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- graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- gradualness — The condition of being gradual.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- granadillas — Plural form of granadilla.
- gray-headed — having gray hair.
- greek salad — a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions, and feta cheese, served with a vinaigrette.
- green salad — salad consisting of lettuce, etc.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- grey-headed — having gray hair.
- guadalajara — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- guadalcanal — the largest of the Solomon Islands, in the W central Pacific: U.S. victory over the Japanese 1942–43. About 2500 sq. mi. (6475 sq. km).
- haddonfield — a town in SW New Jersey.
- hadley cell — an atmospheric convection pattern in which a current of hot equatorial air rises, divides, cools as it moves toward the poles, descends, and warms as it returns to the equator
- hadrian iii — Saint, Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.
- hadrosaurid — (zoology) Any of the family Hadrosauridae of duck-billed dinosaurs; a hadrosaur.
- hairbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- half-decade — a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806.
- handbreadth — a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 cm).
- hard-headed — not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
- have had it — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have it bad — suffer disadvantage
- head collar — the part of a bridle that fits round a horse's head
- head doctor — chief medical officer
- head height — head level
- head injury — wound to the head
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- head office — headquarters
- head waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- head-banger — metalhead.
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- head-strict — (theory) A head-strict function will not necessarily evaluate every cons cell of its (list) argument, but whenever it does evaluate a cons cell it will also evaluate the element in the head of that cell. An example of a head-strict function is beforeZero :: [Int] -> [Int] beforeZero [] = [] beforeZero (0:xs) = [] beforeZero (x:xs) = x : beforeZero xs which returns a list up to the first zero. This pattern of evaluation is important because it is common in functions which operate on a list of inputs. See also tail-strict, hyperstrict.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
- headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- headcheeses — Plural form of headcheese.
- headdresses — Plural form of headdress.
- header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
- header tank — a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
- headmasters — Plural form of headmaster.
- headquarter — to situate in headquarters.
- headscarves — Plural form of headscarf.
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- headstander — A small deep-bodied freshwater fish of the Amazon region, popular in aquaria. It swims and feeds at an oblique angle with the head down.