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Hurdle
- noun - a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation"
- jump a hurdle
- the act of jumping over an obstacle
Hurtle
- verb - make a thrusting forward movement
- move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by"
- rush
- throw forcefully
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
Hydage
- - A land tax. See Hidage.
Hydrae
- noun - (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by Hercules"
- a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
- small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
- trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"
Hyphae
- noun - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
Icicle
- noun - ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
Ideate
- verb - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
Ignite
- verb - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
- start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"