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   headwaiter
         n 1: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and
               the seating of customers [syn: {captain}, {headwaiter},
               {maitre d'hotel}, {maitre d'}]

English Dictionary: headwaiter by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headwater
n
  1. the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hit the dirt
v
  1. fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger; "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire"
    Synonym(s): hit the dirt, hit the deck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot water
n
  1. a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot water plant
n
  1. any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
    Synonym(s): achimenes, hot water plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot weather
n
  1. a period of unusually high temperatures
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-water bag
n
  1. a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
    Synonym(s): hot-water bottle, hot-water bag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-water bottle
n
  1. a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
    Synonym(s): hot-water bottle, hot-water bag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-water heater
n
  1. a heater and storage tank to supply heated water [syn: water heater, hot-water heater, hot-water tank]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-water tank
n
  1. a heater and storage tank to supply heated water [syn: water heater, hot-water heater, hot-water tank]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hay \Hay\, n. [OE. hei, AS. h[?]g; akin to D. kooi, OHG. hewi,
      houwi, G. heu, Dan. & Sw. h[94], Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi
      grass, fr. the root of E. hew. See {Hew to cut}. ]
      Grass cut and cured for fodder.
  
               Make hay while the sun shines.               --Camden.
  
               Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. --C.
                                                                              L. Flint.
  
      {Hay cap}, a canvas covering for a haycock.
  
      {Hay fever} (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and
            sometimes with paroxysms of dyspn[d2]a, to which some
            persons are subject in the spring and summer seasons. It
            has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the
            pollen of certain plants. It is also called {hay asthma},
            {hay cold}, and {rose fever}.
  
      {Hay knife}, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a
            stack or mow.
  
      {Hay press}, a press for baling loose hay.
  
      {Hay tea}, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as
            food for cattle, etc.
  
      {Hay tedder}, a machine for spreading and turning newmown
            hay. See {Tedder}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headwater \Head"wa`ter\, n.
      The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in
      the plural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.
      h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,
      Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow
      pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with
                  minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink
                  flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
                  thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
                  is also called {heather}, and {ling}.
            (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which
                  several are European, and many more are South African,
                  some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.
  
      2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
            country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
  
                     Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the
                     blasted heath.                                    --Milton
  
      {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}
            (below).
  
      {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
            {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.
  
      {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European
            grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called
            also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath
            fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and
            {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.
  
      {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).
  
      {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris
            macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
            Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
  
      {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which
            frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw.
      t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds,
      allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various
      allied genera.
  
      Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form,
               in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and
               their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is
               usually forked. Most of the species are white with the
               back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head.
               The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found
               also in Asia and America. Among other American species
               are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate
               tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}),
               the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S.
               fuliginosa}).
  
      {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}.
  
      {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They
            frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects.
           
  
      {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied
            genera which frequent rivers.
  
      {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this
            genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent
            seas and the mouths of large rivers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
  
      2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
  
      {Fairy bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna
            minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}.
           
  
      {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bluebird}.
  
      {Fairy martin} (Zo[94]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo
            ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on
            overhanging cliffs.
  
      {Fairy} {rings [or] circles}, the circles formed in grassy
            lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly
            supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances.
           
  
      {Fairy shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod
            crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from
            its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
            The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
           
  
      {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw.
      t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds,
      allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various
      allied genera.
  
      Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form,
               in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and
               their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is
               usually forked. Most of the species are white with the
               back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head.
               The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found
               also in Asia and America. Among other American species
               are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate
               tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}),
               the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S.
               fuliginosa}).
  
      {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}.
  
      {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They
            frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects.
           
  
      {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied
            genera which frequent rivers.
  
      {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this
            genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent
            seas and the mouths of large rivers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
  
      2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
  
      {Fairy bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna
            minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}.
           
  
      {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bluebird}.
  
      {Fairy martin} (Zo[94]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo
            ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on
            overhanging cliffs.
  
      {Fairy} {rings [or] circles}, the circles formed in grassy
            lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly
            supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances.
           
  
      {Fairy shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod
            crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from
            its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
            The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
           
  
      {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
      1. Covered with a hood.
  
      2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
  
      3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
            paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
                  the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
            (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
                  neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
  
      {Hooded crow}, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
            also {hoody}, {dun crow}, and {royston crow}.
  
      {Hooded gull}, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
  
      {Hooded merganser}. See {Merganser}.
  
      {Hooded seal}, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
            cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
            upon the head. Called also {hoodcap}.
  
      {Hooded sheldrake}, the hooded merganser. See {Merganser}.
  
      {Hooded snake}. See {Cobra de capello}, {Asp}, {Haje}, etc.
           
  
      {Hooded warbler}, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
            mitrata}).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Head Waters, VA
      Zip code(s): 24442

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hadad-rimmon
      (composed of the names of two Syrian idols), the name of a place
      in the valley of Megiddo. It is alluded to by the prophet
      Zechariah (12:11) in a proverbial expression derived from the
      lamentation for Josiah, who was mortally wounded near this place
      (2 Chr. 35:22-25). It has been identified with the modern
      Rummaneh, a village "at the foot of the Megiddo hills, in a
      notch or valley about an hour and a half south of Tell
      Metzellim."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hadadrimmon, invocation to the god Rimmon
  
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