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husayn
  • n  Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)
  • n  king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999)
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husband
  • n  a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
  • v  use cautiously and frugally
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husband-wife privilege
  • n  neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
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husbandry
  • n  the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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hush
  • n  (poetic) tranquil silence
  • v  become quiet or still; fall silent
    hush my baby!
  • v  cause to be quiet or not talk
  • v  become quiet or quieter
  • v  wash by removing particles
  • v  run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
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hush money
  • n  a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret
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hushing
  • n  a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
  • v  become quiet or still; fall silent
  • v  cause to be quiet or not talk
  • v  become quiet or quieter
  • v  wash by removing particles
  • v  run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
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husk
  • n  material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • n  outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
  • v  remove the husks from
    husk corn
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husk tomato
  • n  any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
  • n  small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
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huskiness
  • n  the property of being big and strong
  • n  a throaty harshness
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husking
  • n  the removal of covering
  • v  remove the husks from
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husking bee
  • n  a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn
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huss
  • n  Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
  • n  Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
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