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   habitual
         adj 1: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed
                  thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his
                  habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn:
                  {accustomed}, {customary}, {habitual}, {wonted(a)}]

English Dictionary: hypothalamic releasing hormone by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
habitual abortion
n
  1. repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
habitual criminal
n
  1. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
    Synonym(s): recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
habitually
adv
  1. according to habit or custom; "her habitually severe expression"; "he habitually keeps his office door closed"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hepatolenticular degeneration
n
  1. a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain
    Synonym(s): hepatolenticular degeneration, Wilson's disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hip tile
n
  1. a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof [syn: hip tile, hipped tile]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hipped tile
n
  1. a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof [syn: hip tile, hipped tile]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypothalamic
adj
  1. of or relating to the hypothalamus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypothalamic releasing factor
n
  1. any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
    Synonym(s): releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypothalamic releasing hormone
n
  1. any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
    Synonym(s): releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypothalamically
adv
  1. with respect to the hypothalamus; "hypothalamically controlled secretions"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypothalamus
n
  1. a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[acr]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel,
      goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale,
      goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the
      head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the
      chief part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf.
      {Chattel}.]
      Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
      all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
      asses, and swine.
  
      {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.
           
  
      {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
            a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
            prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
  
      {cattle louse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of louse infecting
            cattle. There are several species. The {H[91]matatopinus
            eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck
            blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.
  
      {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
            plague}.
  
      {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which
            cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
            for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
            accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
            domestic products and of implements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Habitual \Ha*bit"ual\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL.
      habituals. See {Habit}, n.]
      1. Formed or acquired by habit or use.
  
                     An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. According to habit; established by habit; customary;
            constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.
  
                     It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to
                     be grateful for the most common and ordinary
                     blessings.                                          --Buckminster.
  
      Syn: Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary;
               regular; familiar. -- {Ha*bit"u*al*ly}, adv. --
               {Ha*bit"u*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Habitual \Ha*bit"ual\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL.
      habituals. See {Habit}, n.]
      1. Formed or acquired by habit or use.
  
                     An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. According to habit; established by habit; customary;
            constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.
  
                     It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to
                     be grateful for the most common and ordinary
                     blessings.                                          --Buckminster.
  
      Syn: Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary;
               regular; familiar. -- {Ha*bit"u*al*ly}, adv. --
               {Ha*bit"u*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Habitual \Ha*bit"ual\ (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL.
      habituals. See {Habit}, n.]
      1. Formed or acquired by habit or use.
  
                     An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. According to habit; established by habit; customary;
            constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.
  
                     It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to
                     be grateful for the most common and ordinary
                     blessings.                                          --Buckminster.
  
      Syn: Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary;
               regular; familiar. -- {Ha*bit"u*al*ly}, adv. --
               {Ha*bit"u*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hepatology \Hep`a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver
      + -logy.]
      The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the
      liver.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heptyl \Hep"tyl\, n. [Hepta- + -yl.] (Chem.)
      A compound radical, {C7H15}, regarded as the essential
      radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heptylene \Hep"tyl*ene\, n. (Chem.)
      A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, {C7H14}, of the ethylene
      series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also {heptene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heptylic \Hep*tyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as,
      heptylic alcohol. Cf. {[OE]nanthylic}.

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]:
   Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
      Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].]
      1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
            reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
            grains, which are not coherent when wet.
  
                     That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
                     very small pebbles.                           --Woodward.
  
      2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
  
      3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
            time; the term or extent of one's life.
  
                     The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
  
      4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
            Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
            by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8]
            --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley.
  
      5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
  
      {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles
            ankuma}).
  
      {Sand bag}.
            (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
                  purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
            (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
                  assassins.
  
      {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
            at the toilet.
  
      {Sand bath}.
            (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
                  vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
            (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
  
      {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
            naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
            sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
            reducing furnace.
  
      {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous
            species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers,
            plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore
            birds}.
  
      {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
            other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
            steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
            process.
  
      {Sand box}.
            (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
                  paper with sand.
            (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
                  the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
                  slipping.
  
      {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
            crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
            capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
            report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}.
  
      {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean
            ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It
            is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under
            {Anomura}.
  
      {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
            coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
            madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
            function.
  
      {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below.
  
      {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The lady crab.
            (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
  
      {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
            coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
            lameness.
  
      {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus}
            and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the
            Western United States.
  
      {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.}
            under {Ophidioid}.
  
      {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
            ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also
            applied locally to other allied species.
  
      {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the
            Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}).
  
      {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
            especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast.
           
  
      {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
            sand.
  
      {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A lant, or launce.
            (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
                  {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth.
  
      {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
  
      {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
                  sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
            (b) The chigoe.
            (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
                  orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}.
  
      {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
            --James Bruce.
  
      {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The sandnecker.
            (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
                  microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole},
                  {smear dab}, {town dab}.
  
      {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on
            sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United
            States. They are very troublesome on account of their
            biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and
            {midge}.
  
      {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below.
  
      {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
            sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea})
            with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
            growing on the Atlantic coast.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hopedale, IL (village, FIPS 36126)
      Location: 40.42182 N, 89.41634 W
      Population (1990): 805 (316 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61747
   Hopedale, MA (CDP, FIPS 30980)
      Location: 42.12677 N, 71.54218 W
      Population (1990): 3961 (1492 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 01747
   Hopedale, OH (village, FIPS 36260)
      Location: 40.32332 N, 80.89902 W
      Population (1990): 685 (299 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43976
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