Hovercraft A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle, is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth surface, such as gently sloping land, water, or marshland, while having no substantial contact with it.
	Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was a pioneering aviator, engineer, industrialist and film producer. He was widely known as a playboy and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He is famous for setting multiple world air-speed records, building the Hughes H-1 Racer and Hughes H-4 Hercules airplanes, producing the movies Hell's Angels and The Outlaw, and for his increasingly eccentric behavior later in life.
	Howard Pyle Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and writer, primarily of books for young audiences. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy, where he died. In 1894 he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, and after 1900 founded a school, where his students included Olive Rush and N. C. Wyeth.
	Howitzer howitzer is a type of field artillery. The name derives from the Czech language word houfnice, denoting a 15th century cannon used by Hussites during the Hussite Wars. Howitzers are distinguished from other types of cannon artillery by their trajectory in that they tend to fire at high angles and deliver plunging fire.
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	Howler monkey The howler monkeys are among the largest of the New World monkeys. Nine species are currently recognised. Previously classified in the family Cebidae, they are now placed in the family Atelidae. Howler monkeys range in size from 56 to 92cm, excluding their tail which can be as long again.
	Hoy Hoy is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The dramatic coastline of Hoy is what usually greets visitors travelling to the Orkney Islands by ferry from the Scottish mainland. It has extremes of many kinds: some of the highest cliffs in the UK at St John's Head; the impressive and famous sea stack, the Old Man of Hoy; some of the most northerly surviving natural woodland in the British Isles; the remote possibility that Arctic char survive in Heldale Water and the most northerly Martello tower
	Hoya Hoya is a genus of 200-230 species of tropical climbing plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to southern Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. Common names for this genus are waxplant, waxvine, waxflower or simply hoya. This genus was named by botanist Robert Brown, in honour of his friend, botanist Thomas Hoy.
	HTML In computing, HyperText Markup Language is a predominant markup language for the creation of web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document by denoting certain text as headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on and to supplement that text with interactive forms, embedded images, and other objects.
	Huambo Huambo is the capital of Huambo Province in Angola. The city is located about 220 km east from Benguela and 600 km from Luanda. It was established by the Portuguese in 1912 and thrived during that time period as Nova Lisboa, between 1928 and 1975. After independence, it was named Huambo and was a food processing and a railroad equipment repair station.
	Hubble's law Hubble's law is the statement in physical cosmology that the redshift in light coming from distant galaxy is Proportionality to their distance. The law was first formulated by Edwin Hubble and Milton Humason in 1929 after nearly a decade of observations.
	Hubcap A hubcap, wheel cover or wheel trim is a decorative disk on an automobile wheel that covers at least a central portion of the wheel. Cars with stamped steel wheels often use a full wheel cover that conceals the entire wheel. Cars with alloy wheels or styled steel wheels generally use smaller hubcaps, sometimes called center caps.
	Huckleberry Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. While some Vaccinium species, such as the Vaccinium parvifolium, are always called huckleberries, other species may be called blueberry or huckleberries depending upon local custom.
	Huddle In sport, a huddle is when a team gathers together, usually in a tight circle, to strategise, motivate, and/or celebrate. It is a popular strategy for keeping opponents insulated from sensitive information, and acts as a form of insulation when the level of noise in the venue is such that normal on-field communication is difficult.
	Hudson Bay Hudson Bay is a large, relatively shallow body of water in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, and the southeastern area of Nunavut.
	Hudson River The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York U.S. state but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. It is named for Henry Hudson, an England sailing for the Netherlands, who explored it in 1609.
	Hudson River school The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century United States art movement by a group of landscape art painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism. Their paintings depict the Hudson Valley and the surrounding area, as well as the Catskill Mountains, Adirondack Mountains, and White Mountains.
	Hudsonian Godwit The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, is a large shorebird. Adults have long dark legs and a long pink bill with a slight upward curve and dark at the tip. The upper parts are mottled brown and the underparts are chestnut. The tail is black and the rump is white. They show black wing linings in flight.
	Hue A hue refers to the gradation of color within the visible spectrum, or optical spectrum, of light. "Hue" may also refer to a particular color within this spectrum, as defined by its dominant wavelength, or the central tendency of its combined wavelengths. For example, a light wave with a central tendency within 565-590 nanometre will be yellow.
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	Hugger A hugger is a type of mudguard most frequently seen on sports motorcycles, named such because they fit very closely around the tire they shield and are said to be "hugging" it. Their design sacrifices the potential for offroad use, where they are prone to clogging from mud, for better wind resistance.
	Hugo Grotius Hugo Grotius worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law. He was also a philosopher, Christian apologist, playwright, and poet.
	Hugo Junkers Hugo Junkers was an innovative German engineer, as his many patents in varied areas show. The name Junkers is mainly known in connection with aircraft, which were produced under this name for the Luftwaffe during World War II. By then, however, the Nazism government was running his businesses, and Hugo Junkers himself was gone.
	Hugo Wolf Hugo Wolf was an Austria composer of Slovenes origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but utterly unrelated in technique.
	Huguenot In the 16th century and 17th century centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France of France, or historically as the French Calvinism.
	Hula Hula is a Dance form accompanied by chant or song. It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesia who originally settled there. The chant or song is called a mele. The hula dramatizes or comments on the mele. There are two styles of hula. Old-style hula, as performed before Western encounters with Hawaiʻi, is called kahiko.
	Human Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens under the family Hominidae. Humans have a encephalization human brain capable of abstract reasoning, language and introspection.
	Human rights Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction or other localizing factors, such as ethnicity, nationality, and sex. As is evident in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights, at least in the post-war period, are conceptualized as based on inherent human dignity, retaining their universal and inalienable character.
	Humanism Humanism is a broad category of active ethics that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities—particularly rationalism. Humanism is a component of a variety of more specific philosophy systems, and is also incorporated into some religious schools of thought.
	Humanities The humanities are a group of academic subjects united by a commitment to studying aspects of the human condition and a qualitative approach that generally prevents a single paradigm from coming to define any discipline. The humanities are usually distinguished from the social sciences and the natural sciences and include subjects such as the classics, languages, literature, music, philosophy, the performing arts, religion and the visual arts.
	Humber The Humber is a large tidal estuary forming part of the boundary between northern and southern England. It starts at Faxfleet and the Trent Falls at the confluence of the River Ouse, Yorkshire and the River Trent; it then passes the junction with the Market Weighton Canal on the north shore, the junction with the River Ancholme on the south shore; past North Ferriby and South Ferriby, under the Humber Bridge and past Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Kingston upon Hull on t
	Hume Cronyn Hume Blake Cronyn, Order of Canada , Doctor of Laws was a Canadian/American stage and film actor.
	Humerus |} The humerus is a long bone in the arm or fore-legs that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. On a skeleton, it fits between the scapula and the radius and ulna. It consists of the following three sections: * Upper extremity of humerus * Body of humerus
	Humidity Humidity is the amount of water in the air. Water exists in three different forms: liquid, solid , and gas . Humidity refers to the quantity of water in its gaseous form, or water vapor, that is in the air. There are three different ways to measure humidity: absolute humidity, relative humidity, and specific humidity.
	Hummer Hummer is a brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors. Until the release of the H3, Hummers were some of the largest and least fuel efficient SUVs on the market. They are based on the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.
	Hummingbird Hummingbirds are small birds in the family Trochilidae. They are known for their ability to hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings, 15 to 80 times per second. Capable of sustained hovering, the hummingbird has the ability to fly deliberately backwards or vertically, and to maintain position while drinking from flower blossoms.
	Hummus Hummus is a dip made of chickpea paste and tahini, with flavorings such as olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and paprika. In Arabic and Hebrew, "hummus" means simply chickpea. The dish described in this article is more properly called hummus bi tahina or musabbaha.
	Humour Humour is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy. The origin of the term derives from the four humours of the ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of fluids known as humours controlled human health and emotion.
	Humpback Whale The Humpback Whale is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. It is a large whale: an adult usually ranges between 12–16 Metre long and weighs approximately 36,000 kilograms, or 36 tonnes. It is well known for its breaching, its unusually long front fins, and its complex whale song.
	Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an United States actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars. Playing primarily smart, playful and reckless characters anchored by an inner moral code while surrounded by a corrupt world, Bogart's most notable films include Angels with Dirty Faces , The Maltese Falcon , Casablanca , To Have and Have Not
	Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert was an English adventurer from Devon, who served the crown during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, and founder of the first English colony in North America.
	Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty is a character in a Mother Goose rhyme, portrayed as an anthropomorphism egg . Most English language-speaking children are familiar with the rhyme:
	Hunan Hunan is a province of China of People's Republic of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. Hunan is sometimes called ? for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province. Hunan borders Hubei in the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong to the south, Guangxi to the southwest, Guizhou to the west, and Chongqing to the northwest.
	Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between Kingdom of England and Kingdom of France, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. It was fought primarily over claims by the King of England to the King of France and was punctuated by several brief periods of peace and two lasting ones before it finally ended in the expulsion of the English from France.
	Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Hungary has been a member state of the European Union since May 1 2004.
	Hunger Hunger is a feeling experienced by animals when the glycogen level of the liver falls below a certain point, usually followed by a desire to eat. The usually unpleasant feeling originates in the hypothalamus and is released through receptors in the liver and stomach. An average nourished human can survive about 50 days without food intake.
	Huns The Huns were a confederation of Eurasian nomads tribes, most likely of diverse origin with a Turkic languages-speaking aristocracy, who appeared in Europe in the 4th century, the most famous being Attila the Hun. It has also become a more general term for any number of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads.
	Hunting Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them for food, recreation, or trade in their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law.
	Hunting dog A hunting dog refers to any dog who assists humans in hunting. There are several types of hunting dogs developed for the many tasks hunters require that they fulfill. The major categories of hunting dog include hounds, terriers, curs type dogs, and gun dogs. Among these categories further divisions can be made based upon the skill sets that the dogs possess.
