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   hautboy
         n 1: a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical
               bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: {oboe}, {hautboy},
               {hautbois}]

English Dictionary: hot up by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
HDTV
n
  1. a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail
    Synonym(s): high-definition television, HDTV
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head off
v
  1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
    Synonym(s): debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head up
v
  1. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"
    Synonym(s): head, head up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat up
v
  1. gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly" [syn: heat, hot up, heat up]
    Antonym(s): chill, cool, cool down
  2. make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
    Synonym(s): heat, heat up
    Antonym(s): chill, cool, cool down
  3. make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
    Synonym(s): heat up, hot up, screw up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat wave
n
  1. a wave of unusually hot weather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heath pea
n
  1. European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
    Synonym(s): heath pea, earth-nut pea, earthnut pea, tuberous vetch, Lathyrus tuberosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
het up
adj
  1. made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty"
    Synonym(s): heated, heated up, het, het up
  2. worked up emotionally by anger or excitement; "was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle"; "got really het up over the new taxes"; "he was suddenly het up about racing cars"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot tub
n
  1. a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot up
v
  1. gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly" [syn: heat, hot up, heat up]
    Antonym(s): chill, cool, cool down
  2. make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
    Synonym(s): heat up, hot up, screw up
  3. make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"
    Synonym(s): soup up, hop up, hot up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
HTTP
n
  1. a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
    Synonym(s): hypertext transfer protocol, HTTP
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hautboy \Haut"boy\, n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high
      + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See
      {Haughty}, {Bush}; and cf. {Oboe}.]
      1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and
            similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone.
            Now more commonly called {oboe}. See Illust. of {Oboe}.
  
      2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ({Fragaria elatior}).

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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hytop, AL
      Zip code(s): 35768

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HDF
  
      {Hierarchical Data Format}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HDTV
  
      {High Definition Television}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HTTP
  
      {Hypertext Transfer Protocol}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HTTP/1.0
  
      {Hypertext Transfer Protocol} version 1.0.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hatipha
      captured, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:54).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hattipha, robbery
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hodaviah, Hodiah, Hodijah, same as Hodaiah
  
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