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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds;
[syn: holmium, Ho, atomic number 67]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ho \Ho\, pron. Who. [Obs.] Note: In some Chaucer MSS. HoThe Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, n. [See Ho, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. [1913 Webster] There is no ho with them. --Decker.The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ho \Ho\, prop. n. (Chem.) The chemical symbol for Holmium. [PJC] HoThe Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[=o]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho?" --Shak. "Ho! who's within?" --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.] [1913 Webster] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hydroxyl \Hy*drox"yl\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc. [1913 Webster]
