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   haemangioma
         n 1: benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some
               appear as birthmarks [syn: {hemangioma}, {haemangioma}]

English Dictionary: humankind by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hamming
n
  1. poor acting by a ham actor
    Synonym(s): hamming, overacting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hawaiian honeycreeper
n
  1. small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands [syn: honeycreeper, Hawaiian honeycreeper]
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hemangioma
n
  1. benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
    Synonym(s): hemangioma, haemangioma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemangioma simplex
n
  1. a soft red birthmark [syn: strawberry, strawberry mark, hemangioma simplex]
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Heming
n
  1. English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
    Synonym(s): Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hemingway
n
  1. an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
    Synonym(s): Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hemingwayesque
adj
  1. in the manner of Ernest Hemingway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemming-stitch
n
  1. a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hemminge
n
  1. English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
    Synonym(s): Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hinayanism
n
  1. the religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hinayanist
n
  1. an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hmong
adj
  1. of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture
n
  1. a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States
    Synonym(s): Hmong, Miao
  2. a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
    Synonym(s): Hmong, Hmong language, Miao
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hmong language
n
  1. a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
    Synonym(s): Hmong, Hmong language, Miao
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homemaker
n
  1. a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
    Synonym(s): housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homemaking
n
  1. the management of a household
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homing
adj
  1. orienting or directing homeward or to a destination; "the homing instinct"; "a homing beacon"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homing device
n
  1. the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homing pigeon
n
  1. pigeon trained to return home [syn: homing pigeon, homer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homing torpedo
n
  1. a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hominy grits
n
  1. coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
    Synonym(s): grits, hominy grits
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Homona coffearia
n
  1. small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
    Synonym(s): tea tortrix, tortrix, Homona coffearia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homunculus
n
  1. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
    Synonym(s): manikin, mannikin, homunculus
  2. a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey mesquite
n
  1. thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
    Synonym(s): honey mesquite, Western honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honey mushroom
n
  1. a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
    Synonym(s): honey mushroom, honey fungus, Armillariella mellea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Houyhnhnms
n
  1. a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human action
n
  1. something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act, deed, human action, human activity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human activity
n
  1. something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act, deed, human action, human activity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human chorionic gonadotrophin
n
  1. hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
    Synonym(s): human chorionic gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotrophin, HCG
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human chorionic gonadotropin
n
  1. hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
    Synonym(s): human chorionic gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotrophin, HCG
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human ecology
n
  1. the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
    Synonym(s): demography, human ecology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human gamma globulin
n
  1. a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses
    Synonym(s): gamma globulin, human gamma globulin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Human Genome Project
n
  1. an international study of the entire human genetic material
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human growth hormone
n
  1. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
    Synonym(s): somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human knee
n
  1. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
    Synonym(s): knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human waste
n
  1. the body wastes of human beings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human-centered
adj
  1. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
    Synonym(s): human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human-centred
adj
  1. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
    Synonym(s): human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
human-sized
adj
  1. having the approximate size of a human being
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanisation
n
  1. the act of making more human [syn: humanization, humanisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanise
v
  1. make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city"
    Synonym(s): humanize, humanise
    Antonym(s): dehumanise, dehumanize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanism
n
  1. the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
    Synonym(s): humanitarianism, humanism
  2. the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self- realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural
    Synonym(s): humanism, secular humanism
  3. the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanist
adj
  1. of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning"
    Synonym(s): humanistic, humanist
  2. of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas
    Synonym(s): humanist, humanistic
  3. pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
    Synonym(s): humanist, humanistic, humane
  4. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
    Synonym(s): human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian
n
  1. a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
  2. an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
    Synonym(s): humanist, humanitarian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanistic
adj
  1. of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas
    Synonym(s): humanist, humanistic
  2. of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning"
    Synonym(s): humanistic, humanist
  3. pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
    Synonym(s): humanist, humanistic, humane
  4. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
    Synonym(s): human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanistic discipline
n
  1. studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
    Synonym(s): humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanization
n
  1. the act of making more human [syn: humanization, humanisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanize
v
  1. make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city"
    Synonym(s): humanize, humanise
    Antonym(s): dehumanise, dehumanize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humankind
n
  1. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
    Synonym(s): world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humanness
n
  1. the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
    Synonym(s): humanness, humanity, manhood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humans
n
  1. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
    Synonym(s): world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humming
n
  1. a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: hum, humming]
  2. the act of singing with closed lips
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humming bird's trumpet
n
  1. shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers
    Synonym(s): California fuchsia, humming bird's trumpet, Epilobium canum canum, Zauschneria californica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humming top
n
  1. a top that makes a humming noise as it spins
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hummingbird
n
  1. tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hummingbird moth
n
  1. any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
    Synonym(s): hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humongous
adj
  1. (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hyman George Rickover
n
  1. United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)
    Synonym(s): Rickover, Hyman Rickover, Hyman George Rickover
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hymenaea courbaril
n
  1. West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
    Synonym(s): courbaril, Hymenaea courbaril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hymenogastrales
n
  1. an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
    Synonym(s): Hymenogastrales, order Hymenogastrales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hymenoxys acaulis
n
  1. perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America
    Synonym(s): stemless hymenoxys, Tetraneuris acaulis, Hymenoxys acaulis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hymenoxys grandiflora
n
  1. whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
    Synonym(s): old man of the mountain, alpine sunflower, Tetraneuris grandiflora, Hymenoxys grandiflora
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hemming}.]
      1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge
            of. --Wordsworth.
  
