syn: heatstroke, heat hyperpyrexia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat of formation
n
  1. the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat prostration
n
  1. a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
    Synonym(s): heat exhaustion, heat prostration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hit parade
n
  1. a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind
  2. a ranked list of the songs that are most popular at a given time
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headbeard \Head"beard`\, n.
      A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of
      anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a
      grave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headborough \Head"bor*ough\, Headborrow \Head"bor*row\ n.
      1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary,
            consisting of ten families; -- called also {borsholder},
            {boroughhead}, {boroughholder}, and sometimes
            {tithingman}. See {Borsholder}. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
  
      2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headborough \Head"bor*ough\, Headborrow \Head"bor*row\ n.
      1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary,
            consisting of ten families; -- called also {borsholder},
            {boroughhead}, {boroughholder}, and sometimes
            {tithingman}. See {Borsholder}. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
  
      2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headfirst \Head`first"\, Headforemost \Head`fore"most`\, adv.
      With the head foremost.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headfirst \Head`first"\, Headforemost \Head`fore"most`\, adv.
      With the head foremost.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heat \Heat\, n. [OE. hete, h[91]te, AS. h[?]tu, h[?]to, fr.
      h[be]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta.
      See {Hot}.]
      1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects,
            but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation,
            and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays,
            mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes
            directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its
            nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form
            of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly
            supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was
            given the name caloric.
  
      Note: As affecting the human body, heat produces different
               sensations, which are called by different names, as
               heat or sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to
               its degree or amount relatively to the normal
               temperature of the body.
  
      2. The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat
            when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human
            body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire,
            the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.
  
      3. High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature,
            or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter;
            heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.
  
                     Else how had the world . . . Avoided pinching cold
                     and scorching heat!                           --Milton.
  
      4. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or
            color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness;
            high color; flush; degree of temperature to which
            something is heated, as indicated by appearance,
            condition, or otherwise.
  
                     It has raised . . . heats in their faces. --Addison.
  
                     The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red
                     heat, a white-flame heat, and a sparking or welding
                     heat.                                                --Moxon.
  
      5. A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or
            in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number
            of heats.
  
      6. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single
            course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as,
            he won two heats out of three.
  
                     Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     [He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of
                     [bd]Tam o'Shanter.[b8]                        --J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      7. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle
            or party. [bd]The heat of their division.[b8] --Shak.
  
      8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement;
            exasperation. [bd]The head and hurry of his rage.[b8]
            --South.
  
      9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency.
  
                     With all the strength and heat of eloquence.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      10. Sexual excitement in animals.
  
      11. Fermentation.
  
      {Animal heat}, {Blood heat}, {Capacity for heat}, etc. See
            under {Animal}, {Blood}, etc.
  
      {Atomic heat} (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying
            the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The
            atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant,
            the mean value being 6.4.
  
      {Dynamical theory of heat}, that theory of heat which assumes
            it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar
            motion of the ultimate particles of matter.
  
      {Heat engine}, any apparatus by which a heated substance, as
            a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion
            to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine.
  
      {Heat producers}. (Physiol.) See under {Food}.
  
      {Heat rays}, a term formerly applied to the rays near the red
            end of the spectrum, whether within or beyond the visible
            spectrum.
  
      {Heat weight} (Mech.), the product of any quantity of heat by
            the mechanical equivalent of heat divided by the absolute
            temperature; -- called also {thermodynamic function}, and
            {entropy}.
  
      {Mechanical equivalent of heat}. See under {Equivalent}.
  
      {Specific heat of a substance} (at any temperature), the
            number of units of heat required to raise the temperature
            of a unit mass of the substance at that temperature one
            degree.
  
      {Unit of heat}, the quantity of heat required to raise, by
            one degree, the temperature of a unit mass of water,
            initially at a certain standard temperature. The
            temperature usually employed is that of 0[deg] Centigrade,
            or 32[deg] Fahrenheit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hot-brained \Hot"-brained`\, a.
      Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained
      youth. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hotpress \Hot"press`\, v. t.
      To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the
      purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express
      oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hotpressed \Hot"pressed`\, a.
      Pressed while heat is applied. See {Hotpress}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hudibrastic \Hu`di*bras"tic\, a.
      Similar to, or in the style of, the poem [bd]Hudibras,[b8] by
      Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. --Macaulay.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hatboro, PA (borough, FIPS 33088)
      Location: 40.17755 N, 75.10479 W
      Population (1990): 7382 (3061 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19040

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hydaburg, AK (city, FIPS 34460)
      Location: 55.20896 N, 132.81739 W
      Population (1990): 384 (135 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99922

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hyde Park, MA
      Zip code(s): 02136
   Hyde Park, NY
      Zip code(s): 12538
   Hyde Park, PA (borough, FIPS 36592)
      Location: 40.63222 N, 79.58903 W
      Population (1990): 542 (241 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15641
   Hyde Park, UT (city, FIPS 37390)
      Location: 41.79799 N, 111.81466 W
      Population (1990): 2190 (556 housing units)
      Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Hyde Park, VT (village, FIPS 34975)
      Location: 44.59428 N, 72.61290 W
      Population (1990): 457 (206 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 05655
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