 | Term | Definition |
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honorarium |
A token fee or payment to a professional man for services. |
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hoodwink |
To deceive. |
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horde |
A gathered multitude of human beings. |
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hosiery |
A stocking. |
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hospitable |
Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness. |
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hospitality |
The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness. |
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hostility |
Enmity. |
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huckster |
One who retails small wares. |
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humane |
Compassionate. |
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humanitarian |
A philanthropist. |
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humanize |
To make gentle or refined. |
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humbug |
Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead. |
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humiliate |
To put to shame. |
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hussar |
A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine. |
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hustle |
To move with haste and promptness. |
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hybrid |
Cross-bred. |
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hydra |
The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules. |
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hydraulic |
Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion. |
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hydrodynamics |
The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids. |
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hydroelectric |
Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam. |
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hydromechanics |
The mechanics of fluids. |
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hydrometer |
An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation. |
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hydrostatics |
The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids. |
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hydrous |
Watery. |
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hygiene |
The branch of medical science that relates to improving health. |
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hypercritical |
Faultfinding. |
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hypnosis |
An artificial trance-sleep. |
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hypnotic |
Tending to produce sleep. |
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hypnotism |
An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion. |
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hypnotize |
To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions. |
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hypocrisy |
Extreme insincerity. |
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hypocrite |
One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs. |
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hypodermic |
Pertaining to the area under the skin. |
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hypotenuse |
The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle. |
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hypothesis |
A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion. |
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hysteria |
A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying. |
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ichthyic |
Fish-like. |
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ichthyology |
The branch of zoology that treats of fishes. |
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ichthyosaurs |
A fossil reptile. |
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icily |
Frigidly. |
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iciness |
The state of being icy. |
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icon |
An image or likeness. |
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iconoclast |
An image-breaker. |
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idealize |
To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard. |
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idiom |
A use of words peculiar to a particular language. |
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idiosyncrasy |
A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual. |
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idolize |
To regard with inordinate love or admiration. |
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ignoble |
Low in character or purpose. |
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ignominious |
Shameful. |
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Iliad |
A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy. |
