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housewife
  • n  a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
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housewrecker
  • n  a wrecker of houses
    in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker
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housing
  • n  structures collectively in which people are housed
  • n  a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
  • n  stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
  • v  contain or cover
  • v  provide housing for
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housing and urban development
  • n  the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965
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housing commissioner
  • n  a commissioner in charge of public housing
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housing development
  • n  a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management
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housing estate
  • n  a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
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housing project
  • n  a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families
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houston
  • n  the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • n  United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)
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houttuynia
  • n  one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places
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houyhnhnm
  • n  one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift
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