      2. To border; to edge
  
                     All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {To hem about}, {around}, [or] {in}, to inclose and confine;
            to surround; to environ. [bd]With valiant squadrons round
            about to hem.[b8] --Fairfax. [bd]Hemmed in to be a spoil
            to tyranny.[b8] --Daniel.
  
      {To hem out}, to shut out. [bd]You can not hem me out of
            London.[b8] --J. Webster.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homing \Hom"ing\, p.a.
      Home-returning.
  
      {Homing pigeon}, a pigeon trained to return home from a
            distance. Homing pigeons are used for sending back
            messages or for flying races. By carrying the birds away
            and releasing them at gradually increasing distances from
            home, they may be trained to return with more or less
            certainty and promptness from distances up to four or five
            hundred miles. If the distance is increased much beyond
            this, the birds are unable to cover it without stopping
            for a prolonged rest, and their return becomes doubtful.
            Homing pigeons are not bred for fancy points or special
            colors, but for strength, speed, endurance, and
            intelligence or homing instinct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homing \Hom"ing\, a.
      Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homing \Hom"ing\, p.a.
      Home-returning.
  
      {Homing pigeon}, a pigeon trained to return home from a
            distance. Homing pigeons are used for sending back
            messages or for flying races. By carrying the birds away
            and releasing them at gradually increasing distances from
            home, they may be trained to return with more or less
            certainty and promptness from distances up to four or five
            hundred miles. If the distance is increased much beyond
            this, the birds are unable to cover it without stopping
            for a prolonged rest, and their return becomes doubtful.
            Homing pigeons are not bred for fancy points or special
            colors, but for strength, speed, endurance, and
            intelligence or homing instinct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Homunculus \[d8]Ho*mun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Homunculi}. [L., dim.
      of homo man.]
      A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. --Sterne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite;
      said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.)
      A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
      America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
  
      {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba}
      (b) .
  
      {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}),
            having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
            the Indians.
  
      {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas
            ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so
            called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
            -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honey \Hon"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Honeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Honeying}.]
      To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use
      endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or
      complimentary; to fawn. [bd]Honeying and making love.[b8]
      --Shak.
  
               Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a
               lord.                                                      --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hone \Hone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honed} (h[omac]nd); p]. pr. &
      vb. n. {Honing}.]
      To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to
      sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanics \Hu*man"ics\, n.
      The study of human nature. [R.] --T. W. Collins.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanism \Hu"man*ism\, n.
      1. Human nature or disposition; humanity.
  
                     [She] looked almost like a being who had rejected
                     with indifference the attitude of sex for the
                     loftier quality of abstract humanism. --T. Hardy.
  
