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   haler
         n 1: 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia [syn: {haler}, {heller}]
         2: 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic [syn: {haler},
            {heller}]

English Dictionary: holler by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hauler
n
  1. a haulage contractor
    Synonym(s): hauler, haulier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haulier
n
  1. a haulage contractor
    Synonym(s): hauler, haulier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
healer
n
  1. a person skilled in a particular type of therapy [syn: therapist, healer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heller
n
  1. 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia
    Synonym(s): haler, heller
  2. 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic
    Synonym(s): haler, heller
  3. United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)
    Synonym(s): Heller, Joseph Heller
  4. a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard"
    Synonym(s): hellion, heller, devil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
helleri
n
  1. freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
    Synonym(s): swordtail, helleri, topminnow, Xyphophorus helleri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hilar
adj
  1. of or relating to or located near a hilum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hillary
n
  1. New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
    Synonym(s): Hillary, Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holler
n
  1. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
    Synonym(s): bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl
  2. a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
    Synonym(s): hollow, holler
v
  1. shout out; "He hollered out to surrender our weapons" [syn: holler, holler out]
  2. utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
    Synonym(s): shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
  3. complain; "What was he hollering about?"
    Synonym(s): gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holloware
n
  1. silverware serving dishes
    Synonym(s): hollowware, holloware
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hollowware
n
  1. silverware serving dishes
    Synonym(s): hollowware, holloware
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Holy Year
n
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
howler
n
  1. a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot]
  2. monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
    Synonym(s): howler monkey, howler
  3. a glaring blunder
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hallier \Hal"li*er\ (? or ?), n. [From {Hale} to pull.]
      A kind of net for catching birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hauler \Haul"er\, n.
      One who hauls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heeler \Heel"er\, n.
      1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
  
      2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political
            patron. [Political Cant, U. S.]
  
                     The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.
                                                                              --The Century.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hellier \Hel"li*er\, n. [See {Hele}, v. t.]
      One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
      [Obs.] [Written also {heler}.] --Usher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hellier \Hel"li*er\, n. [See {Hele}, v. t.]
      One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
      [Obs.] [Written also {heler}.] --Usher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hilar \Hi"lar\, a. (Bot.)
      Belonging to the hilum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE.
      holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation,
      happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. &
      G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel.
      heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow},
      {Hollyhock}.]
      1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
            sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels;
            a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and
            virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly;
            pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
  
                     Now through her round of holy thought The Church our
                     annual steps has brought.                  --Keble.
  
      {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving
            religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for
            repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional
            government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia,
            Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
            Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and
            subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe,
            except the pope and the king of England.
  
      {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}.
  
      {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}.
  
      {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
            his parents, and others of his family are represented.
  
      {Holy Father}, a title of the pope.
  
      {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the
            Comforter; the Paraclete.
  
      {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}.
  
      {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa
            borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was
            formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days;
            whence the name. It is common in the northern and western
            parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or]
            Seneca, grass}.
  
      {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day.
  
      {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.
  
      {Holy office}, the Inquisition.
  
      {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the
            Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and
            where no person entered, except the high priest once a
            year.
  
      {Holy One}.
            (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis.
                  [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14.
            (b) One separated to the service of God.
  
      {Holy orders}. See {Order}.
  
      {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed,
            in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
  
      {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony.
  
      {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding
            the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.
  
      {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above).
  
      {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}.
  
      {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under
            {Thistle}.
  
      {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.)
            (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
                  Thursday.
  
      {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians
            against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
            twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of
            the holy places.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
      hole. Cf. {Hole}.]
      1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial,
            within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the
            interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
  
                     Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
                                                                              8.
  
      2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
  
                     With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.      --Shak.
  
      3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
            deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
  
      4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
            a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
  
      {Hollow newel} (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding
            staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being
            supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the
            stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a
            staircase.
  
      {Hollow quoin} (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind
            the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or
            recess to receive the ends of the gates.
  
