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huaraches
  • n  a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps
  • n  a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps
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howe
  • n  United States editor (1920-1993)
  • n  Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928)
  • n  United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910)
  • n  United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867)
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howitzer
  • n  a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
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howl
  • n  a long loud emotional utterance
    he gave a howl of pain
    howls of laughter
    their howling had no effect
  • n  the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
  • n  a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound
    the howl of the wind made him restless
  • v  emit long loud cries
    howl with sorrow
  • v  cry loudly, as of animals
    The coyotes were howling in the desert
  • v  make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
    The wind was howling in the trees
  • v  laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
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howler
  • n  a joke that seems extremely funny
  • n  monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
  • n  a glaring blunder
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howler monkey
  • n  monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
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hoy
  • n  a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
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hoya
  • n  any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
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hoya carnosa
  • n  succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers
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hoydenism
  • n  masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)
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hoyle
  • n  an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)
  • n  English writer on card games (1672-1769)
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hq
  • n  the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
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