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Honours of Scotland The Honours of Scotland, also known as the Scottish regalia and the Scottish crown jewels, dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, are the oldest set of Crown Jewels in the British Isles. They were used in the coronations of Scottish monarchs until and including Charles II in 1651.
Honshū Honshū ( literally "Main State") is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh largest island, and the second most populous island in the world after Java (see the list of islands by size, population).
Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project The Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project is a system of bridges connecting the islands of Honshū and Shikoku across the Inland Sea of Japan, which were previously only connected by ferry. It consists of three major connections.
Hont Hont (-Slovak and Hungarian and German, in Latin: Honthum, in Hungarian also: Honth) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and then shortly of Czechoslovakia. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia (3/4) and northern Hungary (1/4).
Honvédség Honvédség is the name of the Hungarian army. It literally means corps of homeland defenders and was originally used to refer to the revolutionary army established by Lajos Kossuth and the National Defence Committee of the Revolutionary Hungarian Diet in September 1848 during the Hungarian Revolution.
Hoo Peninsula The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in England separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of sand and clay hills surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt.
Hoo St Werburgh Hoo St Werburgh is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England to bear the name Hoo. It constitutes a civil parish in the borough of Medway, which according to the 2001 census had a population of 7,356.
Hood (headgear) A hood is a kind of headgear that covers most of the head and neck and sometimes the face. They may be worn for protection from the environment, for fashion, as a form of traditional dress or uniform, to prevent the wearer seeing or to prevent the wearer being identified.
Hood (vehicle) The hood (US) also commonly known as a flop top (West Coast US) or bonnet (UK) is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles that allows access to the engine compartment for maintenance and repair. On passenger cars, a hood may be held down by a concealed latch.
Hood 2 hood Hood 2 Hood, The Blockumentary is an action packed film that takes you on a tour through America's highest crime rated neighborhoods. Rich Kid Entertainment contacted all the underground hood connections from hoods across the country from California to New York, to the South and Midwest.
Hood Baronets There have been three Baronetcies created for people with the surname Hood, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The first Baronet of the first creation was created Viscount Hood while the fourth Baronet of the second creation was made Baron St Audries.
Hood Boy "Hood Boy" is the first single from Fantasia Barrino's second album, Fantasia (2006). Written by Johnta Austin and produced by Tone Mason, it features Big Boi from Outkast and is currently at #21 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at #3 (roughly equivalent to #103).
Hood Canal Bridge The Hood Canal Bridge is located in Washington state in the USA on Washington State Route 104 and connects the Olympic Peninsula and the Kitsap Peninsula across the Hood Canal. It is 7,869 feet (2,398 m) long, making it the longest floating bridge in the world located in a saltwater tidal basin, and the third longest floating bridge overall.
Hood event The Hood Event (Çuval Olayı in Turkish) was an incident on July 4 2003 following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq where a group of Turkish military personnel operating in northern Iraq were captured, led away with hoods over their heads, and interrogated by the United States military. The soldiers were released after 60 hours, after Turkey protested to the United States.
Hood film Hood film is a type of film which features aspects of African American urban culture, including hip hop music, racial discrimination, and the problems of young black men coming of age or struggling with a predominantly white society. John Singleton and Spike Lee are examples of directors in this genre.
Hood of Horror Hood of Horror (aka Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror) is a horror film adaptation of a fictional comic book, which is an anthology of three short tales set in an urban milieu in a style reminiscent of Tales From The Crypt and Tales from the Hood. The movie debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Hood scoop A hood scoop is an air vent on the hood of an automobile that either allows a flow of air to directly enter the engine compartment, or appears to do so. It may be closed, and thus purely decorative, or serve to enhance performance in several possible ways.
Hood to Coast The Nike Hood to Coast Relay is a unique long-distance relay race held in Oregon annually, traditionally on the Friday and Saturday of the last full weekend in August. It is the longest major relay in North America and the largest in the world in terms of total participation.
Hood unit A hood unit, in railroad terminology, is a body style for diesel and electric locomotives. On a hood unit, the body of the locomotive is less than full-width for most of the locomotive's length, with walkways on the outside of the locomotive.
Hood vs. Evil Hood vs. Evil is an American computer-animated family comedy being written and to be produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment and expected to be released by The Weinstein Company in January 11, 2008.
Hooded carpetshark The hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 153° E. Its length is up to 75 cm.
Hooded Crow The Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) (sometimes called Hoodiecrow) is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus. It is so similar in structure and habits to the Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) that for many years they were considered by most authorities to be merely geographical races of one species.
Hooded Parrot The Hooded Parrot, Psephotus dissimilis is a medium-sized, up to 26cm long, turquoise blue parrot with black head, green wing, brown back and greenish blue-bronze tail feathers edged with white. It has pale grey beak, greyish brown legs and brown eye.
Hooded Seal The Hooded Seal or Crested seal, (Cystophora christata or Cystophora cristata) is an arctic seal found only in the central and western North Atlantic ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the west.
Hooded Siskin The Hooded Siskin (Carduelis magellanica) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae which is native to South America. It is commonly found in flocks, feeding in trees or bushes or on the ground.
Hooded Skunk The hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura, is similar to the striped skunk, but can be distinguished by its longer tail and longer, softer coat of fur. A ruff of white fur around its neck gives the animal its common name.
Hooded Spirits "Cloaked scurrying figures carved in an almost abstract manner," (Henig, 62), the Hooded Spirits, or Genii Cucullati appear in religious sculpture across the Romano-Celtic region from Britain to Austria, with a particular concentration in the Rhineland (Hutton). In Britain they tend to be found in a triple deity form, which seems to be specific to the British representations.
Hooded Swan (series) The Hooded Swan Series (or Star Pilot Grainger Series) is a series of science fiction novels by Brian Stableford in the early 1970s, starting with The Halcyon Drift. It consists of six books, which have also been collected in an omnibus entitled Swan Songs: The Complete Hooded Swan Collection (2001).
Hooded Wheatear The Hooded Wheatear, Oenanthe monacha, is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Hoodening Hoodening, also called Hodening, is an East Kent tradition vaguely related to Mumming and the Morris dance, and dating back at least to the mid-18th century. Related traditions also exist in Wales and Lancashire.
Hoodie (Lady Sovereign song) "Hoodie" is the third single from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign's debut album Public Warning, following the release of her first UK top 40 hit, "9 to 5". The single was produced by UK dance outfit Basement Jaxx and became her third top 75 hit, peaking at #44 in the UK singles chart.
Hoodlebug Hoodlebug was a nickname used for small passenger trains or trolley cars that provided commuter service in parts of America. The name usually applies to such service in rural areas between towns or from towns to factories or mines before the advent of bus service.
Hoodlum (film) Hoodlum is a 1997 United Artists film that gives a partially fictional account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The film concentrated on the illegal activities lives of Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne),
Hoodlum Priest Named after a 1960s movie, Hoodlum Priest was led by Derek Thompson, born of an Irish background but born and raised in London, his self-chosen moniker for his work as a producer and engineer, using hip-hop, industrial, and techno influences as the source of material for his sounds.
Hoodlum Priest (album) The self titled album is the 3rd album from UK Industrial band Hoodlum Priest. This album featured former Pigface member Mary Byker taking on most of the vocals, but the sampling has been used less on this album.
Hoodoo Hoodoo refers to African traditional folk magic. A rich magical tradition which was (for thousands of years), indigenous to ancient African botanical, magio-religious practices and folk cultures, its practice was imported when mainly West Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States.
Hoodwinked Hoodwinked is an American computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. It was released by The Weinstein Company in selected markets on December 16, 2005, before expanding nation-wide on January 13, 2006.
Hoodwinked (soundtrack) Hoodwinked was a musical album released in December 2005, before the film of the same name was released. It features a score by John Mark Painter, and songs performed by various artists, including Todd Edwards, Cory Edwards, Anne Hathaway, Ben Folds, Pupil and more!
Hooe, East Sussex Hooe is a small village located about two miles (3km) north-west of Bexhill, in the Wealden District of East Sussex; The original stub for this village stated 'it is continuous with its neighbour, Hooe Common.' This is in fact confusing, Hooe church stands by itself in the middle of fields and is considered correctly to be the true Hooe, but politically Hooe Common is the centre of social and political life and is known as Hooe.
Hoofs and Goofs Hoofs and Goofs was the first Three Stooges short with Joe Besser as the third Stooge, released in 1957. According to Besser's autobiography Once a Stooge, Always a Stooge, Besser spoke to Moe shortly before filming to convey his condolences over the death of Shemp Howard the year before.
Hooge, Prince Su Hooge (Manchu: ; Chinese: č±Şć Ľ; 1609-1648) was the eldest son of Emperor Hong Taiji of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was the founder of the House of Prince Su (hošoi fafungga cin wang in Manchu, 和碩肅親王 heshou su qinwang; lit.
Hoogezand Hoogezand is a village in the municipality Hoogezand-Sappemeer, located in the northeast, Netherlands. The name refers to a higher sanded (Hooge Sandt) place in the peatlands cutted through when the Winschoterdiep channel was digged.
Hooghly River The Hooghly River (Bengali হŕ§ŕ¦—লী, HuglÄ«; Anglicized alternatively spelled Hoogli or Hugli) is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River in India. It splits from the Ganges near the city of Baharampur, and runs south through the Indian state of West Bengal, past the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah, to empty into the Bay of Bengal.
Hoogsteen base pair A Hoogsteen base pair is a minor variation of base-pairing in nucleic acids such as the A•T pair shown in the figure. In this manner, two nucleobases on each strand can be held together by hydrogen bonds in the major groove.
Hoojah Branch Site Hoojah Branch Site is a site in Rabun County, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1973 as an archaic site. It is believed to a mound similar to others across North Georgia (including the famous Etowah Indian Mounds) built by a mound-building Native American culture known as the Mississippian culture that flourished in the Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1500 A.
Hook 'em Horns Hook 'em Horns is the slogan and hand signal of The University of Texas at Austin. Students and alumni of the University employ a greeting consisting of the phrase "Hook 'em" or "Hook 'em Horns" and also use the phrase as a parting good-bye or as the closing line in a letter or story.
Hook and Cod wars The Hook and Cod wars (Dutch: Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten) comprise a series of wars and battles in Holland between 1350 and 1490. Most of these wars were fought over the title of count of Holland, but the underlying reason was the power struggle of the bourgeois in the cities against the ruling nobility.
Hook and lateral The hook and ladder or hook and lateral is a trick play in American football. It starts with the hook, which is where a wide receiver runs a predetermined distance, usually 10 yards down the field, and along the sideline, and "hooks in" towards the center of the field to receive a forward pass from the quarterback.
Hook Flash Hook Flash is a button on a telephone that simulates a quick off-hook/on-hook/off-hook cycle. Usually the functional equivalent of quickly hanging up and lifting the receiver on a middle 20th century cradle phone.
Hook Lighthouse The Hook Lighthouse, situated at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, in Ireland, is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world. Operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, the Irish Lighthouse Authority, the Hook marks the eastern entrance to Waterford Harbour
Hook Norton Brewery Hook Norton Brewery has been making beer since 1849 in Hook Norton in a fine example of a traditional Victorian "tower" brewery in which all the stages of the brewing process flow logically from floor to floor; mashing at the top, boiling in the middle, fermentation and racking at the bottom. Beer is still delivered in the village by horse drawn dray.
Hook railway station Hook station serves the town of Hook and surrounding villages in Hampshire, southern England. There are two platforms serving the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between the South Coast and the West Country.
Hook shot A hook shot, in basketball, is a play in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Unlike the jump shot, it is shot with only one hand; the other arm is often used to create space between the shooter and the defensive player.
Hook sword The hook sword is an exotic Chinese weapon traditionally associated with Northern styles of Chinese martial arts, but now often practiced by Southern styles as well. Also known as tiger hook swords or qian kun ri yue dao (literally "Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Sword"), these weapons have a blade similar to that of the jian, though possibly thicker or unsharpened, with a prong or hook (similar to a shepherd's crook) near the tip.
Hook Up "Hook Up" is a collaborative single by the artists signed under New Zealand record label Dawn Raid Entertainment under the name Dawn Raid All-Stars released in 2004. The premise of the single was also to promote Boost Mobile and has been used as the background music for their advertisements.
Hook, Line and Sinker Hook, Line and Sinker is a figure of speech based on a metaphor from fishing, of a fish which takes the bait so enthusiastically that it swallows not only the hook, but also the fishing line and sinker. Things named after this figure of speech include:
Hook, North Hampshire Hook is a large villageHook Parish Council Website in northern Hampshire, in the South East England region of the UK. It is situated some 10 km (6 miles) east of Basingstoke, 58 km (36 miles) northeast of Southampton and 68 km (42 miles) southwest of London on the A30 national route, just north of Junction 5 of the M3 motorway.
Hookbill Hookbill is an informal name some pet owners use to refer to members of the parrot family (typically anything larger than a parakeet) based on the shape of the bill, distinguishing them from softbills and other birds such as doves and finches. This indicates the bird will use the bill to be an active climber and is recommended to be put in a cage with horizontal bars.
Hooked (Vanilla Ice album) Hooked is the debut album by American rapper Vanilla Ice, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was released by a small, independent Atlanta-based record label called Ichiban and approximately 48,000 copies were sold.
Hooker Glacier Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki/Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Though not as large as its neighbour, the Tasman Glacier, it is still impressive, and is some 11 kilometres in length.
Hooker with a heart of gold The hooker with a heart of gold (also the whore with a heart of gold or the tart with a heart) is a stock character in which a fallen woman, a prostitute who sells sex for cash or drugs, is in fact a kindly and internally wholesome person. This character is often a pivotal, but peripheral, character in literature and motion pictures, usually giving key advice or serving as a go-between.
Hooking (hockey) Hooking in ice hockey is a penalty called when an offending player uses their hockey stick to prevent another player from moving freely. This results in a two minute penalty being assessed to the offending player.
Hooknose A hooknose (also called an aquiline nose or Roman nose) is a nose that is curved or hooked. The word aquiline comes from the Latin word aquilinus ("eagle-like"), a reference to the curved beak of an eagle.
Hooks Dauss George August "Hooks" Dauss (September 22 1889 – July 27 1963) was a Major League pitcher who played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. During his playing career from 1912 to 1926, he won more games in Tigers' franchise history than any other pitcher.
Hooks Mills, West Virginia Hooks Mills is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located on Hooks Mill Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 13/3) which intersects Cacapon River Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 14) 4.
Hooks Wiltse Hooks Wiltse (born George Leroy Wiltse on September 7, 1879 in Hamilton, New York; died January 21, 1959 in Long Beach, New York) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1904 to 1915. He was the brother of baseball pitcher Snake Wiltse.
Hookset In recreational fishing terminology, the hookset is a motion made with a fishing rod in order to impale a fishing hook into the mouth of a fish once it has bitten a fishing lure or bait. The motion is usually a sharp, sweeping motion of the rod, either upwards or to the side, depending on the orientation of the rod at the moment the fish bites.
Hooksett (CDP), New Hampshire Hooksett CDP is a census-designated place within the town of Hooksett in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA. The CDP data provides specific detail and demographic data for the central village within the town.
Hookshot A hookshot is a device used to pull the wielder to a different location, for example, across large gaps or to a higher elevation, although it can also pull distant objects towards oneself. It usually consists of a grappling hook launched from a gun-like firearm.
Hooktooth shark The hooktooth shark, Chaenogaleus macrostoma, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, the only member of the genus Chaenogaleus, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 30° N and 10° S, including the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, and Java and Sulawesi in Indonesia, from the surface to 59 m. Its length is up to 1 m.
Hookworm The hookworm is a parasitic worm (nematode) that lives in the small intestine of its host, which may be a mammal such as a dog, cat, or human. Two species of hookworms commonly infect humans, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.
Hooley Hooley is a small village in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies in a "pass" which is the lowest crossing point of the North Downs for several kilometers in either direction.
Hooley Smith Reginald "Hooley" Smith (January 7, 1903 – August 24, 1963) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans.
Hooligan (song) "Hooligan" (released 8 November 1999) was English band Embrace's sixth top 40 single, and the first from second album "Drawn From Memory". It is one of only two singles so far to be sung entirely by Richard.
Hooligan's Holiday "Hooligan's Holiday" is a song by the American hard rock band, Mötley Crüe, released on their 1994 eponymous album. The lyrics to the song were written by vocalist/rhythm guitarist John Corabi and bassist Nikki Sixx, while the music was written by Corabi, Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars.
Hoon Hoon is an Australian and New Zealand colloquial term applied to individuals who typically drive fast and dangerously. The term is also used as a verb: "to hoon" or "to hoon around", meaning to act in a reckless or otherwise less than sensible manner.
