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Habitable

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adj. Fit to be dwelt in

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Habitant

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n. Dweller

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Habitual

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adj. According to usual practice

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Habitude

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n. Customary relation or association

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Hackney

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v. To make stale or trite by repetition

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Haggard

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adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance

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Halcyon

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adj. Calm

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Hale

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adj. Of sound and vigorous health

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Handwriting

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n. Penmanship

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Hanger-On

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n. A parasite

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Happy-Go-Lucky

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adj. Improvident

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Harangue

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n. A tirade

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Harass

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v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances

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Harbinger

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n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing

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Hard-Hearted

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adj. Lacking pity or sympathy

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Hardihood

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n. Foolish daring

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Harmonious

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adj. Concordant in sound

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Havoc

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n. Devastation

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Hawthorn

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n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges

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Hazard

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n. Risk

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Head First

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adv. Precipitately, as in diving

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Head Foremost

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adv. Precipitately, as in diving

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Heartrending

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adj. Very depressing

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Heathenish

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adj. Irreligious

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Heedless

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adj. Thoughtless

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Heifer

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n. A young cow

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Heinous

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adj. Odiously sinful

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Hemorrhage

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n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel

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Hemorrhoids

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n. pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum

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Henchman

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n. A servile assistant and subordinate

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Henpeck

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v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances

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Heptagon

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n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles

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Heptarchy

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n. A group of seven governments

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Herbaceous

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adj. Having the character of a herb

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Herbarium

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n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study

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Herbarium

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n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study

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Herbivorous

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adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals

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Hereditary

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adj. Passing naturally from parent to child

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Heredity

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n. Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc…, from parent to offspring

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Heresy

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n. An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles

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Heretic

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n. One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy

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Heritage

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n. Birthright

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Hernia

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n. Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position

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Hesitancy

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n. A pausing to consider

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Hesitant

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adj. Vacillating

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Hesitation

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n. Vacillation

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Heterodox

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adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion

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Heterogeneity

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n. Unlikeness of constituent parts

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Heterogeneous

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adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds

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Heteromorphic

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adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type

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Hexangular

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adj. Having six angles

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Hexapod

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adj. Having six feet

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Hexagon

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n. A figure with six angles

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Hiatus

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n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting

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Hibernal

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adj. Pertaining to winter

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Hibernian

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adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people

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Hideous

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adj. Appalling

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Hilarious

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adj. Boisterously merry

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Hillock

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n. A small hill or mound

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Hinder

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v. To obstruct

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Hindmost

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adj. Farthest from the front

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Hindrance

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n. An obstacle

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Hirsute

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adj. Having a hairy covering

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Hoard

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v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation

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Hoarse

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adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue

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Homage

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n. Reverential regard or worship

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Homogeneity

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n. Congruity of the members or elements or parts

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Homogeneous

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adj. Made up of similar parts or elements

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Homologous

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adj. Identical in nature, make-up, or relation

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Hommonym

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n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another

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Homophone

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n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another

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Honorarium

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n. A token fee or payment to a professional man for services

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Hoodwink

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v. To deceive

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Horde

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n. A gathered multitude of human beings

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Hosiery

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n. A stocking

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Hospitable

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adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness

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Hospitality

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n. The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness

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Hostility

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n. Enmity

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Huckster

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n. One who retails small wares

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Humane

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adj. Compassionate

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Humanitarian

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n. A philanthropist

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Humanize

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v. To make gentle or refined

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Humbug

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n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead

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Humiliate

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v. To put to shame

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Hussar

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n. A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine

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Hustle

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v. To move with haste and promptness

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Hybrid

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adj. Cross-bred

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Hydra

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n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules

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Hydraulic

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adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion

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Hydrodynamics

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n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids

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Hydroelectric

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adj. Pertaining to electricity developed by water or steam

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Hydromechanics

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n. The mechanics of fluids

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Hydrometer

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n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation

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Hydrous

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adj. Watery

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Hygiene

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n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health

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Hypercritical

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adj. Faultfinding

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Hypnosis

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n. An artificial trance-sleep

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Hypnotic

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adj. Tending to produce sleep

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Hypnotism

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n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion

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Hypnotize

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v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion

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Hypocrisy

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n. Extreme insincerity

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Hypocrite

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n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs

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Hypodermic

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adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin

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Hypotenuse

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n. The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle

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Hypothesis

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n. A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion

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Hysteria

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n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying

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