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DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS
half
Hamiltonian (unit of energy in a dynamic astrophysical system)
harbor
hard
hardness
hect-
hecto-
height
henry (unit of electrical inductance)
heroin
high
hit
horse
hour
humidity
hundred
husband
hydrogen
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COMMON USAGE
8th
hot
Hotel (NATO alphabet)
eta
hearts (card suit)
hospital
smack (heroin)
goalpost
aspiration
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NOUNS: PEOPLE
head of History
head of hospital
head of household
Henry
husband
lead in Hair, Hairspray, Halloween, Hamlet
leader in hiding
leader in hospital
leader of Haiti, Holland, Honduras, Hungary
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NOUNS: PLACES
back of porch
capital of Haiti, Hawaii, Holland, Honduras, Hungary
central Massachusetts
eighth row of the theater
entrance to hall, hospital
front of house
hospital
hotel on the radio
middle of nowhere
piece of hair, Hungary
terminal in Duluth, Edinburgh, Guelph, Perth, Raleigh, Zurich
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NOUNS: THINGS
Beethoven’s Fifth
bit of help, hype
branch’s closing
certain bomb
closing of Crash, Macbeth, M*A*S*H
common aspiration
conclusion of match
the core
eighth in a series
final in English, French, Math, Spanish
first place in heat
goalpost
the heart
hit
hydrogen
kind of bomb
letter before I —
letter coming before I —
letter from home
the middle
onset of hypertension
opening of, lead in Hair, Hairspray, Halloween, Hamlet
piece of hair, hardware, heaven, history, homework
Planck’s constant
source of heat
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NOUNS: BODY PARTS
head of hair
head of hamster, hare, hedgehog, hornet, horse, hyena
hog’s head
horse’s head
piece of hair
tail of fish, flatfish, goldfinch, ostrich, perch, pooch, swordfish
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NOUNS: CLOTHING
front of hat
Harry’s cap
hat’s brim
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NOUNS: FOOD
piece/sample/bite of halibut, herring, honeydew
slice of honeydew
serving/entrée of halibut, herring
bit/touch/taste of horseradish
last piece of fish, radish, squash
heroin
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NOUNS: DATES & TIMES
5th of March
beginning of holiday
end of March
end of month
end of watch
hour
hours
quarter hour
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VERBS
beginning to happen, harden, hate, have, hazard, heal, heighten, help, hesitate, hustle
edges away from the
ending in March
has initially
have to start
heading for home
heading to Haiti, Hawaii, Holland, Honduras, Hungary
heading to his, her
hesitating at first
hit
hit on the head
hitched up front
she stripped
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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
back from Bangladesh, Utah
back in touch
beginning in/west of Haiti, Hawaii, Holland, Honduras, Hungary
center of the —
close to Earth
gist of the —
hard
hard on pencils
heart of the —
high
hot
Hungary’s first
inside of the —
middle of the —
second from the [left]
second of three —
start of her/his
that’s second
the end of which
the stripped
who’s second
witlessly with
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H BEFORE WORD
after hours
after Michael Stephanie’s heart
behind Keith/Sarah’s back
faced by husband
following Henry’s lead
hard-faced
hard-headed
high above
high atop
high on
hit against
hit by
hit on
hit with
leader in harmony with —
leader in hospital with —
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WORD AROUND H
accepting Henry
astride horse
biting hard
capturing hearts
checking hearts
checking height
corralling horse
covering hit
eating hearts
flanking hospital
gaining entrance to hall, harbor, hearing, heaven, hell, highway, hospital, hotel, house
gaining height
gets hard
gets high
gets hit
gets hot
going around goalpost
gripping hard
holding head in hands
housing height
hydrogenated
inhaling hydrogen
injected with heroin
involving husband
keeps hot
laced with heroin
maintains height
nursing hospital
outside hospital
pinching husband
pressing hard
protecting leader in hiding
pulls in front of hearse, hybrid
receiving tip from headmaster
shown around hospital
smuggling heroin
spiked with heroin
stealing hearts
stifling hot
straddling horse
swallows hard
takes hit
takes hours
taking heroin
wrapping hearts
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H INSIDE WORD
hard for — to eat
hard-hearted —
hard parts —
hard to get into
Henry committed to
heroin injected into —
heroin seized by —
heroin slipped into —
heroin-eating —
heroin-laced
heroin-spiked
high parts —
high stocks —
horse rides —
hospital packs —
hot inside
hot lines —
hot packs —
hot stocks —
hot stuffing —
hot tenants —
husband inspired by —
husband wearing —
hydrogen-filled
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H AFTER WORD
at end of paragraph, month
at hospital
atop hospital
atop horse
beginning to hanker after
by horse
by month’s end
hard on the heels of
hard to follow
hot dogs—
hot in pursuit of
in front of hospital
on heroin
on high
riding high?
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DELETE H
according to ’Arry
ditching husband
hospital excluded from
hospital is out of —
hot deserts —
husband got out of —
hydrogen-free
lacks height
less high
less hot
non-hospital
not hard
not high
overlooking hospital
releasing hydrogen
shunning hospital
striking hard
that’s less hotwithout aspiration
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