hubble-bubble
- n an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
hubble constant
- n (cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
hubble law
- n (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer
hubble parameter
- n (cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
hubbly-bubbly
- n an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
hubel
- n United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926)
huck
- n toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
huckaback
- n toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
huckleberry
- n any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
- n any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
- n blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
huckleberry oak
- n a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry
huckster
- n a seller of shoddy goods
- n a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
- v sell or offer for sale from place to place
- v wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)