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Crosswords: H.

English words defined with "H.": Aitch, At the long run, At whiles, AudenesqueBanting, Bissextile, Bloodflower, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, By halvesC. H. Best, cattle louse, Christopher Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw IsherwoodD. H. Lawrence, Daman, Deacon's processE. H. Harriman, E. H. Weber, Every now and then, Evil eyeF. G. Banting, Fechner, Fechner's law, Fore and aftGustav Theodor FechnerH. G. Wells, H. H. Munro, H. L. Mencken, Had like, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, Helix pomatia, Hieratic character, High German, Hognosesnake, Holy grass, Hornyhead, Hove in staysIn ballast trim, In stays, in use, IsherwoodJacob's ladder, John James Rickard Macleod, John L. H. Down, John Macleod, Joint ruleLedger bait, left-handed, Live box, Luff upon luffMacleod, Malt dust, Monkey block, Moon-eyeNyentekOld songPost hackney, Previous toQuarter blockRolling tacklesabertoothed, Saint Peter's-wort, Sao, Sir Frederick Grant Banting, small stuff, Spencer mast, Spring stayT. H. White, To be at the bottom of, To be hand and glove with, To believe in, To have one's fling, To lay about, To lay about one, To polish off, To run with, To set up the rigging, To stand by, To stand off, To try on, To wait on, To work up, Trend of an anchor, Turk's headW. H. Auden, W. H. Hudson, Water feather-foil, weber, Weber-Fechner law, Well to do, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, William H. Bonney. (references)
Specialty definitions using "H.": Dr. James H. ClarkJames H. Clark. (references)
Etymologies containing "H.": BrookiteGrindeliaHessiteKrameriaTurnerite. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: H.

DomainDefinition

Literature

H. This letter represents a style or hedge. It is called in Hebrew heth or cheth (a hedge). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: H.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

H.

GermanHerausgeberN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Modern Usage: H.

DomainUsage

Screenplays

But now, ladies and gentlemen, we finally have a working tractor beam, which we shall callPreparation H. (Austin Powers in Goldmember; writing credit: Mike Myers)

William H. Bonney, heh? (Young Guns II; writing credit: John Fusco)

Jesus H. bald-headed Christ! (Stand by Me; writing credit: Raynold Gideon)

Marty! What in the name of Sir Isaac H. Newton happened here? (Back to the Future Part II; writing credit: Ronnie Cramer)

Movie/TV Titles

Introductory Speech by Will H. Hays (1926)

Mr. H. Casler and Baby. Experimental (1901)

Barry H. (2002)

Das Schicksal der Lilian H. (1995)

La Vera vita di Antonio H. (1994)

Song Titles

Pow R. Toc H. (performing artist: Pink Floyd)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: H.

DomainTitle

References

  • H. Hoffmann & Sonner A/S: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • H. Lundbeck A/S: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • H. Meinecke AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • H. Young Holdings Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • John H. Harland Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Better Eyesight: The Complete Magazines of William H. Bates (reference)

  • H. E. Bates's "The Daffodil Sky": A Study Guide from Gale's "Short Stories for Students" [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Selected Works of James H. Humphrey: Physical Education, Volume 1/Health, Volume 2 (Ams Studies in Education, No 8) (reference)

  • The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty (Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society) (reference)

  • Ruwenzori; an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Alban Berg - Wozzeck / Adolf Dresen · Claudio Abbado - F. Grundheber · H. Behrens · Vienna State Opera (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  • Donizetti - The Elixir of Love / Banks · Plazas · Holland · Shore · H. Williams · PO · Parry [in English] (reference)

  • L. H. Correa De Azwvedo: Music Of Ceara And Minas Gerais (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: H.

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: H.

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Division of pharmacology, NIH around 1938. Front (l-r): H. Kahler, J. Johnson, M. Smith, C. Voegtlin, W. Earle, M. Maver and H. Bauer. Second: T. Stark, J. Thompson, E. Emmart, M. Farrell, K. Harlow, O. Marshino, Rosen, and C. Wright. Third: C. Doane, R. Boltz, Springstern, M. Feeser, W. Pitkerton, E. Schilling, R. Bishop, M. Goldberg, G. Jarrels and Collison. Fourth: T. Hawkley, S. Rosenthal, R. Holbrook, R. Spencer, E. Davis, B. Westfall, F. Deeds. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Shown is page 2 of the newspaper Washington Post on August 6, 1937 just after President Roosevelt signed a bill to authorize the erection of the National Cancer Institute, with Dr. Carl Voegtlin as the Chief. Shown are photos of Drs. Carl Voegtlin, R. H. Fitch, Herbert Kaher and Thomas Parran (Surgeon General). Shown is "'Conquer Cancer' Adopted as Battle Cry of the Public Health Service.". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Map showing incidence of H. influenzae non-type b invasive disease among children <5 years of age, per 100,000 population, United States, 1996. Credit: CDC.

