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   haemophile
         n 1: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable
               bleeding [syn: {hemophiliac}, {haemophiliac}, {bleeder},
               {hemophile}, {haemophile}]

English Dictionary: hemophile by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemophilia
n
  1. congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son
    Synonym(s): hemophilia, haemophilia, bleeder's disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemophilia A
n
  1. hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men
    Synonym(s): hemophilia A, haemophilia A, classical hemophilia, classical haemophilia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemophilia B
n
  1. a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
    Synonym(s): hemophilia B, haemophilia B, Christmas disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemophiliac
n
  1. someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
    Synonym(s): hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder, hemophile, haemophile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haemophilic
adj
  1. relating to or having hemophilia [syn: haemophilic, hemophilic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hannibal
n
  1. general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
  2. a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemiplegia
n
  1. paralysis of one side of the body [syn: hemiplegia, unilateral paralysis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemiplegic
n
  1. a person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hemofil
n
  1. a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A
    Synonym(s): antihemophilic factor, antihaemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, antihaemophilic globulin, factor VIII, Hemofil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemophile
n
  1. someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
    Synonym(s): hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder, hemophile, haemophile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemophilia
n
  1. congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son
    Synonym(s): hemophilia, haemophilia, bleeder's disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemophilia A
n
  1. hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men
    Synonym(s): hemophilia A, haemophilia A, classical hemophilia, classical haemophilia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemophilia B
n
  1. a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
    Synonym(s): hemophilia B, haemophilia B, Christmas disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemophiliac
n
  1. someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
    Synonym(s): hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder, hemophile, haemophile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemophilic
adj
  1. relating to or having hemophilia [syn: haemophilic, hemophilic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemp willow
n
  1. willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry [syn: common osier, hemp willow, velvet osier, Salix viminalis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
home appliance
n
  1. an appliance that does a particular job in the home [syn: home appliance, household appliance]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
home folk
n
  1. folks from your own home town
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
home plate
n
  1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
    Synonym(s): home plate, home base, home, plate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
home-builder
n
  1. someone who builds houses as a business [syn: homebuilder, home-builder, housebuilder, house- builder]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homebuilder
n
  1. someone who builds houses as a business [syn: homebuilder, home-builder, housebuilder, house- builder]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homefolk
n
  1. the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Homo habilis
n
  1. extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homophile
adj
  1. homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: gay, queer, homophile(a)]
n
  1. someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
    Synonym(s): homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey bell
n
  1. African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
    Synonym(s): honey bell, honeybells, Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey plant
n
  1. a plant that furnishes nectar suitable for making honey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey-flower
n
  1. erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
    Synonym(s): honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa
  2. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
    Synonym(s): honeyflower, honey-flower, Protea mellifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honeybells
n
  1. African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
    Synonym(s): honey bell, honeybells, Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honeyflower
n
  1. erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
    Synonym(s): honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa
  2. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
    Synonym(s): honeyflower, honey-flower, Protea mellifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humble
adj
  1. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
    Synonym(s): humble, low, lowly, modest, small
  2. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
    Antonym(s): proud
  3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
    Synonym(s): humble, menial, lowly
  4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
    Synonym(s): base, baseborn, humble, lowly
v
  1. cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
  2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
    Synonym(s): humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humble plant
n
  1. prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
    Synonym(s): sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humblebee
n
  1. robust hairy social bee of temperate regions [syn: bumblebee, humblebee]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humbled
adj
  1. subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
    Synonym(s): broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humbleness
n
  1. the state of being humble and unimportant [syn: humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness]
  2. a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope"
    Synonym(s): humility, humbleness
    Antonym(s): pride, pridefulness
  3. a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue"
    Synonym(s): humility, humbleness
    Antonym(s): conceit, conceitedness, vanity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humbling
adj
  1. causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
    Synonym(s): demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humbly
adv
  1. in a humble manner; "he humbly lowered his head" [syn: humbly, meekly]
  2. in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without ostentation"
    Synonym(s): meanly, humbly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Humboldt
n
  1. German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
    Synonym(s): Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
  2. German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
    Synonym(s): Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Humboldt current
n
  1. a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west
    Synonym(s): Peruvian current, Humboldt current
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hume Blake Cronyn
n
  1. Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)
    Synonym(s): Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water feather \Wa"ter feath"er\ Water feather-foil \Wa"ter
   feath"er-foil`\ (Bot.)
      The water violet ({Hottonia palustris}); also, the less showy
      American plant {H. inflata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   H91moplastic \H[91]mo*plas"tic\, a.
      Same as {H[91]matoplastic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hamble \Ham"ble\, v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian;
      akin to OHG. hamal[omac]n to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham
      mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf. {Hamper} to fetter.]
      To hamstring. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hemiplegia \[d8]Hem`i*ple"gi*a\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] half
      + [?] a stroke; cf. F. h[82]miplagie.] (Med.)
      A palsy that affects one side only of the body. --
      {Hem`i"pleg"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemiplegy \Hem"i*ple`gy\, n. (Med.)
      Hemiplegia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plasmon butter \Plasmon butter\, and resembles clotted cream in
      appearance. Plate \Plate\, n.
      1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a
            diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the
            batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a
            player on completing a run; -- called also {home base}, or
            {home plate}.
  
