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- hacendado — the owner of a hacienda.
- hachinohe — a city in N Honshu, Japan.
- hack mode — (jargon) Engaged in hacking. A Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic). Ability to enter such concentration at will correlates strongly with wizardliness; it is one of the most important skills learned during larval stage. Sometimes amplified as "deep hack mode". Being yanked out of hack mode (see priority interrupt) may be experienced as a physical shock, and the sensation of being in hack mode is more than a little habituating. The intensity of this experience is probably by itself sufficient explanation for the existence of hackers, and explains why many resist being promoted out of positions where they can code. See also cyberspace. Some aspects of hackish etiquette will appear quite odd to an observer unaware of the high value placed on hack mode. For example, if someone appears at your door, it is perfectly okay to hold up a hand (without turning one's eyes away from the screen) to avoid being interrupted. One may read, type, and interact with the computer for quite some time before further acknowledging the other's presence (of course, he or she is reciprocally free to leave without a word). The understanding is that you might be in hack mode with a lot of delicate state in your head, and you dare not swap that context out until you have reached a good point to pause. See also juggling eggs.
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- haemocoel — (biology) A cavity, between the organs of arthropods and mollusks, through which the blood etc. circulates.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
- hammocked — Ensconced in a hammock.
- hard core — pornography: obscene
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- head cold — a form of the common cold characterized especially by nasal congestion and sneezing.
- headcanon — (fandom slang) Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual fan, but not found within or supported by the official canon.
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- home care — a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
- home-care — of, relating to, or designating care, especially medical care, given or received at home: a member of the hospital's home-care staff.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horsecars — Plural form of horsecar.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horserace — Alternative spelling of horse race.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- ileocecal — of, relating to, or involving the ileum and cecum.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- invocated — invoke.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.