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   hexachlorophene
         n 1: antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used
               in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste

English Dictionary: high-class by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high colonic
n
  1. an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high quality
n
  1. the quality of being superior [syn: superiority, {high quality}]
    Antonym(s): inferiority, low quality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high school
n
  1. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
    Synonym(s): senior high school, senior high, high, highschool, high school
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high-ceilinged
adj
  1. having a higher than normal ceiling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high-class
adj
  1. pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" [syn: high-class, high-toned]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
highschool
n
  1. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
    Synonym(s): senior high school, senior high, high, highschool, high school
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hockey clinic
n
  1. a meeting at which hockey players receive special evaluation and instruction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hooke's law
n
  1. (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
houseclean
v
  1. clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week"
    Synonym(s): houseclean, clean house, clean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
housecleaning
n
  1. (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners"
  2. the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house; "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haggishly \Hag"gish*ly\, adv.
      In the manner of a hag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hawk \Hawk\, n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc,
      heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel.
      haukr, Sw. h[94]k, Dan. h[94]g, prob. from the root of E.
      heave.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the
      family {Falconid[91]}. They differ from the true falcons in
      lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in
      having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size
      and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were
      formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the
      word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as
      the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
  
      Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed
               hawk ({Buteo borealis}); the red-shouldered ({B.
               lineatus}); the broad-winged ({B. Pennsylvanicus}); the
               rough-legged ({Archibuteo lagopus}); the sharp-shinned
               {Accipiter fuscus}). See {Fishhawk}, {Goshawk}, {Marsh
               hawk}, under {Marsh}, {Night hawk}, under {Night}.
  
      {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard.
  
      {Eagle hawk}. See under {Eagle}.
  
      {Hawk eagle} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic bird of the genus
            {Spiz[91]tus}, or {Limn[91]tus}, intermediate between the
            hawks and eagles. There are several species.
  
      {Hawk fly} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious fly of the family
            {Asilid[91]}. See {Hornet fly}, under {Hornet}.
  
      {Hawk moth}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hawk moth}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Hawk owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A northern owl ({Surnia ulula}) of Europe and America. It
            flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks.
      (b) An owl of India ({Ninox scutellatus}).
  
      {Hawk's bill} (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the
            striking mechanism of a clock.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexicology \Hex`i*col"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] state or habit + -logy.]
      The science which treats of the complex relations of living
      creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding
      conditions generally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   School \School\, n. [OE. scole, AS. sc[?]lu, L. schola, Gr. [?]
      leisure, that in which leisure is employed, disputation,
      lecture, a school, probably from the same root as [?], the
      original sense being perhaps, a stopping, a resting. See
      {Scheme}.]
      1. A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an
            institution for learning; an educational establishment; a
            place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the
            school of the prophets.
  
                     Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
                                                                              --Acts xix. 9.
  
      2. A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the
            instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common
            school; a grammar school.
  
                     As he sat in the school at his primer. --Chaucer.
  
      3. A session of an institution of instruction.
  
                     How now, Sir Hugh! No school to-day?   --Shak.
  
      4. One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and
            theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which
            were characterized by academical disputations and
            subtilties of reasoning.
  
                     At Cambridge the philosophy of Descartes was still
                     dominant in the schools.                     --Macaulay.
  
      5. The room or hall in English universities where the
            examinations for degrees and honors are held.
  
      6. An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon
            instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils.
  
                     What is the great community of Christians, but one
                     of the innumerable schools in the vast plan which
                     God has instituted for the education of various
                     intelligences?                                    --Buckminster.
  
      7. The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a
            common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or
            denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine,
            politics, etc.
  
                     Let no man be less confident in his faith . . . by
                     reason of any difference in the several schools of
                     Christians.                                       --Jer. Taylor.
  
      8. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice,
            sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age;
            as, he was a gentleman of the old school.
  
                     His face pale but striking, though not handsome
                     after the schools.                              --A. S. Hardy.
  
      9. Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as,
            the school of experience.
  
      {Boarding school}, {Common school}, {District school},
      {Normal school}, etc. See under {Boarding}, {Common},
            {District}, etc.
  
      {High school}, a free public school nearest the rank of a
            college. [U. S.]
  
      {School board}, a corporation established by law in every
            borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses
            or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school
            accommodation for all children in their district.
  
      {School committee}, {School board}, an elected committee of
            citizens having charge and care of the public schools in
            any district, town, or city, and responsible for control
            of the money appropriated for school purposes. [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
            (e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
                  grand; noble.
  
                           Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Plain living and high thinking are no more.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
            (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
                  at a high price.
  