      2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.
  
      3. A very light steel racing horsehoe.
  
      4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse
            racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a
            stake.
  
      5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and
            roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's
            Cant]
  
      6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool,
            musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body
            of which is of an inferior substance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F.
      plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or
      earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. [?]. See {Place}, n.]
      1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of
            which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a
            thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
  
      2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
  
                     Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton.
  
      3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
            etc., wrought in gold or silver.
  
      4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
            which is genuine silver or gold.
  
      5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
            wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is
            eaten at table.
  
      6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver
            money. [Obs.] [bd]Realms and islands were as plates
            dropp'd from his pocket.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the
            purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the
            engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a
            fashion plate.
  
      8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for
            printing from; as, publisher's plates.
  
      9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the
            mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold,
            platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
  
      10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon
            corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends
            of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof
            plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in
            simple work, the feet of the rafters.
  
      11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
  
      12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with
            a coating that is sensitive to light.
  
      13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
  
      Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in
               combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases
               of obvious signification; as, plate basket or
               plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack.
  
      {Home plate}. (Baseball) See {Home base}, under {Home}.
  
      {Plate armor}.
            (a) See {Plate}, n., 2.
            (b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels,
                  fortifications, and the like.
  
      {Plate bone}, the shoulder blade, or scapula.
  
      {Plate girder}, a girder, the web of which is formed of a
            single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates
            riveted together.
  
      {Plate glass}. See under {Glass}.
  
      {Plate iron}, wrought iron plates.
  
      {Plate layer}, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway
            and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.
  
      {Plate mark}, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped
            upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of
            manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the
            local mark for London is a lion.
  
      {Plate paper}, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from
            engraved plates. --Fairholt.
  
      {Plate press}, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, --
            used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
  
      {Plate printer}, one who prints from engraved plates.
  
      {Plate printing}, the act or process of printing from an
            engraved plate or plates.
  
      {Plate tracery}. (Arch.) See under {Tracery}.
  
      {Plate wheel} (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are
            connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by
            arms or spokes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plasmon butter \Plasmon butter\, and resembles clotted cream in
      appearance. Plate \Plate\, n.
      1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a
            diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the
            batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a
            player on completing a run; -- called also {home base}, or
            {home plate}.
  
      2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.
  
      3. A very light steel racing horsehoe.
  
      4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse
            racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a
            stake.
  
      5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and
            roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's
            Cant]
  
      6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool,
            musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body
            of which is of an inferior substance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F.
      plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or
      earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. [?]. See {Place}, n.]
      1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of
            which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a
            thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
  
      2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
  
                     Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton.
  
      3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
            etc., wrought in gold or silver.
  
      4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
            which is genuine silver or gold.
  
      5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
            wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is
            eaten at table.
  
      6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver
            money. [Obs.] [bd]Realms and islands were as plates
            dropp'd from his pocket.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the
            purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the
            engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a
            fashion plate.
  
