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   happy chance
         n 1: an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big
               break" [syn: {break}, {good luck}, {happy chance}]

English Dictionary: huffishness by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hip joint
n
  1. the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
    Synonym(s): hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hippocampus
n
  1. a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories
  2. seahorses
    Synonym(s): Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hobbyism
n
  1. a devotion to hobbies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hobo camp
n
  1. a place where hoboes camp
    Synonym(s): hobo camp, jungle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hobson's choice
n
  1. the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoop snake
n
  1. any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hopkins
n
  1. United States educator and theologian (1802-1887) [syn: Hopkins, Mark Hopkins]
  2. United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
    Synonym(s): Hopkins, Johns Hopkins
  3. English poet (1844-1889)
    Synonym(s): Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins
  4. English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
    Synonym(s): Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
  5. Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
    Synonym(s): Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hopkinson
n
  1. American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791)
    Synonym(s): Hopkinson, Francis Hopkinson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
huffishness
n
  1. a feeling of sulky resentment [syn: sulkiness, huffishness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypochondria
n
  1. chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
    Synonym(s): hypochondria, hypochondriasis
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hypochondriac
adj
  1. suffering from hypochondria [syn: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal]
n
  1. a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypochondriacal
adj
  1. suffering from hypochondria [syn: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypochondriasis
n
  1. chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
    Synonym(s): hypochondria, hypochondriasis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypochondrium
n
  1. the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypogammaglobulinemia
n
  1. an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypognathous
adj
  1. having a projecting lower jaw [syn: prognathous, prognathic, hypognathous]
    Antonym(s): opisthognathous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypogonadism
n
  1. incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hyposmia
n
  1. lessened sensitivity to odors
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hypsometer
n
  1. an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypsometry
n
  1. measurement of the elevation of land above sea level [syn: hypsometry, hypsography]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oyster \Oys"ter\, n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[8c]tre, L. ostrea,
      ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the
      oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous},
      {Ostracize}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea.
            They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed
            objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in
            brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European
            oyster ({Ostrea edulis}), and the American oyster ({Ostrea
            Virginiana}), are the most important species.
  
      2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in
            a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part
            of the back of a fowl.
  
      {Fresh-water oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus
            {Etheria}, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa
            and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach
            themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly
            interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.
  
      {Oyster bed}, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a
            tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where
            oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See
            1st {Scalp}, n.
  
      {Oyster catcher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            wading birds of the genus {H[91]matopus}, which frequent
            seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species
            ({H. ostralegus}), the common American species ({H.
            palliatus}), and the California, or black, oyster catcher
            ({H. Bachmani}) are the best known.
  
      {Oyster crab} (Zo[94]l.) a small crab ({Pinnotheres ostreum})
            which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the
            oyster.
  
      {Oyster dredge}, a rake or small dragnet of bringing up
            oyster from the bottom of the sea.
  
      {Oyster fish}. ({Zo[94]l}.)
            (a) The tautog.
            (b) The toadfish.
  
      {Oyster plant}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Tragopogon} ({T. porrifolius}),
                  the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the
                  oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also {vegetable
                  oyster}.
            (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe,
                  America and Asia ({Mertensia maritima}), the fresh
                  leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.
  
      {Oyster plover}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Oyster catcher}, above.
           
  
      {Oyster shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of an oyster.
  
      {Oyster wench}, {Oyster wife}, {Oyster women}, a women who
            deals in oysters.
  
      {Pearl oyster}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pearl}.
  
      {Thorny oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any spiny marine shell of the
            genus {Spondylus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. [?],
      [?]; cf. F. hell[82]bore, ell[82]bore.]
      1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ({Helleborus}) of the
            Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and
            even poisonous qualities. {H. niger} is the European black
            hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or
            earliest spring. {H. officinalis} was the officinal
            hellebore of the ancients.
  
      2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous
            liliaceous genus {Veratrum}, especially {V. album} and {V.
            viride}, both called {white hellebore}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winter \Win"ter\, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter,
      OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr,
      Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo-
      white (in comp.), OIr. find white. [?][?][?][?].]
      1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most
            obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
            [bd]Of thirty winter he was old.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter,
                     with his wrathful nipping cold.         --Shak.
  
                     Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith.
  
      Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to
               include the months of December, January, and February
               (see {Season}). Astronomically, it may be considered to
               begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st,
               and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
  
      2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
  
                     Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      {Winter apple}, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that
            does not ripen until winter.
  
      {Winter barley}, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn.
  
      {Winter berry} (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs
            ({Ilex verticillata}, {I. l[91]vigata}, etc.) of the Holly
            family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter.
           
