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- English Word Hornbeak Definition A fish. See Hornfish.
- English Word Hornbeam Definition A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.
- English Word Hornbill Definition Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.
- English Word Hornblende Definition The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species.
- English Word Hornblendic Definition Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.
- English Word Hornblower Definition One who, or that which, blows a horn.
- English Word Hornbook Definition The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer.
- English Word Hornbook Definition A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
- English Word Hornbug Definition A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.
- English Word Horned Definition Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
- English Word Hornedness Definition The condition of being horned.
- English Word Hornel Definition The European sand eel.
- English Word Horner Definition One who works or deal in horn or horns.
- English Word Horner Definition One who winds or blows the horn.
- English Word Horner Definition One who horns or cuckolds.
- English Word Horner Definition The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).
- English Word Hornet Definition A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits.
- English Word Hornfish Definition The garfish or sea needle.
- English Word Hornfoot Definition Having hoofs; hoofed.
- English Word Hornify Definition To horn; to cuckold.