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noun (i, but usually in singular)
- (context, countable, uncountable) A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head, or the collection of them.
- Quotations
- Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. - Chaucer
- And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. - Spenser
- Young man, comb your at home, not in the classroom.
- She said she couldn't go out with me Friday - she had to wash her .
- (uncountable) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- The on a bear makes a warm fur coat.
- (context, zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- (context, botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- (rfv-sense) (countable) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
- (obsolete) A haircloth. - Chaucer
- (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Just a little louder please - turn that knob a to the right.
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adjective (pos=half-hardy)
- (botany) A plant which requires protection against frost.
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proper noun
- Common English surname.
- English novelist and poet, w:Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
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noun
- A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying
- A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe
- A dense clump of grass; a tussock
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adjective
- Of, or pertaining to a spear.
- (botany, of leaves) Shaped similarly to a halberd, with pointed lobes pointed outward from the base.
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proper noun
- An English surname.
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noun
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body.
- emotions, Emotions, kindness, or spirit in general (but like above, people only have one heart).
- A shape or symbol approximately in the shape of a heart (�).
- A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- The centre, essence, or core.
verb
- (context, internet slang, text messaging, emoticon) To be fond of, frequently abbreviated as <3.
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noun - The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood
:::A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood
, showing 27 annual growth rings, pale sapwood and dark heartwood, and pith (centre dark spot). The dark radial lines are small knots.]]
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noun
- A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- The commodity price boom is here to stay as money flows from the investment community are expected to surge because the asset class acts as a .
verb (hedg, ing)
- To stonewall; to avoid answering question.
- Please stop hedging and just answer my question!
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noun (wikipedia, Heel, Heel (part of the foot))
- (anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
- The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- (nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, the degree of such a tilt.
verb
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
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adjective - (botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
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noun
- herbs collectively
- herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
- the fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
- right of pasture.
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noun (hesperidi, a)
- Any of several kinds of berry, berries having pulpy interiors, and leathery skins containing aromatic oils. Includes citrus fruit such as the lemon and lime.
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adjective
- (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
- (biology) characterixed by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
- (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
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adjective
- (botany) Having leaves of different types upon the same plant
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proper noun
- w:Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill; the US Congress
- A British topographic surname for someone who lived on or by a hill
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noun
- (uncountable) A viscous, sweet substance produced from nectar by bees; (countable) a variety of this substance.
- A term of affection.
- Honey, could you take out the trash?
- (context, colloquial, countable) An attractive woman
- Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
- (colour) A yellowish-brown colour, like that of (the sweet substance) honey.
- <table><tr><td>honey colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- FDD378" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- (colour) of a yellowish-brown colour, like that of honey.
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noun
- a sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects.
- a sweet sticky substance produced by the leaves of some plants.
- (colour) a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.
- <table><tr><td>honeydew colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- C9DFA8?" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
- a melon with sweet green flesh, with a smooth greenish-white exterior.
adjective
- (colour) of a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.
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noun
- A covering such as worn over one"s head.
- A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
- An enclosure which protects something, especially from above.
- (context, automotive) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
- (context, US, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
- (slang) gangster, Gangster, thug. Short for hoodlum.
- (slang) neighborhood, Neighborhood.
verb
- To cover something with a hood.
adjective
- Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people"s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
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adjective
- wearing a hood
- covered with a hood
- shaped like a hood
- (context, of an animal) having a crest or similar elastic skin in the neck area
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noun
- (physiology) Any substance, produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
- (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
- Any similar substance in plants.
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noun
- the science of caring for gardens; gardening
- small scale agriculture
| | hotbed |
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noun
- a low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure; used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants
- (context, by extension) an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable
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noun
- a heated greenhouse
- (idiomatic) an environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed
verb (hothous, ing)
- (context, of a child) to provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development
adjective
- (context, of a plant) grown in a hothouse
- (idiomatic) (of a person) delicate (as if needing a comforting environment)
| | Hull |
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proper noun - Any of various cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States (see the Wikipedia article).
| | husk |
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noun
- The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
- A coconut has a very thick .
- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
- His attorney was a dried up of a man, ready for the grave, with one foot already inside and another on a banana peel.
verb
- (transitive) To remove husk(s) from.
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noun
- An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
- (botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
- (anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
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