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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>HIGHHOLE</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="highhole"> highhole, noun. =high-holder.</DL> <A NAME="highholidays"> High Holidays or High Holy Days,<DL COMPACT><DD> the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. </DL> <A NAME="highhorse"> high horse,<DL COMPACT><DD> an arrogant or condescending attitude or disposition. Ex. Relax and enjoy it, without getting up on a high horse (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="highhurdles"> high hurdles,<DL COMPACT><DD> a race in which the runners jump over hurdles 3 1/2 or 3 1/4 feet high over a distance of 120 yards. </DL> <A NAME="highiron"> high iron,<DL COMPACT><DD> a main line of a railroad. </DL> <A NAME="highish"> highish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat high. Ex. ... a skirt gathered at the highish waistline (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="highjack"> highjack, transitive verb, noun. =hijack.noun highjacker. </DL> <A NAME="highjinks"> high jinks,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) lively or boisterous behavior; unrestrained merrymaking. Ex. a milling crowd of undergraduates bent on a spree of spring high jinks (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="highjump"> high jump,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an athletic contest or event to determine how high each contestant can jump over a raised crossbar. <DD> 2. the jump itself. </DL> <A NAME="highjump"> high-jump, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to do a high jump or jumps. <DD>v.t. to get across (a certain height or obstacle) by a high jump. noun high-jumper. </DL> <A NAME="highkeyed"> high-keyed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. easily excited; high-strung; keyed-up. Ex. When one of his high-keyed and difficult friends needs help, Joe can always be relied on to appear (Newsweek). <DD> 2. overstated; played up. Ex. high-keyed comedy. (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="highland"> highland, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun Often, high-lands. a country or region that is higher or hillier than the neighboring country; land high above sea level; elevated region; plateau. <DD>adj. of or in such country. </DL> <A NAME="highland"> Highland, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Scottish Highlands. Ex. Highland scenery. </DL> <A NAME="highlander"> highlander, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person born or living in a highland. </DL> <A NAME="highlander"> Highlander, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person born or living in the Highlands of Scotland. <DD> 2. a soldier of a regiment from the Highlands of Scotland. </DL> <A NAME="highlandfling"> Highland fling,<DL COMPACT><DD> a lively dance of the Highlands of Scotland. </DL> <A NAME="highlandpony"> Highland pony,<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a breed of ponies originating in the Highlands of Scotland. </DL> <A NAME="highleadlogging"> high-lead logging,<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of pulling logs up inclines or across ravines by using a system of pulleys and cables. </DL> <A NAME="highlevel"> high-level, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with persons of high rank or occupying positions of leadership. Ex. high-level talks. <DD> 2. having or reaching a great height. Ex. a high-level dam. <DD> 3. occurring high up in the atmosphere. Ex. high-level turbulence. <DD> 4. intensely radioactive. Ex. to store high-level waste in geological formations (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="highlevellanguage"> high-level language,<DL COMPACT><DD> a computer programming language which employs terms and grammar often found in the vocabulary of the user. Ex. COBOL and FORTRAN are examples of high-level languages which aim to be independent of the machine, oriented to specific applications, and relatively simple to understand, as they use English words like "open" and "assign" (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="highlife"> highlife, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. life in high or fashionable society. Ex. In his youth he was fatally beglamoured by Edwardian highlife (Punch). <DD> b. persons in such society. <DD> 2a. jazz of the West Coast of Africa, characterized by a fast calypso beat. <DD> b. a song in this jazz style. </DL> <A NAME="highlight"> highlight, verb, -lighted, -lighting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to cast a bright light on. <DD> 2. to emphasize (parts, as of a painting or photograph) with lighting, the use of certain light colors, or other devices that give the effect of using bright light. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to make prominent; focus on. Ex. Now I would like to highlight some of the main features of the past year (New Scientist). <DD>noun 1. an effect or representation of bright light. <DD> 2. a part, as of a painting or photograph, in which light is represented as falling with greatest intensity. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) the most prominent or interesting part, as of an event or scene. Ex. The highlights of the circus were the daredevil jumps and the dancing clowns. </DL> <A NAME="highlighter"> highlighter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cosmetic used to highlight or emphasize facial features. </DL> <A NAME="highline"> highline, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a line or cable used in transferring stores at sea or between sea and shore. <DD> 2. an electric line or cable carrying a high voltage. <DD> 3. (U.S. and Canada.) a highliner. <DD>adj. 1. sent or carried by a highline. Ex. highline power. <DD> 2. (U.S. and Canada.) taking the most fish with his or its line; being a highliner. </DL> <A NAME="highlinechair"> highline chair,<DL COMPACT><DD> a metal chair attached to a cable used to rescue a person from a ship, especially by transferring him to another ship or to a helicopter. </DL> <A NAME="highliner"> highliner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. and Canada.) <DD> 1. the fishing boat making the largest catch within a given time. <DD> 2. the captain of such a boat. </DL> <A NAME="highliver"> high liver,<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who lives on a rich scale; high-living person. Ex. the uneasy high livers of the postwar period (Paul West). </DL> <A NAME="highliving"> high-living, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> eating or living on a rich, expensive scale. Ex. some high-living, free-spending Pennsylvania oil millionaires (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="highlow"> high-low, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a boot reaching up over the ankle. </DL> <A NAME="highlowjack"> high-low-jack, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the card game of seven-up, or one like it. </DL> <A NAME="highly"> highly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in a high degree; to a high degree; very much; very. Ex. highly amusing, highly recommended. (SYN) greatly, extremely. <DD> 2. with great praise or honor; with much approval; very favorably. Ex. to speak highly of your best friend. (SYN) laudably. <DD> 3. at a high rate or price. Ex. highly paid. (SYN) dearly. <DD> 4. in or to a high position or rank. Ex. a highly placed government official. </DL> <A NAME="highmass"> High Mass,<DL COMPACT><DD> a complete ritual of Mass with music, the burning of incense, and other ceremonies. The choir sings responses. At High Mass, the priest chants the service, assisted by a deacon and subdeacon. </DL> <A NAME="highmettled"> high-mettled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> high-spirited; courageous. </DL> <A NAME="highmilling"> high milling,<DL COMPACT><DD> a process of making flour by grinding it many times. </DL> <A NAME="highminded"> high-minded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having or showing high principles and feelings. Ex. well-bred and high-minded youths (Washington Irving). (SYN) honorable. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) proud; arrogant. Ex. Lord, I am not high-minded: I have no proud looks (Book of Common Prayer, Psalms 131:1). adv. high-mindedly. noun high-mindedness. </DL> <A NAME="highmuckymuck"> high-mucky-muck or high-muck-a-muck, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an important or powerful person. Ex. ... the high-mucky-mucks and panjandrums of the Republican Party in the age of Mark Hanna (Louis Kronenberger). </DL> <A NAME="highnecked"> high-necked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a garment) high at the neck; covering the shoulders and neck. </DL> <A NAME="highness"> highness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being high; height; loftiness. </DL> <A NAME="highness"> Highness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a title of honor given to members of royal families. Ex. The Prince of Wales is addressed as "Your Highness" and spoken of as "His Royal Highness." </DL> <A NAME="highnoon"> high noon,<DL COMPACT><DD> midday; exactly twelve o'clock in the daytime. </DL> <A NAME="highoctane"> high-octane, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (of gasoline) having a high octane number, or percentage of octane. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) powerful; inspiriting; enriching. Ex. Schools which often do get high-octane thought out of future professional men (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="higholdtime"> high old time,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) high time. </DL> <A NAME="highpitched"> high-pitched, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of high tone or sound; shrill. Ex. a high-pitched voice. (SYN) piercing. <DD> 2. having a steep slope; steep. Ex. a high-pitched roof. </DL> <A NAME="highplace"> high place,<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the Bible) a place of worship or sacrifice on a hill or high ground. </DL> <A NAME="highpole"> high pole,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a tree from 8 to 12 inches in diameter and about 4 to 5 feet high. </DL> <A NAME="highpolymer"> high polymer, or high-polymer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very large molecule in which atoms or groups are bonded to form chains or networks in two or three dimensions, such as nylon. </DL> <A NAME="highpower"> high-power, adjective. =high-powered.</DL> <A NAME="highpowered"> high-powered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having much power. Ex. a high-powered car, a high-powered rifle. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) using strong, vigorous methods; high-pressure. Ex. high-powered salesmanship. </DL> <A NAME="highprecision"> high-precision, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very precise. </DL> <A HREF="highpres.dic">NEXT</A>