hen | (noun) adult female chicken | Synonyms: biddy |
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(noun) adult female bird | - |
(noun) female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster | - |
(noun) flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing | - |
henbane | (noun) poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine | Synonyms: black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, stinking nightshade |
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henbit | (noun) Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers | Synonyms: Lamium amplexicaule |
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henchman | (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, confederate, partner in crime |
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hencoop | (noun) a farm building for housing poultry | Synonyms: chicken coop, coop, henhouse |
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hendiadys | (noun) use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier | - |
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henhouse | (noun) a farm building for housing poultry | Synonyms: chicken coop, coop, hencoop |
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henna | (noun) a reddish brown dye used especially on hair | - |
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henroost | (noun) a roost for hens at night | - |
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henry | (noun) a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second | Synonyms: H |
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