| horsefish | (noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies | Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish, horse-head, horsehead, moonfish, Selene setapinnis |
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| horseflesh | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horsemeat |
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| horsefly | (noun) large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | Synonyms: cleg, clegg, horse fly |
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| (noun) winged fly parasitic on horses | Synonyms: Hippobosca equina, horse tick |
| horsehair | (noun) a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery | - |
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| (noun) hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse | - |
| horsehead | (noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies | Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish, horse-head, horsefish, moonfish, Selene setapinnis |
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| horsehide | (noun) leather from the hide of a horse | - |
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| horselaugh | (noun) a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing | Synonyms: ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw |
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| horseleech | (noun) any of several large freshwater leeches | - |
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| horseman | (noun) a person who breeds and cares for horses | Synonyms: horse fancier |
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| (noun) a man skilled in equitation | - |
| horsemanship | (noun) skill in handling and riding horses | - |
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| horsemeat | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horseflesh |
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| horsemint | (noun) a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States | Synonyms: Mentha longifolia |
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| (noun) tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico | Synonyms: Monarda punctata |
| (noun) an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico | Synonyms: lemon mint, Monarda citriodora |
| horseplay | (noun) rowdy or boisterous play | - |
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| horsepond | (noun) a pond for watering horses | - |
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| horsepower | (noun) a unit of power equal to 746 watts | Synonyms: H.P., HP |
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| horseradish | (noun) grated horseradish root | - |
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| (noun) coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root | Synonyms: Armoracia rusticana, horse radish, red cole |
| (noun) the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning | Synonyms: horseradish root |
| horseshit | (noun) Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, Irish bull, shit |
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| horseshoe | (noun) U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof | Synonyms: shoe |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes | - |
| (verb) equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes | - |
| horseshoer | (noun) a person who shoes horses | Synonyms: farrier |
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| horseshoes | (noun) a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it | Synonyms: quoits |
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| horseshow | (noun) a competitive exhibition of horses | - |
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| horsetail | (noun) perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in Northern Hemisphere; some in Africa and South America | - |
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| horseweed | (noun) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron | Synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane |
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| (noun) erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Collinsonia canadensis, horse balm, richweed, stone-root, stone root, stoneroot |
| horsewhip | (noun) a whip for controlling horses | - |
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| (verb) whip with a whip intended for horses | - |
| horsewhipping | (noun) the act of whipping with a horsewhip | - |
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| horsewoman | (noun) a woman horseman | - |
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| horst | (noun) a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land | - |
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| hortative | (adjective) giving strong encouragement | Synonyms: exhortative, exhortatory, hortatory |
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| hortatory | (adjective) giving strong encouragement | Synonyms: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative |
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| hortensia | (noun) deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue | Synonyms: Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis |
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| (noun) very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads | Synonyms: double gold, golden glow, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia |
| horticultural | (adjective) of or relating to the cultivation of plants | - |
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| horticulturally | (adverb) by means of horticulture | - |
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| horticulture | (noun) the cultivation of plants | Synonyms: gardening |
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| horticulturist | (noun) an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) | Synonyms: plantsman |
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| hosanna | (noun) a cry of praise or adoration (to God) | - |
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| hose | (noun) socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) | Synonyms: hosiery |
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| (noun) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas | Synonyms: hosepipe |
| (noun) man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet | - |
| (verb) water with a hose | Synonyms: hose down |
| hosepipe | (noun) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas | Synonyms: hose |
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| hosier | (noun) a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear | - |
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| hosiery | (noun) socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) | Synonyms: hose |
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| hospice | (noun) a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill | - |
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| (noun) a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) | - |
| hospitable | (adjective) favorable to life and growth | - |
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| (adjective) disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity | - |
| (adjective) having an open mind | - |
| hospitableness | (noun) having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining | - |
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| hospitably | (adverb) in a hospitable manner | - |
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| hospital | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | Synonyms: infirmary |
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| (noun) a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care | - |
| hospitalisation | (noun) placing in medical care in a hospital | Synonyms: hospital care, hospitalization |
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| hospitalise | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalize |
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| hospitality | (noun) kindness in welcoming guests or strangers | Synonyms: cordial reception |
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| hospitalization | (noun) placing in medical care in a hospital | Synonyms: hospital care, hospitalisation |
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| (noun) insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense | Synonyms: hospitalization insurance |
| (noun) the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital | - |
| (noun) a period of time when you are confined to a hospital | - |
| hospitalize | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalise |
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| hospitaller | (noun) title of the member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals. | - |
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| host | (noun) an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: server |
| (noun) a vast multitude | Synonyms: horde, legion |
| (noun) any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event | - |
| (noun) archaic terms for army | Synonyms: legion |
| (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: boniface, innkeeper |
| (noun) a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | Synonyms: emcee, master of ceremonies |
| (noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there | - |
| (noun) (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor | - |
| (verb) be the host of or for | - |
| hostage | (noun) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms | Synonyms: surety |
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| hostel | (noun) inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) | Synonyms: student lodging, youth hostel |
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| (noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | Synonyms: auberge, hostelry, inn, lodge |
| hosteller | (noun) a traveler who lodges in hostels | - |
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| (noun) an owner or manager of hotels | Synonyms: hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman |
| hostelry | (noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | Synonyms: auberge, hostel, inn, lodge |
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| hostess | (noun) a woman innkeeper | - |
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| (noun) a woman steward on an airplane | Synonyms: air hostess, stewardess |
