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- English Word Horning Definition Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.
- English Word Hornish Definition Somewhat like horn; hard.
- English Word Hornito Definition A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit.
- English Word Hornless Definition Having no horn.
- English Word Hornobbed Definition of Hobnob
- English Word Hornobbing Definition of Hobnob
- English Word Hornotine Definition A yearling; a bird of the year.
- English Word Hornowl Definition See Horned Owl.
- English Word Hornpike Definition The garfish.
- English Word Hornpipe Definition An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
- English Word Hornpipe Definition A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
- English Word Hornpout Definition See Horned pout, under Horned.
- English Word Hornsnake Definition A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.
- English Word Hornstone Definition A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
- English Word Horntail Definition Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.
- English Word Hornwork Definition An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
- English Word Hornwort Definition An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.
- English Word Hornwrack Definition A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
- English Word Horny Definition Having horns or hornlike projections.
- English Word Horny Definition Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn.