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highlighting
  • n  an area of lightness in a picture
  • v  move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  • v  apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
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highly active antiretroviral therapy
  • n  a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV
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highness
  • n  (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
  • n  the quality of being high or lofty
  • n  a high degree (of amount or force etc.)
    responsible for the highness of the rates
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highschool
  • n  a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
    he goes to the neighborhood highschool
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highway code
  • n  the code of rules governing the use of public roads
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highway engineer
  • n  a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways
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highway robbery
  • n  an exorbitant price
  • n  robbery of travellers on or near a public road
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highway system
  • n  a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport
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highwayman
  • n  a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
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hijab
  • n  a headscarf worn by Muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face
  • n  the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home
    she observes the hijab and does not wear tight clothing
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