| (noun) a woman host | - |
| hostile | (adjective) characterized by enmity or ill will | - |
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| (adjective) not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally | - |
| (adjective) unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) | - |
| (adjective) very unfavorable to life or growth | Synonyms: uncongenial, unfriendly |
| (adjective) impossible to bring into friendly accord | - |
| (noun) troops belonging to the enemy's military forces | - |
| hostilely | (adverb) with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner | Synonyms: belligerently |
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| hostilities | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | Synonyms: belligerency |
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| hostility | (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | Synonyms: aggression |
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| (noun) a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition | Synonyms: ill will |
| (noun) the feeling of a hostile person | Synonyms: enmity, ill will |
| (noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will | Synonyms: antagonism, enmity |
| hostler | (noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | Synonyms: groom, ostler, stableboy, stableman |
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| hot | (adjective) used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning | - |
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| (adjective) (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm | - |
| (adjective) marked by excited activity | - |
| (adjective) charged or energized with electricity | Synonyms: live |
| (adjective) having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm | - |
| (adjective) very fast; capable of quick response and great speed | Synonyms: blistering, red-hot |
| (adjective) made recently | - |
| (adjective) very good; often used in the negative | - |
| (adjective) recently stolen or smuggled | - |
| (adjective) having or bringing unusually good luck | - |
| (adjective) of a seeker; very near to the object sought | - |
| (adjective) newest or most recent | Synonyms: red-hot |
| (adjective) very popular or successful | - |
| (adjective) having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity | - |
| (adjective) sexually excited or exciting | - |
| (adjective) performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy | - |
| (adjective) producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves | Synonyms: spicy |
| (adjective) very unpleasant or even dangerous | - |
| (adjective) characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense | Synonyms: raging |
| (adjective) wanted by the police | - |
| (adjective) (color) bold and intense | - |
| hotbed | (noun) a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants | - |
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| (noun) a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad) | - |
| hotbox | (noun) a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated | - |
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| hotcake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, pancake |
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| hotchpotch | (noun) a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables | - |
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| (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
| hotdog | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| (noun) a frankfurter served hot on a bun | Synonyms: hot dog, red hot |
| (noun) someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself | Synonyms: hot dog |
| hotel | (noun) a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | - |
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| hotelier | (noun) an owner or manager of hotels | Synonyms: hosteller, hotel manager, hotelkeeper, hotelman |
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| hotelkeeper | (noun) an owner or manager of hotels | Synonyms: hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelman |
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| hotelman | (noun) an owner or manager of hotels | Synonyms: hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper |
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| hotfoot | (noun) a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it | - |
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| (adverb) without delay; speedily | - |
| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
| hothead | (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler |
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| (noun) a belligerent grouch | Synonyms: fire-eater |
| hotheaded | (adjective) quickly aroused to anger | Synonyms: choleric, hot-tempered, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered |
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| (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
| hothouse | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | Synonyms: conservatory, indoor garden |
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| hotline | (noun) a telefone line that provides direct and prompt information or advice to the caller in relation to a specific subject | Synonyms: hot line |
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| hotly | (adverb) in a heated manner | Synonyms: heatedly |
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| hotness | (noun) the presence of heat | Synonyms: heat, high temperature |
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| (noun) a hot spiciness | Synonyms: pepperiness |
| (noun) a state of sexual arousal | Synonyms: horniness, hot pants |
| hotplate | (noun) a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm | Synonyms: hot plate |
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| hotpot | (noun) a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot | Synonyms: hot pot |
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| hotshot | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| hotspot | (noun) a lively entertainment spot | Synonyms: hot spot |
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| (noun) a point of relatively intense heat or radiation | Synonyms: hot spot |
| (noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence | Synonyms: flashpoint, hot spot, trouble spot |
| hotspur | (noun) a rash or impetuous person | - |
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| hottish | (adjective) somewhat hot | - |
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| houdah | (noun) a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant | Synonyms: howdah |
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| houhere | (noun) small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage | Synonyms: Hoheria populnea, lacebark, ribbonwood |
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| hoummos | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hummus, humous, humus |
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| hound | (noun) any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears | Synonyms: hound dog |
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| (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel |
| (verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hunt, trace |
| hour | (noun) distance measured by the time taken to cover it | Synonyms: minute |
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| (noun) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day | Synonyms: 60 minutes, hr |
| (noun) clock time | Synonyms: time of day |
| (noun) a special and memorable period | - |
| hourglass | (noun) a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes | - |
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| houri | (noun) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | Synonyms: nymph |
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| (noun) (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise | - |
| hourlong | (adjective) lasting for an hour | - |
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| hourly | (adjective) occurring every hour or payable by the hour | - |
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| (adverb) every hour; by the hour | - |
| hours | (noun) a period of time assigned for work | - |
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| (noun) an indefinite period of time | - |
| house | (noun) play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults | - |
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| (noun) a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families | - |
| (noun) a building in which something is sheltered or located | - |
| (noun) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented | Synonyms: theater, theatre |
| (noun) aristocratic family line | - |
| (noun) the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments | Synonyms: business firm, firm |
| (noun) an official assembly having legislative powers | - |
| (noun) the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema | - |
| (noun) the members of a religious community living together | - |
| (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, home, household, menage |
| (noun) the management of a gambling house or casino | - |
| (noun) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided | Synonyms: mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign |
| (verb) provide someone with accomodation | Synonyms: domiciliate, put up |
| (verb) contain or cover | - |
| houseboat | (noun) a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling | - |
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| housebound | (adjective) confined usually by illness | Synonyms: homebound, shut-in |
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| housebreak | (verb) train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house | Synonyms: house-train |
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| housebreaker | (noun) a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house | Synonyms: cat burglar |
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| (noun) a wrecker of houses | Synonyms: housewrecker |
| housebreaking | (noun) trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent | Synonyms: break-in, breaking and entering |
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