<B>-holic,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) a person who is obsessed with or has a strong craving for something; a ______addict. <BR> <I>Ex. Chocoholic = a person who has a strong craving for chocolate.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="holiday">
<B>holiday, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a day when one does not work; day for pleasure and enjoyment. <BR> <I>Ex. New Year's is a holiday for everyone.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a day fixed by law on which ordinary business is suspended, usually in honor of a famous event or person. <BR> <I>Ex. The Fourth of July is a holiday in the United States.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>Often, <B>holidays.</B> a vacation; period of rest or recreation. <BR> <I>Ex. He is spending his holidays camping.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a holy day; religious festival. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or suited to a holiday. <BR> <I>Ex. holiday clothes.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to spend a holiday or vacation. <BR> <I>Ex. We holidayed in Great Britain last summer.</I> noun <B>holidayer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="holidaymaker">
<B>holiday-maker</B> or <B>holidaymaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a vacationer. </DL>
<A NAME="holierthanthou">
<B>holier-than-thou, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> self-righteous; pharisaic. <BR> <I>Ex. a holier-than-thou attitude.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a self-righteous person; pharisee. </DL>
<A NAME="holily">
<B>holily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a holy manner; piously or devoutly; sacredly. </DL>
<A NAME="holiness">
<B>holiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or quality of being holy. </DL>
<A NAME="holiness">
<B>Holiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a title used in speaking to or of the Pope. <BR> <I>Ex. The Pope is addressed as "Your Holiness" and spoken of as "His Holiness."</I> </DL>
<A NAME="holinesschurch">
<B>Holiness church,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of a group of American Protestant sects deriving from the early Methodist church, that emphasize the doctrine of Christian perfection in faith and works. </DL>
<A NAME="holism">
<B>holism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a theory that the tendency in nature is to produce whole organisms from small units or structures. </DL>
<A NAME="holistic">
<B>holistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>taking in the whole of something; overall; inclusive. <BR> <I>Ex. a holistic approach.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>based on the theory that a whole culture or organism is a more fruitful field of study than its parts or symptoms. adv. <B>holistically.</B> </DL>
<B>holland</B> or <B>Holland, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a linen, or linen and cotton, cloth, used especially for window shades and upholstery. It is usually light-brown and sometimes glazed. </DL>
<A NAME="hollandaisesauce">
<B>hollandaise sauce,</B> or <B>hollandaise, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a creamy yellow sauce made from egg yolks, butter, lemon juice, and seasoning. </DL>
<A NAME="hollander">
<B>Hollander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person born or living in Holland or the Netherlands; Dutchman. </DL>
<A NAME="hollandgin">
<B>Holland gin,</B> <B>=Hollands.</B></DL>
<A NAME="hollands">
<B>Hollands</B> or <B>hollands, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a strong gin made in Holland; geneva; schnapps. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=holland </B>(cloth). </DL>
<A NAME="holler">
<B>holler</B> (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to cry or shout loudly; hollo. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a loud cry or shout. <BR> <I>Ex. I put up a holler right at the jump (George Ade).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) a work song of Negro slaves and laborers. <BR> <I>Ex. These field hollers, which employed the pentatonic scale now common to African and American Negro music ... were the foundation of the blues (Saturday Review).</I> noun <B>hollerer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="holler">
<B>holler</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Dialect.) hollow (valley). <BR> <I>Ex. It was a long way from the backwoods hollers of West Virginia (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hollo">
<B>hollo, </B>interjection, noun, pl. <B>-los,</B> verb, <B>-loed,</B> <B>-loing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>interj. </I> ho there! hello! an exclamation to someone at a distance, in order to call attention, or to answer who hails. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a shout or call of greeting or surprise. <DD><B> 2. </B>a loud shout; a shout of "hollo," especially as a cry to the hounds in hunting. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to call out loudly; shout. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to urge or call by shouting. Also, <B>holla,</B> <B>hullo.</B> </DL>
