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hindbrain
  • n  the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
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hindemith
  • n  German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)
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hindenburg
  • n  German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
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hinderance
  • n  something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  • n  any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  • n  the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
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hindgut
  • n  the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
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hindlimb
  • n  a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals
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hindooism
  • n  the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
  • n  a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
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hindquarters
  • n  the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • n  the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
  • n  the back half of a side of meat
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hindrance
  • n  something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  • n  any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  • n  the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
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hindsight
  • n  understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
    hindsight is always better than foresight
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