DHEW Secretary, F. David Mathews meetw with Dr. Philip S. Brachman, Dr. William H. Foege, and Mr. Jim Bloom. Credit: CDC.

H. Julian Allen. Credit: NASA.

Richard H. Truly. Credit: NASA.

Plane table setup in shoal water - legs driven about 6" into sand Note rodman slogging ashore in line with alidade Combined operations party of H. A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

24' skiff built for under $100.00 Powered by K-70 Johnson outboard motor Combined operations party of H. A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks heading toward Lake Union from Puget Sound. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The 15th Avenue Bridge opening to allow the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN passage into Lake Union. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: H.

AuthorQuotation

Charles H. Spurgeon

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Edward H. Harriman

Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.

H. G. Wells

The War That Will End War.

H. Rap Brown

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

H. Rogers

When a new book comes out I read an old one.

Thomas H. Huxley

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.
All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.
A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: H.

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: H.

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Your doctor can test you for H. pylori. (references)

They detect antibodies to H. pylori bacteria. (references)

Therapy of H. pylori poses several unique challenges. (references)

Business

In addition, supermarket chain Safeway offers cholesterol and H. Pylori tests in five stores. (references)

With the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain predicting that in-store pharmacy testing will become increasingly popular, opportunities will exist for manufacturers of tests for diabetes, osteoporosis, H. Pylori, and cholesterol. (references)

On average, cholesterol tests cost between $20 and $40; osteoporosis tests, about $35; and H. Pylori tests, between $20 and $25. Results for H. Pylori and most cholesterol tests are generally available immediately, the rest take about a week. Many pharmacies market these tests as their own; however, the vast majority use equipment from, or send samples to, the labs of one London company, Pathology Management Company (PMC). PMC says that it expects 1,800 U.K. pharmacies to offer its testing services. (references)

Economic History

Cameroon

Ambassador--Charles H. Twining, Jr. (references)

Guatemala

H. Total Imports from U.S. 7.2 8.4 8. (references)

Kenya

H. PAPER PRODUCTS: Kenya has one major plant producing paper and paperboard from renewable forest products in an integrated pulp and paper mill. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

In a December 2000 press conference in La Realidad, Chiapas, the EZLN's Subcommander Marcos stated that President Fox's initial gestures to resolve the conflict in Chiapas were encouraging and welcomed the choice of Luis H. Alvarez as his Chiapas Peace Coordinator. (references)

Trade

El Salvador

H. Non-stamped paper for cigarettes, white or colored in rolls, spools, booklets or small tubes. (references)

China

A point-of-contact in the USDOC on standards is at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Global Standards Program, (Mary H. Saunders, Director), 100 Bureau Drive, MS 2100, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-2100, Tel: 301-975-6094, Fax: 301-975-4715, e-Mail: gsp@nist.govm, website http://www.ts.nist.gov/gsp. The point-of-contact at USFCS-Beijing is Mark Bayuk at Tel: 86-10-8529-6655 or Fax: 86-10-8529-6558. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: H.

"H." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.60% of the time. "H." is used about 1,728 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)99.6%1,7214,882
Noun (common)0.4%7133,076
                    Total100.00%1,728N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: H.

CountryNameCountryName
Denmark

H. Hoffmann & Sonner A/S

Germany

H. Meinecke AG

United Kingdom

H. Young Holdings Plc

USA

John H. Harland Company

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: H.

Expressions using "H.": C. H. Best D. H. Lawrence Dr. James H. Clark E. H. Harriman E. H. Weber H. G. Wells H. H. Munro H. L. Mencken H. Rivera Colo]n James H. Clark John L. H. Down T. H. White W. H. Auden W. H. Hudson William H. Bonney. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: H.

Language Translations for "H."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

ularadio (ultra-short wave, V. H. F), ula (ultra-short wave, V. H. F), kunniatohtori (doctor h. c). (various references)

   

French

  

haut et bas (H.-L.), H.-B. (H.-L.). (various references)

   

German

  

Höchst-und Tiefstkurse (H.-L., High Low, highest and lowest quotations), H.-T. (H.-L., High Low, highest and lowest quotations). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: H.


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 2E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 00101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#46

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 002E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4216

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Company Usage
11. Expressions
12. Translations: Modern
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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