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Humidifier A humidifier is a household appliance that increases humidity (moisture) in a single room or in the entire home. There are point of use humidifiers, which are commonly used to humidify a single room, and whole house or furnace humidifiers, which connect to a home's HVAC system to provide humidity to the entire house.
Humidity indicator card A humidity indicator card (HIC) is a card on which a moisture-sensitive chemical is printed such that it will change colour when the indicated relative humidity is exceeded. This item is a cheap way to quantify relative humidity levels inside sealed packaging.
Humidor A humidor is any kind of box or room with constant humidity (and often temperature as well) used to store cigars or pipe tobacco. For private use, small wooden or acrylic glass humidor boxes for a few dozen cigars are used, while cigar shops may have walk-in humidors, sometimes covering a whole floor.
Humiliatrix Humiliatrix is a form of female dominant (see dominatrix) who humiliates the submissive partner. Humiliation play can include teasing, verbal degradation, orgasm denial, blackmail, monetary tributes, and public humiliation.
Humility Humility is a quality or characteristic ascribed to a person who is considered to be humble. A humble person is generally thought to be unpretentious and modest: someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others.
Huminity Huminity Social Networking Chat is a free social networking software that was the first to combine Instant Messaging with Social Networking and Weblogs, preceding Microsoft’s planned Wallop application to the market. Huminity’s network has grown to over 1 Million people from all over the world, and its main attraction is its graphical visualization of connections between people and the ability to search path from any person to any other person.
Humko Deewana Kar Gaye Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (Hindi: हमको दीवाना कर गये, Urdu: ہم کو دیوانا کر گۓ) is a 2006 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kanwar and stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Vivek Shaq and Manoj Joshi also star in the movie in supporting roles. The film is produced by the famous Indian music company, T-Series.
Humla District Humla district, a part of Karnali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Simikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of 5,655 sq km and has a population (2001) of 40,595.
Hummay Hummay was from about 1075 the mai (ruler) of the nomadic Sayfawa confederacy, in central Chad, that was later to be known as the Kanem-Bornu Empire. He is also thought by some historians to be the true founder of the Sayfawa dynasty, that was to survive till 1846.
Hummel (artillery) The Hummel (‘Bumble Bee’) was a self-propelled artillery gun based on the Geschützwagen III/IV chassis, armed with a 15 cm howitzer. It was used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War from late 1942 until the end of the war.
Hummer card The Hummer card is a levitation magic trick in which, unlike many other levitation tricks, a regular playing card floats, hovers, spins and flies around the body of the magician in a seemingly impossible manner. The trick works for any form of card such as a credit card or business card.
Hummer H1 The Hummer H1 Alpha is a civilian vehicle based on the M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), popularly known as the Humvee, which was created by AM General. The vehicle was produced from 1992 through 2006.
Hummer H2 The H2 SUV/SUT/Hydrogen is the second vehicle sold under the Hummer marque of General Motors. It is a large truck (lighter and slightly slimmer than the Hummer H1, while slightly longer and slightly taller) with room for six passengers (including driver).
Hummer H3 The Hummer H3 SUV/Tri/x is a vehicle from General Motors' Hummer division, introduced in 2006. The H3 is the smallest of the three Hummer models, and though the H3 concept car was a pickup truck, the final vehicle is a conventional SUV.
Hummersknott Hummersknott is a housing estate in the west end of Darlington, County Durham, in England. It consists largely of middle class post-war housing, and is bordered by a Victorian cemetery, a Carmelite nunnery, Hummersknott school and Carmel Road North.
Hummersknott School It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Hummingbird Hawk-moth The Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth with a long proboscis, and is capable of hovering in place, making an audible humming noise. These two features make it look remarkably like a hummingbird when it feeds on flowers.
Hummingbird Highway The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. It connects the Western Highway outside of Belmopan in the Cayo District with the Southern Highway outside of Dangriga in the Stann Creek District.
