<B>H. Rept.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> House (of Representatives) report (always with a number). </DL>
<A NAME="hres">
<B>H. Res.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> House (of Representatives) resolution (always with a number). </DL>
<A NAME="hrh">
<B>H.R.H.</B> or <B>HRH</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> His (or Her) Royal Highness. </DL>
<A NAME="hrs">
<B>hrs.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> hours. </DL>
<A NAME="hs">
<B>H.S.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> high school. </DL>
<A NAME="hsien">
<B>hsien, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a district or county of a Chinese province. <BR> <I>Ex. Each hsien has been given the target of becoming self-sufficient in food and light industrial products (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hss">
<B>H.S.S.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. </DL>
<A NAME="hst">
<B>HST</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>H.S.T.</B> Hawaii Standard Time. <DD><B> 2. </B>hypersonic transport. </DL>
<A NAME="hsubstance">
<B>H-substance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the substances causing allergic reactions as a result of the interaction of allergens and antibodies. Histamine is the chief H-substance causing allergy in man. </DL>
<B>HT</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> high tension. </DL>
<A NAME="ht">
<B>H.T.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Hawaiian Territory (the former name of the state of Hawaii). </DL>
<A NAME="htee">
<B>htee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> tee; an umbrella-shaped decoration atop a pagoda. </DL>
<A NAME="htgr">
<B>HTGR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> high temperature gas-cooled reactor. </DL>
<A NAME="htlviii">
<B>HTLV-III</B> or <B>HTLV-3</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> the retrovirus that causes AIDS by invading and destroying the helper T cells of the body; HIV. <BR> <I>Ex. Unlike many viruses, which have only a few strains, HTLV-III comprises a great many variants that form a continuum of related strains (Robert C. Gallo).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="htr">
<B>HTR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> high temperature reactor (a nuclear power plant using steam generators in which steam reaches a temperature of 1000 degrees F). </DL>
<A NAME="huac">
<B>HUAC</B> (no periods) or <B>H.U.A.C.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> House Un-American Activities Committee (former name of the Committee on Internal Security, a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1945 to 1975, charged largely with investigating subversion and anti-American propaganda, and making recommendations to Congress and to executive agencies for action). </DL>
<A NAME="huaca">
<B>huaca, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>spirits supposed by the Peruvian Indians to be throughout the world. <DD><B> b. </B>any object supposed to be the dwelling place of such a spirit. <DD><B> 2. </B>a prehistoric Peruvian tomb or temple, usually a pyramid of stone. </DL>
<A NAME="huachinango">
<B>huachinango, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Mexican soup made from red snapper or other fish. </DL>
<A NAME="huapango">
<B>huapango, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very fast Mexican dance performed by couples. </DL>
<A NAME="huaraches">
<B>huaraches, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> heavy leather sandals with flat soles, common in Mexico. </DL>
<A NAME="huaso">
<B>huaso, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Chilean cowboy or farm hand. </DL>
<A NAME="hub">
<B>hub, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the central part of a wheel, which rotates on or with the axle. <BR> <I>Ex. The wagon tipped over as the axle slipped out of the hub of the wheel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any center of interest, importance, or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. London is the hub of English life. Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system (Oliver Wendell Holmes).</I> (SYN) pivot, heart, core. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=hob</B> (1) (def. 2). <DD><B> 4. </B>a cylindrical piece of steel on which the design for a coin is engraved in relief. After hardening, it is used to make the dies employed in coining. adj. <B>hublike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hubandspoke">
<B>hub-and-spoke, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a system of transportation, especially of small airlines, by which passengers or freight are carried on branch routes to a central city to make connections for transportation to a large metropolitan area. <BR> <I>Ex. Another post-deregulation trend ... was hub-and-spoke operations [that] depend largely on feeder traffic (Grant M. Davis). Hub-and-spoke systems make for many shorter, better-filled and hence more profitable flights than nonstops (New York Times Magazine).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hubbahubba">
<B>hubba-hubba, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an exclamation of pleasure and approval. </DL>
<A NAME="hubbardsquash">
<B>Hubbard squash,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a winter squash with yellowish flesh and a smooth or warted skin of a dark greenish color. </DL>
<A NAME="hubble">
<B>hubble, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small hump. </DL>
<B>Hubble's constant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an astronomical measure used in calculating the velocity at which galaxies recede according to Hubble's law. </DL>
<A NAME="hubbleslaw">
