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   health facility
         n 1: building where medicine is practiced [syn: {medical
               building}, {health facility}, {healthcare facility}]

English Dictionary: hold forth by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health food
n
  1. any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health problem
n
  1. a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
    Synonym(s): ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
    Antonym(s): good health, healthiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health profession
n
  1. the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
health professional
n
  1. a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
    Synonym(s): health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
healthful
adj
  1. conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"
    Antonym(s): unhealthful
  2. free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom"
    Synonym(s): sanitary, healthful
    Antonym(s): insanitary, unhealthful, unsanitary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
healthfulness
n
  1. the quality of promoting good health [ant: unhealthfulness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heliotype
n
  1. duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy
    Synonym(s): hectograph, heliotype
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hell to pay
n
  1. dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hildebrand
n
  1. the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)
    Synonym(s): Gregory, Gregory VII, Hildebrand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hilltop
n
  1. the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"
    Synonym(s): hilltop, brow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold back
v
  1. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
    Synonym(s): check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
  2. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
    Synonym(s): restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
  3. refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker"
    Synonym(s): forbear, hold back
  4. wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
    Synonym(s): wait, hold off, hold back
  5. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
    Synonym(s): retain, hold, keep back, hold back
  6. hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well"
    Synonym(s): conceal, hold back, hold in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold fast
v
  1. stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
    Synonym(s): adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold firm
v
  1. refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief [syn: {stand pat}, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold forth
v
  1. talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
    Synonym(s): hold forth, discourse, dissertate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold off
v
  1. resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
  2. wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
    Synonym(s): wait, hold off, hold back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold open
v
  1. retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
    Synonym(s): keep open, hold open, keep, save
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold over
v
  1. intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"
  2. hold over goods to be sold for the next season
    Synonym(s): carry over, hold over
  3. keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
  4. continue a term of office past the normal period of time
  5. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
    Synonym(s): postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold up
v
  1. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"
    Synonym(s): hold, support, sustain, hold up
  2. hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
  3. cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
    Synonym(s): delay, detain, hold up
    Antonym(s): hurry, rush
  4. rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
    Synonym(s): hold up, stick up
  5. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
    Synonym(s): survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
  6. resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
    Synonym(s): defy, withstand, hold, hold up
  7. resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"
    Synonym(s): stand up, hold up, hold water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holdfast
n
  1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
    Synonym(s): fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holdover
n
  1. an official who remains in office after his term [syn: holdover, hangover]
  2. something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century"
    Synonym(s): hangover, holdover
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holdup
n
  1. robbery at gunpoint [syn: armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickup]
  2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
    Synonym(s): delay, holdup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holdup man
n
  1. an armed thief
    Synonym(s): holdup man, stickup man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holotype
n
  1. the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
    Synonym(s): type specimen, holotype
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holy day of obligation
n
  1. a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Health \Health\, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h[?]lp, fr. h[be]l hale,
      sound, whole. See {Whole}.]
      1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind,
            or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical
            disease or pain.
  
                     There is no health in us.                  --Book of
                                                                              Common Prayer.
  
                     Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it
                     can not be sported with without loss, or regained by
                     courage.                                             --Buckminster.
  
      2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in
            a toast. [bd]Come, love and health to all.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Bill of health}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Health lift}, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a
            person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of
            increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the
            muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; --
            also called {lifting machine}.
  
      {Health officer}, one charged with the enforcement of the
            sanitary laws of a port or other place.
  
      {To drink a health}. See under {Drink}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Healthful \Health"ful\, a.
      1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole;
            sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful
            plant.
  
      2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome;
            salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.
  
                     The healthful Spirit of thy grace.      --Book of
                                                                              Common Prayer.
  
      3. Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or
            soundness; as, a healthful condition.
  
                     A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.]
  
                     Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Healthfully \Health"ful*ly\, adv.
      In health; wholesomely.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Healthfulness \Health"ful*ness\, n.
      The state of being healthful.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heeltap \Heel"tap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heeltapped}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Heeltapping}.]
      To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heeltap \Heel"tap`\, n.
      1. One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  
      2. A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.
            [bd]Bumpers around and no heeltaps.[b8] --Sheridan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heeltap \Heel"tap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heeltapped}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Heeltapping}.]
      To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heeltap \Heel"tap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heeltapped}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Heeltapping}.]
      To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heliotype \He"li*o*type\, n. [Helio- + -type.]
      A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heliotypic \He`li*o*typ"ic\, a.
      Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heliotypy \He"li*o*ty`py\, n.
      A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives
      to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are
      produced on paper as by lithography.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hell-diver \Hell`-div`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The dabchick.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf.
      {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the
      grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called
      also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},
      {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed
      grebe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hell-diver \Hell`-div`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The dabchick.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf.
      {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the
      grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called
      also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},
      {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed
      grebe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hilltop \Hill"top`\, n.
      The top of a hill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grindstone \Grind"stone`\, n.
      A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or
      sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.
  