Hoons Hoons is Australian slang for a young motorist who uses his/her car in anti-social behaviour. Typical "hoon activity" is consists of doing wheelies, burn-outs, racing other motorists, running red lights, etc.
Hoop Conjecture The Hoop Conjecture was proposed by Kip Thorne in 1972. The hoop conjecture states that an imploding object forms a black hole when, and only when, a circular hoop with the critical circumference could be placed around the object and rotated.
Hoop cheese Hoop Cheese is a firm, dry cottage cheese, similar to farmer’s cheese in that most of the liquid has been pressed out. It is different from farmer’s cheese in that farmer’s cheese is made with milk, cream and salt, while hoop cheese is made from milk alone.
Hoop rolling Hoop Rolling, often called hoop and stick, is a child's game in which a large hoop, made of wood, metal or plastic, is propelled by means of a rolling stick. Skilled players can keep the hoop upright for lengthy periods of time and can do various tricks.
Hoop snake The hoop snake is a legendary creature of the United States. The hoop snake is referred to in the Pecos Bill stories and although it is his description of hoop snakes that most people are familiar with, stories of the creature predate those fictional tales considerably.
Hoop stress Hoop stress is mechanical stress applied in a direction perpendicular to the radius of the item in question. Along with axial stress and radial stress, it is a component of the stress tensor in cylindrical coordinates.
Hooper (film) Hooper is a 1978 comedy motion picture based loosely on the experiences of director Hal Needham, a one-time stuntman in his own right, and serves as a tribute to stuntmen and stuntwomen in what was at one time an underrecognized profession.
Hooper Bay (album) Hooper Bay was an EP created by Boards of Canada, issued in both vinyl and cassette formats. The title refers to the small city of that name in Alaska, and all track titles on the album share a similar Alaskan theme.
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House is a historic Colonial American house, initially constructed 1685 but enlarged and remodeled many times. It is located at 159 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the second-oldest house in Cambridge (after the Cooper-Frost-Austin House, c.
Hoops&Yoyo Hoops & Yoyo are a pair of animated characters featured on Hallmark Cards. The website features E-cards, animated episodes, an "Ask hoops&yoyo" section, desktop and phone wallpapers, audio snippets, IM icons, fan photos, interactive monthly calendars, and merchandise available for purchase.
Hoopstad Hoopstad is a small cattle and maize farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The town, whose name means hope town in afrikaans, was established in 1874 on one side of the huge farm Kameeldoorns, with another town Bultfontein on the other side.
Hooptie A hooptie is typically a large car popular with the "gangsta" and hip-hop culture. The cars are usually old 1970s or 1980s model cars, often outfitted with hydraulics or other accessories (Houston rapper Paul Wall refers to these vehicles as slabs - usually Cadillacs).
HoopWorld HoopWorld is an Xbox Live Arcade game developed for release in 2007 that is a mixture of Powerstone and basketball. It is an over-the-top, three-on-three multiplayer trick-game that brings together elements of arcade-style street basketball and the ancient Mesoamerican game of tlachtli to create a unique competitive experience.
Hoopy Frood Hoopy Frood are a UK based Psychedelic/ambient act established in 2004. A writing collaboration between Steve Varman and Rich Walgate has seen the successful release of their debut album - Psychonaut (released through Amboworld).
Hooray for Hollywood (album) Hooray for Hollywood was the name of a two-album set recorded by Doris Day, released by Columbia Records. The two-album set was released by Columbia under the catalog number AC2L-5, but each individual LP was also released in both monaural and stereophonic versions as indicated below.
Hooray for Hollywood (song) Hooray for Hollywood is a movie song first featured in the relatively obscure 1937 movie Hollywood Hotel, and which has since become the staple soundtrack element of any Academy Awards ceremony. It is even frequently played during non-American movie ceremonies, e.
Hoorn Islands The Hoorn Islands (also Futuna Islands) are one of the two island groups the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna geographically is composed of. The aggregate area is 115 km², and the population 4873 (census of 2003).
Hoose (disease) Hoose is a disease of sheep, cattle, goats, and swine caused by the presence of various species of nematodes of the genera Dictyocaulus, Metastrongylus, and Prototstrongylus in the bronchial tubes or in the lungs. It is marked by cough, dyspnea, anorexia and constipation.
Hoosh Hoosh was a nickname for the one-pot meals generally eaten during early 20th century Antarctic expeditions, at the latest used since the expeditions by Robert Scott (1910-1913) and Ernest Shackleton (1914-1916). It was commonly made in a Primus cooker and contained cereals, pemmican, biscuits and/or penguin, seal or pony meat.
Hoosier National Forest The Hoosier National Forest, in the hills of south central Indiana, provides a wide mix of opportunities and resources for people to enjoy. Rolling hills, back-country trails, and rural crossroad communities make this small but beautiful forest a favorite of tourists.
Hoosiers Hoosiers is a 1986 movie about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. The film is set during the 1950's, when Indiana still had only one state champion in basketball regardless of school enrollment.
Hoot (missile) Hoot (Persian: ŘŮŘŞ - "Whale") is an Iranian torpedo that travels at approximately 360 km/h, several times faster than a conventional torpedo. It was test-fired successfully from a surface ship against a dummy submarine during the Iranian military exercise "Great Prophet" (Persian:(پيامبر اعظم(ص) on 2 April 2006 and 3 April 2006.
Hoot (novel) Hoot is a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. Set in Florida, the story follows Roy and his two friends, as they try to stop construction for a pancake house, which would destroy the colony of burrowing owls who lived on the site.
Hoot Evers Walter Arthur "Hoot" Evers (February 8, 1921 – January 25, 1991) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played twelve seasons primarily with the Detroit Tigers. He led the American League in triples (11) in 1950 and was an All-Star twice, in 1948 and 1950.
Honshū Honshū ( literally "Main State") is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh largest island, and the second most populous island in the world after Java (see the list of islands by size, population).
Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project The Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project is a system of bridges connecting the islands of Honshū and Shikoku across the Inland Sea of Japan, which were previously only connected by ferry. It consists of three major connections.
Hont Hont (-Slovak and Hungarian and German, in Latin: Honthum, in Hungarian also: Honth) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and then shortly of Czechoslovakia. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia (3/4) and northern Hungary (1/4).
Honvédség Honvédség is the name of the Hungarian army. It literally means corps of homeland defenders and was originally used to refer to the revolutionary army established by Lajos Kossuth and the National Defence Committee of the Revolutionary Hungarian Diet in September 1848 during the Hungarian Revolution.
Hoo Peninsula The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in England separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of sand and clay hills surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt.
Hoo St Werburgh Hoo St Werburgh is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England to bear the name Hoo. It constitutes a civil parish in the borough of Medway, which according to the 2001 census had a population of 7,356.
Hood (headgear) A hood is a kind of headgear that covers most of the head and neck and sometimes the face. They may be worn for protection from the environment, for fashion, as a form of traditional dress or uniform, to prevent the wearer seeing or to prevent the wearer being identified.
Hood (vehicle) The hood (US) also commonly known as a flop top (West Coast US) or bonnet (UK) is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles that allows access to the engine compartment for maintenance and repair. On passenger cars, a hood may be held down by a concealed latch.
Hood 2 hood Hood 2 Hood, The Blockumentary is an action packed film that takes you on a tour through America's highest crime rated neighborhoods. Rich Kid Entertainment contacted all the underground hood connections from hoods across the country from California to New York, to the South and Midwest.
Hood Baronets There have been three Baronetcies created for people with the surname Hood, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The first Baronet of the first creation was created Viscount Hood while the fourth Baronet of the second creation was made Baron St Audries.
Hood Boy "Hood Boy" is the first single from Fantasia Barrino's second album, Fantasia (2006). Written by Johnta Austin and produced by Tone Mason, it features Big Boi from Outkast and is currently at #21 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at #3 (roughly equivalent to #103).
Hood Canal Bridge The Hood Canal Bridge is located in Washington state in the USA on Washington State Route 104 and connects the Olympic Peninsula and the Kitsap Peninsula across the Hood Canal. It is 7,869 feet (2,398 m) long, making it the longest floating bridge in the world located in a saltwater tidal basin, and the third longest floating bridge overall.
Hood event The Hood Event (Çuval Olayı in Turkish) was an incident on July 4 2003 following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq where a group of Turkish military personnel operating in northern Iraq were captured, led away with hoods over their heads, and interrogated by the United States military. The soldiers were released after 60 hours, after Turkey protested to the United States.
Hood film Hood film is a type of film which features aspects of African American urban culture, including hip hop music, racial discrimination, and the problems of young black men coming of age or struggling with a predominantly white society. John Singleton and Spike Lee are examples of directors in this genre.
Hood of Horror Hood of Horror (aka Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror) is a horror film adaptation of a fictional comic book, which is an anthology of three short tales set in an urban milieu in a style reminiscent of Tales From The Crypt and Tales from the Hood. The movie debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Hood scoop A hood scoop is an air vent on the hood of an automobile that either allows a flow of air to directly enter the engine compartment, or appears to do so. It may be closed, and thus purely decorative, or serve to enhance performance in several possible ways.
Hood to Coast The Nike Hood to Coast Relay is a unique long-distance relay race held in Oregon annually, traditionally on the Friday and Saturday of the last full weekend in August. It is the longest major relay in North America and the largest in the world in terms of total participation.
Hood unit A hood unit, in railroad terminology, is a body style for diesel and electric locomotives. On a hood unit, the body of the locomotive is less than full-width for most of the locomotive's length, with walkways on the outside of the locomotive.
Hood vs. Evil Hood vs. Evil is an American computer-animated family comedy being written and to be produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment and expected to be released by The Weinstein Company in January 11, 2008.
Hooded carpetshark The hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 153° E. Its length is up to 75 cm.
Hooded Crow The Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) (sometimes called Hoodiecrow) is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus. It is so similar in structure and habits to the Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) that for many years they were considered by most authorities to be merely geographical races of one species.
Hooded Parrot The Hooded Parrot, Psephotus dissimilis is a medium-sized, up to 26cm long, turquoise blue parrot with black head, green wing, brown back and greenish blue-bronze tail feathers edged with white. It has pale grey beak, greyish brown legs and brown eye.
Hooded Seal The Hooded Seal or Crested seal, (Cystophora christata or Cystophora cristata) is an arctic seal found only in the central and western North Atlantic ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the west.
Hooded Siskin The Hooded Siskin (Carduelis magellanica) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae which is native to South America. It is commonly found in flocks, feeding in trees or bushes or on the ground.
Hooded Skunk The hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura, is similar to the striped skunk, but can be distinguished by its longer tail and longer, softer coat of fur. A ruff of white fur around its neck gives the animal its common name.
Hooded Spirits "Cloaked scurrying figures carved in an almost abstract manner," (Henig, 62), the Hooded Spirits, or Genii Cucullati appear in religious sculpture across the Romano-Celtic region from Britain to Austria, with a particular concentration in the Rhineland (Hutton). In Britain they tend to be found in a triple deity form, which seems to be specific to the British representations.
Hooded Swan (series) The Hooded Swan Series (or Star Pilot Grainger Series) is a series of science fiction novels by Brian Stableford in the early 1970s, starting with The Halcyon Drift. It consists of six books, which have also been collected in an omnibus entitled Swan Songs: The Complete Hooded Swan Collection (2001).
Hooded Wheatear The Hooded Wheatear, Oenanthe monacha, is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Hoodening Hoodening, also called Hodening, is an East Kent tradition vaguely related to Mumming and the Morris dance, and dating back at least to the mid-18th century. Related traditions also exist in Wales and Lancashire.
Hoodie (Lady Sovereign song) "Hoodie" is the third single from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign's debut album Public Warning, following the release of her first UK top 40 hit, "9 to 5". The single was produced by UK dance outfit Basement Jaxx and became her third top 75 hit, peaking at #44 in the UK singles chart.
Hoodlebug Hoodlebug was a nickname used for small passenger trains or trolley cars that provided commuter service in parts of America. The name usually applies to such service in rural areas between towns or from towns to factories or mines before the advent of bus service.
Hoodlum (film) Hoodlum is a 1997 United Artists film that gives a partially fictional account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The film concentrated on the illegal activities lives of Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne),
Hoodlum Priest Named after a 1960s movie, Hoodlum Priest was led by Derek Thompson, born of an Irish background but born and raised in London, his self-chosen moniker for his work as a producer and engineer, using hip-hop, industrial, and techno influences as the source of material for his sounds.
Hoodlum Priest (album) The self titled album is the 3rd album from UK Industrial band Hoodlum Priest. This album featured former Pigface member Mary Byker taking on most of the vocals, but the sampling has been used less on this album.
Hoodoo Hoodoo refers to African traditional folk magic. A rich magical tradition which was (for thousands of years), indigenous to ancient African botanical, magio-religious practices and folk cultures, its practice was imported when mainly West Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States.
Hoodwinked Hoodwinked is an American computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. It was released by The Weinstein Company in selected markets on December 16, 2005, before expanding nation-wide on January 13, 2006.
Hoodwinked (soundtrack) Hoodwinked was a musical album released in December 2005, before the film of the same name was released. It features a score by John Mark Painter, and songs performed by various artists, including Todd Edwards, Cory Edwards, Anne Hathaway, Ben Folds, Pupil and more!
Hooe, East Sussex Hooe is a small village located about two miles (3km) north-west of Bexhill, in the Wealden District of East Sussex; The original stub for this village stated 'it is continuous with its neighbour, Hooe Common.' This is in fact confusing, Hooe church stands by itself in the middle of fields and is considered correctly to be the true Hooe, but politically Hooe Common is the centre of social and political life and is known as Hooe.
Hoofs and Goofs Hoofs and Goofs was the first Three Stooges short with Joe Besser as the third Stooge, released in 1957. According to Besser's autobiography Once a Stooge, Always a Stooge, Besser spoke to Moe shortly before filming to convey his condolences over the death of Shemp Howard the year before.
Hooge, Prince Su Hooge (Manchu: ; Chinese: č±Şć Ľ; 1609-1648) was the eldest son of Emperor Hong Taiji of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was the founder of the House of Prince Su (hošoi fafungga cin wang in Manchu, 和碩肅親王 heshou su qinwang; lit.
Hoogezand Hoogezand is a village in the municipality Hoogezand-Sappemeer, located in the northeast, Netherlands. The name refers to a higher sanded (Hooge Sandt) place in the peatlands cutted through when the Winschoterdiep channel was digged.
Hooghly River The Hooghly River (Bengali হŕ§ŕ¦—লী, HuglÄ«; Anglicized alternatively spelled Hoogli or Hugli) is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River in India. It splits from the Ganges near the city of Baharampur, and runs south through the Indian state of West Bengal, past the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah, to empty into the Bay of Bengal.
Hoogsteen base pair A Hoogsteen base pair is a minor variation of base-pairing in nucleic acids such as the A•T pair shown in the figure. In this manner, two nucleobases on each strand can be held together by hydrogen bonds in the major groove.
Hoojah Branch Site Hoojah Branch Site is a site in Rabun County, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1973 as an archaic site. It is believed to a mound similar to others across North Georgia (including the famous Etowah Indian Mounds) built by a mound-building Native American culture known as the Mississippian culture that flourished in the Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1500 A.
Hook 'em Horns Hook 'em Horns is the slogan and hand signal of The University of Texas at Austin. Students and alumni of the University employ a greeting consisting of the phrase "Hook 'em" or "Hook 'em Horns" and also use the phrase as a parting good-bye or as the closing line in a letter or story.
Hook and Cod wars The Hook and Cod wars (Dutch: Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten) comprise a series of wars and battles in Holland between 1350 and 1490. Most of these wars were fought over the title of count of Holland, but the underlying reason was the power struggle of the bourgeois in the cities against the ruling nobility.
Hook and lateral The hook and ladder or hook and lateral is a trick play in American football. It starts with the hook, which is where a wide receiver runs a predetermined distance, usually 10 yards down the field, and along the sideline, and "hooks in" towards the center of the field to receive a forward pass from the quarterback.
Hook Flash Hook Flash is a button on a telephone that simulates a quick off-hook/on-hook/off-hook cycle. Usually the functional equivalent of quickly hanging up and lifting the receiver on a middle 20th century cradle phone.
Hook Lighthouse The Hook Lighthouse, situated at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, in Ireland, is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world. Operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, the Irish Lighthouse Authority, the Hook marks the eastern entrance to Waterford Harbour
Hook Norton Brewery Hook Norton Brewery has been making beer since 1849 in Hook Norton in a fine example of a traditional Victorian "tower" brewery in which all the stages of the brewing process flow logically from floor to floor; mashing at the top, boiling in the middle, fermentation and racking at the bottom. Beer is still delivered in the village by horse drawn dray.
