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hood, n. cowl, fascinator, capote, capoch, camail, amice, chaperon, capuchin, bashlyk (Russia).
hooded, a. cowled, capistrate.
hoodlum, n. (Colloq.) rowdy, larrikin.
hoodwink, v. deceive, impose upon, delude, hoax, dupe, overreach.
hook, n. hasp, clasp, catch; crook, tenaculum, peavey, clives, agraffe, fluke, pot-hook, cant-hook, cleek, trammel, cottrel; snare, decoy, trap; bill-hook, sickle.
hook, v. fasten, catch, secure; entrap, ensnare; gore; (Colloq.) steal.
hooked, a. aquiline, bent, curvated, uncinate.
hookedness, n. aquilinity, incurvation.
hoot, v. shout, deride, denounce, execrate.
hop, v. spring, jump, skip, frisk, bound, leap, caper, trip, gambol, dance.
hope, n. optimism, antic.i.p.ation. Antonyms: despair, desperation, pessimism.
hopeful, a. expectant, optimistic, promising, sanguine.
hopeless, a. despairing, disconsolate, desperate, unpromising
hops, n. pl. a.s.sociated Words: lupulin, humulin, lupuline.
horde, n. troop, gang, throng, crowd, mult.i.tude (nomadic and predatory).
horn, n. antler; epithema; antenna. a.s.sociated Words: cornification, cornute, dehorn, croche, gore, crocket.
horn, n. trumpet, bugle, cornet, trombone; cornucopia; shophar (Jewish); spur.
horning, n. (Slang) charivari.
hornless, a. polled, mulley, mooley, dodded.
horns of a dilemma. alternatives.
h.o.r.n.y, a. ceratose, corneous, cornified, callous, hard.
horrible, a. dreadful, terrible, hideous, shocking, grim, ghastly, atrocious, revolting, nefarious, appalling, heinous, dire, grewsome, execrable, awful.
horrid, a. offensive, detestable, horrible.
horror, n. abhorrence, dread, consternation, detestation.
horror-stricken, a. horror-struck, horrified, appalled.
horse, n. Equus; (male) stallion, stud, sire; (female) mare, dam; (young) colt, foal, filly; (small) pony, t.i.t, mustang; steed, charger, nag, gelding, c.o.c.khorse, cob, pad, padnag, roadster, punch, broncho, warragal, sumpter, centaur, hackney, jade, mestino, pintado, roan, bat horse, Bucephalus, Pegasus, Dobbin, Bayard, hobby-horse. a.s.sociated words: equine, equestrian, equestrianism, equestrienne, equerry, fractious, hostler, groom, hostlery, postilion, coachman, jockey, hippocampus, hippogriffe, manege, chack, hippology, hippophile, hippotomy, tandem, equitation, farriery, equitant, paddock, hippiatrics, hippiatry, neigh, whinny, nicker, hopple.
horse block. montoir.
horse doctor. veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, farrier, horse leech.
horseflesh, n. a.s.sociated Words: hippophagy, hippophagism, hippophagist, hippophagous, equivorous.
horse-fly, n. breese-fly, bot-fly.
horse-laugh, n. guffaw, cachinnation.
horse-louse, n. nitter.
horseman, n. jockey; equestrian; cavalier; cavalryman; cha.s.seur.
horsesh.o.e.r, n. farrier, blacksmith.
horseshoeing, n. farriery.
horse-trader, n. jockey.
hose, n. hosiery; tubing.
hospital, n. infirmary, asylum, retreat, sanitarium. a.s.sociated words: nosocomial, hospitalism.
host, n. entertainer; landlord, hotel-keeper; mult.i.tude, throng, horde; army, legion. a.s.sociated Word: xenial.
host, n. a.s.sociated Words: ciborium, pyx, paten, monstrance, ostensory, ostension, ostensorium.
hostile, a. antagonistic, inimical, unfriendly, repugnant, adverse.
hostility, n. enmity, animosity, unfriendliness, opposition, warfare, aggression.
hostler, n. groom.
hot, a. torrid, sultry, fiery, scalding, scorching, grilling, broiling, tropical, candent; vehement, pa.s.sionate, irascible, fervid, ardent, piquant, pungent, acrid, spicy.
hot-blooded, a. ardent, pa.s.sionate, irritable, excitable, irascible.
hotel, n. hostelry, inn, tavern, caravansary.
hotel-keeper, n. hosteler, host, landlord, inn-keeper, Boniface.
hot room of Roman baths. caldarium.
hot springs. Thermae.
hound, v. importune, hara.s.s.
