| hind | (adjective) located at or near the back of an animal | Synonyms: back, hinder |
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| (noun) a female deer, especially an adult female red deer | - |
| (noun) any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers | - |
| hindbrain | (noun) the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem | Synonyms: rhombencephalon |
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| hinder | (adjective) located at or near the back of an animal | Synonyms: back, hind |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: hamper, handicap |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, blockade, embarrass, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to | Synonyms: impede |
| hinderance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hindrance, interference |
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| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hindrance, impediment |
| hindering | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: clogging, impeding, obstructive |
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| hinderingly | (adverb) in an obstructive manner | Synonyms: obstructively |
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| hindermost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindmost, rearmost |
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| hindfoot | (noun) a rear foot of a quadruped | - |
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| hindgut | (noun) the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos | - |
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| hindlimb | (noun) a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals | Synonyms: hind limb |
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| hindmost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindermost, rearmost |
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| hindquarter | (noun) the back half of a side of meat | - |
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| hindquarters | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| hindrance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hinderance, interference |
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| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, impediment |
| hindshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg | - |
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| hindsight | (noun) understanding the nature of an event after it has happened | - |
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| hinge | (noun) a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other | Synonyms: flexible joint |
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| (noun) a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend | - |
| (verb) attach with a hinge | - |
| hinny | (noun) hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile | - |
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| hint | (noun) an indirect suggestion | Synonyms: breath, intimation |
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| (noun) a slight indication | Synonyms: clue |
| (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, lead, steer, tip, wind |
| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch |
| (noun) a just detectable amount | Synonyms: suggestion, tint, trace |
| (verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint | Synonyms: suggest |
| hinterland | (noun) a remote and undeveloped area | Synonyms: back country, backwoods, boondocks |
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| hip | (adjective) informed about the latest trends | Synonyms: hep, hip to |
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| (noun) either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh | - |
| (noun) the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates | Synonyms: pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis |
| (noun) the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum | Synonyms: articulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint |
| (noun) the fruit of a rose plant | Synonyms: rose hip, rosehip |
| (noun) (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof | - |
| hipbone | (noun) large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis | Synonyms: innominate bone |
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| hipflask | (noun) a flask that holds spirits | Synonyms: pocket flask |
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| hiplength | (adjective) extending to or just over the hips | Synonyms: hip-length |
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| hipless | (adjective) having or seeming to have no hips | - |
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| hipline | (noun) the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment | - |
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| (noun) the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part | - |
| hippeastrum | (noun) amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers | Synonyms: Hippeastrum puniceum |
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| hipped | (adjective) having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination) | - |
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| (adjective) (of a roof) sloping on all sides | - |
| hippie | (noun) someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | Synonyms: flower child, hippy, hipster |
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| hippies | (noun) a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | Synonyms: flower people, hipsters |
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| hippo | (noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa | Synonyms: hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse |
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| hippoboscid | (noun) bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals | Synonyms: louse fly |
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| hippocampus | (noun) a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories | - |
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| hippodrome | (noun) a stadium for horse shows or horse races | - |
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| hippopotamus | (noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa | Synonyms: hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse |
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| hippy | (noun) someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | Synonyms: flower child, hippie, hipster |
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| hipster | (noun) someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | Synonyms: flower child, hippie, hippy |
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| hipsters | (noun) a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | Synonyms: flower people, hippies |
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| hircine | (adjective) of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor) | - |
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| hire | (noun) the act of hiring something or someone | - |
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| (noun) a newly hired employee | - |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, lease, rent, take |
| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, engage |
| (verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: charter, lease, rent |
| hired | (adjective) hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | Synonyms: chartered, leased |
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| (adjective) having services engaged for a fee | - |
| hireling | (noun) a person who works only for money | Synonyms: pensionary |
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| hirer | (noun) a person responsible for hiring workers | Synonyms: boss |
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| hirsute | (adjective) having or covered with hair | Synonyms: haired, hairy |
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| hirsuteness | (noun) excessive hairiness | Synonyms: hirsutism |
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| hirsutism | (noun) excessive hairiness | Synonyms: hirsuteness |
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| hirudinean | (noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | Synonyms: bloodsucker, leech |
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| hispid | (adjective) (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles | - |
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| hiss | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort |
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| (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hissing, hushing, sibilation |
| (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: sibilate, siss, sizz |
| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: sibilate, siss, sizz |
| (verb) show displeasure, as after a performance or speech | Synonyms: boo |
| (verb) move with a whooshing sound | Synonyms: whoosh |
