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   Hakka dialect
         n 1: a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the
               Hakka [syn: {Hakka}, {Hakka dialect}]

English Dictionary: hostility by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hastily
adv
  1. in a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice"
    Synonym(s): hurriedly, hastily, in haste
    Antonym(s): unhurriedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haughtily
adv
  1. in a haughty manner; "he peered haughtily down his nose"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hectoliter
n
  1. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters
    Synonym(s): hectoliter, hectolitre, hl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hectolitre
n
  1. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters
    Synonym(s): hectoliter, hectolitre, hl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high-tail
v
  1. retreat at full speed; "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hightail
v
  1. leave as fast as possible; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hightail it
v
  1. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
    Synonym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
histologic
adj
  1. of or relating to histology [syn: histological, histologic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
histological
adj
  1. of or relating to histology [syn: histological, histologic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
histologically
adv
  1. involving the use of histology or histological techniques; "histologically identifiable structures"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
histologist
n
  1. anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
histology
n
  1. the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostel
n
  1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]
  2. inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
    Synonym(s): hostel, youth hostel, student lodging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hosteller
n
  1. an owner or manager of hotels [syn: hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller]
  2. a traveler who lodges in hostels; "a youth hosteller"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostelry
n
  1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostile
adj
  1. characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
    Antonym(s): amicable
  2. not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"
    Antonym(s): friendly
  3. impossible to bring into friendly accord; "hostile factions"
  4. very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
    Synonym(s): hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly
  5. unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
n
  1. troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"
    Antonym(s): friendly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostile expedition
n
  1. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
    Synonym(s): expedition, military expedition, hostile expedition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostile fire
n
  1. fire that injures or kills an enemy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostile takeover
n
  1. a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostile witness
n
  1. a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; "a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined"
    Synonym(s): adverse witness, hostile witness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostilely
adv
  1. with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he pushed her against the wall belligerently"
    Synonym(s): belligerently, hostilely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostilities
n
  1. fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"
    Synonym(s): hostilities, belligerency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostility
n
  1. a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"
    Synonym(s): hostility, ill will
  2. a state of deep-seated ill-will
    Synonym(s): hostility, enmity, antagonism
  3. the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
    Synonym(s): hostility, enmity, ill will
  4. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
    Synonym(s): aggression, hostility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostler
n
  1. someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
    Synonym(s): stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hustle
n
  1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    Synonym(s): bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
  2. a rapid active commotion
    Synonym(s): bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
v
  1. cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
  2. move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
    Synonym(s): bustle, bustle about, hustle
  3. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
    Synonym(s): hustle, pluck, roll
  4. get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
  5. pressure or urge someone into an action
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hustler
n
  1. a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
    Synonym(s): streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern
  2. a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
    Synonym(s): hustler, wheeler dealer, operator
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hastile \Has"tile\, a. [L. hasta a spear.] (Bot.)
      Same as {Hastate}. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hastily \Has"ti*ly\, adv. [From {Hasty}.]
      1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
  
      2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
  
                     We hastily engaged in the war.            --Swift.
  
