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Honing (metalworking)
Honing is an abrasive machining process that produces a precision surface on a metal workpiece by scrubbing an abrasive stone against it along a controlled path

Honk
Honk may refer to:* Honk * Honk * Honk!, a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling* HONK!, a marching band festival* Honk, the Moose, a children's book by Phil Stong

Honk (band)
Honk is an American band, based in Laguna Beach, California. The band's first album, the soundtrack to the surfing movie Five Summer Stories, brought them national recognition. In the early 1970s they toured with The Beach Boys, Chicago, Jackson Browne and Dave Mason before splitting up in 1975

Honker
Honker or Honkers can refer to:* Tarpan Honker, a Polish all-terrain vehicle* Honkers, characters in Sesame Street* Canada Goose, sometimes referred to by the slang term "honker"* Rochester Honkers, an amateur baseball team in Minnesota, US

Honky
Honky is a racial slur for white people, predominantly heard in the United States

Honky Château
Honky Château is the fifth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1972. In 2003, the album was ranked number 357 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was certified Gold on 7/24/1972 and Platinum on 10/11/1995 by the R.I.A.A

Honky Tonk (1941 film)
Honky Tonk is a 1941 black-and-white western film starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner.-Plot:Con man "Candy" Johnson and his friend "Sniper" flee town using quick wits and magic tricks. They catch a train to Yellow Creek, Nevada, where a gold rush is in progress. Aboard, he meets Elizabeth Cotton ; she takes an instant dislike to him

Honky Tonk (disambiguation)
A honky-tonk is a type of bar. The phrase may also refer to:In music:*Honky tonk music, a subgenre of country music*Honky Tonk , by Dude Mowrey

Honolulu (disambiguation)
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous community of the State of Hawaii in the United States.Honolulu may also refer to:* City and County of Honolulu, encompasses the entire island of Oahu, the name of a number of steam ships

Honolulu (pool)
Honolulu, also known as banks, kisses and combinations, and as indirect, is a pocket billiards game in which players must all shots in an indirect fashion to reach a set number of points

Honor (disambiguation)
Honour is the quality of being honorable.Honor or honour may also refer to:*His Honour, a pre-nominal honorific*Honour *Honour , a 1995 play by Joanna Murray-Smith*Honor , a Polish band

Honor (given name)
Honor is a primarily feminine given name derived from the word "honor", taken from a Latin root word honos, honoris. It was a virtue name in use by the Puritans

Honorable Mention
The Honorable Mention was an important Military awards and decorations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for those who distinguished themselves by acts of high bravery, but weren't eligible yet for the highest accolade of the Military William Order

Honorarium
An honorarium is an ex gratia payment made to a person for their services in a volunteer capacity or for services for which fees are not traditionally required. This is used by groups such as schools or sporting clubs to pay coaches for their costs

Honorary
An honorary position is an unpaid position. Other uses include:* honorary title — awarded as a mark of distinction** honorary citizenship — awarded to aliens who have rendered service to the state

Honorific
An honorific is a word or expression with connotations conveying esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes, the term is used not quite correctly to refer to an honorary title

Honour
Honour or honor is an abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability that affects both the social standing and the self-evaluation of an individual or corporate body such as a family, school, regiment or nation

Honour (land)
In medieval England, an honour could consist of a great lordship, comprising dozens or hundreds of manors. Holders of honours often attempted to preserve the integrity of an honour over time, administering its properties as a unit, maintaining inheritances together, etc.The typical honour had properties scattered over several shires,

Honour (play)
Honour is a 1995 play by the Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith.It tells the familiar tale of a middle aged man, George, who leaves his wife, Honour, and their 24-year-old daughter, Sophie, for a relationship with a much younger woman by the name of Claudia.It was first performed in Melbourne on 14 November 1995 and has since been performed in more than three dozen

Honshu
is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait

Hooch
Hooch may refer to:* Moonshine, illicit liquor* Hoosh, a stew made from water, biscuits, and pemmican* Chattahoochee River, United States watercourse* Turner & Hooch, a 1989 comedy film** Beasley , dog who played Hooch

Hood
-Apparel:* Hood , type of head covering** Article of Academic dress** Animal hood, something used in costume play or part of an animal transformation fantasy** Bondage hood, sex toy-Anatomy:* Hood , flap of skin behind the head of a cobra

Hood (novel)
Hood is a novel written by Irish author Emma Donoghue in 1995. The book was the recipient of the 1997 Stonewall Book Award and is heavily influenced by James Joyce's Ulysses.