| hisser | (noun) someone who communicates disapproval by hissing | - |
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| hissing | (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation |
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| histaminase | (noun) enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine | - |
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| histamine | (noun) amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions | - |
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| histidine | (noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue | - |
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| histiocyte | (noun) a macrophage that is found in connective tissue | - |
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| histiocytosis | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages | - |
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| histocompatibility | (noun) condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue | - |
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| histogram | (noun) a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies | - |
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| histoincompatibility | (noun) incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person | - |
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| histologic | (adjective) of or relating to histology | Synonyms: histological |
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| histological | (adjective) of or relating to histology | Synonyms: histologic |
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| histologically | (adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques | - |
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| histologist | (noun) anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues | - |
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| histology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues | - |
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| histone | (noun) a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids | - |
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| historian | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | Synonyms: historiographer |
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| historic | (adjective) important in history | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | Synonyms: historical |
| historical | (adjective) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time | Synonyms: diachronic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the study of history | - |
| (adjective) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | Synonyms: historic |
| (adjective) having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary | - |
| historically | (adverb) with respect to history | - |
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| (adverb) throughout history | - |
| historicalness | (noun) significance owing to its history | - |
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| (noun) the state of having in fact existed in the past | - |
| historicism | (noun) a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history | - |
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| historied | (adjective) having an illustrious past | Synonyms: celebrated, storied |
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| historiographer | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | Synonyms: historian |
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| historiography | (noun) the writing of history | - |
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| (noun) a body of historical literature | - |
| history | (noun) the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings | - |
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| (noun) all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge | - |
| (noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: account, chronicle, story |
| (noun) the aggregate of past events | - |
| (noun) the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future | - |
| histrion | (noun) a theatrical performer | Synonyms: actor, player, role player, thespian |
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| histrionic | (adjective) characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected | Synonyms: melodramatic |
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| histrionics | (noun) a performance of a play | Synonyms: representation, theatrical, theatrical performance |
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| (noun) a deliberate display of emotion for effect | - |
| hit | (noun) the act of contacting one thing with another | Synonyms: hitting, striking |
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| (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: bang, smash, smasher, strike |
| (noun) (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense) | - |
| (noun) a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate | - |
| (noun) a connection made via the internet to another website | - |
| (noun) a dose of a narcotic drug | - |
| (noun) (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | Synonyms: collision |
| (verb) pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to | - |
| (verb) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) hit with a missile from a weapon | Synonyms: pip, shoot |
| (verb) hit the intended target or goal | - |
| (verb) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument | - |
| (verb) hit against; come into sudden contact with | Synonyms: collide with, impinge on, run into, strike |
| (verb) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) cause to move by striking | - |
| (verb) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach |
| (verb) drive something violently into a location | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: attain, reach |
| (verb) cause to experience suddenly | Synonyms: come to, strike |
| (verb) encounter by chance | Synonyms: stumble |
| (verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay |
| hitch | (noun) the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg | Synonyms: hobble, limp |
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| (noun) a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot | - |
| (noun) a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls | - |
| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) an unforeseen obstacle | Synonyms: hang-up, rub, snag |
| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage |
| (noun) a period of time spent in military service | Synonyms: duty tour, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty |
| (verb) to hook or entangle | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) connect to a vehicle: | - |
| (verb) travel by getting free rides from motorists | Synonyms: hitchhike, thumb |
| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: gimp, hobble, limp |
| (verb) jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched | Synonyms: buck, jerk |
| hitchhike | (verb) travel by getting free rides from motorists | Synonyms: hitch, thumb |
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| hitchhiker | (noun) a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles | - |
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| hitchrack | (noun) a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying | Synonyms: hitching bar |
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| hither | (adverb) to this place (especially toward the speaker) | Synonyms: here |
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| hitherto | (adverb) used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time | Synonyms: as yet, heretofore, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet |
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| hitless | (adjective) (of a batter) without a hit | - |
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| (adjective) having no points scores | Synonyms: goalless, pointless, scoreless |
| hitman | (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, shooter, torpedo, triggerman |
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| hitter | (noun) (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | Synonyms: batsman, batter, slugger |
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| (noun) someone who hits | Synonyms: striker |
| hitting | (noun) the act of contacting one thing with another | Synonyms: hit, striking |
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| hive | (noun) a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees | Synonyms: beehive |
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| (noun) a teeming multitude | - |
| (noun) a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree | Synonyms: beehive |
| (verb) gather into a hive | - |
| (verb) move together in a hive or as if in a hive | - |
| (verb) store, like bees | - |
| hives | (noun) an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs | Synonyms: nettle rash, urticaria, urtication |
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