  
      {Winter bloom}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus Azalea.
            (b) A plant of the genus {Hamamelis} ({H. Viginica});
                  witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers appearing
                  late in autumn, while the leaves are falling.
  
      {Winter bud} (Zo[94]l.), a statoblast.
  
      {Winter cherry} (Bot.), a plant ({Physalis Alkekengi}) of the
            Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the
            inflated and persistent calyx. See {Alkekengi}.
  
      {Winter cough} (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by
            a cough recurring each winter.
  
      {Winter cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant
            ({Barbarea vulgaris}).
  
      {Winter crop}, a crop which will bear the winter, or which
            may be converted into fodder during the winter.
  
      {Winter duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The pintail.
            (b) The old squaw.
  
      {Winter egg} (Zo[94]l.), an egg produced in the autumn by
            many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter.
            Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a
            thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a
            protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner
            different from that of the summer eggs.
  
      {Winter fallow}, ground that is fallowed in winter.
  
      {Winter fat}. (Bot.) Same as {White sage}, under {White}.
  
      {Winter fever} (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.]
  
      {Winter flounder}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Flounder}.
           
  
      {Winter gull} (Zo[94]l.), the common European gull; -- called
            also {winter mew}. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Winter itch}. (Med.) See {Prarie itch}, under {Prairie}.
  
      {Winter lodge}, [or] {Winter lodgment}. (Bot.) Same as
            {Hibernaculum}.
  
      {Winter mew}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Winter gull}, above. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      {Winter moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the
            European species ({Cheimatobia brumata}). These moths have
            rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago
            state. The female of some of the species is wingless.
  
      {Winter oil}, oil prepared so as not to solidify in
            moderately cold weather.
  
      {Winter pear}, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or
            that does not ripen until winter.
  
      {Winter quarters}, the quarters of troops during the winter;
            a winter residence or station.
  
      {Winter rye}, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn.
  
      {Winter shad} (Zo[94]l.), the gizzard shad.
  
      {Winter sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.]
           
  
      {Winter sleep} (Zo[94]l.), hibernation.
  
      {Winter snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin.
  
      {Winter solstice}. (Astron.) See {Solstice}, 2.
  
      {Winter teal} (Zo[94]l.), the green-winged teal.
  
      {Winter wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla
            melanope}). [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Winter wheat}, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the
            winter, and ripens in the following summer.
  
      {Winter wren} (Zo[94]l.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes
            hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heavisome \Heav"i*some\, a.
      Heavy; dull. [Prov.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG.
      huf, G. h[81]fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h[94]ft, Goth. hups; cf.
      Icel. huppr, and also Gr. [?] the hollow above the hips of
      cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]
      1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of
            the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
  
      2. (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two
            sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall
            plates running in different directions.
  
      3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end
            post meets the top chord. --Waddell.
  
      {Hip bone} (Anat.), the innominate bone; -- called also
            {haunch bone} and {huckle bone}.
  
      {Hip girdle} (Anat.), the pelvic girdle.
  
      {Hip joint} (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone
            and hip bone.
  
      {Hip knob} (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the
            intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.
  
      {Hip molding} (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof,
            covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.
  
      {Hip rafter} (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall
            plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.
  
      {Hip roof}, {Hipped roof} (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends
            and sloping sides. See {Hip}, n., 2., and {Hip}, v. t., 3.
           
  
      {Hip tile}, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.
  
      {To catch upon the hip}, [or] {To have on the hip}, to have
            or get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from
            wresting. --Shak.
  
      {To smite hip and thigh}, to overthrow completely; to defeat
            utterly. --Judg. xv. 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG.
      huf, G. h[81]fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h[94]ft, Goth. hups; cf.
      Icel. huppr, and also Gr. [?] the hollow above the hips of
      cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]
      1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of
            the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
  
      2. (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two
            sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall
            plates running in different directions.
  
      3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end
            post meets the top chord. --Waddell.
  
      {Hip bone} (Anat.), the innominate bone; -- called also
            {haunch bone} and {huckle bone}.
  
      {Hip girdle} (Anat.), the pelvic girdle.
  
      {Hip joint} (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone
            and hip bone.
  
      {Hip knob} (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the
            intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.
  
      {Hip molding} (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof,
            covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.
  
      {Hip rafter} (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall
            plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.
  
      {Hip roof}, {Hipped roof} (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends
            and sloping sides. See {Hip}, n., 2., and {Hip}, v. t., 3.
           
  
      {Hip tile}, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.
  
