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heilong jiang
  • n  an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
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hecate
  • n  (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches
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hecatomb
  • n  a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
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hecht
  • n  United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946)
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heckelphone
  • n  an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe
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heckle
  • n  a comb for separating flax fibers
  • v  comb with a heckle
    heckle hemp or flax
  • v  challenge aggressively
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heckler
  • n  someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
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heckling
  • n  shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
  • v  comb with a heckle
  • v  challenge aggressively
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hectare
  • n  (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
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hectograph
  • n  duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy
  • v  copy on a duplicator
    hectograph the hand-outs
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hectoliter
  • n  a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters
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hectolitre
  • n  a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters
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