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heyrovsky
  • n  Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967)
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hezbollah
  • n  a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
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hezekiah
  • n  (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC)
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hf
  • n  a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons
  • n  3 to 30 megahertz
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hfc
  • n  a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing
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hg
  • n  a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
  • n  100 grams
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hhs
  • n  the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
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hi
  • n  an expression of greeting
  • n  a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
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hiatal hernia
  • n  hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm
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hiatus
  • n  an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  • n  a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
  • n  a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
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hiatus hernia
  • n  hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm
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hiawatha
  • n  a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)
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