hoffa
- n United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)
hoffman
- n United States sculptor (1887-1966)
- n versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)
hoffmann
- n Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956)
- n German chemist (1818-1892)
- n United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937)
- n German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822)
hoffmannsthal
- n German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929)
hog
- n a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- n a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
- n domestic swine
- v take greedily; take more than one's share
hog-nosed skunk
- n large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
hog cranberry
- n evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
hog millet
- n extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage
hog peanut
- n vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts
hog plum
- n tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
- n small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
- n fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
- n yellow oval tropical fruit
hog plum bush
- n small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit