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   H. J. Eysenck
         n 1: a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his
               theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong
               criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis [syn: {Eysenck}, {Hans
               Eysenck}, {H. J. Eysenck}, {Hans Jurgen Eysenck}]

English Dictionary: house agent by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hawkishness
n
  1. any political orientation favoring aggressive policies
    Antonym(s): dovishness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hexagon
n
  1. a six-sided polygon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hexagonal
adj
  1. having six sides or divided into hexagons [syn: hexangular, hexagonal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hiccough nut
n
  1. ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers [syn: hiccup nut, hiccough nut, Combretum bracteosum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high comedy
n
  1. a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high command
n
  1. the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander- in-chief and senior officers of the military)
    Synonym(s): high command, supreme headquarters
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
High Commission
n
  1. an embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high commissioner
n
  1. a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high country
n
  1. an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high jinks
n
  1. noisy and mischievous merrymaking [syn: jinks, {high jinks}, hijinks, high jinx]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high jinx
n
  1. noisy and mischievous merrymaking [syn: jinks, {high jinks}, hijinks, high jinx]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high jump
n
  1. a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
  2. the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high-sounding
adj
  1. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"
    Synonym(s): high-flown, high- sounding, inflated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hijacking
n
  1. robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
    Synonym(s): highjacking, hijacking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hockey game
n
  1. a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
    Synonym(s): ice hockey, hockey, hockey game
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoggishness
n
  1. an excessive desire for food [syn: greediness, hoggishness, piggishness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
house agent
n
  1. a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a real estate agent a land agent"
    Synonym(s): real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
house centipede
n
  1. long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
    Synonym(s): house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
house snake
n
  1. nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
    Synonym(s): milk snake, house snake, milk adder, checkered adder, Lampropeltis triangulum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hugo Junkers
n
  1. German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935)
    Synonym(s): Junkers, Hugo Junkers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexagon \Hex"a*gon\, n. [L. hexagonum, Gr. [?] six-cornered;
      "e`x six (akin to E. six) + [?] angle.] (Geom.)
      A plane figure of six angles.
  
      {Regular hexagon}, a hexagon in which the angles are all
            equal, and the sides are also all equal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexagonal \Hex*ag"o*nal\, a. [Cf. F. hexagonal.]
      Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
  
      {Hexagonal system}. (Crystal.) See under {Crystallization}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexagonal \Hex*ag"o*nal\, a. [Cf. F. hexagonal.]
      Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
  
      {Hexagonal system}. (Crystal.) See under {Crystallization}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexagonally \Hex*ag"o*nal*ly\, adv.
      In an hexagonal manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexagony \Hex*ag"o*ny\, n.
      A hexagon. [Obs.] --Bramhall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexagynian \Hex`a*gyn"i*an\, Hexagynous \Hex*ag"y*nous\, a. [Cf.
      F. hexagyne.] (Bot.)
      Having six pistils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexagynian \Hex`a*gyn"i*an\, Hexagynous \Hex*ag"y*nous\, a. [Cf.
      F. hexagyne.] (Bot.)
      Having six pistils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hiccough \Hic"cough\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hiccoughed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Hiccoughing}.]
      To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
            (e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
                  grand; noble.
  
                           Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Plain living and high thinking are no more.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
            (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
                  at a high price.
  
                           If they must be good at so high a rate, they
                           know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
            (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
                  used in a bad sense.
  
                           An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
                                                                              --Prov. xxi.
                                                                              4.
  
                           His forces, after all the high discourses,
                           amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
            superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
            e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
            seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
            deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
            scholarship, etc.
  
                     High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
  
                     High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
                                                                              --Baker.
  
      4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
            do not cook game before it is high.
  
      5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as,
            a high note.
  
      6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
            tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve),
            [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation,
            [sect][sect] 10, 11.
  
      {High admiral}, the chief admiral.
  
      {High altar}, the principal altar in a church.
  
      {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or
            tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
  
      {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
  
      {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
            and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
            meretricious display.
  
      {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff.
  
      {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties
            in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal
            Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the
            apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a
            sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal
            regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal
            ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and
            symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these
            points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the
            peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad
            Church}.
  
      {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
            {Constable}, n., 2.
  
      {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical
            jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
            power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
            of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
  
      {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
  
      {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
            ceremonial.
  
      {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}.
  
      {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
            wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the
            county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison.
  
      {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher
            figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
           
  
      {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
  
      {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet.
  
      {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
  
      {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}.
  
      {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by
            several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
            instead of by a single grinding.
  
      {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
  
      {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
            sacrifices were offered.
  
      {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}.
  
      {High school}. See under {School}.
  
      {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
            the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
            usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
            --Wharton.
  
      {High steam}, steam having a high pressure.
  
      {High steward}, the chief steward.
  
      {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes.
  
      {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
  
      {High time}.
            (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
            (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
                  [Slang]
  
      {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state,
            the highest civil offense. See {Treason}.
  
      Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
               treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
               distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
  
      {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
            tide; also, the time of such elevation.
  
      {High-water mark}.
            (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
                  ordinarily reach at high water.
            (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
                  river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
                  freshet.
  
      {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
            frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
            coast of the United States.
  
      {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
            of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
  
      {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear
            one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
  
      {With a high hand}.
            (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children
                  of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8.
            (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They
                  governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett
                  (Thucyd. ).
  
      Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
               proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The constable of France was the first officer of the
               crown, and had the chief command of the army. It was
               also his duty to regulate all matters of chivalry. The
               office was suppressed in 1627. The constable, or lord
               high constable, of England, was one of the highest
               officers of the crown, commander in chief of the
               forces, and keeper of the peace of the nation. He also
               had judicial cognizance of many important matters. The
               office was as early as the Conquest, but has been
               disused (except on great and solemn occasions), since
               the attainder of Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in the
               reign of Henry VIII.
  
      2. (Law) An officer of the peace having power as a
            conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the
            warrants of judicial officers. --Bouvier.
  
      Note: In England, at the present time, the constable is a
               conservator of the peace within his district, and is
               also charged by various statutes with other duties,
               such as serving summons, precepts, warrants, etc. In
               the United States, constables are town or city officers
               of the peace, with powers similar to those of the
               constables of England. In addition to their duties as
               conservators of the peace, they are invested with
               others by statute, such as to execute civil as well as
               criminal process in certain cases, to attend courts,
               keep juries, etc. In some cities, there are officers
               called {high constables}, who act as chiefs of the
               constabulary or police force. In other cities the title
               of constable, as well as the office, is merged in that
               of the police officer.
  
      {High constable}, a constable having certain duties and
            powers within a hundred. [Eng.]
  
      {Petty constable}, a conservator of the peace within a parish
            or tithing; a tithingman. [Eng.]
  
      {Special constable}, a person appointed to act as constable
            of special occasions.
  
      {To} {overrun, [or] outrun}, {the constable}, to spend more
            than one's income; to get into debt. [Colloq.] --Smollett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
            (e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
                  grand; noble.
  
                           Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Plain living and high thinking are no more.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
            (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
                  at a high price.
  
                           If they must be good at so high a rate, they
                           know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
            (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
                  used in a bad sense.
  
                           An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
                                                                              --Prov. xxi.
                                                                              4.
  
                           His forces, after all the high discourses,
                           amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
            superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
            e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
            seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
            deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
            scholarship, etc.
  
                     High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
  
                     High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
                                                                              --Baker.
  
      4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
            do not cook game before it is high.
  
      5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as,
            a high note.
  
      6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
            tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve),
            [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation,
            [sect][sect] 10, 11.
  
      {High admiral}, the chief admiral.
  
      {High altar}, the principal altar in a church.
  
      {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or
            tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
  
      {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
  
      {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
            and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
            meretricious display.
  
      {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff.
  
      {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties
            in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal
            Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the
            apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a
            sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal
            regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal
            ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and
            symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these
            points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the
            peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad
            Church}.
  
      {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
            {Constable}, n., 2.
  
      {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical
            jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
            power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
            of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
  
      {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
  
      {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
            ceremonial.
  
      {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}.
  
      {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
            wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the
            county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison.
  
      {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher
            figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
           
  
      {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
  
      {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet.
  
      {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
  
      {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}.
  
      {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by
            several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
            instead of by a single grinding.
  
      {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
  
      {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
            sacrifices were offered.
  
      {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}.
  
      {High school}. See under {School}.
  
      {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
            the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
            usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
            --Wharton.
  
      {High steam}, steam having a high pressure.
  
      {High steward}, the chief steward.
  
      {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes.
  
      {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
  
      {High time}.
            (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
            (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
                  [Slang]
  
      {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state,
            the highest civil offense. See {Treason}.
  
      Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
               treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
               distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
  
      {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
            tide; also, the time of such elevation.
  
      {High-water mark}.
            (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
                  ordinarily reach at high water.
            (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
                  river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
                  freshet.
  
      {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
            frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
            coast of the United States.
  
      {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
            of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
  
      {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear
            one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
  
      {With a high hand}.
            (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children
                  of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8.
            (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They
                  governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett
                  (Thucyd. ).
  
      Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
               proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
            (e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
                  grand; noble.
  
                           Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Plain living and high thinking are no more.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
            (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
                  at a high price.
  
                           If they must be good at so high a rate, they
                           know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
            (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
                  used in a bad sense.
  
                           An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
                                                                              --Prov. xxi.
                                                                              4.
  
                           His forces, after all the high discourses,
                           amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
            superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
            e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
            seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
            deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
            scholarship, etc.
  
                     High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
  
                     High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
                                                                              --Baker.
  
      4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
            do not cook game before it is high.
  
      5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as,
            a high note.
  
      6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
            tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve),
            [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation,
            [sect][sect] 10, 11.
  
      {High admiral}, the chief admiral.
  
      {High altar}, the principal altar in a church.
  
      {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or
            tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
  
      {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
  
      {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
            and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
            meretricious display.
  
      {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff.
  
      {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties
            in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal
            Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the
            apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a
            sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal
            regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal
            ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and
            symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these
            points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the
            peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad
            Church}.
  
      {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
            {Constable}, n., 2.
  
      {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical
            jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
            power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
            of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
  
      {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
  
      {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
            ceremonial.
  
      {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}.
  
      {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
            wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the
            county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison.
  
      {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher
            figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
           
  
      {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
  
      {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet.
  
      {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
  
      {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}.
  
      {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by
            several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
            instead of by a single grinding.
  
      {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
  
      {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
            sacrifices were offered.
  
      {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}.
  
      {High school}. See under {School}.
  
      {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
            the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
            usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
            --Wharton.
  
      {High steam}, steam having a high pressure.
  
      {High steward}, the chief steward.
  
      {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes.
  
      {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
  
      {High time}.
            (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
            (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
                  [Slang]
  
      {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state,
            the highest civil offense. See {Treason}.
  
      Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
               treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
               distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
  
      {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
            tide; also, the time of such elevation.
  
      {High-water mark}.
            (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
                  ordinarily reach at high water.
            (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
                  river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
                  freshet.
  
      {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
            frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
            coast of the United States.
  
      {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
            of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
  
      {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear
            one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
  
      {With a high hand}.
            (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children
                  of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8.
            (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They
                  governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett
                  (Thucyd. ).
  
      Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
               proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   High-sounding \High"-sound`ing\, a.
      Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or
      titles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoggish \Hog"gish\, a.
      Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- {Hog"gish*ly}, adv.
      -- {Hog"gish*ness}, n.
  
               Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes?
                                                                              --Shaftesbury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hooke's joint \Hooke's joint\ [So called from the inventor.]
      (Mach.)
      A universal joint. See under {Universal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hose \Hose\ (h[omac]z), n.; pl. {Hose}, formerly {Hosen}
      (h[omac]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches,
      OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking;
      cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
      1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn,
            reaching to the knee.
  
                     These men were bound in their coats, their hosen,
                     and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan.
                                                                              iii. 21.
  
                     His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For
                     his shrunk shank.                              --Shak.
  
      2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a
            stocking or stockings.
  
      3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other
            material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water,
            from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
  
      {Hose carriage}, {cart}, [or] {truck}, a wheeled vehicle
            fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
  
      {Hose company}, a company of men appointed to bring and
            manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.]
  
      {Hose coupling}, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting
            hose, end to end.
  
      {Hose wrench}, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite
            or disconnect them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to
      OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok,
      Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk,
      OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?].
      [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of
      fishes.]
      1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
            female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
            consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
            solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
            salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
            found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}.
  
      3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
            almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
            water.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
  
      {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t.
  
      {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
            and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}.
  
      {Milk fever}.
            (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
                  lactation. It is usually transitory.
            (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
                  also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
                  calving.
  
      {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance.
  
      {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
            nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
            congestion of the mammary glands.
  
      {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
            puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
            characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
            accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
            tissue.
  
      {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
            [Obs.] --Bailey.
  
      {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2.
  
      {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
            are shed and replaced by the premolars.
  
      {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
            produced by macerating quicklime in water.
  
      {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum
            palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.
  
      {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and,
            usually, twining plants.
  
      {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease,
            occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and
            affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and
            persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of
            infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are
            uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and
            muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously
            ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food,
            and to polluted drinking water.
  
      {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake
            ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously
            marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk
            adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc.
  
      {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of
            milk} (below).
  
      {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum
            marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
            whiteness.
  
      {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}.
  
      {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
            in young mammals; in man there are twenty.
  