      8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for
            printing from; as, publisher's plates.
  
      9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the
            mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold,
            platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
  
      10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon
            corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends
            of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof
            plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in
            simple work, the feet of the rafters.
  
      11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
  
      12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with
            a coating that is sensitive to light.
  
      13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
  
      Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in
               combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases
               of obvious signification; as, plate basket or
               plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack.
  
      {Home plate}. (Baseball) See {Home base}, under {Home}.
  
      {Plate armor}.
            (a) See {Plate}, n., 2.
            (b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels,
                  fortifications, and the like.
  
      {Plate bone}, the shoulder blade, or scapula.
  
      {Plate girder}, a girder, the web of which is formed of a
            single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates
            riveted together.
  
      {Plate glass}. See under {Glass}.
  
      {Plate iron}, wrought iron plates.
  
      {Plate layer}, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway
            and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.
  
      {Plate mark}, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped
            upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of
            manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the
            local mark for London is a lion.
  
      {Plate paper}, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from
            engraved plates. --Fairholt.
  
      {Plate press}, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, --
            used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
  
      {Plate printer}, one who prints from engraved plates.
  
      {Plate printing}, the act or process of printing from an
            engraved plate or plates.
  
      {Plate tracery}. (Arch.) See under {Tracery}.
  
      {Plate wheel} (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are
            connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by
            arms or spokes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Home-felt \Home"-felt`\ (-f[ecr]lt`), a.
      Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. [bd]Home-felt
      quiet.[b8] --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homefield \Home"field`\ (-f[emac]ld`), n.
      A field adjacent to its owner's home. --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homophylic \Ho`mo*phyl"ic\, a. (Biol.)
      Relating to homophily.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homophyly \Ho*moph"y*ly\, n. [Homo- + Gr. [?] a clan.] (Biol.)
      That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic
      homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic
      basis is wanting. --Haeckel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homoplasmy \Ho"mo*plas`my\, n. [Homo- + Gr. [?] anything formed,
      fr. [?] to form, mold.] (Biol.)
      Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external
      shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to
      descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding
      circumstances.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homoplast \Hom"o*plast\, n. (Biol.)
      One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also
      called homo[94]rgan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homoplastic \Ho`mo*plas"tic\, a. [Homo- + plastic.]
      Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans;
      homoplastic forms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homoplasty \Ho"mo*plas`ty\, n. [Homo- + plasty.] (Biol.)
      The formation of homologous tissues.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homoplasy \Ho*mop"la*sy\, n. [Homo- + Gr. [?] to form, mold.]
      (Biol.)
      See {Homogeny}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homopolic \Ho`mo*pol"ic\, a. [Homo- + pole.] (Biol.)
      In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of
      organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a
      pyramid, with similar poles. See {Promorphology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS.
      honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw.
      h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.]
      1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from
            flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the
            honeycomb.
  
      2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
  
                     The honey of his language.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer.
  
                     Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.
  
      Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of
               compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or
               honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
  
      {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus
            melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and
            in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are
            larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which
            serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey,
            their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a
            currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the
            honey and feed the rest.
  
      {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel.
  
      {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}.
  
      {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of
            the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus};
            the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}.
            They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also
            {bee hawk}, {bee kite}.
  
      {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small,
            bright, colored, passerine birds of the family
            {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America.
           
  
      {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small
            passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant
            in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}.
  
      {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus
            {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The
            flowers yield much honey.
  
      {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small
            birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa
            and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading
            persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also
            {honeybird}, and {indicator}.
  
      {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the
            honey which is gathered. --Dryden.
  
      {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above).
  
      {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia
            triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods
            with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
  
      {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}.
  
      {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, a.
      Hornless. See {Hummel}. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Humbling}.]
      1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
            exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
  
                     Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
                     plagues Have humbled to all strokes.   --Shak.
  
                     The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or
            arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make
            meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
  
                     Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
                     God, that he may exalt you.               --1 Pet. v. 6.
  
      Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
               degrade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.]
      [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
      ground. See {Homage}, and cf. {Chameleon}, {Humiliate}.]
      1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or
            magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble
            cottage.
  
                     THy humble nest built on the ground.   --Cowley.
  
      2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
            self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
            self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
            of God; lowly; waek; modest.
  
                     God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
                     humble.                                             --Jas. iv. 6.
  
                     She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
  
                     Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
                     our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
                     nation.                                             --Washington.
  
      {Humble plant} (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the
            genus {Mimosa} ({M. sensitiva}).
  
      {To eat humble pie}, to endure mortification; to submit or
            apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
            humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
            entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
            to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See
            {Humbles}. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.]
      [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
      ground. See {Homage}, and cf. {Chameleon}, {Humiliate}.]
      1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or
            magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble
            cottage.
  
                     THy humble nest built on the ground.   --Cowley.
  
      2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
            self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
            self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
            of God; lowly; waek; modest.
  
                     God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
                     humble.                                             --Jas. iv. 6.
  
                     She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
  
                     Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
                     our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
                     nation.                                             --Washington.
  
      {Humble plant} (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the
            genus {Mimosa} ({M. sensitiva}).
  
      {To eat humble pie}, to endure mortification; to submit or
            apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
            humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
            entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
            to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See
            {Humbles}. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming
      noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. {Humblebee}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large bee of the genus {Bombus}, sometimes called
      {humblebee}; -- so named from its sound.
  
      Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it
               in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humblebee \Hum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D.
      hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh.
      akin to hum. [root]15. Cf. {Bumblebee}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The bumblebee. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming
      noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. {Humblebee}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large bee of the genus {Bombus}, sometimes called
      {humblebee}; -- so named from its sound.
  
      Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it
               in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humblebee \Hum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D.
      hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh.
      akin to hum. [root]15. Cf. {Bumblebee}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The bumblebee. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Humbling}.]
      1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
            exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
  
                     Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
                     plagues Have humbled to all strokes.   --Shak.
  
                     The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or
            arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make
            meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
  
                     Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
                     God, that he may exalt you.               --1 Pet. v. 6.
  
      Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
               degrade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humblehead \Hum"ble*head`\, n. [Humble + -head.]
      Humble condition or estate; humility. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humbleness \Hum"ble*ness\, n.
      The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.]
      [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
      ground. See {Homage}, and cf. {Chameleon}, {Humiliate}.]
      1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or
            magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble
            cottage.
  
                     THy humble nest built on the ground.   --Cowley.
  
      2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
            self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
            self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
            of God; lowly; waek; modest.
  
                     God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
                     humble.                                             --Jas. iv. 6.
  
                     She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
  
                     Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
                     our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
                     nation.                                             --Washington.
  
      {Humble plant} (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the
            genus {Mimosa} ({M. sensitiva}).
  
      {To eat humble pie}, to endure mortification; to submit or
            apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
            humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
            entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
            to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See
            {Humbles}. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humbler \Hum"bler\, n.
      One who, or that which, humbles some one.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Umbles \Um"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.]
      The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes,
      entrails, in general. [Written also {humbles}.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humbles \Hum"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.]
      Entrails of a deer. [Written also {umbles}.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Umbles \Um"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.]
      The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes,
      entrails, in general. [Written also {humbles}.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humbles \Hum"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.]
      Entrails of a deer. [Written also {umbles}.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humblesse \Hum"blesse\, n. [OF.]
      Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
      --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.]
      [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
      ground. See {Homage}, and cf. {Chameleon}, {Humiliate}.]
      1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or
            magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble
            cottage.
  
                     THy humble nest built on the ground.   --Cowley.
  
      2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
            self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
            self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
            of God; lowly; waek; modest.
  
                     God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
                     humble.                                             --Jas. iv. 6.
  
                     She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
  
                     Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
                     our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
                     nation.                                             --Washington.
  
      {Humble plant} (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the
            genus {Mimosa} ({M. sensitiva}).
  
      {To eat humble pie}, to endure mortification; to submit or
            apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
            humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
            entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
            to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See
            {Humbles}. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Humbling}.]
      1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
            exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
  
                     Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
                     plagues Have humbled to all strokes.   --Shak.
  
