Glossary - H

habit family hierarchy /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/Habit/habit family hierarchy

habitat /4/Ecology/Ecosystem/habitat

habituation /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Neuron/Physiology/habituation

hadron /5/Physics/Matter/Particle/Subatomic/hadron

hafiz /6/Religion/Religions/Islam/People/hafiz

hafting /6/History/History/Invention/Europe/hafting

haiku /2/Literature/Poetry/Kinds/Japanese/haiku

hail /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Precipitation/hail as ice

hair dryer /7/Machine/Kinds/Electromechanical/Fan/hair dryer

hair follicle /4/Zoology/Organ/Skin/Hair/hair follicle

hajj /6/Religion/Religions/Islam/Holidays/hajj

half-life, radioactivity /5/Physics/Matter/Atom/Nucleus/Radioactivity/half-life

half-reaction /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Oxidation-Reduction/Cell/half-reaction

halitosis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Respiration/halitosis

hallucinogen /4/Medicine/Drug/Kinds/Hallucinogen/hallucinogen

halogen /5/Physics/Matter/Atom/Periodic Table/Columns/halogen

halting problem /3/Computer Science/Systems/Complexity Theory/halting problem

halyard /7/Machine/Parts/halyard

hammer bone /1/Consciousness/Sense/Hearing/Anatomy/Ear/Middle Ear/Bones/hammer bone

hamstring /4/Zoology/Organ/Muscle/Muscles/hamstring

handball /7/Game/Athletic/Ball/handball

hangnail /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skin/hangnail

haploid /4/Genetics/Genome/Ploidy/haploid

haplotype /4/Genetics/Allele/haplotype

happiness /6/Psychology/Cognition/Emotion/Kinds/happiness

haram /6/Religion/Religions/Islam/haram

hard palate /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Mouth/Pharynx/hard palate

hard sell /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Practices/hard sell

hard water /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical/Molecule/Water/Type/hard water

hardness /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Properties/Hardness/hardness of rock

hardwood /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Tree/hardwood

harmonic mean /3/Calculus/Series/Mean/harmonic mean

harmonic wave, physics /5/Physics/Wave/Superposition/Resonance/harmonic wave

harrow /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/harrow

hatching /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/hatching

hatchling /4/Zoology/Kinds/Bird/Age/hatchling

haunch /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Body/haunch

hay /4/Botany/Plant/Kinds/Crop/Forage/hay

hay fever /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Immune/Allergy/hay fever

headache /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Pain/Headache/headache

headland /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/Shore/headland

headwaters /5/Earth Science/Water/Fresh/Areas/River/headwaters

heart /4/Zoology/Organ/Circulation/Parts/Heart/heart organ

heart attack /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Muscle/heart attack

heartwood /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Stem/Woody/Xylem/heartwood

heat capacity /5/Physics/Heat/Energy/Heat Capacity/heat capacity

heat energy conservation /5/Physics/Heat/Energy/heat energy conservation

heat exhaustion, disease /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/heat exhaustion

heat of reaction /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Reaction/Kinds/Heat/heat of reaction

heat pump /7/Machine/Kinds/Heat/Heater/heat pump

heat rash /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skin/heat rash

heat sensor /7/Machine/Kinds/Instrument/heat sensor

heat shock /4/Genetics/Recombinant DNA/Cloning/Methods/heat shock

heat sink /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Parts/Sink/heat sink

heat, energy /5/Physics/Heat/heat

heath, land /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/Vegetation/heath field

heating pad /7/Machine/Kinds/Heat/heating pad

hegemony /6/Political Science/International Relations/Kinds/Control/hegemony

Heimlich maneuver /7/Personal Affairs/Health/First Aid/Heimlich maneuver

helicopter /7/Machine/Transportation/Vehicle/Airplane/Kinds/helicopter

helix /3/Geometry/Solid/Cone/Conic Section/Sections/helix

hematocrit /4/Zoology/Organ/Blood/hematocrit

hematoma /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Dilation/hematoma

hematopoietic cell /4/Cell/Kinds/hematopoietic cell

hemisphere /3/Geometry/Solid/Sphere/Spherical Regions/hemisphere

hemolysis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Blood/hemolysis

hemophilia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Genetic Disease/hemophilia

