| homologic | (adjective) similar in evolutionary origin but not in function | Synonyms: homological |
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| homological | (adjective) similar in evolutionary origin but not in function | Synonyms: homologic |
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| homologise | (verb) make homologous | Synonyms: homologize |
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| homologize | (verb) make homologous | Synonyms: homologise |
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| (verb) be homologous | - |
| homologous | (adjective) corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species | - |
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| (adjective) having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function | - |
| homology | (noun) the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function | - |
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| homomorphism | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphy |
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| homomorphy | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphism |
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| homonym | (noun) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | - |
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| homonymic | (adjective) of or related to or being homonyms | Synonyms: homonymous |
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| homonymous | (adjective) of or related to or being homonyms | Synonyms: homonymic |
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| homonymy | (noun) the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning | - |
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| homophile | (adjective) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | Synonyms: gay, queer |
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| (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homosexual |
| homophobe | (noun) a person who hates or fears homosexual people | - |
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| homophobia | (noun) prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality | - |
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| homophobic | (adjective) prejudiced against homosexual people | - |
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| homophone | (noun) two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) | - |
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| homophonic | (adjective) having a single melodic line with accompaniment | - |
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| (adjective) having the same sound | - |
| homophonous | (adjective) characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way | - |
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| homophony | (noun) part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style) | - |
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| (noun) the same pronunciation for words of different origins | - |
| homopteran | (noun) insects having membranous forewings and hind wings | Synonyms: homopterous insect |
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| homosexual | (adjective) sexually attracted to members of your own sex | - |
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| (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homophile |
| homosexualism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| homosexuality | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, queerness |
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| homosporous | (adjective) characterized by homospory | - |
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| homospory | (noun) the development of a single kind of asexual spores | - |
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| homostyled | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostylic, homostylous |
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| homostylic | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostyled, homostylous |
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| homostylous | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostyled, homostylic |
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| homothecy | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothety |
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| homotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homoiotherm |
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| homothermic | (adjective) of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature | Synonyms: homeothermic, homoiothermic |
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| homothety | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothecy |
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| homotoxicology | (noun) analysis of sickness within the framework of the body's failure to deal with the burden of toxins. Homeopathic remedies often are used as treatment. Developed by Hans Heinrich Reckeweg. | - |
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| homozygosity | (noun) the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene | - |
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| homozygote | (noun) (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic | - |
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| homozygous | (adjective) having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci | - |
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| homunculus | (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: manikin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell | - |
| homy | (adjective) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | Synonyms: homelike, homely, homey |
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| honcho | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, foreman, gaffer |
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| hone | (noun) a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors | - |
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| (noun) a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc. | - |
| (verb) make perfect or complete | Synonyms: perfect |
| (verb) sharpen with a hone | - |
| honest | (adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honorable |
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| (adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) not forged | Synonyms: good |
| (adjective) without dissimulation; frank | - |
| (adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: dependable, reliable, true |
| (adjective) without pretensions | - |
| honestly | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | Synonyms: candidly, frankly |
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| (adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: aboveboard |
| honestness | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honesty |
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| honesty | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honestness |
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| (noun) southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration | Synonyms: Lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar |
| honey | (adjective) of something having the color of honey | - |
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| (noun) a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees | - |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
| (verb) sweeten with honey | - |
| honeybee | (noun) social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces | Synonyms: Apis mellifera |
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| honeybells | (noun) African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs | Synonyms: Hermannia verticillata, honey bell, Mahernia verticillata |
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| honeycomb | (noun) a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees | - |
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| (noun) a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae | - |
| (verb) make full of cavities, like a honeycomb | - |
| (verb) penetrate thoroughly and into every part | - |
| (verb) carve a honeycomb pattern into | - |
| honeycombed | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: alveolate, cavitied, faveolate, pitted |
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| honeycreeper | (noun) small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar | - |
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| (noun) small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands | Synonyms: Hawaiian honeycreeper |
| honeydew | (noun) a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. | - |
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| (noun) the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh | Synonyms: honeydew melon |
| honeyed | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet |
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| (adjective) with honey added | Synonyms: honied, syrupy |
| honeyflower | (noun) Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously | Synonyms: honey-flower, Protea mellifera |
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| (noun) erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar | Synonyms: honey-flower, Lambertia formosa, mountain devil |
| honeylike | (adjective) resembling honey | - |
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| honeymoon | (noun) a holiday taken by a newly married couple | - |
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| (noun) the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political | - |
| (verb) spend a holiday after one's marriage | - |
| honeymooner | (noun) someone recently married | Synonyms: newlywed |
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| honeypot | (noun) South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes | Synonyms: king protea, Protea cynaroides |
