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hanky
  • n  a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
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hanky panky
  • n  verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
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hannah arendt
  • n  United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975)
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hannibal
  • n  general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
  • n  a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
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hannover
  • n  a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
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hannukah
  • n  (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
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hanoi
  • n  the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam
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hanover
  • n  a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
  • n  the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
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hanoverian line
  • n  the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
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hans adolf krebs
  • n  English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981)
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hans albrecht bethe
  • n  United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005)
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hans arp
  • n  Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)
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hans bethe
  • n  United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005)
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hans c. j. gram
  • n  Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
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