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Hush
- noun - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
- become quiet or quieter;
- become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
- cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
- wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
Husk
- noun - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- remove the husks from; "husk corn"
Huso
- - A large European sturgeon (Huso huso or Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen and beluga. It is the source of the finest and most esteemed caviar. (b) The huchen, a large salmon.
Huss
- noun - A kind of dogfish
- Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
Huts
- noun - small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- temporary military shelter
Hutu
- noun - a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi
Juba
- - A rustic group dance, probably of West African origin, characterized by complex rhythmic clapping and body movements and practiced on plantations in the southern United States during the 1700s and 1800s.
- Capital of South Sudan
- The mane of an animal.
Jube
- - A chancel screen or rood screen. (b) The gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read.
Juda
- noun - an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center