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hairy vetch
  • n  European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
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haematite
  • n  the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
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haddock
  • n  lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
  • n  important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
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hadean aeon
  • n  the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
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hackamore
  • n  rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
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hackberry
  • n  any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
  • n  small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
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hackee
  • n  small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
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hacker
  • n  someone who plays golf poorly
  • n  a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
  • n  a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
    true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers
  • n  one who works hard at boring tasks
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hackle
  • n  long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
  • v  comb with a heckle
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hackles
  • n  a feeling of anger and animosity
    having one's hackles or dander up
  • n  long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
  • v  comb with a heckle
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