      3. Passionately; impatiently. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haughtily \Haugh"ti*ly\, adv. [From {Haughty}.]
      In a haughty manner; arrogantly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Haustellum \[d8]Haus*tel"lum\, n.; pl. {Haustella}. [NL.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The sucking proboscis of various insects. See {Lepidoptera},
      and {Diptera}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haustellate \Haus"tel*late\, a. [See {Haustellata}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n. One
      of the Haustellata.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haystalk \Hay"stalk`\, n.
      A stalk of hay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hectoliter \Hec"to*li`ter\, Hectolitre \Hec"to*li`tre\, n. [F.
      hectolitre, fr. Gr. [?] hundred + F. litre a liter.]
      A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a
      tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26[frac12] gallons of wine
      measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it
      contains ten decaliters, or about 2[frac56] Winchester
      bushels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hectoliter \Hec"to*li`ter\, Hectolitre \Hec"to*li`tre\, n. [F.
      hectolitre, fr. Gr. [?] hundred + F. litre a liter.]
      A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a
      tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26[frac12] gallons of wine
      measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it
      contains ten decaliters, or about 2[frac56] Winchester
      bushels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hektare \Hek"tare`\, Hektogram \Hek"to*gram\, Hektoliter
   \Hek"to*li`ter\, [and] Hektometer \Hek"to*me`ter\, n.
      Same as {Hectare}, {Hectogram}, {Hectoliter}, and
      {Hectometer}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histology \His*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
      That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute
      (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; --
      called also {histiology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histiology \His`ti*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
      Same as {Histology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histology \His*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
      That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute
      (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; --
      called also {histiology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histiology \His`ti*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
      Same as {Histology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histologic \His`to*log"ic\, Histological \His`to*log"ic*al\ a.
      (Biol.)
      Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of
      the tissues of living organisms. -- {His`to*log"ic*al*ly},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histologic \His`to*log"ic\, Histological \His`to*log"ic*al\ a.
      (Biol.)
      Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of
      the tissues of living organisms. -- {His`to*log"ic*al*ly},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histologic \His`to*log"ic\, Histological \His`to*log"ic*al\ a.
      (Biol.)
      Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of
      the tissues of living organisms. -- {His`to*log"ic*al*ly},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histologist \His*tol"o*gist\, n.
      One versed in histology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histology \His*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
      That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute
      (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; --
      called also {histiology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Histolytic \His`to*lyt"ic\, a. (Biol.)
      Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of
      tissues.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostel \Hos"tel\, n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL.
      hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See {Hospital}, and
      cf. {Hotel}.]
      1. An inn. [Archaic] --Poe.
  
                     So pass I hostel, hall, and grange.   --Tennyson.
  
      2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.]
            --Holinshed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hosteler \Hos"tel*er\, n. [See {Hostel}, and cf. {Hostler}.]
      1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.
  
      2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in
            Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostelry \Hos"tel*ry\, n. [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie,
      OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See {Hostel}.]
      An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] --Chaucer. [bd]Homely
      brought up in a rude hostelry.[b8] --B. Jonson.
  
               Come with me to the hostelry.                  --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostile \Hos"tile\, a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F.
      hostile. See {Host} an army.]
      Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition
      of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to
      thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical;
      unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a
      hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
  
      Syn: Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed;
               adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostile \Hos"tile\, n.
      An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the
      whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] --P. H.
      Sheridan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostilely \Hos"tile*ly\, adv.
      In a hostile manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostility \Hos*til"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas:
      cf. F. hostilit[82].]
      1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy;
            unfriendliness; animosity.
  
                     Hostility being thus suspended with France.
                                                                              --Hayward.
  
      2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the
            plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.
  
                     We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . .
                     and have carried on even our hostilities with
                     humanity.                                          --Atterbury.
  
                     He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes
                     an enemy where he might have a friend. --Crabb.
  
      Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression;
               contention; warfare.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostility \Hos*til"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas:
      cf. F. hostilit[82].]
      1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy;
            unfriendliness; animosity.
  
                     Hostility being thus suspended with France.
                                                                              --Hayward.
  
      2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the
            plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.
  
                     We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . .
                     and have carried on even our hostilities with
                     humanity.                                          --Atterbury.
  
                     He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes
                     an enemy where he might have a friend. --Crabb.
  
      Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression;
               contention; warfare.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostilize \Hos"til*ize\, v. t.
      To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. [Obs.] --A.
      Seward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostler \Hos"tler\, n. [OE. hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF.
      hostelier, F. h[93]telier. See {Hostel}, and cf.
      {Hospitaler}, {Hosteler}.]
      1. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See {Hosteler}.
  
      2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable;
            hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so
            called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this
            duty in person.
  
      3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive
            when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hostless \Host"less\, a.
      Inhospitable. [Obs.] [bd]A hostless house.[b8] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hustled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hustling}.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf.
      {Hotchpotch}.]
      To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd
      rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a
      room. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. i.
      To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and
      with confusion; a hurry.
  
               Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with
               his dress worfully arrayed.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hustled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hustling}.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf.
      {Hotchpotch}.]
      To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd
      rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a
      room. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hustled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hustling}.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf.
      {Hotchpotch}.]
      To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd
      rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a
      room. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyostylic \Hy`o*styl"ic\, a. [Hyo- + Gr. [?] a pillar.] (Anat.)
      Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper
      part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly
      articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the
      skull.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hustle, VA
      Zip code(s): 22476

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hustler, WI (village, FIPS 36675)
      Location: 43.87934 N, 90.26824 W
      Population (1990): 156 (68 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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