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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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hindu calendar
  • n  the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years)
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hindu calendar month
  • n  any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar
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hindu kush
  • n  a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
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hindu kush mountains
  • n  a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
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hinduism
  • 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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hindustan
  • n  northern region of India where Hinduism predominates
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hinge
  • n  a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
  • n  a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend
    his absence is the hinge of our plan
  • v  attach with a hinge
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hinge joint
  • n  a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane
  • n  a joint allowing movement in one plane only
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hinny
  • n  hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile
    a hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule
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hint
  • n  an indirect suggestion
  • n  a slight indication
  • n  a slight but appreciable amount
  • n  a just detectable amount
  • n  an indication of potential opportunity
  • v  drop a hint; intimate by a hint
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