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hot rod
  • n  a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration
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hostess
  • n  a woman host
  • n  a woman innkeeper
  • n  a woman steward on an airplane
  • v  be the host of or for
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hostile expedition
  • n  a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
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hostile takeover
  • n  a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
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hostile witness
  • n  a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
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hostilities
  • n  fighting; acts of overt warfare
    the outbreak of hostilities
  • n  a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
  • n  a state of deep-seated ill-will
  • n  the feeling of a hostile person
  • n  violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
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hostility
  • n  a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
    he could not conceal his hostility
  • n  a state of deep-seated ill-will
  • n  the feeling of a hostile person
    he could no longer contain his hostility
  • n  violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
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hostler
  • n  someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
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hot-air balloon
  • n  balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air
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hot-button issue
  • n  an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions
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hot-rock penstemon
  • n  stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; found from Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and Utah
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hot-rod
  • n  a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration
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hot-water bag
  • n  a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
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