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herb
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(n) aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

(n) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

hallway
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(n) an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"

Hispanic
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(n) an American whose first language is Spanish

(a) related to or derived from the people or culture of Spain; "the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly"

humanity
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(n) the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"

(n) the quality of being humane

(n) all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

harsh
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(s) sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"

(s) used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"

(s) severe; "a harsh penalty"

(s) extremely unkind or cruel; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"

(s) unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"

(s) disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"

hunt
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(n) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

(n) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

(n) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

(n) an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"

(n) an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

(n) British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

(n) United States architect (1827-1895)

(n) Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

(v) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

(v) search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

(v) seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"

(v) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

(v) pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"

(v) yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"

(v) chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

highlight
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(n) an area of lightness in a picture

(n) the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"

(v) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

homeless
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(n) people who are homeless; "the homeless lived on the city streets"

(n) someone with no housing; "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"

(s) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern

(s) without nationality or citizenship; "stateless persons"

horror
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(n) something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"

(n) intense aversion

(n) intense and profound fear

high
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(n) a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

(n) a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"

(n) a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"

(n) a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside"; "he doesn't like heights"

(n) a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"

(n) a state of sustained elation; "I'm on a permanent high these days"

(n) an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"

(s) happy and excited and energetic

(s) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

(s) used of the smell of game beginning to taint

(a) (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

(a) greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"

(a) used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

(s) standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

(r) at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder"

(r) far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"

(r) in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have gone up far too high"

(r) in a rich manner; "he lives high"

headline
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(n) the heading or caption of a newspaper article

(v) publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline

(v) provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

habitat
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(n) the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

host
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(n) an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

(n) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

(n) a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

(n) a vast multitude

(n) archaic terms for army

(n) any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"

(n) the owner or manager of an inn

(n) 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

(n) (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

(n) a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

(v) be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"

hungry
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(a) feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"

heritage
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(n) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

(n) any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"

(n) practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

(n) that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

horizon
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(n) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"

(n) the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

(n) the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth

(n) a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land

handful
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(n) the quantity that can be held in the hand

(n) a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received"

helicopter
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(n) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

humor
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(n) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

(n) the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

(n) the liquid parts of the body

(n) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"

(n) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

(n) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

(v) put into a good mood

heel
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(n) the piece of leather that fits the heel

(n) the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground

(n) (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

(n) the lower end of a ship's mast

(n) the back part of the human foot

(n) one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

(n) someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"

(v) put a new heel on; "heel shoes"

(v) strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"

(v) perform with the heels; "heel that dance"

(v) follow at the heels of a person

(v) tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"

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