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   have intercourse
         v 1: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
               everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
               intimate with this man?" [syn: {sleep together}, {roll in
               the hay}, {love}, {make out}, {make love}, {sleep with},
               {get laid}, {have sex}, {know}, {do it}, {be intimate},
               {have intercourse}, {have it away}, {have it off}, {screw},
               {fuck}, {jazz}, {eff}, {hump}, {lie with}, {bed}, {have a
               go at it}, {bang}, {get it on}, {bonk}]

English Dictionary: hypnotized by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
have-not
n
  1. a person with few or no possessions [syn: poor person, have-not]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heavy metal
n
  1. a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead)
  2. loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
    Synonym(s): heavy metal, heavy metal music
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heavy metal music
n
  1. loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
    Synonym(s): heavy metal, heavy metal music
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heavy-handed
adj
  1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
    Synonym(s): bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
  2. unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy- handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
    Synonym(s): heavy-handed, roughshod
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoof-and-mouth disease
n
  1. acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
    Synonym(s): foot-and- mouth disease, hoof-and-mouth disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hub-and-spoke
n
  1. a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long- distance flights are available
    Synonym(s): hub-and-spoke, hub- and-spoke system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hub-and-spoke system
n
  1. a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long- distance flights are available
    Synonym(s): hub-and-spoke, hub- and-spoke system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hybanthus
n
  1. a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions
    Synonym(s): Hybanthus, genus Hybanthus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypanthium
n
  1. the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
    Synonym(s): hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hypentelium
n
  1. a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae [syn: Hypentelium, genus Hypentelium]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hypentelium nigricans
n
  1. widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams [syn: {hog sucker}, hog molly, Hypentelium nigricans]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hyphantria
n
  1. fall webworms
    Synonym(s): Hyphantria, genus Hyphantria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hyphantria cunea
n
  1. a variety of webworm [syn: fall webworm, {Hyphantria cunea}]
  2. moth whose larvae are fall webworms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hyphenate
v
  1. divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"
    Synonym(s): hyphenate, hyphen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hyphenation
n
  1. division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page
    Synonym(s): word division, hyphenation
  2. connecting syllables and words by hyphens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnoid
adj
  1. of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotherapy
n
  1. the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotic
adj
  1. of or relating to hypnosis
  2. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
    Synonym(s): hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding
n
  1. a drug that induces sleep
    Synonym(s): soporific, hypnotic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotic trance
n
  1. a trance induced by the use of hypnosis; the person accepts the suggestions of the hypnotist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotically
adv
  1. by means of hypnotism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotise
v
  1. induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotised
adj
  1. having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotiser
n
  1. a person who induces hypnosis [syn: hypnotist, hypnotizer, hypnotiser, mesmerist, mesmerizer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotism
n
  1. the act of inducing hypnosis [syn: hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotist
n
  1. a person who induces hypnosis [syn: hypnotist, hypnotizer, hypnotiser, mesmerist, mesmerizer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotize
v
  1. induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotized
adj
  1. having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotizer
n
  1. a person who induces hypnosis [syn: hypnotist, hypnotizer, hypnotiser, mesmerist, mesmerizer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hyponatremia
n
  1. abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration
    Antonym(s): hypernatremia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hyponitrous acid
n
  1. an explosive white crystalline weak acid (H2N2O2)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. {Wallabies}. [From a native name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
      genus {Halmaturus}, native of Australia and Tasmania,
      especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ({H.
      Bennettii}) and the pademelon ({H. thetidis}). The wallabies
      chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
      [Written also {wallabee}, and {whallabee}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Happen \Hap"pen\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Happened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Happening}.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See {Hap} to happen.]
      1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation;
            to fall out.
  
                     There shall no evil happen to the just. --Prov. xii.
                                                                              21.
  
      2. To take place; to occur.
  
                     All these things which had happened.   --Luke xxiv.
                                                                              14.
  
      {To happen on}, to meet with; to fall or light upon. [bd]I
            have happened on some other accounts.[b8] --Graunt.
  
      {To happen in}, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hunting \Hunt"ing\, n.
      The pursuit of game or of wild animals. --A. Smith.
  
      {Happy hunting grounds}, the region to which, according to
            the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and
            hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and
            feasting. --Tylor.
  
      {Hunting box}. Same As {Hunting lodge} (below).
  
      {Hunting cat} (Zo[94]l.), the cheetah.
  
      {Hunting cog} (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared
            wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number
            in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting
            of the same pairs of teeth.
  
      {Hunting dog} (Zo[94]l.), the hyena dog.
  
      {Hunting ground}, a region or district abounding in game;
            esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American
            Indians in search of game.
  
      {Hunting horn}, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See
            {Horn}, and {Bulge}.
  
      {Hunting leopard} (Zo[94]l.), the cheetah.
  
      {Hunting lodge}, a temporary residence for the purpose of
            hunting.
  
      {Hunting seat}, a hunting lodge. --Gray.
  
      {Hunting shirt}, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of
            leather.
  
      {Hunting spider} (Zo[94]l.), a spider which hunts its prey,
            instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.
  
      {Hunting watch}. See {Hunter}, 6.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Havened \Ha"vened\, p. a.
      Sheltered in a haven.
  
               Blissful havened both from joy and pain. --Keats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heaven \Heav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heavened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Heavening}.]
      To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
      [R.]
  
               We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the
               hush of purple hills.                              --G. Massey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,
      OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.
      to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]
      1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in
            man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other
            animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.
  
      2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the
            office of, a human hand; as:
            (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or
                  any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
            (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute
                  hand of a clock.
  
      3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a
            palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  
      4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  
                     On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.
                                                                              xxxviii. 15.
  
                     The Protestants were then on the winning hand.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;
            dexterity.
  
                     He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,
            manner of performance.
  
                     To change the hand in carrying on the war.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
                     Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my
                     hand.                                                --Judges vi.
                                                                              36.
  
      7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or
            competent for special service or duty; a performer more or
            less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand
            at speaking.
  
                     A dictionary containing a natural history requires
                     too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be
                     hoped for.                                          --Locke.
  
                     I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.
  
      8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or
            running hand. Hence, a signature.
  
                     I say she never did invent this letter; This is a
                     man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.
  
                     Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.
  
      9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;
            management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in
            hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.
  
                     Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the
                     goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.
  
      10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to
            buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when
            new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the
            producer's hand, or when not new.
  
      11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear
            hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:
            (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the
                  dealer.
            (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied
                  together.
  
      13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,
            which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  
      Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts
               or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the
               hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a
               symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:
            (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the
                  head, which implies thought, and the heart, which
                  implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every
                  man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.
            (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.
                  [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over
                  you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.
            (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to
                  give the right hand.
            (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the
                  hand; to pledge the hand.
  
      Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or
               without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;
               as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:
               used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or
               handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or
               hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand
               loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or
               hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the
               hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or
               hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following
               paragraph are written either as two words or in
               combination.
  
      {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,
            papers, parcels, etc.
  
      {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.
  
      {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.
            --Bacon.
  
      {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.
  
      {Hand car}. See under {Car}.
  
      {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a
            good position of the hands and arms when playing on the
            piano; a hand guide.
  
      {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.
  
      {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.
  
      {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,
            or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,
            may be operated by hand.
  
      {Hand glass}.
            (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of
                  plants.
            (b) A small mirror with a handle.
  
      {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).
  
      {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as
            practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.
  
      {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.
  
      {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest
            money.
  
      {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank
            turned by hand.
  
      {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand
            rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.
  
      {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.
  
      {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or
            weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.
  
      {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.
            9.
  
      {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or
            canceling papers, envelopes, etc.
  
      {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico
            ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose
            stamens unite in the form of a hand.
  
      {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small
            work. --Moxon.
  
      {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as
            distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.
  
      {All hands}, everybody; all parties.
  
      {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every
            direction; generally.
  
      {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;
            on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no
            hand consisting with the safety and interests of
            humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).
  
      {At hand}.
            (a) Near in time or place; either present and within
                  reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at
                  hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at
                  hand.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we
            receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive
            evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.
  
      {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.
  
      {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from
            instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed
            a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.
  
      {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of
            dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He
            that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]
            --Job xvii. 9.
  
      {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.
  
      {Hand in hand}.
            (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.
            (b) Just; fair; equitable.
  
                           As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand
                           comparison.                                 --Shak.
                 
  
      {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands
            alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand
            over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand
            over hand.
  
      {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what
            one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
      {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand
            running.
  
      {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!
           
  
      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to
            hand contest. --Dryden.
  
      {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.
  
      {In hand}.
            (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .
                  . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.
            (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .
                  . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.
            (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;
                  as, he has the business in hand.
  
      {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.
            (a) In one's possession or keeping.
            (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my
                  hand.
  
      {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,
            in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.
  
      {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.
  
      {Note of hand}, a promissory note.
  
      {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,
            hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them
            to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.
  
      {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of
            goods on hand.
  
      {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.
  
      {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish
            ceremony used in swearing.
  
      {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.
  
      {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.
  
      {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.
  
      {To bear a hand}
            (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.
  
      {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false
            pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under
            {Glove}.
  
      {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.
           
  
      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling
            it.
  
      {To change hand}. See {Change}.
  
      {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.
            --Hudibras.
  
      {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by
            striking the palms of the hands together.
  
      {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into
            possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.
  
      {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]
  
                     Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.
                                                                              --Baxter.
  
      {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain
            work; to become accustomed to a particular business.
  
      {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or
            concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.
  
      {To have in hand}.
            (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.
            (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.
  
      {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can
            do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed
            with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with
            difficulties.
  
      {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or
            get, the better of another person or thing.
  
      {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already
            prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.
  
      {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even
            conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.
  
      {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.
  
      {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;
            to oppose; to kill.
  
      {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other
            necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.
           
  
      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.
  
      {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.
  
      {To put the}
  
      {last, [or] finishing},
  
      {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to
            perfect.
  
      {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.
  
                     That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that
                     thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.
                                                                              20.
  
      {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.
  
      {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety
            for another's debt or good behavior.
  
      {To take in hand}.
            (a) To attempt or undertake.
            (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.
  
      {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,
            or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash
            one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.
  
      {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or
            signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and
            seal of the owner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE.
      hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG.
      hebig, hevig, Icel. h[94]figr, h[94]fugr. See {Heave}.]
      1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty;
            ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in
            extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or
            snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.;
            often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also,
            difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
  
      2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure
            or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy
            yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
  
                     The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
                                                                              --1 Sam. v. 6.
  
                     The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth.
  
                     Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened;
            bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care,
            grief, pain, disappointment.
  
                     The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.
                                                                              --Chapman.
  
                     A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.
  
      4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate,
            stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the
            like; a heavy writer or book.
  
                     Whilst the heavy plowman snores.         --Shak.
  
                     Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.      --Dryden.
  
                     Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
                                                                              --Is. lix. 1.
  
      5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm,
            cannonade, and the like.
  
      6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
  
                     But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the
            sky.
  
      8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a
            heavy road, soil, and the like.
  
      9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
  
      10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not
            easily digested; -- said of food.
  
      11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other
            liquors.
  
      12. With child; pregnant. [R.]
  
      {Heavy artillery}. (Mil.)
            (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege,
                  garrison, and seacoast guns.
            (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
  
      {Heavy cavalry}. See under {Cavalry}.
  
      {Heavy fire} (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading,
            or discharge of small arms.
  