Hummock Hummock (of uncertain derivation; cf. hump or hillock), a boss or rounded knoll of ice rising above the general level of an ice-field, making sledge travelling in the Arctic and Antarctic region extremely difficult and unpleasant.
Hummus Hummus (; ; Armenian Ő°ŐˇŐ´Ő¸Ő˝ translit: hamos; also spelled houmous, hommus, hummous or humus) is a dip made of chickpea paste and tahini (sesame seed paste), with flavorings such as olive oil, garlic, paprika, and lemon juice.
Humor Risk Humor Risk (1921) was the first (but never released) Marx Brothers film, and is listed by the Internet Movie Database as lost. It may have been destroyed by Groucho, who is said to have burnt the negative after a particularly bad premiere screening.
Humoral immunity Humoral immunity (HIR) is the aspect of immunity that is mediated by secreted antibodies, produced in the cells of the B lymphocyte lineage (B cell). Secreted antibodies bind to antigens on the surfaces of invading microbes (such as viruses or bacteria), which flags them for destruction.
HumorFeed HumorFeed is a website founded in 2003 by Bill Doty and Uncle Sharky, who brought together a group of around 20 news satire webmasters. It displays headlines submitted by its members in a list generated daily in an RSS feed which many members also include on their own sites.
Humorism Humorism, or humoralism, was a theory of the makeup and workings of the human body adopted by ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers. From Hippocrates onward, the humor theory was the most commonly held view of the human body among europeans until the nineteenth century and the understanding of the circulation of blood.
Humorology Humorology, or "Humo" for short, is an annual musical/variety show show that takes place at the Union Theater of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The final performance consists of six original mini musical comedies that are entirely written, produced and performed by six independent companies.
Humour Humour (also spelled humor) is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy.
Humours comedy Comedy of Humours: The special genre of comedy that was developed in the closing years of the sixteenth century by Ben Jonson and George Chapman and that derives its comic interest largely from the exhibition of character whose conduct is controlled by one characteristic or humour. Some single psychophysiological humour or exaggerated trait of character gave the important figures in the action a definite bias of disposition and supplied the chief motive for their actions.
Humours of an Election The Humours of an Election is a series of four oil painting and later engravings by William Hogarth that illustrate the election of a member of parliament in Oxfordshire in 1754. The oil paintings were created in 1755.
Humouse A humouse is an immunodeficient mouse reconstituted with a human immune system. Although conventional mouse models have allowed for an increased understanding of mammalian immune systems, sometimes this knowledge cannot be directly applied to humans due to biological differences between the two species.
Hump de Bump "Hump de Bump" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the fifth track on their 2006 album Stadium Arcadium. Despite the change in musical style of the rest of the album, its sound is similar to that of the band's earlier albums such as Freaky Styley.
Humpback anglerfish The humpback angler, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a black seadevil of the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 m. Its length is up to 3 cm for males and up to 20 cm for females.
Humpback Bridge A humpback bridge (or hump bridge) is a name for a type of bridge, specifically an arch bridge, where the span is higher than the ramps on either side, forming a hump-like arrangement. Examples include Chinese and Japanese moon bridges and the Humpback Covered Bridge in the United States.
Humpback cat shark The humpback cat shark, Apristurus gibbosus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea, from the surface to 915 m. Its length is up to 3.
Humpback smooth-hound The humpback smooth-hound, Mustelus whitneyi, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the tropical southeast Pacific from Peru to southern Chile between latitudes 3° S and 54° S, at depths of between 15 and 210 m. Its length is up to 87 cm.
Humphead wrasse The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a wrasse that is mainly found in coral reefs. It is also known by the name "Napoleon wrasse", "Maori wrasse", or "Napoleonfish", or "So Mei" (in Cantonese).
Humphrey Appleby Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB, KBE KCB, MVO, MA (Oxon) (April 5, 1929 – December 26, 2001)Politico's Book of the Dead (spoof obituary) is one of the three main characters of the 1980s British sitcom Yes Minister and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. He was played by Nigel Hawthorne.
