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hammett
  • n  United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
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hamming
  • n  poor acting by a ham actor
  • v  exaggerate one's acting
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hammock
  • n  a small natural hill
  • n  a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
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hammond organ
  • n  (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
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hammurabi
  • n  Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
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hammurapi
  • n  Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
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hamper
  • n  a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
  • n  a basket usually with a cover
  • v  prevent the progress or free movement of
    He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
  • v  put at a disadvantage
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hampshire
  • n  a county of southern England on the English Channel
  • n  British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
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hampshire down
  • n  British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
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hampton
  • n  United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)
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hampton roads
  • n  a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
  • n  a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac
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hamster
  • n  short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
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hamstring
  • n  one of the tendons at the back of the knee
  • v  make ineffective or powerless
  • v  cripple by cutting the hamstring
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