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Hox-gene

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  [haw-jah] /ˈhɔ dʒɑ/ noun 1. Enver [en-vuh r] /ˈɛn vər/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, Albanian political leader: premier 1944–54, First Secretary of the Central Committee 1954–1985. /Albanian ˈhodʒa/ noun 1. Enver (ˈemver). 1908–85, Albanian statesman: founded the Albanian Communist Party in 1941 and was its first secretary (1954–85)

• Hoxie

  [hok-see] /ˈhɒk si/ noun 1. Vinnie Ream [reem] /rim/ (Show IPA), 1847–1914, U.S. sculptor.

• Hoy

  [hoi] /hɔɪ/ noun, Nautical. 1. a heavy barge used in harbors. 2. a vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually slooprigged, used for fishing and coastal trading. [hoi] /hɔɪ/ interjection 1. (used as an exclamation to attract attention.) noun 2. a shout or hail. /hɔɪ/ noun (nautical) 1. a freight barge 2. a coastal […]

• Hoya

  [hoi-uh] /ˈhɔɪ ə/ noun 1. any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers. /ˈhɔɪə/ noun 1. any plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Hoya, of E Asia and Australia, esp the waxplant popular as a house plant

• Hoyden

  [hoid-n] /ˈhɔɪd n/ noun 1. a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy. adjective 2. boisterous; rude. /ˈhɔɪdən/ noun 1. a wild boisterous girl; tomboy n. 1590s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden “rustic, uncivilized man,” from Middle Dutch heiden “heathen” (see heathen). Originally in English “rude, boorish fellow;” sense of “ill-bred, boisterous female” […]

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