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  • 111hideous — hid•e•ous [[t]ˈhɪd i əs[/t]] adj. 1) horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive 2) shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime[/ex] 3) distressing; appalling: hideous expense[/ex] • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME hidous < OF hisdos …

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  • 112eous — hid·eous; hid·eous·ly; hid·eous·ness; stra·min·eous; touch·eous; con·san·guin·eous·ly; …

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  • 113hedonism — /ˈhidənɪzəm/ (say heeduhnizuhm), /ˈhɛ / (say he ) noun 1. the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good. 2. devotion to pleasure. –hedonist, noun –hedonist, adjective –hedonistic /hidəˈnɪstɪk/ (say heeduh nistik), /hɛ / (say he ) …

  • 114hydnocarpic acid — /hid noh kahr pik, hid /, Pharm. an acid, C16H28O2, obtained from chaulmoogra oil, and used in the treatment of leprosy. [1900 05; < Gk hýdno(n) truffle + karp(ós) fruit + IC] * * * …

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  • 115hidden — hid|den1 [ hıdn ] adjective usually before noun ** 1. ) if something is hidden, most people do not know about it or understand it: Jones has recently revealed hidden talents as an actor. the hidden costs of being in hospital 2. ) a hidden object&#8230; …

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  • 116hideous — hid|e|ous [ hıdiəs ] adjective 1. ) very ugly or frightening in appearance: The corpse had a hideous grin on its face. a ) very unpleasant: a hideous accident 2. ) INFORMAL used for emphasizing that someone or something is not attractive: I look&#8230; …

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  • 117concealed evidence — hid evidence, hid proof; proof which has been hidden, hidden evidence …

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  • 118hidden — hid•den [[t]ˈhɪd n[/t]] adj. 1) concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning[/ex] 2) past part. of hide I hid′den•ness, n …

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  • 119hiddenite — /hid n uyt /, n. Mineral. a rare, transparent variety of spodumene, colored yellow green to emerald green by chromium: used as a gem. [after William E. Hidden (1853 1918), U.S. mineralogist, who discovered it in 1879; see ITE1] * * *       green …

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  • 120hydnocarpate — /hid noh kahr payt/, n. a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid. [1900 05; HYDNOCARP(IC ACID) + ATE2] * * * …

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