<B>Hubble's law,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the astronomical observation that the velocity of the recession of galaxies is proportional to their distance from our own galaxy, as shown by the systematic shift of lines in the spectra of the galaxies toward the red in linear proportion to their distance from us. </DL>
<A NAME="hubbub">
<B>hubbub, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a loud, confused noise; uproar. <BR> <I>Ex. The crowd of boys was in a hubbub.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hubby">
<B>hubby, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) husband. </DL>
<A NAME="hubcap">
<B>hubcap, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a removable, dish-shaped piece of metal that covers the center of the outer side of a wheel. </DL>
<A NAME="hubless">
<B>hubless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a hub. </DL>
<B>hubristic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arrogant. <BR> <I>Ex. It is hubristic to think that we have the ability to inflict a "pax Americana" on the world, or that we could make it stick ... by threat of ... military superiority (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hubshi">
<B>hubshi</B> or <B>hubshee, </B>noun sing. or pl.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an Ethiopian. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in India) any African Negro. </DL>
<A NAME="huchen">
<B>huchen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long, slender, salmonlike game fish of the Danube, with a flat snout and large teeth. </DL>
<A NAME="huck">
<B>huck</B> (1), noun. =huckaback.</DL>
<A NAME="huck">
<B>huck</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) the hip or haunch. </DL>
<A NAME="huckaback">
<B>huckaback, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy, coarse linen or cotton fabric with a rough surface, used especially for towels. </DL>
<A NAME="huckle">
<B>huckle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the hip or haunch. </DL>
<A NAME="huckleberry">
<B>huckleberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small berry like a blueberry but darker in color and with larger seeds. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of the shrubs that it grows on. The huckleberry belongs to the heath family. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=blueberry </B>(def. 1). </DL>
<B>huckster, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a peddler; hawker. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who sells small articles. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a person willing to profit in a small, mean way. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) a person in the advertising business. <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to peddle or sell, especially in a petty way or in small quantities. noun <B>hucksterer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hucksterism">
<B>hucksterism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S.) high-pressure selling and advertising. </DL>
<A NAME="hud">
<B>HUD, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Housing and Urban Development (full name, Department of Housing and Urban Development, a department of the U.S. government created in 1965). </DL>
<A NAME="huddle">
<B>huddle, </B>verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to crowd close. <BR> <I>Ex. The sheep huddled together in a corner. Your huddled masses yearning to be free (Emma Lazarus).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to nestle in a heap. <BR> <I>Ex. She huddled close to the fire on the hearth.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(of football players) to group together behind the line of scrimmage to receive signals or call a play. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) to confer secretly. <BR> <I>Ex. House Democrats will huddle this week-end for a final decision on immediate tax legislation (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put close together; crowd. <BR> <I>Ex. She huddled all four boys into one bed. The animals huddled themselves in the lee of the hill out of the wind.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to nestle in a heap; coil up. <BR> <I>Ex. The cat huddled itself on the cushion and went to sleep.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to prepare, finish, compile, or organize in haste and without proper care; throw together hastily. <BR> <I>Ex. The English ministry hastened to huddle up a peace with France and Holland at Breda (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to drive or push hurriedly and without order or ceremony; hurry (a person or thing). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a confused heap, mass, or crowd; conglomeration. <BR> <I>Ex. The soldiers were crowded together in a huddle (Benjamin Franklin).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>disorderly or indecent haste; hurry; bustle; confusion. <DD><B> 3. </B>a grouping of football players behind the line of scrimmage to receive signals, plan the next play, etc. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) a secret consultation. <BR> <I>Ex. a lawyer in a huddle with his client.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go into a huddle,</B> </I>(Informal.) to confer secretly. <BR> <I>Ex. During the crisis, the President and the Cabinet went into a huddle.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>huddle on,</B> </I>to put on (clothes) hurriedly and carelessly. <BR> <I>Ex. I got up and huddled on my clothes (Tobias Smollett).</I> noun <B>huddler.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hudibrastic">
<B>Hudibrastic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or in the style of Samuel Butler's <I>Hudibras,</I> a mock-heroic, satirical poem directed against the Puritans, published 1663-1678. </DL>
