English to English Dictionary

Habitat survey

A systematic assessment and mapping of the types and distributions of plants, animals, and ecological communities within a specific geographic area.

Hackee

A person whose computer system or data has been compromised or illegally accessed by a hacker.

Hagiology

The study of the lives and writings of saints.

Hairy-chested

Having a significant amount of hair on the chest, typically used to describe a man.

Hallowed

Made holy or set apart for sacred use; revered greatly.

Hallucination

An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present, typically arising from disorders of the nervous system or in response to certain drugs.

Hallucinogen

A psychoactive agent that causes alterations in perception, mood, and cognitive processes.

Halting

Slow and hesitant, often due to lack of confidence, uncertainty, or physical difficulty.

Hamlet

A small village or community.

Hamming

Relating to algorithms, distances, or codes developed by Richard Hamming for error detection and correction in data transmission.

Hard-wired

Genetically determined or innate; incapable of being altered or removed.

Hardware accelerator

A specialized electronic circuit or computer component designed to perform certain computationally intensive tasks much faster than is possible running software on a general-purpose CPU.