Hook railway station Hook station serves the town of Hook and surrounding villages in Hampshire, southern England. There are two platforms serving the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between the South Coast and the West Country.
Hook shot A hook shot, in basketball, is a play in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Unlike the jump shot, it is shot with only one hand; the other arm is often used to create space between the shooter and the defensive player.
Hook sword The hook sword is an exotic Chinese weapon traditionally associated with Northern styles of Chinese martial arts, but now often practiced by Southern styles as well. Also known as tiger hook swords or qian kun ri yue dao (literally "Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Sword"), these weapons have a blade similar to that of the jian, though possibly thicker or unsharpened, with a prong or hook (similar to a shepherd's crook) near the tip.
Hook Up "Hook Up" is a collaborative single by the artists signed under New Zealand record label Dawn Raid Entertainment under the name Dawn Raid All-Stars released in 2004. The premise of the single was also to promote Boost Mobile and has been used as the background music for their advertisements.
Hook, Line and Sinker Hook, Line and Sinker is a figure of speech based on a metaphor from fishing, of a fish which takes the bait so enthusiastically that it swallows not only the hook, but also the fishing line and sinker. Things named after this figure of speech include:
Hook, North Hampshire Hook is a large villageHook Parish Council Website in northern Hampshire, in the South East England region of the UK. It is situated some 10 km (6 miles) east of Basingstoke, 58 km (36 miles) northeast of Southampton and 68 km (42 miles) southwest of London on the A30 national route, just north of Junction 5 of the M3 motorway.
Hookbill Hookbill is an informal name some pet owners use to refer to members of the parrot family (typically anything larger than a parakeet) based on the shape of the bill, distinguishing them from softbills and other birds such as doves and finches. This indicates the bird will use the bill to be an active climber and is recommended to be put in a cage with horizontal bars.
Hooked (Vanilla Ice album) Hooked is the debut album by American rapper Vanilla Ice, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was released by a small, independent Atlanta-based record label called Ichiban and approximately 48,000 copies were sold.
Hooker Glacier Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki/Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Though not as large as its neighbour, the Tasman Glacier, it is still impressive, and is some 11 kilometres in length.
Hooker with a heart of gold The hooker with a heart of gold (also the whore with a heart of gold or the tart with a heart) is a stock character in which a fallen woman, a prostitute who sells sex for cash or drugs, is in fact a kindly and internally wholesome person. This character is often a pivotal, but peripheral, character in literature and motion pictures, usually giving key advice or serving as a go-between.
Hooking (hockey) Hooking in ice hockey is a penalty called when an offending player uses their hockey stick to prevent another player from moving freely. This results in a two minute penalty being assessed to the offending player.
Hooknose A hooknose (also called an aquiline nose or Roman nose) is a nose that is curved or hooked. The word aquiline comes from the Latin word aquilinus ("eagle-like"), a reference to the curved beak of an eagle.
Hooks Dauss George August "Hooks" Dauss (September 22 1889 – July 27 1963) was a Major League pitcher who played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. During his playing career from 1912 to 1926, he won more games in Tigers' franchise history than any other pitcher.
Hooks Mills, West Virginia Hooks Mills is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located on Hooks Mill Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 13/3) which intersects Cacapon River Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 14) 4.
Hooks Wiltse Hooks Wiltse (born George Leroy Wiltse on September 7, 1879 in Hamilton, New York; died January 21, 1959 in Long Beach, New York) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1904 to 1915. He was the brother of baseball pitcher Snake Wiltse.
Hookset In recreational fishing terminology, the hookset is a motion made with a fishing rod in order to impale a fishing hook into the mouth of a fish once it has bitten a fishing lure or bait. The motion is usually a sharp, sweeping motion of the rod, either upwards or to the side, depending on the orientation of the rod at the moment the fish bites.
Hooksett (CDP), New Hampshire Hooksett CDP is a census-designated place within the town of Hooksett in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA. The CDP data provides specific detail and demographic data for the central village within the town.
Hookshot A hookshot is a device used to pull the wielder to a different location, for example, across large gaps or to a higher elevation, although it can also pull distant objects towards oneself. It usually consists of a grappling hook launched from a gun-like firearm.
Hooktooth shark The hooktooth shark, Chaenogaleus macrostoma, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, the only member of the genus Chaenogaleus, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 30° N and 10° S, including the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, and Java and Sulawesi in Indonesia, from the surface to 59 m. Its length is up to 1 m.
Hookworm The hookworm is a parasitic worm (nematode) that lives in the small intestine of its host, which may be a mammal such as a dog, cat, or human. Two species of hookworms commonly infect humans, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.
Hooley Hooley is a small village in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies in a "pass" which is the lowest crossing point of the North Downs for several kilometers in either direction.
Hooley Smith Reginald "Hooley" Smith (January 7, 1903 – August 24, 1963) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans.
Hooligan (song) "Hooligan" (released 8 November 1999) was English band Embrace's sixth top 40 single, and the first from second album "Drawn From Memory". It is one of only two singles so far to be sung entirely by Richard.
Hooligan's Holiday "Hooligan's Holiday" is a song by the American hard rock band, Mötley Crüe, released on their 1994 eponymous album. The lyrics to the song were written by vocalist/rhythm guitarist John Corabi and bassist Nikki Sixx, while the music was written by Corabi, Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars.
Hoon Hoon is an Australian and New Zealand colloquial term applied to individuals who typically drive fast and dangerously. The term is also used as a verb: "to hoon" or "to hoon around", meaning to act in a reckless or otherwise less than sensible manner.
Hoons Hoons is Australian slang for a young motorist who uses his/her car in anti-social behaviour. Typical "hoon activity" is consists of doing wheelies, burn-outs, racing other motorists, running red lights, etc.
Hoop Conjecture The Hoop Conjecture was proposed by Kip Thorne in 1972. The hoop conjecture states that an imploding object forms a black hole when, and only when, a circular hoop with the critical circumference could be placed around the object and rotated.
Hoop cheese Hoop Cheese is a firm, dry cottage cheese, similar to farmer’s cheese in that most of the liquid has been pressed out. It is different from farmer’s cheese in that farmer’s cheese is made with milk, cream and salt, while hoop cheese is made from milk alone.
Hoop rolling Hoop Rolling, often called hoop and stick, is a child's game in which a large hoop, made of wood, metal or plastic, is propelled by means of a rolling stick. Skilled players can keep the hoop upright for lengthy periods of time and can do various tricks.
Hoop snake The hoop snake is a legendary creature of the United States. The hoop snake is referred to in the Pecos Bill stories and although it is his description of hoop snakes that most people are familiar with, stories of the creature predate those fictional tales considerably.
Hoop stress Hoop stress is mechanical stress applied in a direction perpendicular to the radius of the item in question. Along with axial stress and radial stress, it is a component of the stress tensor in cylindrical coordinates.
Hooper (film) Hooper is a 1978 comedy motion picture based loosely on the experiences of director Hal Needham, a one-time stuntman in his own right, and serves as a tribute to stuntmen and stuntwomen in what was at one time an underrecognized profession.
Hooper Bay (album) Hooper Bay was an EP created by Boards of Canada, issued in both vinyl and cassette formats. The title refers to the small city of that name in Alaska, and all track titles on the album share a similar Alaskan theme.
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House is a historic Colonial American house, initially constructed 1685 but enlarged and remodeled many times. It is located at 159 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the second-oldest house in Cambridge (after the Cooper-Frost-Austin House, c.
Hoops&Yoyo Hoops & Yoyo are a pair of animated characters featured on Hallmark Cards. The website features E-cards, animated episodes, an "Ask hoops&yoyo" section, desktop and phone wallpapers, audio snippets, IM icons, fan photos, interactive monthly calendars, and merchandise available for purchase.
Hoopstad Hoopstad is a small cattle and maize farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The town, whose name means hope town in afrikaans, was established in 1874 on one side of the huge farm Kameeldoorns, with another town Bultfontein on the other side.
Hooptie A hooptie is typically a large car popular with the "gangsta" and hip-hop culture. The cars are usually old 1970s or 1980s model cars, often outfitted with hydraulics or other accessories (Houston rapper Paul Wall refers to these vehicles as slabs - usually Cadillacs).
HoopWorld HoopWorld is an Xbox Live Arcade game developed for release in 2007 that is a mixture of Powerstone and basketball. It is an over-the-top, three-on-three multiplayer trick-game that brings together elements of arcade-style street basketball and the ancient Mesoamerican game of tlachtli to create a unique competitive experience.
Hoopy Frood Hoopy Frood are a UK based Psychedelic/ambient act established in 2004. A writing collaboration between Steve Varman and Rich Walgate has seen the successful release of their debut album - Psychonaut (released through Amboworld).
Hooray for Hollywood (album) Hooray for Hollywood was the name of a two-album set recorded by Doris Day, released by Columbia Records. The two-album set was released by Columbia under the catalog number AC2L-5, but each individual LP was also released in both monaural and stereophonic versions as indicated below.
Hooray for Hollywood (song) Hooray for Hollywood is a movie song first featured in the relatively obscure 1937 movie Hollywood Hotel, and which has since become the staple soundtrack element of any Academy Awards ceremony. It is even frequently played during non-American movie ceremonies, e.
Hoorn Islands The Hoorn Islands (also Futuna Islands) are one of the two island groups the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna geographically is composed of. The aggregate area is 115 km², and the population 4873 (census of 2003).
Hoose (disease) Hoose is a disease of sheep, cattle, goats, and swine caused by the presence of various species of nematodes of the genera Dictyocaulus, Metastrongylus, and Prototstrongylus in the bronchial tubes or in the lungs. It is marked by cough, dyspnea, anorexia and constipation.
Hoosh Hoosh was a nickname for the one-pot meals generally eaten during early 20th century Antarctic expeditions, at the latest used since the expeditions by Robert Scott (1910-1913) and Ernest Shackleton (1914-1916). It was commonly made in a Primus cooker and contained cereals, pemmican, biscuits and/or penguin, seal or pony meat.
Hoosier National Forest The Hoosier National Forest, in the hills of south central Indiana, provides a wide mix of opportunities and resources for people to enjoy. Rolling hills, back-country trails, and rural crossroad communities make this small but beautiful forest a favorite of tourists.
Hoosiers Hoosiers is a 1986 movie about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. The film is set during the 1950's, when Indiana still had only one state champion in basketball regardless of school enrollment.
Hoot (missile) Hoot (Persian: ŘŮŘŞ - "Whale") is an Iranian torpedo that travels at approximately 360 km/h, several times faster than a conventional torpedo. It was test-fired successfully from a surface ship against a dummy submarine during the Iranian military exercise "Great Prophet" (Persian:(پيامبر اعظم(ص) on 2 April 2006 and 3 April 2006.
Hoot (novel) Hoot is a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. Set in Florida, the story follows Roy and his two friends, as they try to stop construction for a pancake house, which would destroy the colony of burrowing owls who lived on the site.
Hoot Evers Walter Arthur "Hoot" Evers (February 8, 1921 – January 25, 1991) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played twelve seasons primarily with the Detroit Tigers. He led the American League in triples (11) in 1950 and was an All-Star twice, in 1948 and 1950.
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