      {Hollow root}. (Bot.) See {Moschatel}.
  
      {Hollow square}. See {Square}.
  
      {Hollow ware}, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron
            kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.
  
      Syn: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
               faithless; deceitful; treacherous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holour \Hol"our\, n. [OF. holier.]
      A whoremonger. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   War \War\, n. [OE. & AS. werre; akin to OHG. werra scandal,
      quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. warren, G.
      wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps
      to E. worse; cf. OF. werre war, F. querre, of Teutonic
      origin. Cf. {Guerrilla}, {Warrior}.]
      1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force,
            whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing
            wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition
            of territory, for obtaining and establishing the
            superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any
            other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers;
            declared and open hostilities.
  
                     Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed.
                                                                              --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.
  
      Note: As war is the contest of nations or states, it always
               implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch
               or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by
               attacking another nation, is called an offensive war,
               and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel
               invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called
               defensive.
  
      2. (Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by
            physical force. In this sense, levying war against the
            sovereign authority is treason.
  
      3. Instruments of war. [Poetic]
  
                     His complement of stores, and total war. --Prior.
  
      4. Forces; army. [Poetic]
  
                     On their embattled ranks the waves return, And
                     overwhelm their war.                           --Milton.
  
      5. The profession of arms; the art of war.
  
                     Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from
                     his youth.                                          --1 Sam. xvii.
                                                                              33.
  
      6. a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an
            inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.
            [bd]Raised impious war in heaven.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
                     but war was in his heart.                  --Ps. lv. 21.
  
      {Civil war}, a war between different sections or parties of
            the same country or nation.
  
      {Holy war}. See under {Holy}.
  
      {Man of war}. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Public war}, a war between independent sovereign states.
  
      {War cry}, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war
            cry.
  
      {War dance}, a dance among savages preliminary to going to
            war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some
            distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby
            enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike
            excursion. --Schoolcraft.
  
      {War field}, a field of war or battle.
  
      {War horse}, a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry
            soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse
            for military service; a charger.
  
      {War paint}, paint put on the face and other parts of the
            body by savages, as a token of going to war. [bd]Wash the
            war paint from your faces.[b8] --Longfellow.
  
      {War song}, a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among
            the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of
            incitements to military ardor.
  
      {War whoop}, a war cry, especially that uttered by the
            American Indians.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE.
      holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation,
      happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. &
      G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel.
      heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow},
      {Hollyhock}.]
      1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
            sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels;
            a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and
            virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly;
            pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
  
                     Now through her round of holy thought The Church our
                     annual steps has brought.                  --Keble.
  
      {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving
            religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for
            repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional
            government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia,
            Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
            Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and
            subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe,
            except the pope and the king of England.
  
      {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}.
  
      {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}.
  
      {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
            his parents, and others of his family are represented.
  
      {Holy Father}, a title of the pope.
  
      {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the
            Comforter; the Paraclete.
  
      {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}.
  
      {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa
            borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was
            formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days;
            whence the name. It is common in the northern and western
            parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or]
            Seneca, grass}.
  
      {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day.
  
      {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.
  
      {Holy office}, the Inquisition.
  
      {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the
            Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and
            where no person entered, except the high priest once a
            year.
  
      {Holy One}.
            (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis.
                  [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14.
            (b) One separated to the service of God.
  
      {Holy orders}. See {Order}.
  
      {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed,
            in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
  
      {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony.
  
      {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding
            the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.
  
      {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above).
  
      {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}.
  
      {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under
            {Thistle}.
  
      {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.)
            (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
                  Thursday.
  
      {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians
            against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
            twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of
            the holy places.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Howler \Howl"er\, n.
      1. One who howls.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any South American monkey of the genus
            {Mycetes}. Many species are known. They are arboreal in
            their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant
            howling in which they indulge at night.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Huller \Hull"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural
      machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hiller, PA (CDP, FIPS 34784)
      Location: 40.00722 N, 79.90385 W
      Population (1990): 1401 (594 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15444
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