hemophiliac /4/Zoology/Organ/Blood/Clotting/hemophiliac

hemorrhage /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Bleeding/hemorrhage

hemorrhoid /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Dilation/hemorrhoid

hen /4/Zoology/Kinds/Bird/Gender/hen

hepatic portal system /4/Zoology/Organ/Circulation/Parts/Vein/hepatic portal system

hepatitis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Virus/hepatitis

hepatocyte /4/Cell/Kinds/hepatocyte

heptagon /3/Geometry/Plane/Polygon/Kinds/Number/heptagon

herb, stem /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Stem/Herbaceous/herb and stem

herbicide /4/Medicine/Drug/Classes/herbicide

herbivore /4/Ecology/Community/Food Chain/Organism Types/herbivore

hermaphrodite /4/Zoology/Kinds/Annelid/Reproduction/hermaphrodite

hermaphroditism /4/Biology/Evolution/Reproduction/Sexual/Kinds/hermaphroditism

hermeneutics /6/Linguistics/Semantics/Kinds/hermeneutics

hernia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Reproduction/hernia

herpes /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Virus/herpes

heterodyne /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Effects/Multiplexing/heterodyne

heterodyning /5/Physics/Wave/Superposition/heterodyning

heterogamy /4/Botany/Fungus/Reproduction/heterogamy

heteronym /6/Linguistics/Semantics/Word/Relations/heteronym

heterozygous alleles /4/Genetics/Allele/Segregation/heterozygous alleles

heuristic reasoning, logic /3/Logic/Reasoning/heuristic reasoning

heuristic search /3/Computer Science/Software/Algorithm/Kinds/Search/heuristic search

heuristics /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Methods/heuristics

hexagon /3/Geometry/Plane/Polygon/Kinds/Number/hexagon

hibernation /4/Zoology/Kinds/Mammal/Rhythm/Season/hibernation

hidden particle /5/Physics/Quantum Mechanics/Theory/Hidden/hidden particle

hidden variable /5/Physics/Quantum Mechanics/Theory/Hidden/hidden variable

hieroglyph, picture /6/Linguistics/Writing/Alphabet/Units/hieroglyph

high fidelity /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Effects/high fidelity

high school /6/Education/Levels/high school

high-density lipoprotein /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Lipid/Kinds/Lipoprotein/high-density lipoprotein

highland climate /5/Earth Science/Planet/Climate/Kinds/highland climate

highland fling /2/Dance/Kinds/Europe/highland fling

hill climbing /3/Computer Science/Software/Algorithm/Kinds/Search/hill climbing

hillock /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/High Area/hillock

hindbrain /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Divisions/hindbrain

hindquarter /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Body/Trunk/hindquarter

hinge /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Rotation/hinge

hippocampus /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Cerebrum/Frontal Lobe/Hippocampus/hippocampus

Hippocratic oath /4/Medicine/Hippocratic oath

hiring /6/Education/Job/hiring

histogram /3/Statistics/Graph/histogram

histology /4/Biology/Subjects/Medicine/histology

histone /4/Genetics/DNA Regulation/Protein/histone

hives /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Immune/Allergy/hives

hoarfrost /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Inversion Layer/Condensation/hoarfrost

hoedown /2/Dance/Kinds/USA/hoedown

hogan /6/History/History/Invention/America/hogan

holding company /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Kinds/Corporation/Kinds/holding company

hold-on relay /3/Computer Science/Hardware/Circuit/hold-on relay

hole /5/Physics/Electromagnetism/Conductivity/Semiconductor/hole in semiconductor