                           If they must be good at so high a rate, they
                           know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
            (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
                  used in a bad sense.
  
                           An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
                                                                              --Prov. xxi.
                                                                              4.
  
                           His forces, after all the high discourses,
                           amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
            superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
            e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
            seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
            deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
            scholarship, etc.
  
                     High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
  
                     High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
                                                                              --Baker.
  
      4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
            do not cook game before it is high.
  
      5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as,
            a high note.
  
      6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
            tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve),
            [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation,
            [sect][sect] 10, 11.
  
      {High admiral}, the chief admiral.
  
      {High altar}, the principal altar in a church.
  
      {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or
            tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
  
      {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
  
      {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
            and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
            meretricious display.
  
      {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff.
  
      {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties
            in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal
            Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the
            apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a
            sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal
            regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal
            ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and
            symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these
            points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the
            peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad
            Church}.
  
      {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
            {Constable}, n., 2.
  
      {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical
            jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
            power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
            of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
  
      {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
  
      {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
            ceremonial.
  
      {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}.
  
      {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
            wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the
            county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison.
  
      {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher
            figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
           
  
      {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
  
      {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet.
  
      {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
  
      {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}.
  
      {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by
            several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
            instead of by a single grinding.
  
      {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
  
      {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
            sacrifices were offered.
  
      {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}.
  
      {High school}. See under {School}.
  
      {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
            the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
            usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
            --Wharton.
  
      {High steam}, steam having a high pressure.
  
      {High steward}, the chief steward.
  
      {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes.
  
      {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
  
      {High time}.
            (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
            (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
                  [Slang]
  
      {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state,
            the highest civil offense. See {Treason}.
  
      Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
               treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
               distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
  
      {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
            tide; also, the time of such elevation.
  
      {High-water mark}.
            (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
                  ordinarily reach at high water.
            (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
                  river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
                  freshet.
  
      {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
            frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
            coast of the United States.
  
      {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
            of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
  
      {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear
            one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
  
      {With a high hand}.
            (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children
                  of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8.
            (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They
                  governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett
                  (Thucyd. ).
  
      Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
               proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   High-colored \High"-col`ored\, a.
      1. Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. --Shak.
  
      2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence,
            exaggerated; as, high-colored description.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   High-souled \High"-souled`\, a.
      Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. --E. Everett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   High-swelling \High"-swell`ing\, a.
      Inflated; boastful.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoggish \Hog"gish\, a.
      Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- {Hog"gish*ly}, adv.
      -- {Hog"gish*ness}, n.
  
               Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes?
                                                                              --Shaftesbury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   --Simonds.
  
      {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides
            and a roof; a box car.
  
      {House of correction}. See {Correction}.
  
      {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus
            domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between
            the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the
            loud chirping or stridulation of the males.
  
      {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.
  
      {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.
  
      {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a
            merchant vessel belongs.
  
      {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca
            domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and
            America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying
            substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.
  
      {House of God}, a temple or church.
  
      {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.
  
      {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow
            ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its
            nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also
            {house swallow}, and {window martin}.
  
      {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).
           
  
      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital
            or other public institution.
  
      {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.
  
      {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow
            ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced
            into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in
            cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.
  
      {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives
            in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium
            tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.
  
      {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.
  
      {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern
            United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about
            houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and
            loud musical notes. See {Wren}.
  
      {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.
  
      {The White House}, the official residence of the President of
            the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of
            President.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   High Shoals, NC (city, FIPS 31440)
      Location: 35.39822 N, 81.20150 W
      Population (1990): 605 (241 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hiwassee College, TN
      Zip code(s): 37354

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   hash collision n.   [from the techspeak] (var. `hash clash')
   When used of people, signifies a confusion in associative memory or
   imagination, especially a persistent one (see {thinko}).   True
   story: One of us [ESR] was once on the phone with a friend about to
   move out to Berkeley.   When asked what he expected Berkeley to be
   like, the friend replied: "Well, I have this mental picture of naked
   women throwing Molotov cocktails, but I think that's just a
   collision in my hash tables."   Compare {hash bucket}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   hash collision
  
      (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash
      to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a {hash
      table}.
  
      {ESR} once asked a friend what he expected Berkeley to be
      like.   The friend replied, "Well, I have this mental picture
      of naked women throwing Molotov cocktails, but I think that's
      just a collision in my hash tables."
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-01-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   high colour
  
      A {colour depth} of 16 (or 15) {bits per pixel}.
  
      Compare {true colour}.
  
      (1999-08-01)
  
  
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