      {Heavy metal} (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large
            size; also, large balls for such guns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metal \Met"al\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [F. m[82]tal, L. metallum
      metal, mine, Gr. [?] mine; cf. Gr. [?] to search after. Cf.
      {Mettle}, {Medal}.]
      1. (Chem.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or
            copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than
            acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or
            metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals
            and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid
            and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
  
      Note: Popularly, the name is applied to certain hard, fusible
               metals, as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, zinc,
               nickel, etc., and also to the mixed metals, or metallic
               alloys, as brass, bronze, steel, bell metal, etc.
  
      2. Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
            --Raymond.
  
      3. A mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.]
  
                     Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      4. The substance of which anything is made; material; hence,
            constitutional disposition; character; temper.
  
                     Not till God make men of some other metal than
                     earth.                                                --Shak.
  
      5. Courage; spirit; mettle. See {Mettle}. --Shak.
  
      Note: The allusion is to the temper of the metal of a sword
               blade. --Skeat.
  
      6. The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting
            railroads.
  
      7. The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel
            of war.
  
      8. Glass in a state of fusion. --Knight.
  
      9. pl. The rails of a railroad. [Eng.]
  
      {Base metal} (Chem.), any one of the metals, as iron, lead,
            etc., which are readily tarnished or oxidized, in contrast
            with the noble metals. In general, a metal of small value,
            as compared with gold or silver.
  
      {Fusible metal} (Metal.), a very fusible alloy, usually
            consisting of bismuth with lead, tin, or cadmium.
  
      {Heavy metals} (Chem.), the metallic elements not included in
            the groups of the alkalies, alkaline earths, or the
            earths; specifically, the heavy metals, as gold, mercury,
            platinum, lead, silver, etc.
  
      {Light metals} (Chem.), the metallic elements of the alkali
            and alkaline earth groups, as sodium, lithium, calcium,
            magnesium, etc.; also, sometimes, the metals of the
            earths, as aluminium.
  
      {Muntz metal}, an alloy for sheathing and other purposes,
            consisting of about sixty per cent of copper, and forty of
            zinc. Sometimes a little lead is added. It is named from
            the inventor.
  
      {Prince's metal} (Old Chem.), an alloy resembling brass,
            consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc; --
            also called {Prince Rupert's metal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Heavy metals}. (Chem.) See under {Metal}.
  
      {Heavy weight}, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to
            the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are
            divided. Cf. {Feather weight}
            (c), under {Feather}.
  
      Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which
               need no special explanation; as, heavy-built,
               heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobanob \Hob"a*nob`\, Hobandnob \Hob"and*nob`\, v. i.
      Same as {Hobnob}. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoofbound \Hoof"bound`\, a. (Far.)
      Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and
      lameness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.
      hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.
      humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
      1. (Bot.) A climbing plant ({Humulus Lupulus}), having a
            long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its
            fruit (hops).
  
      2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
            brewing to give a bitter taste.
  
      3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See {Hip}.
  
      {Hop back}. (Brewing) See under 1st {Back}.
  
      {Hop clover} (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads
            like hops in miniature ({Trifolium agrarium}, and {T.
            procumbens}).
  
      {Hop flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea beetle ({Haltica
            concinna}), very injurious to hops.
  
      {Hop fly} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid ({Phorodon humuli}), very
            injurious to hop vines.
  
      {Hop froth fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect
            ({Aphrophora interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It
            often does great damage to hop vines.
  
      {Hop hornbeam} (Bot.), an American tree of the genus {Ostrya}
            ({O. Virginica}) the American ironwood; also, a European
            species ({O. vulgaris}).
  
      {Hop moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Hypena humuli}), which in the
            larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
  
      {Hop picker}, one who picks hops.
  
      {Hop pole}, a pole used to support hop vines.
  
