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Hogchoker
- noun - useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama
Hogfishes
- noun - found from Long Island southward
- large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
Hogringer
- - One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.
Hogsheads
- noun - a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
Hogwashes
- noun - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Hoidenish
- - Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.
Hoipolloi
- unknown - the masses as in public people as a whole
Hoistaway
- - A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Holarctic
- - Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively; specif. (Zo, designating a realm or region including the northern parts of the Old and the New World. It comprises the Palearctic and Nearctic regions or subregions.
Hold Back
- verb -
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
- hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well"
- keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
- refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker"
- secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
- wait before acting
- wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"