holism /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Theory/Atoms/holism

hologram /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/Coherence/hologram

holographic will /7/Legal Affairs/Death/Will/Kinds/holographic will

holy /6/Religion/Things/holy

home economics /6/Economics/home economics

home office /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Kinds/home office

home rule /6/Political Science/International Relations/Kinds/home rule

homeomorphism /3/Topology/homeomorphism

homeopathy /6/Sociology/Subjects/Anthropology/Magic/homeopathy

homeostasis, metabolism /4/Cell/Metabolism/homeostasis in metabolism

homeowner's insurance /7/Financial Affairs/Insurance/homeowner's insurance

homework /6/Education/Classroom/homework

homicide /6/Law/Crime/Crimes/Violent/Murder/homicide

homily /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/Essay/homily

hominin /4/Zoology/Kinds/Hominin/hominin

homogeneous equation /3/Algebra/Equation/Kinds/homogeneous equation

homoiotherm /4/Zoology/Kinds/Bird/homoiotherm

homologous chromosomes /4/Genetics/Chromosome/homologous chromosomes

homologue /6/Linguistics/Semantics/Factors/homologue in semantics

homology, DNA /4/Genetics/Recombinant DNA/DNA Sequencing/homology in DNA sequence

homology, organism /4/Biology/Evolution/Species/homology of organisms

homomorphy /4/Zoology/Form/homomorphy

homonym /6/Linguistics/Semantics/Word/Relations/homonym

homotopy, topology /3/Topology/Surface/Genus/homotopy

homozygous alleles /4/Genetics/Allele/Segregation/homozygous alleles

honky-tonk /2/Music/Jazz/honky-tonk

honorarium /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Production/Factors/Labor/Job/Money/honorarium

hood /5/Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry/Laboratory Equipment/hood

hoof-and-mouth disease /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Virus/hoof-and-mouth disease

hookah /7/Machine/Kinds/Fluid/Air/hookah

hookworm, disease /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Worm/hookworm disease

hora, dance /2/Dance/Kinds/hora dance

hornpipe, dance /2/Dance/Kinds/Europe/hornpipe

horology /7/Machine/Engineering/horology

horror, emotion /6/Psychology/Cognition/Emotion/Kinds/horror as emotion

horse latitudes /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Wind/Kinds/horse latitudes

horse racing /7/Game/Athletic/Riding/horse racing

horseshoes /7/Game/Recreational/horseshoes

horsetail /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Sporophyte/horsetail

horst /5/Earth Science/Planet/Plate Tectonics/Mountain Building/horst

horticulture /4/Biology/Subjects/Agriculture/horticulture

hot flash /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Reproduction/hot flash

hot spot, mantle /5/Earth Science/Planet/Plate Tectonics/Mountain Building/hot spot

hourglass, clock /7/Machine/Kinds/Instrument/Clock/hourglass clock

houri /6/Religion/Religions/Islam/People/houri

house arrest /6/Law/Police/house arrest

housebreaking /6/Law/Crime/Crimes/Theft/housebreaking

hovering /4/Zoology/Kinds/Arthropod/Insect/Flying/hovering

Hubble constant /5/Astronomy/Galaxy/Hubble constant

hula /2/Dance/Kinds/hula

human immunodeficiency virus /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Virus/human immunodeficiency disease

human resources /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/human resources

humectant /4/Medicine/Drug/Kinds/Tissue/Skin/Moistener/humectant

humerus /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Bones/Extremity/Arm/humerus

humidity /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Water/humidity

hummock /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/High Area/hummock

humoral immunity /4/Zoology/Organ/Immune System/Immunity Types/humoral immunity

humus /5/Earth Science/Land/Soil/Kinds/humus

hung jury /6/Law/Trial/Jury/hung jury

hunger /4/Nutrition/hunger in nutrition

hunter-gatherer /6/Sociology/Society/Kinds/hunter-gatherer society

hunting /7/Game/Athletic/hunting

hurling /7/Game/Athletic/Ball/hurling

hurricane /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Wind/Kinds/Storm/hurricane

hurricane lamp /7/Machine/Kinds/Illumination/Lighting/Lamp/hurricane lamp

hybrid /4/Biology/Evolution/Variation/hybrid strain

hybrid technology multithreaded /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Calculator/hybrid technology multithreaded

hybridization, bonding /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Bond/hybridization of bonds

hybridization, DNA /4/Genetics/Recombinant DNA/Amplification/hybridization of DNA

hydra /4/Zoology/Kinds/Coelenterate/Hydra/hydra coelenterate

hydrate /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical/Molecule/Water/hydrate

hydration energy /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Phase/Solution/Solubility/hydration energy

hydraulics /5/Physics/Dynamics/Fluid/Pressure/hydraulics

hydride /7/Machine/Industrial Materials/hydride

hydrocarbon /5/Chemistry/Organic/Chemical/hydrocarbon

hydrodynamics /5/Physics/Dynamics/Fluid/Pressure/hydrodynamics

hydrogen bond /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Bond/Kinds/hydrogen bond

hydrogen clock /7/Machine/Kinds/Instrument/Clock/hydrogen clock

hydrolysis /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Acid-Base/hydrolysis

hydrometer /5/Physics/Dynamics/Fluid/Density/hydrometer

hydroponics /4/Biology/Subjects/Agriculture/hydroponics

hydrostatics /7/Machine/Engineering/hydrostatics

hydrothermal vent /4/Biology/Life/Origin/Planet/hydrothermal vent

hygrometer /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Water/hygrometer

hygroscopic /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical/Molecule/Water/hygroscopic

hymen /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Female/Parts/hymen

hyoscine sleep /1/Consciousness/Sense/Pain/Physiology/Pain Relief/hyoscine sleep

hyperaesthesia, touch /1/Consciousness/Sense/Touch/hyperaesthesia touch

hyperbola, conic /3/Geometry/Solid/Cone/Conic Section/Sections/hyperbola

hyperbole /2/Literature/Rhetoric/Hyperbole/hyperbole

hyperbolic geometry /3/Geometry/Kinds/Projective Geometry/Kinds/hyperbolic geometry

hyperglycemia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Endocrine/Glucose/hyperglycemia

hyperkinesis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Muscle/hyperkinesis

hyperparathyroidism /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Endocrine/hyperparathyroidism

hypertension /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Blood/hypertension

hyperthyroidism /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Endocrine/Thyroid/hyperthyroidism

hypertrophy /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Muscle/hypertrophy

hyphae /4/Botany/Fungus/hyphae

hyphen /6/Linguistics/Writing/Symbol/Punctuation/hyphen

hypochondria /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Mental/Neurosis/hypochondria

hypocretin /4/Zoology/Organ/Endocrine Gland/Hormone/Appetite/hypocretin

hypodermic /4/Medicine/Medical Treatments/Injection/hypodermic

hypoglycemia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Endocrine/Glucose/hypoglycemia

hypophysis /4/Zoology/Organ/Endocrine Gland/Glands/hypophysis

hypotenuse, triangle /3/Geometry/Plane/Polygon/Kinds/Triangle/Line/hypotenuse

hypothalamus, brain /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Cerebrum/Diencephalon/Hypothalamus/hypothalamus in brain

hypothesize and match /3/Computer Science/Software/Algorithm/Kinds/Search/hypothesize and match algorithm

hypothyroidism /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Endocrine/Thyroid/hypothyroidism

hypotrophy /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Muscle/hypotrophy

hypoxia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Respiration/hypoxia

hysterectomy /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Reproduction/hysterectomy

hysteresis, magnetism /5/Physics/Electromagnetism/Magnetism/Permeability/hysteresis

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