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horse trailer A trailer specifically designed for hauling two or more horses behind a vehicle. It can also be adapted to carry feed, equipment, and to even heat or cool the animals… |
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horsefly Horsefly, also spelled horse fly, is the common name for any of more than 2000 insects from the family Tabanidae. The male horsefly feeds on pollen and nectar while… |
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horseshoe A piece of flat, U-shaped iron that is attached to a horse's hoof. Horseshoes are nailed to the hard surface of the bottom of the hoofs, reducing the risk of injury or… |
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horsing around A vernacular expression for playing, fooling, or screwing around, a usually innocuous but sometimes boisterous activity engaged in by individuals to pass time and… |
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Hoski Butte A fictional location mentioned by Hillerman in Dance Hall of the Dead. Because the local hippie commune is mentioned as "living in hogans behind Hoski Butte," it seems… |
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Hoskininie Mesa, Arizona More commonly spelled as Hoskinini Mesa, this is a site located roughly between Monument Valley and Kayenta. Hoskinini was named after the well-known Navajo leader,… |
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Hosteen Also spelled Hastiin, Hosteen is a term of respectful address in Navajo meaning man or husband. In Navajo, "First Man," from the Navajo Origin Story, is called Áłtsé… |
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Hotevilla, Arizona A Hopi village located on the Hopi Pueblo Reservation, within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The village was founded in… |
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Houses of the Enemy Dead The Houses of the Enemy of the Dead are large cliff dwellings that were originally occupied by the Ancestral Puebloans, also referred to as the Anasazi. These… |
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Houston, Texas The city is named after Sam Houston, the first president of Texas and a leader of the 1834-36 struggle against Mexico to win control of the state and annex it as a U.… |
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Howard Morgan A television weather forecaster who worked for KOAT-channel 7, a TV station based in Albuquerque, NM, for 28 years, from 1971 to 1999. Morgan was a familiar and… |
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hózhǫ́ Hózhǫ́ is the state in which all living things are ordered, in balance, and walking in beauty. The opposite of hózhǫ́ is hóchxǫ́ǫ́, which refers to disorder and… |
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humanities An academic field that is comprised of a group of disciplines concerned with human cultures, values, and forms of expression. In most universities and colleges the… |
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hummock A general term referring to a small hill, mound, or knoll above the ground in any natural environment. |
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hunting camp A semi-permanent location that a nomadic hunting group might return to over and over during annual journeys that involved following game animals during seasonal… |
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Huntsville, Texas A small town located in eastern Texas, Huntsville is home to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a large, state-operated prison. The Department of Criminal… |
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hypodermic An adjective describing something under the skin, for example hypodermic needles or tranquilizer darts. |