                     The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or
            arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make
            meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
  
                     Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
                     God, that he may exalt you.               --1 Pet. v. 6.
  
      Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
               degrade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humbly \Hum"bly\, adv.
      With humility; lowly. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humpless \Hump"less\, a.
      Without a hump. --Darwin.

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   Hahnville, LA (CDP, FIPS 32510)
      Location: 29.97295 N, 90.42103 W
      Population (1990): 2599 (1016 housing units)
      Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70057

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   Hamblen County, TN (county, FIPS 63)
      Location: 36.21781 N, 83.26614 W
      Population (1990): 50480 (20514 housing units)
      Area: 417.1 sq km (land), 38.2 sq km (water)

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   Hambleton, WV (town, FIPS 34492)
      Location: 39.08124 N, 79.64607 W
      Population (1990): 265 (116 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 26269

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   Hannibal, MO (city, FIPS 30214)
      Location: 39.70755 N, 91.38364 W
      Population (1990): 18004 (7896 housing units)
      Area: 29.3 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63401
   Hannibal, NY (village, FIPS 32017)
      Location: 43.31776 N, 76.57757 W
      Population (1990): 613 (240 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13074

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   Hayneville, AL (town, FIPS 33712)
      Location: 32.18247 N, 86.57883 W
      Population (1990): 969 (389 housing units)
      Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36040

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   Hemphill, TX (city, FIPS 33188)
      Location: 31.34175 N, 93.85131 W
      Population (1990): 1182 (590 housing units)
      Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75948

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   Hemphill County, TX (county, FIPS 211)
      Location: 35.83358 N, 100.28045 W
      Population (1990): 3720 (1712 housing units)
      Area: 2356.2 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water)

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   Hemple, MO
      Zip code(s): 64490

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   Honeoye Falls, NY (village, FIPS 35364)
      Location: 42.95440 N, 77.59185 W
      Population (1990): 2340 (1017 housing units)
      Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14472

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   Honeyville, UT (city, FIPS 36290)
      Location: 41.63478 N, 112.08279 W
      Population (1990): 1112 (329 housing units)
      Area: 30.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84314

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   Humble, TX (city, FIPS 35348)
      Location: 29.99470 N, 95.26466 W
      Population (1990): 12060 (5260 housing units)
      Area: 25.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 77338, 77339, 77345, 77346, 77396

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   Humboldt, IA (city, FIPS 37560)
      Location: 42.72154 N, 94.22369 W
      Population (1990): 4438 (1993 housing units)
      Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50548
   Humboldt, IL (village, FIPS 36542)
      Location: 39.60506 N, 88.31954 W
      Population (1990): 470 (194 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61931
   Humboldt, KS (city, FIPS 33450)
      Location: 37.81162 N, 95.43718 W
      Population (1990): 2178 (990 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66748
   Humboldt, MN (city, FIPS 30446)
      Location: 48.92145 N, 97.09434 W
      Population (1990): 74 (33 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Humboldt, NE (city, FIPS 23445)
      Location: 40.16616 N, 95.94419 W
      Population (1990): 1003 (522 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68376
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      Location: 43.64496 N, 97.07398 W
      Population (1990): 468 (188 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57035
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      Location: 35.82177 N, 88.90649 W
      Population (1990): 9651 (4000 housing units)
      Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38343

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   Humboldt County, CA (county, FIPS 23)
      Location: 40.70042 N, 123.91197 W
      Population (1990): 119118 (51134 housing units)
      Area: 9253.5 sq km (land), 1242.5 sq km (water)
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      Location: 42.78209 N, 94.20259 W
      Population (1990): 10756 (4670 housing units)
      Area: 1125.2 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water)
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      Location: 41.41107 N, 118.11690 W
      Population (1990): 12844 (5044 housing units)
      Area: 24989.5 sq km (land), 25.8 sq km (water)

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   Humboldt Hill, CA (CDP, FIPS 34928)
      Location: 40.72620 N, 124.18856 W
      Population (1990): 2865 (1027 housing units)
      Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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