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proper noun
- An Islamic fundamentalist organisation that presses for an independent Palestinian theocracy and opposes peace with Israel.
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| hamlet |
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noun
- A small town
- A settlement smaller than a village
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| hammer and sickle |
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noun
- in Soviet iconography, the symbols of industry and agriculture.
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| Hansard |
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noun
- The official report of discussions in the British and some Commonwealth parliaments.
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| hegemony |
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noun (hegemon, ies)
- (formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others (e.g.: internationally among nation-states, and regionally over social classes, between languages or even culture).
- The two political parties battled viciously for .
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| hew |
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verb (hewing, hews, hewed or rarely , hewed or hewn)
- to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
- to complain about
- to act according to (usually followed by to)
- Those who to this policy should be punished.
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| Hezbollah |
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proper noun
- A radical political and military organization that arose after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon; often accused of terrorism.
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| HHS |
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initialism
- Health and Human Services
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| hierarchy |
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noun (hierarchies)
- A body of ruling officials organized in nested ranks.
- Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
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| Highness |
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noun (Highnesses)
- (with His, Her or Your) The title, and the form of address of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank.
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| Hill |
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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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| Home Office |
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noun home, Home office, Office
- (British) The British government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales; headed by the Home Secretary
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| Home Secretary |
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noun
- (British) The British cabinet minister, responsible for law and order, who is head of the Home Office
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| homestead |
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noun
- a house and the curtilage
verb
- To acquire or settle on land as a homestead.
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| hopper |
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noun
- a temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- one who hops
- (context, localism, or, slang) a toilet's water tank/toilet seat (rfv-sense)
- She got off the just as the phone rang.
- an artificial fishing lure
- To catch a big fish, use a that jumps across the pond surface.
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| hot spot |
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noun (wikipedia, hotspot (geology))
(plural hot spots)
- (geology) the surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in the Earth"s mantle
- a dangerous place of violent political unrest
- a lively and entertaining place, such as a nightclub
- an area of radioactive contamination
- (genetics) the region of a gene in which there is higher than normal rate of mutation
- (computing) a location in which WiFi? Internet access is available
(wikipedia, hotspot (wifi))
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| House |
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proper noun the house, House
- The House of Representatives.
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| House of Commons |
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noun the House of Commons (context, singulare tantum)category:English nouns
- The lower house of the UK and Canadian Houses of Parliament
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| House of Lords |
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noun the House of Lords (context, singulare tantum)category:English nouns
- The upper chamber of the UK Houses of Parliament
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| HR |
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initialism
- Human Resources
- (baseball) the statistic for home runs
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| HUAC |
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initialism (wikipedia, House Un-American Activities Committee)
- House Un-American Activities Committee
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| hustings |
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noun (plural noun)
- a platform where candidates in an election give speeches
- 1749: w:Henry Fielding, Henry Fielding, From This World to the Next
- :I now mounted the , and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him.
- (context, by extension) an election campaign
- :Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the .
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