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Hustle
- noun - a rapid active commotion
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
- get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
- move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
- pressure or urge someone into an action
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Huston
- noun - United States film maker born in the United States but an Irish citizen after 1964 (1906-1987)
Hutton
- noun - English cricketer (1916-1990)
- Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)
Huxley
- noun - English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
- English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
- English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
Hyades
- noun - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
Hyaena
- noun - doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
Hyalea
- - A pteropod of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
Hyalin
- noun - a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
Hybrid
- adjective - (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
- a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"
- a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
- produced by crossbreeding