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  • 101hor|mo|nal — «hr MOH nuhl», adjective. of, having to do with, or like a hormone. –hor|mo´nal|ly, adverb …

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  • 102hor´mone-like´ — hor|mone «HR mohn», noun. 1. a substance formed in the endocrine glands, which enters the bloodstream and affects or controls the activity of some organ, or of cells or tissues. Adrenalin and insulin are hormones. 2. a substance carried in the… …

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  • 103hor|mone — «HR mohn», noun. 1. a substance formed in the endocrine glands, which enters the bloodstream and affects or controls the activity of some organ, or of cells or tissues. Adrenalin and insulin are hormones. 2. a substance carried in the protoplasm… …

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  • 104hor|o|loge — «HR uh lohj, loj; HOR », noun. any device that indicates the time, such as a clock, sundial, or hourglass; timepiece: »On the left stands the slender octagon tower of the horologe (Longfellow). ╂[< Old French horloge, learned borrowing from… …

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  • 105hor|op|ter|ic — «HR op TEHR ihk, HOR », adjective. of or having to do with the horopter …

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  • 106hor|ren´dous|ly — hor|ren|dous «h REHN duhs, ho », adjective. causing horror; horrible; terrible; frightful: »The only important deterrent to another world war today seems…to be the horrendous potentialities of nuclear war (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). ╂[<… …

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  • 107hor|ren|dous — «h REHN duhs, ho », adjective. causing horror; horrible; terrible; frightful: »The only important deterrent to another world war today seems…to be the horrendous potentialities of nuclear war (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). ╂[< Latin… …

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  • 108hor|rent — «HR uhnt, HOR », adjective. Archaic. 1. standing up like bristles; bristling: »Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed, With…horrent arms (Milton). 2. horrified; shuddering. ╂[< Latin horrēns, entis, present participle of horrēre bristle… …

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  • 109hor|ri|fi|ca|tion — «HR uh fuh KAY shuhn, HOR », noun. 1. the act of horrifying. 2. a thing that causes horror …

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  • 110hor|rif´i|cal|ly — hor|rif|ic «h RIHF ihk, ho », adjective. causing horror; horrifying. –hor|rif´i|cal|ly, adverb …

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