      {Hop tree} (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia
            trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large
            clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
  
      {Hop vine} (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hopbine \Hop"bine`\, Hopbind \Hop"bind`\, n.
      The climbing stem of the hop. --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hop-o'-my-thumb \Hop"-o'-my-thumb"\, Hop-thumb \Hop"-thumb"\, n.
      A very diminutive person. [Colloq.] --liwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hypanthium \[d8]Hy*pan"thi*um\, n.; pl. L. {Hypanthia}, E.
      {Hypanthiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.]
      (Bot.)
      A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged
      below the calyx, as in the {Calycanthus}, the rose hip, and
      the pear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hypanthium \[d8]Hy*pan"thi*um\, n.; pl. L. {Hypanthia}, E.
      {Hypanthiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.]
      (Bot.)
      A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged
      below the calyx, as in the {Calycanthus}, the rose hip, and
      the pear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doom palm \Doom" palm`\ [Ar. daum, d[d4]m: cf. F. doume.] (Bot.)
      A species of palm tree ({Hyph[91]ne Thebaica}), highly valued
      for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of
      gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.
      [Written also {doum palm}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taha \Ta"ha\, n.
      The African rufous-necked weaver bird ({Hyphantornis texor}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Webform \Web"form`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larv[91]
      eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which
      they retreat when not feeding.
  
      Note: The most destructive webworms belong to the family
               {Bombycid[91]}, as the fall webworm ({Hyphantria
               textor}), which feeds on various fruit and forest
               trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on
               various fruit trees (see {Tent caterpillar}, under
               {Tent}.) The grapevine webworm is the larva of a
               geometrid moth (see {Vine inchworm}, under {Vine}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyphenated \Hy"phen*a`ted\, a.
      United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened
      word.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyphen \Hy"phen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hyphened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hyphening}.]
      To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or
      the parts of a word.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] inclined to sleep, putting to
      sleep, fr. [?] to lull to sleep, fr. [?] sleep; akin to L.
      somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
      1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce
            sleep; soporific.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism;
            liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, n.
      1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an
            opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
  
      2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to,
            hypnotism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotism \Hyp"no*tism\, n. [Gr. [?] sleep: cf. F. hypnotisme.]
      A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial
      means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some
      powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by
      an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses,
      as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly
      at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure
      upon certain points of the surface of the body.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotization \Hyp`no*ti*za"tion\, n.
      The act or process of producing hypnotism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotize \Hyp"no*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hypnotized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Hypnotizing}.]
      To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotize \Hyp"no*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hypnotized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Hypnotizing}.]
      To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotizer \Hyp"no*ti`zer\, n.
      One who hypnotizes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypnotize \Hyp"no*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hypnotized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Hypnotizing}.]
      To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyponitrite \Hy`po*ni"trite\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of hyponitrous acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyponitrous \Hy`po*ni"trous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + nitrous.]
      (Chem.)
      Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence
      than in nitrous compounds.
  
      {Hyponitrous acid} (Chem.), an unstable nitrogen acid, {NOH},
            whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates,
            although the acid itself is not isolated in the free state
            except as a solution in water; -- called also {nitrosylic
            acid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyponitrous \Hy`po*ni"trous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + nitrous.]
      (Chem.)
      Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence
      than in nitrous compounds.
  
      {Hyponitrous acid} (Chem.), an unstable nitrogen acid, {NOH},
            whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates,
            although the acid itself is not isolated in the free state
            except as a solution in water; -- called also {nitrosylic
            acid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Protoxide \Pro*tox"ide\, n. [Proto- + oxide: cf. F. protoxide.]
      (Chem.)
      That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion
      of oxygen. See {Proto-}, 2
      (b) .
  
      {protoxide of nitrogen}, laughing gas, now called
            {hyponitrous oxide}

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   heavy metal n.   [Cambridge] Syn. {big iron}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   heavy metal
  
      {big iron}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HEPnet
  
      An association concerned with networking requirements for high
      energy physicists.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hubnet
  
      A 50 Mb/s {optical fibre} {network} developed at
      {Toronto University}.   Network {topology} is a rooted tree
      with a maximum of 65536 hosts with maximum separation of 2 km.
      The {protocol} is multiple access, collision avoidance, echo
      detect and retry.
  
      [Computer Systems Equipment Design, Jan 85].
  
      (1994-11-22)
  
  
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