      {To catch upon the hip}, [or] {To have on the hip}, to have
            or get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from
            wresting. --Shak.
  
      {To smite hip and thigh}, to overthrow completely; to defeat
            utterly. --Judg. xv. 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hippocamp \Hip"po*camp\, n.
      See {Hippocampus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hippocampal \Hip`po*cam"pal\, a. (Anat.)
      Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hippocampus \Hip`po*cam"pus\, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. [?] a
      hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + [?] to
      bend.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore
            quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or
            other fish ({Hippocampus brevirostris}), -- seen in
            Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
            --Fairholt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hippocampus \Hip`po*cam"pus\, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. [?] a
      hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + [?] to
      bend.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore
            quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or
            other fish ({Hippocampus brevirostris}), -- seen in
            Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
            --Fairholt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hippocentaur \Hip`po*cen"taur\, n. [L. hippocentaurus, Gr. [?];
      "i`ppos horse + [?] centaur.] (Myth.)
      Same as {Centaur}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobbism \Hob"bism\, n.
      The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English
      materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the
      most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy
      with despotic control over everything relating to law,
      morals, and religion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobo \Ho"bo\, n.; pl. {Hobos} or {Hoboes}. [Of uncertain
      origin.]
      A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from
      place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging
      for a living. [U. S.] -- {Ho"bo*ism}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobson's choice \Hob"son's choice"\
      A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or
      nothing.
  
      Note: It is said to have had its origin in the name of one
               Hobson, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and
               required every customer to take in his turn the horse
               which stood next the stable door.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]
      1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form,
            and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of
            casks, tubs, etc.
  
      2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as
            the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in
            making cheese.
  
      3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone,
            metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the
            skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in
            the plural.
  
                     Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of
                     whale.                                                --Pope.
  
      4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with
            hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents
            measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]
  
      5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from
            one to four pecks. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      {Bulge hoop}, {Chine hoop}, {Quarter hoop}, the hoop nearest
            the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the
            intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.
  
      {Flat hoop}, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.
  
      {Half-round hoop}, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed
            on the outside.
  
      {Hoop iron}, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making
            hoops.
  
      {Hoop lock}, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden
            hoops by notching and interlocking them.
  
      {Hoop skirt}, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts
            of a woman's dress; -- called also {hoop petticoat}.
  
      {Hoop snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of the Southern
            United States ({Abaster erythrogrammus}); -- so called
            from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a
            hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with
            great velocity.
  
      {Hoop tree} (Bot.), a small West Indian tree ({Melia
            sempervirens}), of the Mahogany family.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Huffish \Huff"ish\, a.
      Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. --
      {Huff"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Huff"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondres \Hy`po*chon"dres\, n. pl. [F. hypocondres, formerly
      spely hypochondres.]
      The hypochondriac regions. See {Hypochondrium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hypochondrium \[d8]Hy`po*chon"dri*um\, n.; pl. L.
      {Hypochondria}, E. {Hypochondriums}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], from
      [?] under the cartilage of the breastbone; [?] under + [?]
      cartilage.] (Anat.)
      Either of the hypochondriac regions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondria \Hy`po*chon"dri*a\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
      Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, a. [Gr. [?] affocated in the
      hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt
      hypochondriaque.]
      1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac
            regions.
  
      2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
  
      {Hypochondriac region} (Anat.), a region on either side of
            the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs,
            beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n.
      A person affected with hypochondriasis.
  
               He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, a. [Gr. [?] affocated in the
      hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt
      hypochondriaque.]
      1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac
            regions.
  
      2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
  
      {Hypochondriac region} (Anat.), a region on either side of
            the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs,
            beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriacal \Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal\, a.
      Same as {Hypochondriac}, 2. -- {Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriacal \Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal\, a.
      Same as {Hypochondriac}, 2. -- {Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriacism \Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cism\, n. (Med.)
      Hypochondriasis. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriasis \Hy`po*chon"dri*a*sis\, n. [NL. So named because
      supposed to have its seat in the hypochondriac regions. See
      {Hypochondriac}, {Hypochondrium}, and cf. {Hyp}, 1st {Hypo}.]
      (Med.)
      A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views
      torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own
      health.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondriasm \Hy`po*chon"dri*asm\, n. (Med.)
      Hypochondriasis. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hypochondrium \[d8]Hy`po*chon"dri*um\, n.; pl. L.
      {Hypochondria}, E. {Hypochondriums}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], from
      [?] under the cartilage of the breastbone; [?] under + [?]
      cartilage.] (Anat.)
      Either of the hypochondriac regions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypochondry \Hy`po*chon"dry\, n.
      Hypochondriasis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypogean \Hyp`o*ge"an\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. [?] earth.] (Bot.)
      Hypogeous. [Written also {hypog[91]an}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypogean \Hyp`o*ge"an\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. [?] earth.] (Bot.)
      Hypogeous. [Written also {hypog[91]an}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypogene \Hyp"o*gene\, a. [Pref. hypo- + the root of Gr. [?] to
      be born: cf. F. hypog[8a]ne.] (Geol.)
      Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said
      of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is
      believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of
      overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypognatous \Hy*pog"na*tous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. [?] the
      jaw.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as
      in the skimmer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypogyn \Hyp"o*gyn\, n. (Bot.)
      An hypogynous plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypogynous \Hy*pog"y*nous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. [?] woman,
      female: cf. F. hypogyne.] (Bot.)
      Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals,
      petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens
      inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant.
      --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Insertion \In*ser"tion\, n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See
      {Insert}.]
      1. The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in
            stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.
  