Hood (people)
Hood is a surname, and may refer to:* Alan Hood, professor at the University of St Andrews* Adam Hood, musician* Admiral Hood, any of several officers of the Royal Navy* Alan Hood, a professor at St

Hooded Seal
The hooded seal is an arctic pinniped found only in the central and western North Atlantic ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St

Hooded Tinamou
The Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus is a type of ground bird found in forests of Bolivia and Peru.-Taxonomy:Tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers

Hoodie (disambiguation)
Hoodie or similar can mean:*A hoodie is a type of jacket with a hood.*In the UK, the word "hoodie" can refer to a young person wearing a hooded sweatshirt, often synonymous with the word chav.*"Hoodie", a single by Lady Sovereign

Hoodlum
Hoodlum is a 1997 crime film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s

Hoodlum
Hoodlum refers to a young thug, ruffian, or misanthrope. It may also refer to:*The Hoodlum, an American 1951 film directed by Max Nosseck*Hoodlum , a 1997 film starring Laurence Fishburne*"Hoodlum" , a 1997 song by Mobb Deep

Hoodlum (song)
"Hoodlum" was a 1997 single by Mobb Deep. The song also features Big Noyd and Rakim. It was featured on the Hoodlum soundtrack.-Track listing:Side A#"Hoodlum" #"Hoodlum" Side B#"Hoodlum" #"Hoodlum" -Charts:

Hoodoo
Hoodoo may refer to:In culture:*Hoodoo , African-American traditional folk magic*Hoodoo Gurus, an Australian rock music group*Hoodoo *Hoodoo *Hoodoo

Hoods (band)
Hoods is a hardcore punk band from Sacramento, California. Formed in 1994 by Mike Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony Goodloe and Billy Gaffney. With influences such as Madball, Sick of it All, Minor Threat and Cro Mags. The Hoods were known as one of the hardest working bands

Hoods (film)
-Plot:Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person they have to kill is really a nine-year-old.

Hooey
Hooey was a humour magazine published by Popular Magazines in the 1930s. It presented spoof ads and articles much in the manner popularised by the 50s magazine Mad.-External links:**

Hoof
A hoof , plural hooves or hoofs , is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, strengthened by a thick horny covering. The hoof consists of a hard or rubbery sole, and a hard wall formed by a thick nail rolled around the tip of the toe. The weight of the animal is normally borne by both the sole and the edge of the hoof wall

Hook
- Technology :* Hooking, a computer programming technique* Hook echo, a feature visible on radar indicative of tornadic rotation in a thunderstorm* Tailhook, a device on an aircraft- Language :* Hook , a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener

Hook (company)
Hooksoft is a Japanese visual novel studio known for creating adult-oriented bishōjo games. Hooksoft is partnered with two sister brands, The Jolly Roger , and Smee

Hook (song)
"Hook" is a song by jam band Blues Traveler, from their 1994 album Four. The song peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song's title refers to a hook in music terminology: the catchy element or phrase of a song which makes it distinctive and memorable

Hook Up
"Hook Up" is a collaborative single by the artists signed under New Zealand record label Dawn Raid Entertainment under the name Dawn Raid All-Stars released in 2004.

Hook, Line and Sinker (TV program)
Hook, Line and Sinker is an Australian fishing television program, produced by HLS Productions in Hobart, Tasmania and is hosted by Nick Duigan and Andrew Hart. The program premiered in 2001 and is broadcast nationally on the Southern Cross Television network

Hookah
A hookah A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari, (Nastaleeq) huqqah) also known as a waterpipe or narghile, is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) instrument for smoking in which the smoke is cooled by water. The tobacco smoked is referred to as shisha (sheesha) in the United Kingdom, United States, Mexico and Canada

Hooke's law
In mechanics, and physics, Hooke's law of elasticity is an approximation that states that the extension of a spring is in direct proportion with the load applied to it. Many materials obey this law as long as the load does not exceed the material's elastic limit. Materials for which Hooke's law is a useful approximation are known as linear-elastic or "Hookean" materials

Hooked
Hooked is the ninth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael, covering the period from July 1985 to June 1988.All articles in the book originally appeared in The New Yorker.

Hooked (album)
Hooked is the fifth full length studio album the American hard rock band Great White, released in 1991. Though lacking a recognizable hit single and not commercially as successful as ...Twice Shy, it still managed to peak at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 album chart and it was critically well received. The album was certified Gold in April 1991

Hooked (disambiguation)
-Music:* Hooked , 1991* Hooked , 2010* Hooked, an album by Vanilla Ice* Hooked, an album by Voice Male* "Hooked", a song by Mary J

Hooker
-People:* Brad Hooker, English philosopher, rule-consequentialist* Earl Hooker , American blues musician* Evelyn Hooker , American psychologist* James Hooker , NY politician* John Lee Hooker , American blues musician

Hooker (Kent cricketer)
Hooker was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1795 for Kent. He was a member of the Rochester Cricket Club and played invitation matches until 1807. He made 3 known appearances in first-class matches.Hooker is first recorded playing for Kent against All-England at Penenden Heath from 31 August to 2 September 1795

