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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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houyhnhnms
  • n  a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
  • n  one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift
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hovea
  • n  any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
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hovercraft
  • n  a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
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how-d'ye-do
  • n  an awkward situation
    that's a fine how-d'ye-do
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how-do-you-do
  • n  an awkward situation
  • n  an expression of greeting
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howard
  • n  English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
  • n  Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)
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howard carter
  • n  Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
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howard florey
  • n  British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
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howard hughes
  • n  United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)
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howard lindsay
  • n  United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
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howard pyle
  • n  United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911)
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