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half-truth |
Noun
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a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead |
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hocus-pocus |
Noun
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verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way |
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hanky panky |
Noun
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verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way |
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hedging |
Noun
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an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement |
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hedging |
Noun
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any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk |
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homework problem |
Noun
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a problem that students are assigned to do outside of class |
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herald |
Noun
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something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |
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herald |
Noun
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a person who announces important news |
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herald |
Verb
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praise vociferously |
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herald |
Verb
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greet enthusiastically or joyfully |
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herald |
Verb
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foreshadow or presage |
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hypertext markup language |
Noun
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a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents |
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hypertext mark-up language |
Noun
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a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents |
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HTML |
Noun
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a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents |
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high sign |
Noun
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a silent signal of warning or recognition |
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horn of plenty |
Noun
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a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity |
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h |
Noun
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the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet |
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h |
Noun
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the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency |
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hacek |
Noun
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an inverted circumflex placed as a diacritical mark above certain letters to indicate pronunciation |
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hexadecimal notation |
Noun
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any notation that uses 16 different characters |
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hexadecimal number system |
Noun
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a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen |
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hexadecimal system |
Noun
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a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen |
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hoofprint |
Noun
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a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal |
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hoof mark |
Noun
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a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal |
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hoof-mark |
Noun
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a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal |
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hair stroke |
Noun
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a very fine line in writing or printing |
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harbinger |
Noun
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something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |
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harbinger |
Verb
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foreshadow or presage |
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he |
Pronoun
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the nominative singular masculine pronoun |
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he |
Noun
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the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
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heth |
Noun
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the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
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half step |
Noun
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the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument |
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half note |
Noun
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a musical note having the time value of half a whole note |
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half rest |
Noun
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a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time |
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hyphen |
Noun
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a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text |
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hyphen |
Verb
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divide or connect with a hyphen |
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hemidemisemiquaver |
Noun
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a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note |
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home key |
Noun
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the basic key in which a piece of music is written |
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histrionics |
Noun
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a performance of a play |
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histrionics |
Noun
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a deliberate display of emotion for effect |
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hammer and sickle |
Noun
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the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union |
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hashmark |
Noun
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an insignia worn to indicate years of service |
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hash mark |
Noun
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an insignia worn to indicate years of service |
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high-level language |
Noun
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a problem-oriented language requiring little knowledge of the computer on which it will be run |
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high-five |
Noun
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a gesture of greeting or elation |
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histogram |
Noun
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a bar chart representing a frequency distribution |
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high comedy |
Noun
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a sophisticated comedy |
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hymn |
Noun
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a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) |
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hymn |
Verb
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praise by singing a hymn |
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hymn |
Verb
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sing a hymn |