      2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanist \Hu"man*ist\, n. [Cf. F. humaniste.]
      1. One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper
            represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in
            the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their
            distinctive title. --Schaff-Herzog.
  
      2. One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite
            literature.
  
      3. One versed in knowledge of human nature.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanistic \Hu`man*is"tic\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion.
            --Caird.
  
      2. Pertaining to polite kiterature. --M. Arnold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanization \Hu*man`i*za"tion\, n.
      The act of humanizing. --M. Arnold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humanized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Humanizing}.] [Cf. F. humaniser.]
      1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by
            overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine
            or civilize.
  
                     Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures
                     with compassion?                                 --Addison.
  
      2. To give a human character or expression to. [bd]Humanized
            divinities.[b8] --Caird.
  
      3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to
            man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. i.
      To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be
      ameliorated.
  
               By the original law of nations, war and extirpation
               were the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees,
               it admitted slavery instead of death; a further step
               was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery.
                                                                              --Franklin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humanized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Humanizing}.] [Cf. F. humaniser.]
      1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by
            overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine
            or civilize.
  
                     Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures
                     with compassion?                                 --Addison.
  
      2. To give a human character or expression to. [bd]Humanized
            divinities.[b8] --Caird.
  
      3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to
            man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanizer \Hu"man*i`zer\, n.
      One who renders humane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humanized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Humanizing}.] [Cf. F. humaniser.]
      1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by
            overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine
            or civilize.
  
                     Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures
                     with compassion?                                 --Addison.
  
      2. To give a human character or expression to. [bd]Humanized
            divinities.[b8] --Caird.
  
      3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to
            man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humankind \Hu"man*kind`\, n.
      Mankind. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humanness \Hu"man*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being human.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hum \Hum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen.
      [root]15.]
      1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in
            flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. --P.
            Fletcher.
  
                     Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m
            prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to
            mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.
  
                     The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. [Cf. {Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like
            h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from
            embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
  
      4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
  
                     Here the spectators hummed.               --Trial of the
                                                                              Regicides.
  
      Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express
               gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.
  
      5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head
            hums, -- a pathological condition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humming \Hum"ming\, a.
      Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humming \Hum"ming\, n.
      A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
      hum.
  
      {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.
  
      {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family
            {Trochilid[91]}, of which over one hundred genera are
            known, including about four hundred species. They are
            found only in America and are most abundant in the
            tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are not
            for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of
            hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very
            rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the
            nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common
            humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States
            is {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found
            in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and
            {Ruby-throat}.
  
      {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth},
            under {Hawk}, the bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humming \Hum"ming\, n.
      A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
      hum.
  
      {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.
  
      {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family
            {Trochilid[91]}, of which over one hundred genera are
            known, including about four hundred species. They are
            found only in America and are most abundant in the
            tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are not
            for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of
            hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very
            rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the
            nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common
            humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States
            is {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found
            in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and
            {Ruby-throat}.
  
      {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth},
            under {Hawk}, the bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humming \Hum"ming\, n.
      A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
      hum.
  
      {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.
  
      {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family
            {Trochilid[91]}, of which over one hundred genera are
            known, including about four hundred species. They are
            found only in America and are most abundant in the
            tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are not
            for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of
            hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very
            rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the
            nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common
            humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States
            is {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found
            in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and
            {Ruby-throat}.
  
      {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth},
            under {Hawk}, the bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humming \Hum"ming\, n.
      A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
      hum.
  
      {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.
  
      {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family
            {Trochilid[91]}, of which over one hundred genera are
            known, including about four hundred species. They are
            found only in America and are most abundant in the
            tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are not
            for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of
            hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very
            rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the
            nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common
            humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States
            is {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found
            in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and
            {Ruby-throat}.
  
      {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth},
            under {Hawk}, the bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anim82 \[d8]A"ni*m[82]\, n. [F. anim[82] animated (from the
      insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.]
      A resin exuding from a tropical American tree ({Hymen[91]a
      courbaril}), and much used by varnish makers. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Copal \Co"pal\ (k[omac]"p[ait]l; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican
      copalli, a generic name of resins. --Clavigero.]
      A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of
      Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ({Trachylobium
      Hornemannianum}, {T. verrucosum}, and {Hymen[91]a
      Courbaril}), and dug from earth where forests have stood in
      Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anim82 \[d8]A"ni*m[82]\, n. [F. anim[82] animated (from the
      insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.]
      A resin exuding from a tropical American tree ({Hymen[91]a
      courbaril}), and much used by varnish makers. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Copal \Co"pal\ (k[omac]"p[ait]l; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican
      copalli, a generic name of resins. --Clavigero.]
      A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of
      Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ({Trachylobium
      Hornemannianum}, {T. verrucosum}, and {Hymen[91]a
      Courbaril}), and dug from earth where forests have stood in
      Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hymenogeny \Hy`me*nog"e*ny\, n. [Gr. [?] a membrane + root of
      [?] to be born.]
      The production of artificial membranes by contact of two
      fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the
      latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hymning \Hymn"ing\, a.
      Praising with hymns; singing. [bd]The hymning choir.[b8] --G.
      West.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hymning \Hymn"ing\, n.
      The singing of hymns. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hymn \Hymn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hymned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hymning}.] [Cf. L. hymnire, Gr. [?].]
      To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to
      sing.
  
               To hymn the bright of the Lord.               --Keble.
  
               Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.
                                                                              --Byron.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hemingford, NE (village, FIPS 22045)
      Location: 42.32115 N, 103.07574 W
      Population (1990): 953 (403 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 69348

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hemingway, SC (town, FIPS 33145)
      Location: 33.75399 N, 79.44403 W
      Population (1990): 829 (365 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29554

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Henning, IL (village, FIPS 34137)
      Location: 40.30625 N, 87.70067 W
      Population (1990): 273 (111 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Henning, MN (city, FIPS 28520)
      Location: 46.32238 N, 95.44290 W
      Population (1990): 738 (383 housing units)
      Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56551
   Henning, TN (town, FIPS 33360)
      Location: 35.67334 N, 89.57540 W
      Population (1990): 802 (316 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Humansville, MO (city, FIPS 33706)
      Location: 37.79561 N, 93.57585 W
      Population (1990): 1084 (475 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65674

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   home machine n.   1. Syn. {home box}.   2. The machine that
   receives your email.   These senses might be distinct, for example,
   for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads email at work.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hamming code
  
      Extra, redundant bits added to stored or
      transmitted data for the purposes of {error detection and
      correction}.
  
      Named after the mathematician {Richard Hamming}, Hamming codes
      greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant
      space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long
      transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting
      retransmission.
  
      [Detail?   Connection with {Hamming Distance}?]
  
      (2002-07-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hamming distance
  
      The minimum number of {bits} that must be changed in
      order to convert one {bit string} into another.
  
      Named after the mathematician {Richard Hamming}.
  
      [Connection with {Hamming code}?].
  
      (2002-07-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hamming, Richard
  
      {Richard Hamming}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   home machine
  
      1. Synonym {home box}.
  
      2. The machine that receives your e-mail.   These senses might
      be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer
      at home, but reads e-mail at work.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Human-Computer Interaction
  
      (HCI) The study of how humans interact
      with computers, and how to design computer systems that are
      easy, quick and productive for humans to use.
  
      See also {Human-Computer Interface}.
  
      {HCI Sites (http://www.acm.org/sigchi/hci-sites/)}.
  
      (1999-05-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Human-Computer Interface
  
      (HCI) Any {software} or {hardware} that
      allows a user to interact with a computer.   Examples are
      {WIMP}, {command-line interpreter}, or {virtual reality}.
  
      See also {Human-Computer Interaction}.
  
      (1999-05-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   humanist technology
  
      Technology centered around the interests, needs,
      and well-being of humans.
  
      (2002-07-16)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hamon-gog
      multitude of Gog, the name of the valley in which the
      slaughtered forces of Gog are to be buried (Ezek. 39:11,15),
      "the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hamon-gog, the multitude of Gog
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hymeneus, nuptial; the god of marriage
  
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