<B>high-water mark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the highest level reached by the tide or by a flooded river or lake. <DD><B> 2. </B>the mark or line left by the water after it has receded. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) any highest point. <BR> <I>Ex. Elizabethan drama reached its high-water mark in Shakespeare's tragedies.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="highway">
<B>highway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a public road; highroad. <DD><B> 2. </B>a main road or route. <BR> <I>Ex. The Platte has become a highway for the fur traders (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a direct line or way to some end. <BR> <I>Ex. the highway to promotion.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="highwayhypnosis">
<B>highway hypnosis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dazed condition in automobile drivers similar to a hypnotic trance, induced by monotonous driving. </DL>
<A NAME="highwayman">
<B>highwayman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a man who, in former times, robbed travelers on a public road. (SYN) bandit, brigand. </DL>
<A NAME="highwayrobbery">
<B>highway robbery,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>robbery committed on a public road. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) an exorbitant price or charge. <BR> <I>Ex. $100 a tooth! That's highway robbery (Goodman Ace).</I> </DL>
<B>high wind,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Meteorology.) a wind having a velocity of 32-38 miles per hour. </DL>
<A NAME="highwine">
<B>high wine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> wine of high percentage of alcohol. </DL>
<A NAME="highwire">
<B>high wire,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tightwire raised very high above the ground. <BR> <I>Ex. He crosses his theatrical high wire with a sure tread (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="highwrought">
<B>high-wrought, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wrought with great skill; highly finished. <DD><B> 2. </B>very agitated or excited; high-strung. </DL>
<A NAME="highyellow">
<B>high yellow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a light-skinned black (often used in an unfriendly way). adj. <B>high-yellow.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="highyield">
<B>high-yield, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>producing or giving a comparatively large amount of a product or derivative, as a soil, a plant, or a process. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of nuclear or atomic devices) putting a large amount of radioactive substances into the atmosphere. </DL>
<A NAME="hijack">
<B>hijack, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to rob or take by force (goods in transit or an airplane or other vehicle). <BR> <I>Ex. The insurgents Tuesday turned over 31 people seized in two hijacked Cuban airliners (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the act or crime of stealing or taking over by force a vehicle in transit, especially an airplane. Also, <B>highjack.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hijacker">
<B>hijacker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who robs or takes a vehicle or goods in transit by force. <DD><B> 2. </B>(formerly) one who robbed bootleggers of liquor in transit. Also, <B>highjacker.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hijinks">
<B>hijinks, </B>noun pl. <B>=high jinks.</B></DL>
<A NAME="hijra">
<B>Hijra</B> or <B>Hijrah, </B>noun. <B>=Hegira.</B></DL>
<A NAME="hike">
<B>hike, </B>verb, <B>hiked,</B> <B>hiking,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to take a long walk; tramp or march. <BR> <I>Ex. At first all of us city boys hiked on very sore feet.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) to draw or pull (up). <BR> <I>Ex. Her tight skirt hikes up when she sits down.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) to move, draw, or raise with a jerk; hitch; pull (up). <BR> <I>Ex. Hike up your socks, they are falling down.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Informal.) to raise; increase. <BR> <I>Ex. to hike wages. While there is no general hotel rate increase in Italy, you'll probably find Rome hotels hiking prices about 5 per cent (Rosellen Callahan).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a long walk; tramp or march. <BR> <I>Ex. It was a four-mile hike to the camp.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) an increase or rise. <BR> <I>Ex. a hike in prices. U.S. Steel, similarly, has signed a new contract ... with the 40-cent pay hikes (Wall Street Journal).</I> noun <B>hiker.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hiki">
<B>hiki, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (formerly, in Japan) a person who pulled a jinrikisha. </DL>
<A NAME="hila">
<B>hila, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>hilum.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hilac">
<B>HILAC, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator. </DL>
<A NAME="hilar">
<B>hilar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a hilum. </DL>
<A NAME="hilarious">
<B>hilarious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very merry; noisily gay; mirthful. <BR> <I>Ex. a hilarious tale, a hilarious party.</I> (SYN) rollicking. adv. <B>hilariously.</B> noun <B>hilariousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hilarity">
<B>hilarity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> great merriment; noisy gaiety. <BR> <I>Ex. The party grew in wild hilarity. Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine (Dickens).</I> (SYN) jollity. </DL>
<A NAME="hilbertspace">