<B>hollow, </B>adjective, noun, verb, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having nothing, or only air, inside; with a hole inside; not solid; empty. <BR> <I>Ex. A tube or pipe is hollow. Most rubber balls are hollow.</I> (SYN) void, unfilled. <DD><B> 2. </B>shaped like a bowl or cup. <BR> <I>Ex. a hollow dish for soup. Through hollow lands and hilly lands (William Butler Yeats).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>as if coming from something hollow; deep and dull. <BR> <I>Ex. a hollow voice, hollow groans, the hollow boom of a foghorn.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>deep and sunken. <BR> <I>Ex. A starving person has hollow eyes and cheeks.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) not real or sincere; false; worthless; empty. <BR> <I>Ex. hollow promises, hollow joys.</I> (SYN) idle, vain, insincere. <DD><B> 6. </B>hungry. <BR> <I>Ex. By twelve o'clock we felt rather hollow.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hollow place; hole. <BR> <I>Ex. a hollow in the road.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>low land between hills; valley; basin. <BR> <I>Ex. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make by hollowing; bend or dig out to a hollow shape. <BR> <I>Ex. He hollowed a whistle out of a piece of wood.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make hollow. <BR> <I>Ex. The old man hollowed one hand against his ear to hear better.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become hollow. <BR> <I>Ex. His cheeks hollowed as he sucked the drink through the straw.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1. </B>in a hollow manner. <BR> <I>Ex. His voice rang hollow in the empty hall.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) thoroughly. <BR><I>expr. <B>beat</B> (<B>all</B>) <B>hollow,</B> </I>(Informal.) to beat thoroughly. <BR> <I>Ex. The professional team beat the local competition all hollow.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>hollow out,</B> </I>to form by hollowing. <BR> <I>Ex. to hollow out a tunnel or a trench.</I> adv. <B>hollowly.</B> noun <B>hollowness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="holloweyed">
<B>hollow-eyed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having sunken eyes. </DL>
<A NAME="hollowhorned">
<B>hollow-horned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having hollow horns formed upon a solid core of true bone that do not shed. </DL>
<A NAME="hollowware">
<B>hollowware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> bowl-shaped or tube-shaped dishes, such as cups and tureens, usually of silver, as contrasted with flatware, such as knives and forks. </DL>
<A NAME="holluschick">
<B>holluschick, </B>noun, pl. <B>-chickie.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a young bachelor fur seal. <BR> <I>Ex. The hollus-chickie are the champion swimmers of all the seal-tribe (H. W. Elliott).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="holly">
<B>holly, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tree or shrub with glossy, sharp-pointed green leaves and clusters of bright-red berries; ilex. Hollies are evergreens. <DD><B> 2. </B>its leaves and berries, often used as Christmas decorations. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=holm oak.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hollyhock">
<B>hollyhock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tall plant with clusters of large, showy flowers of various colors and fuzzy, heart-shaped leaves that grow along a tall stem. It belongs to the mallow family. <DD><B> 2. </B>its flower. </DL>
<A NAME="hollyoak">
<B>holly oak,</B> <B>=holm oak.</B></DL>
<A NAME="hollywood">
<B>Hollywood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the American motion-picture industry. </DL>
<A NAME="hollywoodbed">
<B>Hollywood bed,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bed consisting of a mattress on a box spring resting on short legs, and sometimes a headboard. </DL>
<A NAME="hollywoodish">
<B>Hollywoodish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characteristic of the American motion-picture industry; gaudy and spectacular. </DL>
<A NAME="hollywoodkitchen">
<B>Hollywood kitchen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a kitchen with built-in cabinets, oven, stove, and sink, often as one complete unit. </DL>
<A NAME="holm">
<B>holm</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>low, flat land by a river or stream. <BR> <I>Ex. O Derwent! winding among grassy holms (Wordsworth).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small island in a river or lake near a large island or near the mainland. </DL>
<B>Holmesian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>characteristic of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). <BR> <I>Ex. He has a Holmesian power of analysis and deduction, too (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that feature Sherlock Holmes. </DL>
<A NAME="holmium">
<B>holmium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a highly magnetic, metallic chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, which occurs in combination with certain minerals, such as gadolinite. </DL>
<A NAME="holmoak">
<B>holm oak,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an evergreen oak of southern Europe with leaves like those of holly. It is also called the <I>holm, holly oak,</I> and <I>ilex.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>its hard wood. </DL>
