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Extortion
- noun - an exorbitant charge
- the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
- unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"
Fagotting
- verb - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks"
- fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
- ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife"
Garotting
- verb - strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
Hemostats
- noun - a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
Holostean
- - Pertaining to the Holostei.
Holostome
- - One of the Holostomata.
Homoptera
- noun - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
Hypostoma
- - The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.
Hypostyle
- - Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
Ileostomy
- noun - surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis