Nouns starting with H

• hypothalamic releasing factor — Noun – English ～ any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
• half-relief — Noun – English ～ a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
• high relief — Noun – English ～ a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
• human remains pouch — Noun – English ～ a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed
• Harlem Renaissance — Noun – English ～ a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
• High Renaissance — Noun – English ～ the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic content
• Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant — Noun – English ～ French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)
• House of Representatives — Noun – English ～ the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
• human reproductive cloning — Noun – English ～ the reproductive cloning of a sentient human being; generally considered ethically unacceptable
• Hellenic Republic — Noun – English ～ a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
• house of ill repute — Noun – English ～ a building where prostitutes are available
• home reserve — Noun – English ～ United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
• hidden reserve — Noun – English ～ reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values)
• hall of residence — Noun – English ～ a university dormitory
• honeymoon resort — Noun – English ～ a resort that caters to newlyweds; "Niagra Falls is a well-known honeymoon resort"
• holiday resort — Noun – English ～ a hotel located in a resort area
• humoral immune response — Noun – English ～ an immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells
• half rest — Noun – English ～ a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time
• head restraint — Noun – English ～ a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
• Homo rhodesiensis — Noun – English ～ a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa

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