      {To} {hold, pat, [or] bring} {one's nose to the grindstone},
            to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude.
  
                     They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to
                     suffer the Laced[91]monians to hold their noses to
                     the grindstone.                                 --Sir T.
                                                                              North.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hold \Hold\, n. i.
      In general, to keep one's self in a given position or
      condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
  
      1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
  
                     And damned be him that first cries, [bd]Hold,
                     enough![b8]                                       --Shak.
  
      2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to
            remain unbroken or unsubdued.
  
                     Our force by land hath nobly held.      --Shak.
  
      3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to
            endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
  
                     While our obedience holds.                  --Milton.
  
                     The rule holds in land as all other commodities.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain
            attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
  
                     He will hold to the one and despise the other.
                                                                              --Matt. vi. 24
  
      5. To restrain one's self; to refrain.
  
                     His dauntless heart would fain have held From
                     weeping, but his eyes rebelled.         --Dryden.
  
      6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
  
                     My crown is absolute, and holds of none. --Dryden.
  
                     His imagination holds immediately from nature.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.
  
      {Hold on!} {Hold up!} wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- {To
      hold forth}, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach.
            --L'Estrange.
  
      {To hold in}, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh
            and could hardly hold in.
  
      {To hold off}, to keep at a distance.
  
      {To hold on}, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on.
            [bd]The trade held on for many years,[b8] --Swift.
  
      {To hold out}, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain
            one's self; not to yield or give way.
  
      {To hold over}, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond
            a certain date.
  
      {To hold to [or] with}, to take sides with, as a person or
            opinion.
  
      {To hold together}, to be joined; not to separate; to remain
            in union. --Dryden. --Locke.
  
      {To hold up}.
            (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken;
                  as, to hold up under misfortunes.
            (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up.
                  --Hudibras.
            (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
                  --Collier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holdback \Hold"back`\, n.
      1. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
  
                     The only holdback is the affection . . . that we
                     bear to our wealth.                           --Hammond.
  
      2. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which
            a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a
            carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the
            strap or part of the harness so used.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holdfast \Hold"fast`\, n.
      1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else,
            as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a
            clamp, etc.; hence, a support. [bd]His holdfast was
            gone.[b8] --Bp. Montagu.
  
      2. (Bot.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is
            attached to its support, and differing from a root in that
            it is not specially absorbent of moisture.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyalotype \Hy*al"o*type\, n. [Gr. [?] glass + -type.]
      A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a
      photographic transparency. --R. Hunt.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hewlett Bay Park, NY (village, FIPS 34297)
      Location: 40.63500 N, 73.69615 W
      Population (1990): 440 (149 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hildebran, NC (town, FIPS 31500)
      Location: 35.71523 N, 81.42147 W
      Population (1990): 790 (345 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hilltop, MN (city, FIPS 29258)
      Location: 45.05335 N, 93.24885 W
      Population (1990): 749 (431 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hilltop Lakes, TX
      Zip code(s): 77871

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holiday Valley, OH (CDP, FIPS 35868)
      Location: 39.84771 N, 83.96652 W
      Population (1990): 1243 (433 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hollywood Park, TX (town, FIPS 34628)
      Location: 29.59890 N, 98.48490 W
      Population (1990): 2841 (1116 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78232

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Holtville, CA (city, FIPS 34246)
      Location: 32.81367 N, 115.37734 W
      Population (1990): 4820 (1477 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 92250

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hewlett Packard Multi Processing Executive
  
      (HP-MPE) The standard {operating system} on
      all {HP3000} {minicomputers}, in the same way that HP9000
      computers run {HP-UX}.
  
      Current version: MPE/IX Version 5.5.04, as of 1998-02-17.
  
      (1998-02-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture
  
      (HP-PA) {Hewlett Packard}'s range of RISC processors.
  
      [Details?]
  
      (1995-02-22)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hewlett-Packard
  
      (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services
      electronic products and systems for measurement, computation
      and communications.   The company's products and services are
      used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and
      education in approximately 110 countries.
  
      HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the
      USA.   They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54
      cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service
      offices in 110 countries.   Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was
      $20.3 billion.   The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt.
      HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the
      Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges.
  
      Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
  
      {(http://www.hp.com/home.html)}.
  
      (1994-09-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
  
      (HP-GL) A {vector graphics} language used
      by {HP} plotters.
  
      [Details?   On-line spec?]
  
      (1994-10-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
  
      {IEEE 488}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hewlett-Packard Visual Engineering Environment
  
      (HP VEE) A package similar in intention to {LabVIEW}, running
      on {Unix} {workstations} under {OSF}/{Motif}.
  
      (1997-05-12)
  
  
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