	Huntingdon Elm The Huntingdon Elm U. x hollandica 'Vegeta' is an old English cultivar raised at Brampton, near Huntingdon by nurserymen Wood & Ingram in 1746, allegedly from seed collected from an Ulmus x hollandica hybrid at nearby Hinchingbrooke Park. The tree was often confused by nineteenth century writers with the Chichester Elm, a similar hybrid raised earlier in the 18th century.
	Huntington's disease Huntington's disease , also known as Huntington disease and previously as Huntington's chorea and chorea maior, is a Rare disease inherited neurological disorder affecting up to 8 people per 100,000. It takes its name from the Ohio physician George Huntington who described it precisely in 1872 in his first medical paper.
	Hupa The Hupa are an Athabaskan tribe which inhabits northwestern California.
	Hurdling Hurdling is running over obstacles. In track and field athletics there are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 metres hurdles for men and 100 metres hurdles for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 metres hurdles for both men and women.
	Hurdy gurdy A hurdy gurdy is a stringed musical instrument with several strings arranged so that they can be played simultaneously by a rotating wheel covered with rosin. It is essentially a mechanical violin. This method of producing sound is similar to string instruments such as the violin, but because the hurdy gurdy produces several notes together, with a melody accompanied by chords made by "drone strings", its sound is perhaps more comparable to that of bagpipes.
	Hurling Hurling is an outdoor team sport of Celtic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks and a ball. The game, played primarily in Ireland, is arguably the world's fastest field team sport in terms of game play. It resembles the games of shinty that is played primarily in Scotland, cammag on the Isle of Man and bandy that was played formerly in England and Wales.
	Hussar Hussar refers to a class of cavalry, Serbian in origin but subsequently via Hungary imitated throughout Europe. Today for traditional reasons some military units still have 'hussar' as part of their title.
	Hustler Hustler is a monthly pornography magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. It was first published in 1974 by Larry Flynt. It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter which was cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time.
	Hyacinth bean The Hyacinth Bean, also called Indian Bean and Egyptian Bean, is a plant of the family Fabaceae is a species of bean widespread as a food crop throughout the tropics, especially in Africa. It is also grown as forage and as an ornamental plant. The hyancinth bean grows as a vine, producing purple flowers and scarlet coloured seed pods.
	Hyacinthaceae Hyacinthaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. A family of this name has been recognized by quite a few taxonomists, but the circumscription has varied. The APG II system, of 2003, does not recognize the family as such, but allows it to be segregated from the family Asparagaceae, as an optional segregate.
	Hyacinthoides Hyacinthoides is a genus of the Hyacinthaceae family. Its contains three species: *Hyacinthoides hispanica - Spanish Bluebell. Southwest Europe. *Hyacinthoides italica - Italian Bluebell. South central Europe. *Hyacinthoides non-scripta - Common Bluebell.
	Hyacinthus orientalis Hyacinthus orientalis, is a perennial flowering plant native to southwestern Asia, in southern and central Turkey, northwestern Syria and Lebanon. It is a bulb plant, with a 3-7 cm diameter bulb. The leaf are strap-shaped, 15-35 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, with a soft, succulent texture, and produced in a basal whorl.
	Hyalophora cecropia The cecropia moth is one of the largest moths found in North America. It is a member of the saturniidae family, or giant silk moths. Females with wingspans that are 75 mm or more have been documented. It is found as far west as the Rocky Mountains and north into the maritime provinces of Canada.
	Hyaluronidase The hyaluronidases are a family of enzymes that degrade hyaluronic acid. By catalysis the hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid, a major constituent of the interstitial barrier, hyaluronidase lowers the viscosity of hyaluronic acid, thereby increasing Biological tissue permeability.
	Hybrid In biology, hybrid has two meanings. The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different Taxon. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses. Hybrids between different sub-species within a species are known as intra-specific hybrids.
	Hydantoin Hydantoin, which is also known as glycolylurea, is a heterocyclic organic compound which can be thought of as a cyclic "double-condensation reaction" product of glycolic acid and urea. Its chemical structure, shown in the Table of Properties at right, is similar to imidazolidine except that the molecule has carbonyl groups in the number 2 and 4 positions in the ring.
	HYDRA HYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe. The organization first appeared in Strange Tales #135. In its original continuity, it was headed by nondescript businessman Arnold Brown, who was killed as S.H.I.E.L.D. apparently crushed the organization.
	Hydralazine Hydralazine hydrochloride is a medication used to treat hypertension. A vasodilator, hydralazine works by relaxing blood vessels and increasing the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while reducing its workload. It is commonly used in the condition of pregnancy called preeclampsia.
	Hydrangea Hydrangea is a genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia and North America and South America. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China and Japan. Most are shrubs 1-3 m tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m by climbing up trees.
	Hydrangea arborescens Hydrangea arborescens is a species of Hydrangea native to eastern North America.
	Hydrangea petiolaris Hydrangea petiolaris is a species of hydrangea native to the woodlands of Japan, Korea and Sakhalin in easternmost Siberia. It is a vigorous woody climbing plant, growing to 20 m height up trees or cliff, climbing by means of small aerial roots on the stems.