      {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
            tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the
            {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both
            of which is wholesome food.
  
      {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
            plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
            contained. See {Latex}.
  
      {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
            white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
            evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
            powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
            article of diet. See {Lactose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   --Simonds.
  
      {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides
            and a roof; a box car.
  
      {House of correction}. See {Correction}.
  
      {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus
            domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between
            the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the
            loud chirping or stridulation of the males.
  
      {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.
  
      {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.
  
      {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a
            merchant vessel belongs.
  
      {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca
            domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and
            America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying
            substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.
  
      {House of God}, a temple or church.
  
      {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.
  
      {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow
            ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its
            nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also
            {house swallow}, and {window martin}.
  
      {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).
           
  
      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital
            or other public institution.
  
      {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.
  
      {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow
            ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced
            into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in
            cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.
  
      {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives
            in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium
            tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.
  
      {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.
  
      {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern
            United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about
            houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and
            loud musical notes. See {Wren}.
  
      {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.
  
      {The White House}, the official residence of the President of
            the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of
            President.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to
      OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok,
      Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk,
      OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?].
      [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of
      fishes.]
      1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
            female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
            consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
            solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
            salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
            found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}.
  
      3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
            almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
            water.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
  
      {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t.
  
      {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
            and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}.
  
      {Milk fever}.
            (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
                  lactation. It is usually transitory.
            (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
                  also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
                  calving.
  
      {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance.
  
      {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
            nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
            congestion of the mammary glands.
  
      {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
            puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
            characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
            accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
            tissue.
  
      {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
            [Obs.] --Bailey.
  
      {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2.
  
      {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
            are shed and replaced by the premolars.
  
      {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
            produced by macerating quicklime in water.
  
      {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum
            palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.
  
      {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and,
            usually, twining plants.
  
      {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease,
            occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and
            affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and
            persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of
            infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are
            uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and
            muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously
            ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food,
            and to polluted drinking water.
  
      {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake
            ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously
            marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk
            adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc.
  
      {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of
            milk} (below).
  
      {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum
            marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
            whiteness.
  
      {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}.
  
      {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
            in young mammals; in man there are twenty.
  
      {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
            tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the
            {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both
            of which is wholesome food.
  
      {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
            plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
            contained. See {Latex}.
  
      {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
            white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
            evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
            powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
            article of diet. See {Lactose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   --Simonds.
  
      {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides
            and a roof; a box car.
  
      {House of correction}. See {Correction}.
  
      {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus
            domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between
            the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the
            loud chirping or stridulation of the males.
  
      {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.
  
      {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.
  
      {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a
            merchant vessel belongs.
  
      {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca
            domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and
            America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying
            substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.
  
      {House of God}, a temple or church.
  
      {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.
  
      {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow
            ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its
            nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also
            {house swallow}, and {window martin}.
  
      {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).
           
  
      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital
            or other public institution.
  
      {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.
  
      {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow
            ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced
            into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in
            cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.
  
      {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives
            in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium
            tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.
  
      {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.
  
      {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern
            United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about
            houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and
            loud musical notes. See {Wren}.
  
      {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.
  
      {The White House}, the official residence of the President of
            the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of
            President.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hockessin, DE
      Zip code(s): 19707

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hoke County, NC (county, FIPS 93)
      Location: 35.02073 N, 79.23360 W
      Population (1990): 22856 (7999 housing units)
      Area: 1013.3 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hughes County, OK (county, FIPS 63)
      Location: 35.03602 N, 96.25615 W
      Population (1990): 13023 (6021 housing units)
      Area: 2089.6 sq km (land), 20.5 sq km (water)
   Hughes County, SD (county, FIPS 65)
      Location: 44.39309 N, 99.98678 W
      Population (1990): 14817 (6255 housing units)
      Area: 1919.1 sq km (land), 153.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hughson, CA (city, FIPS 34904)
      Location: 37.60100 N, 120.86670 W
      Population (1990): 3259 (1088 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95326

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   hackishness n.   The quality of being or involving a hack.   This
   term is considered mildly silly.   Syn. {hackitude}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   hackishness
  
      The quality of being or involving a {hack}.   This
      term is considered mildly silly.
  
      Synonym {hackitude}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-03-08)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hazezon-tamar
      pruning of the palm, the original name of the place afterwards
      called ENGEDI (q.v.), Gen. 14:7; called also HAZAZON-TAMAR (2
      Chr. 20:2).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hazezon-tamar, drawing near to bitterness
  
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