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historicalness |
Noun
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significance owing to its history |
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historicalness |
Noun
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the state of having in fact existed in the past |
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hell to pay |
Noun
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dire consequences |
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heartbeat |
Noun
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an animating or vital unifying force |
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heartbeat |
Noun
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the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart |
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heartbeat |
Noun
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a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
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hydrophobicity |
Noun
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the property of being water-repellent |
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hilus |
Noun
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(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ |
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hilum |
Noun
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(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ |
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hilum |
Noun
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the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle |
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habeas corpus |
Noun
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the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment |
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habeas corpus |
Noun
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a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge |
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human body |
Noun
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alternative names for the body of a human being |
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helplessness |
Noun
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powerlessness revealed by an inability to act |
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helplessness |
Noun
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a feeling of being unable to manage |
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helplessness |
Noun
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the state of needing help from something |
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headful |
Noun
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a covering over the surface of your head |
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headful |
Noun
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the quantity of information that a head will hold |
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head of hair |
Noun
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growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being |
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hairline |
Noun
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the natural margin formed by hair on the head |
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hairline |
Noun
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a very thin line |
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hairdo |
Noun
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the arrangement of the hair |
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hairstyle |
Noun
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the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
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hair style |
Noun
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the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
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handle-bars |
Noun
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a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
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hair cell |
Noun
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a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti |
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hamate |
Noun
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the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers |
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hamate bone |
Noun
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the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers |
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horny layer |
Noun
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the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off |
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heelbone |
Noun
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the largest tarsal bone |
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hipbone |
Noun
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large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis |
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hyoid bone |
Noun
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a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles |
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hip socket |
Noun
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the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone |
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hyaline cartilage |
Noun
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translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages |
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haw |
Noun
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the nictitating membrane of a horse |
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haw |
Noun
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a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus |
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haw |
Verb
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utter 'haw' |
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hard palate |
Noun
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the bony part of the roof of the mouth |
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hyaloid membrane |
Noun
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the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina |
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hemizygos vein |
Noun
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a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein |
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hemizygous vein |
Noun
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a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein |
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hemorrhoidal vein |
Noun
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any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum |
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hepatic vein |
Noun
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a vein that drains the liver |
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hypogastric vein |
Noun
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a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein |
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hepatic artery |
Noun
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arteries that supply the liver |
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hypogastric artery |
Noun
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the inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body |
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hepatic portal vein |
Noun
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a short vein that carries blood into the liver |
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hypochondrium |
Noun
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the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium |
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hepatic lobe |
Noun
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any of the five lobes forming the liver |
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hepatic duct |
Noun
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the duct that drains bile from the liver |