hen yard
— Noun
– English
~ an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
Holy Year
— Noun
– English
~ (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years)
Hundred Years' War
— Noun
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~ the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453
high-yield bond
— Noun
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~ a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit
hatha yoga
— Noun
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~ yogic exercises (popular in the West) that combine difficult postures (which force the mind to withdraw from the outside world) with controlled breathing
House of York
— Noun
– English
~ the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
how-do-you-do
— Noun
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~ an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"
how-do-you-do
— Noun
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~ an awkward situation; "that's a fine how-d'ye-do"
Holbein the Younger
— Noun
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~ German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)
Hideki Yukawa
— Noun
– English
~ Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
— Noun
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~ a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau
Himantopus novae-zelandiae
— Noun
– English
~ blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
Helminthostachys zeylanica
— Noun
– English
~ Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
Heliothis zia
— Noun
– English
~ larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
Heliothis zia
— Noun
– English
~ medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms
Hans Zinsser
— Noun
– English
~ United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940)
herpes zoster
— Noun
– English
~ a herpes virus that causes shingles