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   hater
         n 1: a person who hates

English Dictionary: hitter by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hatiora
n
  1. small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
    Synonym(s): Hatiora, genus Hatiora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatter
n
  1. someone who makes and sells hats [syn: hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hauteur
n
  1. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
    Synonym(s): arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
header
n
  1. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
    Synonym(s): heading, header, head
  2. horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
    Synonym(s): header, lintel
  3. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
    Synonym(s): header, coping, cope
  4. a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
  5. a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
  6. (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
  7. a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat ray
n
  1. a ray that produces a thermal effect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heater
n
  1. device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room [syn: heater, warmer]
  2. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
    Synonym(s): fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heather
n
  1. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris
  2. interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
    Synonym(s): heather mixture, heather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hedera
n
  1. Old World woody vines
    Synonym(s): Hedera, genus Hedera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hither
adv
  1. to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please"
    Synonym(s): here, hither
    Antonym(s): there, thither
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hitter
n
  1. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman]
  2. someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"
    Synonym(s): hitter, striker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hoder
n
  1. (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe
    Synonym(s): Hoth, Hothr, Hoder, Hodr, Hodur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hodr
n
  1. (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe
    Synonym(s): Hoth, Hothr, Hoder, Hodr, Hodur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hodur
n
  1. (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe
    Synonym(s): Hoth, Hothr, Hoder, Hodr, Hodur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hooter
n
  1. informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]
  2. a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
    Synonym(s): automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn, hooter
  3. nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
    Synonym(s): owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot air
n
  1. air that has been heated and tends to rise
  2. loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"
    Synonym(s): palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot war
n
  1. actual fighting between the warring parties [ant: {cold war}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-wire
v
  1. start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock; "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hothr
n
  1. (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe
    Synonym(s): Hoth, Hothr, Hoder, Hodr, Hodur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
huitre
n
  1. edible body of any of numerous oysters [syn: huitre, oyster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydra
n
  1. (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by Hercules"
  2. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
    Synonym(s): Hydra, Snake
  3. trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"
  4. small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juneberry \June"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus
            {Amelanchier}; -- also called {service berry}.
      (b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called
            {shad bush}, and {had tree}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hadder \Had"der\, n.
      Heather; heath. [Obs.] --Burton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hater \Hat"er\, n.
      One who hates.
  
               An enemy to God, and a hater of all good. --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatter \Hat"ter\, n.
      One who makes or sells hats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatter \Hat"ter\, v. t. [Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG.
      verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.]
      To tire or worry; -- out. [Obs.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hattree \Hat"tree`\, n.
      A hatstand.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Header \Head"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a
            machine for heading.
  
      2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief;
            leader. [R.]
  
      3. (Arch.)
            (a) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in
                  the surface of the wall.
            (b) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two
                  trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends
                  of the tailpieces.
  
      4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
  
      5. A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle,
            or in bathing; as, to take a header. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headtire \Head"tire`\, n.
      1. A headdress. [bd]A headtire of fine linen.[b8] --1 Edras
            iii. 6.
  
      2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time
            and place.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heater \Heat"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, heats.
  
      2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or
            other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to
            something, or to contain something to be heated.
  
      {Feed heater}. See under {Feed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.
      h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,
      Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow
      pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with
                  minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink
                  flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
                  thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
                  is also called {heather}, and {ling}.
            (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which
                  several are European, and many more are South African,
                  some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.
  
      2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
            country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
  
                     Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the
                     blasted heath.                                    --Milton
  
      {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}
            (below).
  
      {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
            {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.
  
      {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European
            grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called
            also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath
            fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and
            {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.
  
      {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).
  
      {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris
            macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
            Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
  
      {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which
            frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heather \Heath"er\ (?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in
      Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.]
      Heath. [Scot.]
  
               Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass,
               The brighter seem.                                 --Longfellow.
  
      {Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
            of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and
            {E. cinerea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.
      h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,
      Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow
      pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with
                  minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink
                  flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
                  thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
                  is also called {heather}, and {ling}.
            (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which
                  several are European, and many more are South African,
                  some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.
  
      2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
            country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
  
                     Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the
                     blasted heath.                                    --Milton
  
      {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}
            (below).
  
      {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
            {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.
  
      {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European
            grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called
            also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath
            fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and
            {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.
  
      {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).
  
      {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris
            macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
            Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
  
      {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which
            frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heather \Heath"er\ (?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in
      Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.]
      Heath. [Scot.]
  
               Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass,
               The brighter seem.                                 --Longfellow.
  
      {Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
            of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and
            {E. cinerea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heathery \Heath"er*y\, a.
      Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hetero- \Het"er*o-\ [Gr. "e`teros other.]
      A combining form signifying other, other than usual,
      different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hider \Hid"er\, n.
      One who hides or conceals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hither \Hith"er\, adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel.
      h[emac][edh]ra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidr[emac]; cf. L.
      citra on this side, or E. here, he. [root]183. Cf. {He}.]
      1. To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and
            implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and
            thither; as, to come or bring hither.
  
      2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a
            sense not physical.
  
                     Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the
                     highest perfection of man.                  --Hooker.
  
      {Hither and thither}, to and fro; backward and forward; in
            various directions. [bd]Victory is like a traveller, and
            goeth hither and thither.[b8] --Knolles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hither \Hith"er\, a.
      1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking;
            nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the
            hither side of a hill. --Milton.
  
      2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of
            fewer years than.
  
                     And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty
                     summers.                                             --Tennyson.
  
                     To the present generation, that is to say, the
                     people a few years on the hither and thither side of
                     thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside
                     of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday.
                                                                              --Huxley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hitter \Hit"ter\, n.
      One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hot \Hot\, a. [Compar. {Hotter}; superl. {Hottest}.] [OE. hot,
      hat, AS. h[be]t; akin to OS. h[c7]t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G.
      heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth.
      heit[d3] fever, hais torch. Cf. {Heat}.]
      1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth
            in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and
            exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or
            air. [bd]A hotvenison pasty.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily
            excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
  
                     Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     There was mouthing in hot haste.         --Byron.
  
      3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. --Shak.
  
      4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
  
      {Hot bed} (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill,
            on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
  
      {Hot wall} (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the
            conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or
            the ripening of fruit.
  
      {Hot well} (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot
            water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water
            is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well
            by the feed pump.
  
      {In hot water} (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk;
               vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent;
               fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty;
               excitable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydr- \Hy"dr-\
      See under {Hydro-}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydro- \Hy"dro-\, Hydr- \Hy"dr-\
      1. A combining form from Gr. [?], [?], water (see {Hydra}).
  
      2. (Chem.) A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen
            as an ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product
            obtained by hydrogen, as hydroquinone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydra \Hy"dra\, n.; pl. E. {Hydras}, L. {Hydr[91]}. [L. hydra,
      Gr. "y`dra; akin to "y`dwr water. See {Otter} the animal,
      {Water}.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh
            of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many
            heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately
            succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized.
            It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
  
                     Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire. --Milton.
  
      2. Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many
            sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus
            {Hydra}, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc.,
            by a basal sucker.
  
      Note: The body is a simple tube, having a mouth at one
               extremity, surrounded by a circle of tentacles with
               which it captures its prey. Young hydras bud out from
               the sides of the older ones, but soon become detached
               and are then like their parent. Hydras are remarkable
               for their power of repairing injuries; for if the body
               be divided in pieces, each piece will grow into a
               complete hydra, to which fact the name alludes. The
               zooids or hydranths of marine hydroids are sometimes
               called hydras.
  
      4. (Astron.) A southern constellation of great length lying
            southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydra \Hy"dra\, n.; pl. E. {Hydras}, L. {Hydr[91]}. [L. hydra,
      Gr. "y`dra; akin to "y`dwr water. See {Otter} the animal,
      {Water}.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh
            of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many
            heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately
            succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized.
            It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
  
                     Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire. --Milton.
  
      2. Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many
            sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus
            {Hydra}, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc.,
            by a basal sucker.
  
      Note: The body is a simple tube, having a mouth at one
               extremity, surrounded by a circle of tentacles with
               which it captures its prey. Young hydras bud out from
               the sides of the older ones, but soon become detached
               and are then like their parent. Hydras are remarkable
               for their power of repairing injuries; for if the body
               be divided in pieces, each piece will grow into a
               complete hydra, to which fact the name alludes. The
               zooids or hydranths of marine hydroids are sometimes
               called hydras.
  
      4. (Astron.) A southern constellation of great length lying
            southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydro \Hy"dro\, n.
      A hydro-a[89]roplane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydro- \Hy"dro-\, Hydr- \Hy"dr-\
      1. A combining form from Gr. [?], [?], water (see {Hydra}).
  
      2. (Chem.) A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen
            as an ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product
            obtained by hydrogen, as hydroquinone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydro \Hy"dro\, n.
      A hydro-a[89]roplane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydro- \Hy"dro-\, Hydr- \Hy"dr-\
      1. A combining form from Gr. [?], [?], water (see {Hydra}).
  
      2. (Chem.) A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen
            as an ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product
            obtained by hydrogen, as hydroquinone.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hadar, NE (village, FIPS 20470)
      Location: 42.10582 N, 97.45147 W
      Population (1990): 291 (108 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Heathrow, FL
      Zip code(s): 32746

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Huetter, ID (city, FIPS 39070)
      Location: 47.70385 N, 116.84785 W
      Population (1990): 82 (35 housing units)
      Area: 0.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hyder, AK (CDP, FIPS 34570)
      Location: 55.98042 N, 130.05869 W
      Population (1990): 99 (58 housing units)
      Area: 39.4 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99923

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hydro, OK (town, FIPS 36700)
      Location: 35.54882 N, 98.57862 W
      Population (1990): 977 (473 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73048

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   header
  
      1. The portion of a {packet}, preceding the actual data,
      containing source and destination addresses, error checking
      and other fields.
  
      2. The part of an {electronic mail} message or {news} article
      that precedes the body of a message and contains, among other
      things, the sender's name and e-mail address and the date and
      time the message was sent.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hadar
      Adod, brave(?). (1.) A son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15); in 1 Chr.
      1:30 written Hadad.
     
         (2.) One of the Edomitish kings (Gen. 36:39) about the time of
      Saul. Called also Hadad (1 Chr. 1:50, 51).
     
         It is probable that in these cases Hadar may be an error
      simply of transcription for Hadad.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hadar, power; greatness
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hothir, excelling; remaining
  
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