      2. The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as,
            the insertion of stamens in a calyx.
  
      3. That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow
            strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.
  
      4. (Anat.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is
            attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction
            to its origin.
  
      {Epigynous insertion} (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon
            the ovary.
  
      {Hypogynous insertion} (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypoxanthin \Hy`po*xan"thin\, n. [Pref. hypo- + xanthin.]
      (Physiol. Chem.)
      A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to
      xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal
      body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also
      {sarcin}, {sarkin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypsometer \Hyp*som"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] height + -meter.]
      (Physics)
      An instrument for measuring heights by observation of
      barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by
      ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a
      vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed
      thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypsometric \Hyp`so*met"ric\, Hypsometrical \Hyp`so*met"ric*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to hypsometry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypsometric \Hyp`so*met"ric\, Hypsometrical \Hyp`so*met"ric*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to hypsometry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypsometry \Hyp*som"e*try\, n.
      That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with
      the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference
      to the sea level, or relatively.

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   Happy Camp, CA
      Zip code(s): 96039

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hobe Sound, FL (CDP, FIPS 30975)
      Location: 27.07244 N, 80.13956 W
      Population (1990): 11507 (5866 housing units)
      Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 33455

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   Hoboken, GA (city, FIPS 39216)
      Location: 31.18141 N, 82.13169 W
      Population (1990): 440 (177 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31542
   Hoboken, NJ (city, FIPS 32250)
      Location: 40.74255 N, 74.02883 W
      Population (1990): 33397 (17421 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 07030

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hobson, MT (town, FIPS 36700)
      Location: 46.99890 N, 109.87316 W
      Population (1990): 226 (119 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Hobson, TX
      Zip code(s): 78117

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   Hobson City, AL (town, FIPS 35152)
      Location: 33.61703 N, 85.85173 W
      Population (1990): 794 (326 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hobucken, NC
      Zip code(s): 28537

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hopkins, MI (village, FIPS 39180)
      Location: 42.62533 N, 85.76384 W
      Population (1990): 546 (206 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49328
   Hopkins, MN (city, FIPS 30140)
      Location: 44.92670 N, 93.40528 W
      Population (1990): 16534 (8572 housing units)
      Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Hopkins, MO (city, FIPS 33004)
      Location: 40.55111 N, 94.81619 W
      Population (1990): 575 (271 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64461
   Hopkins, SC
      Zip code(s): 29061

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   Hopkins County, KY (county, FIPS 107)
      Location: 37.30740 N, 87.53836 W
      Population (1990): 46126 (19325 housing units)
      Area: 1426.0 sq km (land), 9.5 sq km (water)
   Hopkins County, TX (county, FIPS 223)
      Location: 33.14902 N, 95.56196 W
      Population (1990): 28833 (12676 housing units)
      Area: 2032.5 sq km (land), 20.8 sq km (water)

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   Hopkins Park, IL (village, FIPS 36190)
      Location: 41.07225 N, 87.61474 W
      Population (1990): 601 (221 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Hopkinsville, KY (city, FIPS 37918)
      Location: 36.85442 N, 87.49093 W
      Population (1990): 29809 (12236 housing units)
      Area: 52.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 42240

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   Hopkinton, IA (city, FIPS 37155)
      Location: 42.34357 N, 91.24874 W
      Population (1990): 695 (290 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52237
   Hopkinton, MA (CDP, FIPS 31050)
      Location: 42.22285 N, 71.52144 W
      Population (1990): 2305 (941 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 01748
   Hopkinton, NH
      Zip code(s): 03229

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Habazinaiah, a hiding of the shield of the Lord
  
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