heat lamp
— Noun
– English
~ electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation; "the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp"
hurricane lamp
— Noun
– English
~ an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds; candlestick with a glass chimney
Holcus lanatus
— Noun
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~ tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
Holy Land
— Noun
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~ an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Hellenic language
— Noun
– English
~ the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Hamitic language
— Noun
– English
~ a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic
Hmong language
— Noun
– English
~ a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
hurricane lantern
— Noun
– English
~ an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds; candlestick with a glass chimney
Hylobates lar
— Noun
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~ smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
hood latch
— Noun
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~ a catch that holds the hood of a car shut
horse latitude
— Noun
– English
~ either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling winds
Harry Lauder
— Noun
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~ Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)
Henry Laurens
— Noun
– English
~ leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792)
Hydnocarpus laurifolia
— Noun
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~ leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil
Hakea laurina
— Noun
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~ tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
heir-at-law
— Noun
– English
~ the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate
harmonic law
— Noun
– English
~ a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets
homestead law
— Noun
– English
~ a law conferring privileges on owners of homesteads
higher law
— Noun
– English
~ a principle that takes precedent over the laws of society
Hubble law
— Noun
– English
~ (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer