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| HMG | | abbr. Her (or his) majesty's government.
- abbr. Her (or his) majesty's government. | |
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| HMI | | abbr. Her (or his) majesty's inspector (of schools).
- abbr. Her (or his) majesty's inspector (of schools). | |
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| HMS | | abbr. Her (or his) majesty's ship.
- abbr. Her (or his) majesty's ship. | |
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| HNC | | abbr. Higher national certificate.
- abbr. Higher national certificate. | |
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| HND | | abbr. Higher national diploma.
- abbr. Higher national diploma. | |
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| HOB | | n. - flat heating surface with hotplates or burners, on a cooker or as a separate unit.
- flat metal shelf at the side of a fireplace for heating a pan etc. [perhaps var. Of *hub] | |
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| HOD | | n. - v-shaped trough on a pole used for carrying bricks etc.
- portable receptacle for coal. [french hotte pannier] | |
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| HOE | | —n. Long-handled tool with a blade, used for weeding etc. —v. (hoes, hoed, hoeing) weed (crops); loosen (earth); dig up with a hoe. [french from germanic] | |
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| HOG | | —n. - castrated male pig.
- colloq. Greedy person. —v. (-gg-) colloq. Take greedily; hoard selfishly; monopolize. go the whole hog colloq. Do something completely or thoroughly. hoggish adj. [old english] | |
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| HOI | | polloi n. The masses; the common people. [greek, = the many] | |
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