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habit
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noun
  1. an action done on a regular basis.
It's become a of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.
  1. an action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
By force of , he dressed for work even though it was holiday.
  1. a long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
It's interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear habits.
  1. a piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
The new riding habits of the team looked smashing!.
  1. customary manner of dress.
    • 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe
    • : ...it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.
      1. an addiction.
      He has a 10-cigar .
halite
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noun
  1. (mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride.
hardness
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noun
  1. The quality of being hard.
  2. An instance of this quality; hardship.
hornblende
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noun (uncountable)
  1. A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.
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