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| honeysucker | (noun) Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar | Synonyms: honey eater |
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| honeysuckle | (noun) shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera | - |
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| (noun) columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers | Synonyms: Aquilegia canadensis, meeting house |
| (noun) shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers | Synonyms: Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia |
| honied | (adjective) with honey added | Synonyms: honeyed, syrupy |
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| honk | (noun) the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) | - |
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| (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
| (verb) cry like a goose | Synonyms: cronk |
| (verb) use the horn of a car | Synonyms: claxon |
| (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, blare, claxon, toot |
| honker | (noun) common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call | Synonyms: Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose |
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| (noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout |
| (noun) a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound | - |
| honkey | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkie, honky, whitey |
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| honkie | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkey, honky, whitey |
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| honky | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkey, honkie, whitey |
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| honkytonk | (noun) a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall | Synonyms: dive |
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| honor | (noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name | Synonyms: honour |
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| (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honour, pureness, purity |
| (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honour, laurels |
| (noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honour, laurels |
| (verb) accept as pay | Synonyms: honour |
| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honour, reward |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honour, observe, respect |
| honorable | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | Synonyms: honourable |
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| (adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honest |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, good, respectable |
| (adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: ethical, honourable |
| honorableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honourableness |
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| honorably | (adverb) with honor | Synonyms: honourably |
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| (adverb) in an honorable manner | Synonyms: uprightly |
| honorarium | (noun) a fee paid for a nominally free service | - |
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| honorary | (adjective) given as an honor without the normal duties | - |
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| honored | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: esteemed, honoured, prestigious |
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| honoree | (noun) a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments | - |
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| honorific | (adjective) conferring or showing honor or respect | - |
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| (noun) an expression of respect | - |
| honoring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honouring, observance |
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| honour | (noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name | Synonyms: honor |
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| (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honor, pureness, purity |
| (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honor, laurels |
| (noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honor, laurels |
| (verb) accept as pay | Synonyms: honor |
| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honor, reward |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, observe, respect |
| honourable | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | Synonyms: honorable |
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| (adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: ethical, honorable |
| honourableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honorableness |
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| honourably | (adverb) with honor | Synonyms: honorably |
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| honoured | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: esteemed, honored, prestigious |
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| honouring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, observance |
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| honours | (noun) a university degree with honors | Synonyms: honours degree |
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| hooch | (noun) an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | Synonyms: hootch |
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| hood | (noun) (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal | - |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: bonnet, cowl, cowling |
| (noun) a headdress that protects the head and face | - |
| (noun) the folding roof of a carriage | - |
| (noun) metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes | Synonyms: exhaust hood |
| (noun) (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head | - |
| (noun) a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera | Synonyms: lens hood |
| (noun) (slang) a neighborhood or community | Synonyms: 'hood |
| (noun) a protective covering that is part of a plant | Synonyms: cap |
| (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie |
| (verb) cover with a hood | - |
| hoodlum | (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie |
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| hoodmold | (noun) a protective drip that is made of stone | Synonyms: dripstone, hoodmould |
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| hoodmould | (noun) a protective drip that is made of stone | Synonyms: dripstone, hoodmold |
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| hoodoo | (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, fetish, juju, voodoo |
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| (noun) something believed to bring bad luck | - |
| (noun) a practitioner of voodoo | - |
| (noun) (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock | - |
| (verb) bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune | - |
| hoodooism | (noun) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities | Synonyms: vodoun, voodoo, voodooism |
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| hoodwink | (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow |
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| (verb) influence by slyness | Synonyms: beguile, juggle |
| hooey | (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense |
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| hoof | (noun) the foot of an ungulate mammal | - |
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| (noun) the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals | - |
| (verb) dance in a professional capacity | - |
| (verb) walk | Synonyms: foot, hoof it, leg it |
| hoofed | (adjective) having or resembling hoofs | Synonyms: hooved, ungulate, ungulated |
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| hoofer | (noun) a professional dancer | Synonyms: stepper |
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| hoofing | (noun) dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures | Synonyms: step dancing |
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| hooflike | (adjective) resembling a hoof; especially having the horny texture of a hoof | - |
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| hoofprint | (noun) a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal | Synonyms: hoof-mark, hoof mark |
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| hook | (noun) a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent | - |
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| (noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: draw, hooking |
| (noun) a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket | Synonyms: hook shot |
| (noun) a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something | - |
| (noun) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | Synonyms: claw |
| (noun) a catch for locking a door | - |
| (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: bait, come-on, lure, sweetener |
| (noun) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook | Synonyms: crotchet |
| (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: accost, solicit |
| (verb) entice and trap | Synonyms: snare |
| (verb) secure with the foot | - |
| (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: addict |
| (verb) fasten with a hook | - |
| (verb) catch with a hook | - |
| (verb) hit with a hook | - |
| (verb) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left | - |
| (verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: cop, glom, knock off, snitch, thieve |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |