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   Habsburg
         n 1: a royal German family that provided rulers for several
               European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire
               from 1440 to 1806 [syn: {Habsburg}, {Hapsburg}]

English Dictionary: hobgoblin by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hapsburg
n
  1. a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
    Synonym(s): Habsburg, Hapsburg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Havasupai
n
  1. a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona
  2. the Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heavy spar
n
  1. a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium
    Synonym(s): heavy spar, barite, barytes, barium sulphate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heebie-jeebies
n
  1. extreme nervousness [syn: jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hobgoblin
n
  1. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
    Synonym(s): goblin, hob, hobgoblin
  2. an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Synonym(s): bugbear, hobgoblin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hop-skip
v
  1. jump lightly
    Synonym(s): hop, skip, hop-skip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hubcap
n
  1. cap that fits over the hub of a wheel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypocapnia
n
  1. a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing
    Synonym(s): hypocapnia, acapnia
    Antonym(s): hypercapnia, hypercarbia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypospadias
n
  1. an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hypsiprymnodon
n
  1. musk kangaroos [syn: Hypsiprymnodon, {genus Hypsiprymnodon}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
n
  1. small kangaroo of northeastern Australia [syn: {musk kangaroo}, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cavalry \Cav"al*ry\, n. [F. cavalerie, fr. It. cavalleria. See
      {Cavalier}, and cf. {chivalry}.] (Mil.)
      That part of military force which serves on horseback.
  
      Note: {Heavy cavalry} and {light cavalry} are so
               distinguished by the character of their armament, and
               by the size of the men and horses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE.
      hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG.
      hebig, hevig, Icel. h[94]figr, h[94]fugr. See {Heave}.]
      1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty;
            ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in
            extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or
            snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.;
            often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also,
            difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
  
      2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure
            or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy
            yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
  
                     The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
                                                                              --1 Sam. v. 6.
  
                     The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth.
  
                     Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened;
            bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care,
            grief, pain, disappointment.
  
                     The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.
                                                                              --Chapman.
  
                     A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.
  
      4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate,
            stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the
            like; a heavy writer or book.
  
                     Whilst the heavy plowman snores.         --Shak.
  
                     Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.      --Dryden.
  
                     Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
                                                                              --Is. lix. 1.
  
      5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm,
            cannonade, and the like.
  
      6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
  
                     But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the
            sky.
  
      8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a
            heavy road, soil, and the like.
  
      9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
  
      10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not
            easily digested; -- said of food.
  
      11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other
            liquors.
  
      12. With child; pregnant. [R.]
  
      {Heavy artillery}. (Mil.)
            (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege,
                  garrison, and seacoast guns.
            (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
  
      {Heavy cavalry}. See under {Cavalry}.
  
      {Heavy fire} (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading,
            or discharge of small arms.
  
      {Heavy metal} (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large
            size; also, large balls for such guns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Permanent way}, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished
            railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's
            temporary way.
  
      {Permanent white} (Chem.), barium sulphate ({heavy spar}),
            used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from
            white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation
            of the sulphide.
  
      Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See {Lasting}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barite \Ba"rite\, n. (Min.)
      Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in
      transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally
      tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms
      resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence
      is often called {heavy spar}. It is a common mineral in
      metallic veins.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barytes \Ba*ry"tes\, n. [Gr. [?] heavy: cf. Gr. [?] heaviness,
      F. baryte.] (Min.)
      Barium sulphate, generally called {heavy spar} or {barite}.
      See {Barite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heavy spar \Heav"y spar`\ (Min.)
      Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its
      high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic
      minerals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Permanent way}, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished
            railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's
            temporary way.
  
      {Permanent white} (Chem.), barium sulphate ({heavy spar}),
            used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from
            white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation
            of the sulphide.
  
      Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See {Lasting}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barite \Ba"rite\, n. (Min.)
      Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in
      transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally
      tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms
      resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence
      is often called {heavy spar}. It is a common mineral in
      metallic veins.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barytes \Ba*ry"tes\, n. [Gr. [?] heavy: cf. Gr. [?] heaviness,
      F. baryte.] (Min.)
      Barium sulphate, generally called {heavy spar} or {barite}.
      See {Barite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heavy spar \Heav"y spar`\ (Min.)
      Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its
      high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic
      minerals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and {Goblin}.]
      A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
      given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Huffcap \Huff"cap`\, n.
      A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] -- a. Blustering; swaggering.
      [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypaspist \Hy*pas"pist\, n. [Gr. [?].] (Gr. Antiq.)
      A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. --Mitford.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turbot \Tur"bot\, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape,
      and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus}) highly
            esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to
            forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish
            with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.
            The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock
            fluke}.
      (b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
            related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or
            summer flounder (see {Flounder}), the halibut, and the
            diamond flounder ({Hypsopsetta guttulata}) of California.
      (c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
      (d) The trigger fish.
  
      {Spotted turbot}. See {Windowpane}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hephzibah, GA (city, FIPS 38040)
      Location: 33.28728 N, 82.10605 W
      Population (1990): 2466 (935 housing units)
      Area: 36.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30815

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hobbsville, NC
      Zip code(s): 27946

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hephzibah
      my delight is in her. (1.) The wife of Hezekiah and mother of
      king Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1).
     
         (2.) A symbolical name of Zion, as representing the Lord's
      favour toward her (Isa. 62:4).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hephzibah, my delight is in her
  
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