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   headbutt
         v 1: butt with the head; "The soccer player headbutted his
               oponent and was sent off the field"

English Dictionary: hotfoot by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat of dissociation
n
  1. the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat of transformation
n
  1. heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
    Synonym(s): latent heat, heat of transformation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot pad
n
  1. a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table [syn: table mat, hot pad]
  2. heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad
    Synonym(s): heating pad, hot pad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot pot
n
  1. a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot
    Synonym(s): hot pot, hotpot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot potato
n
  1. a difficult situation; "he dropped the topic like a hot potato"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-button issue
n
  1. an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions [syn: {gut issue}, hot-button issue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-fudge sauce
n
  1. thick chocolate sauce served hot [syn: hot-fudge sauce, fudge sauce]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotbed
n
  1. a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice"
  2. a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotfoot
adv
  1. without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
n
  1. a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
v
  1. move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
    Synonym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
    Antonym(s): dawdle, linger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotpot
n
  1. a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot
    Synonym(s): hot pot, hotpot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Better \Bet"ter\, a.; compar. of Good. [OE. betere, bettre, and
      as adv. bet, AS. betera, adj., and bet, adv.; akin to Icel.
      betri, adj., betr, adv., Goth. batiza, adj., OHG. bezziro,
      adj., baz, adv., G. besser, adj. and adv., bass, adv., E.
      boot, and prob. to Skr. bhadra excellent. See {Boot}
      advantage, and cf. {Best}, {Batful}.]
      1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another;
            as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a
            better air.
  
                     Could make the worse appear The better reason.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness,
            acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.
  
                     To obey is better than sacrifice.      --1 Sam. xv.
                                                                              22.
  
                     It is better to trust in the Lord than to put
                     confidence in princes.                        --Ps. cxviii.
                                                                              9.
  
      3. Greater in amount; larger; more.
  
      4. Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the
            patient is better.
  
      5. More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance;
            a better knowledge of the subject.
  
      {All the better}. See under {All}, adv.
  
      {Better half}, an expression used to designate one's wife.
  
                     My dear, my better half (said he), I find I must now
                     leave thee.                                       --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      {To be better off}, to be in a better condition.
  
      {Had better}. (See under {Had}).
  
      Note: The phrase had better, followed by an infinitive
               without to, is idiomatic. The earliest form of
               construction was [bd]were better[b8] with a dative; as,
               [bd]Him were better go beside.[b8] (--Gower.) i. e., It
               would be better for him, etc. At length the nominative
               (I, he, they, etc.) supplanted the dative and had took
               the place of were. Thus we have the construction now
               used.
  
                        By all that's holy, he had better starve Than but
                        once think this place becomes thee not. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Had \Had\, imp. & p. p. of {Have}. [OE. had, hafde, hefde, AS.
      h[91]fde.]
      See {Have}.
  
      {Had as lief}, {Had rather}, {Had better}, {Had as soon},
            etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive
            without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The
            original construction was that of the dative with forms of
            be, followed by the infinitive. See {Had better}, under
            {Better}.
  
                     And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more
                     agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.] --C.
                                                                              Mundi (Trans.
                                                                              ).
  
                     Him had been lever to be syke. [To him it had been
                     preferable to be sick.]                     --Fabian.
  
                     For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty
                     bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich,
                     or fithel, or gay sawtrie.                  --Chaucer.
  
      Note: Gradually the nominative was substituted for the
               dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process
               of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the
               dative with had, are found.
  
                        Poor lady, she were better love a dream. --Shak.
  
                        You were best hang yourself.         --Beau. & Fl.
  
                        Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than
                        my unpleased eye see your courtesy. --Shak.
  
                        I hadde levere than my scherte, That ye hadde rad
                        his legende, as have I.                  --Chaucer.
  
                        I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such
                        a thing as I myself.                     --Shak.
  
                        I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such
                        a Roman.                                       --Shak.
  
                        I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my
                        God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
                                                                              --Ps.
                                                                              lxxxiv.10.

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]:
   Hot bulb \Hot bulb\, Hot pot \Hot pot\ (Internal-combustion
      Engines)
      See {Semi-diesel}, below.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hotbed \Hot"bed`\, n.
      1. (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or
            other substances, and covered with glass, intended for
            raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
  
      2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a
            hotbed of sedition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hotfoot \Hot"foot`\, adv.
      In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Head of the Harbor, NY (village, FIPS 32963)
      Location: 40.89819 N, 73.16276 W
      Population (1990): 1354 (465 housing units)
      Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HTTPd
  
      (Hypertext transfer protocol daemon).
  
      An {HTTP/1.0}-compatible {server}, written by Rob McCool
      of {NCSA}, for making {hypertext} and
      other documents available to {World-Wide Web} {browsers}.
  
      HTTPd is designed to be small and fast and to work with most
      HTTP/0.9 and HTTP/1.0 {browser}s.   You can customise your
      server to execute searches and handle {HTML} {forms}.   It also
      supports {server side include} files, allowing you to include
      the output of commands or other files in {HTML} documents.
  
      The current (1994-08-08) version is 1.3.
  
      {(http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/Overview.html)}.
  
      E-mail: .
  
      (1995-01-16)
  
  
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