<B>Hilbert space,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics, Physics.) a generalization of vectors in ordinary space to a space with an infinite number of dimensions. </DL>
<A NAME="hilding">
<B>hilding, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>noun </I> a mean, worthless person. <DD><I>adj. </I> worthless; base. <BR> <I>Ex. He was some hilding fellow that had stolen the horse he rode on (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hill">
<B>hill, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a raised part of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain. <BR> <I>Ex. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun (William Cullen Bryant).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a little heap or pile. <BR> <I>Ex. Ants and moles make hills.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a small heap of soil put over and around the seeds or roots of a plant or cluster of plants. <BR> <I>Ex. The farmer made a hill for each three squash seeds.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a plant with a small heap of soil put over its roots. <BR> <I>Ex. a hill of corn.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put a little heap of soil over and around. <DD><B> 2. </B>to form into a little heap. <BR><I>expr. <B>over the hill,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>past the prime; on the downgrade. </I> <I>Ex. Some people rudely suggested that Arnie, at 34, was over the hill (Time).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Army Slang.) absent without leave. <BR> <I>Ex. Some rookies have gone temporarily over the hill, but none deserted.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>take to the hills,</B> </I>(Informal.) to run away; decamp. <BR> <I>Ex. Nothing that these [political] leaders did last Friday dispels the public distrust that they are, once more, taking to the hills (New York Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the Hill,</B> </I>Capitol Hill. <BR> <I>Ex. The liberals complain that ... they never saw the bill until it was released by the White House on being sent to the Hill (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hillbilly">
<B>hillbilly, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a person who lives in the backwoods or a mountain region, especially in the South. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or characteristic of hillbillies. <BR> <I>Ex. hillbilly music, a hillbilly politician, hillbilly TV shows.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hillclimb">
<B>hill climb,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the act of climbing hills, especially as a contest or race for automobiles or motorcycles. </DL>
<A NAME="hillcountry">
<B>hill country,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an area of hills or high ground. </DL>
<A NAME="hilled">
<B>-hilled,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having a hill or hills. <BR> <I>Ex. A seven-hilled city = a city having seven hills.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hiller">
<B>hiller, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that hills. <DD><B> 2. </B>a device or attachment for hilling plants. </DL>
<A NAME="hillman">
<B>hillman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who lives in hilly country or who likes to climb. <BR> <I>Ex. So, and no otherwise--hillmen desire their Hills (Rudyard Kipling).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hillmyna">
<B>hill myna</B> or <B>mynah,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Asiatic bird related to the starling family, which is easily taught to speak. </DL>
<B>hilloa, </B>interjection, noun, pl. <B>-loas,</B> intransitive verb, transitive verb. <B>=hollo.</B></DL>
<A NAME="hillock">
<B>hillock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a little hill. <BR> <I>Ex. hillocks green and soft, Raised by the mole, the miner of the soil (Cowper).</I> (SYN) hummock. </DL>
<A NAME="hillocky">
<B>hillocky, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of hillocks. </DL>
<A NAME="hillofbeans">
<B>hill of beans,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) something of little consequence or importance. <BR> <I>Ex. The removal of a few minor missiles, ... would not have amounted to a hill of beans (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hillside">
<B>hillside, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the side or slope of a hill. </DL>
<A NAME="hillsman">
<B>hillsman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B> <B>=hillman.</B></DL>
<A NAME="hillstation">
<B>hill station,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a post in the hills or foothills where troops, government officials, or others are stationed, especially in southeast Asian countries such as India and Burma, as a refuge from summer heat. </DL>
<A NAME="hilltop">
<B>hilltop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the top of a hill. </DL>
<A NAME="hilltown">
<B>hilltown, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a town that occupies a hill or high ground. </DL>
<A NAME="hilly">
<B>hilly, </B>adjective, <B>hillier,</B> <B>hilliest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having many hills. <BR> <I>Ex. hilly country.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like a hill; steep. <BR> <I>Ex. a hilly slope.</I> noun <B>hilliness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hilograss">
<B>hilo grass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, coarse, and fast-spreading Hawaiian grass. </DL>
<A NAME="hilt">
<B>hilt, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the handle of a sword, dagger, or tool. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to furnish with a hilt. <BR><I>expr. <B></B>(<B>up</B>) <B>to the hilt,</B> </I>thoroughly; completely. <BR> <I>Ex. He was involved in politics to the hilt.</I> </DL>