Hookey (disambiguation)
Hookey may refer to:* Truancy, any intentional unauthorized absence from compulsory schooling* Hookey Leonard , Scottish professional footballerPeople with the surname Hookey:* Gordon Hookey , Australian aboriginal artist

Hooks
Hooks may refer to:Surnames* Bell Hooks, American author, feminist, and social activist* Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights leader* Brian Hooks, American actor, writer, and director

Hookworm
The hookworm is a parasitic nematode that lives in the small intestine of its host, which may be a mammal such as a dog, cat, or human. Two species of hookworms commonly infect humans, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. A. duodenale predominates in the Middle East, North Africa, India and in southern Europe, while N

Hoon (ab-Guthatsa-ul-Rousit)
The Hoon are a fictional extraterrestrial race from David Brin's Uplift Universe.Hoon are bipedal omnivores with pale scaly skin and woolly white leg fur. Their spines are massive, hollow structures that form part of their circulatory system

Hoon (disambiguation)
Hoon is an Australian and New Zealand colloquial term.Hoon may also refer to:* Jhun Hoon, a fictional character in the King of Fighters video game series

Hoop
Hoop may refer to:*Hoop is one apparatus in Rhythmic Gymnastics*Hoop , an American basketball magazine*"Hoops" , a song by Ruby*Hoops , a basketball video game

Hoop (magazine)
HOOP is an official NBA publication, produced bi-monthly. It features in-depth interviews with top NBA players, and also highlights the players' lives off the court.Other popular sections include celebrity interviews and Dance Life

Hooper (coachbuilder)
Hooper was a British coachbuilding company based in London.-Founding:The company was founded as Adams and Hooper in 1805 and held a royal warrant from 1830, building elegant horse drawn carriages, supplying them to King William IV, Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. The first royal car, a Hooper body on a Daimler chassis, was delivered to Sandringham on 28 March 1900

Hooper (surname)
Hooper is a surname originating in England. It is derived from the archaic term for a person who aided in the building of barrels by creating the hoop for the barrel. Most Hoopers are English or of English descent. Some notable individuals named Hooper:

Hooping
Hooping generally refers to artistic movement and dancing with a hoop used as a prop or dance partner. Hoops can be made of metal, wood or plastic. Hooping combines technical moves and tricks with freestyle or technical dancing, and is typically accompanied by music

Hoopla
Hoopla may refer to:*Hoopla , fairground game*Hoop-La, a 1933 film* HOOPLA!, a publication devoted to Object-Oriented Programming techniques*Hoopla, a 1999 album by Speech

Hoopoe
The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species

Hoops (song)
"Hoops" is the third and final single from the debut album Salt Peter by the trip hop/industrial band Ruby. It was released in the United States on January 1, 1996 by the WORK/Creation labels

Hooray (Delays song)
Hooray is the first single to be released from Delays' third studio album, Everything's the Rush. It was released on 28 April 2008.-Music video:

Hoort
Hoort is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Hoosier
Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. Although residents of most U.S. states typically adopt a derivative of the state name, e.g., "Indianan" or "Indianian", natives of Indiana rarely use these. Indiana adopted the nickname "Hoosier State" more than 150 years ago. "Hoosiers" is also the nickname for the Indiana University athletic teams

Hoot
Hoot generally refers to the call of an owl. It could also refer to:* Hoot * Hoot * Hoot , a novel by Carl Hiaasen** Hoot , a 2006 film based on the novel* The Hoot, a student newspaper at Brandeis University

Hooters
Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Incorporated, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hooters, Incorporated, based in Clearwater, Florida

Hoover
Hoover is a surname: Hoover is a variant spelling of the German Huber, a status name for a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.Hoover may refer to:- People :* Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States

Hoover (singer)
Willis Hoover was born in Jackson County, Missouri and raised in Lamoni, Iowa and Shenandoah, Iowa. After starting out as a coffee house folk singer as a teenager, Hoover moved to Nashville in the 1960s and became a songwriter. His songs were recorded by Tina Turner, Eddy Arnold and country music outlaws Tompall Glaser and Waylon Jennings

Hop
Hop or hops may refer to:* Hop, a kind of small jump, usually using only one leg* Hop , a genus of climbing flowering plants* Hops, the female flower clusters of one species of hop, used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer

HOP (disambiguation)
HOP may refer to:* Croatian Liberation Movement * Heritage of Pride, organizer of the annual gay pride march in New York City* High Octet Preset, a control character in the C1 control code set: see C0 and C1 control codes

Hop (software)
Hop is a Lisp-like programming language by Manuel Serrano for web 2.0 and also the name of the web broker that implements this language. It is written in Bigloo Scheme. A web broker is a program that can act as a web server and a web proxy.