Humphrey Barclay Humphrey Barclay (born March 24, 1941 in Dorking, Surrey, England) is a comedy executive and producer whose first foray into show business was via the Cambridge Footlights. He was offered a job as a BBC radio producer soon aftwards and put together the team that would produce both the comedy shows I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and Do Not Adjust Your Set.
Humphrey Cobbold Humphrey Cobbold is the current chairman of Fish4, one of the largest online classified advertising site networks in the United Kingdom, as well as the Director of Strategic Development and Executive Committee member of Trinity Mirror.
Humphrey Coliseum Humphrey Coliseum is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Starkville, Mississippi, that opened for the 1975-76 basketball season. Nicknamed The Hump, it is home to the Mississippi State University Bulldogs basketball team.
Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford and 2nd Earl of Essex (1249 – December 31, 1298) was one of several noblemen of the same name to have held the earldom of Hereford, and a key figure in the Norman conquest of Wales.
Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276 – March 16, 1322) was a member of an important Norman family of the Welsh Marches and was considered one of the most remarkable men of his time. His father was Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford and his mother was Maud de Fiennes, daughter of Enguerrand II de Fiennes.
Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford, 5th Earl of Essex (06 December 1309 – 15 October 1361) was a Lord High Constable of England. He was born to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth Plantagenet and a younger brother of John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford.
Humphrey Evans Capt Humphrey Evans (Humphrey Drummond of Megginch) MC was married to Jean Cherry Drummond of Megginch, 16th Baroness Strange who was a cross bench hereditary peer in the British House of Lords, one of the few to remain after the abolition of voting rights for hereditary peers by Tony Blair's Labour government.
Humphrey Gibbs Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs GCVO KCMG (November 22, 1902 – 1990) was the last but one Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia (1959-1970) who served through, and opposed, the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965.
Humphrey Go-Bart Humphrey Go-Bart was the name of a free shuttle bus service that once connected the campus of UC Berkeley with the nearby Berkeley BART station, the university's primary link to San Francisco. The service was launched around 1974 with student drivers employed by the Associated Students of the University of California operating a fleet of eight Mercedes O309-D 14-passenger diesel buses on two routes from a curbside terminal on Shattuck Avenue at Center Street.
Humphrey Hawksley Humphrey Hawksley is a highly experienced and notable foreign journalist working for the BBC. In 1986 he was forced to leave Sri Lanka as he would not compromise his reporting of the Civil war with the Tamils.
Humphrey I of Toron Humphrey I of Toron (Onfroy de Toron), a Norman, appears initially in 1115 as a vassal of Josselin de Courtenay, prince of Tiberias; the castle at Toron having been built in the years after 1105, he most likely was its lord from that date, having taken part in the First Crusade.
Humphrey Jennings Humphrey Jennings, (August 19 1907 Walberswick, Suffolk - September 24 1950 Greece), was an English film-maker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organization. Jennings was described by film maker Lindsay Anderson as: "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced.
Humphrey Lyons Humphrey Lyons was born Hampshire, England in 1802, the ninth of twelve sons of John Lyons of Antigua and St Austin's, Hants, (1760-1816) and Catherine (1763-1803) (née Walrond), daughter of Maine Swete Walrond, 5th Marquis de Vallado.
Humphrey Lyttelton Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (born 23 May 1921), also known as Humph, is a well-known British jazz musician and broadcaster, and chairman of the BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. He is a cousin of the 10th Viscount Cobham and a nephew of the politician and sportsman Alfred Lyttelton.
Humphrey Marshall (general) Humphrey Marshall (January 13, 1812 – March 28, 1872) was a four-term antebellum United States Congressman and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a Confederate Congressman during the American Civil War.
Humphrey Mews Colonel Humphrey Mews (1941-1990) was Deputy Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales 1986-1988, and joined the Royal Artillery after Sandhurst. After Sandhurst, he was posted as a 2nd Lieutenant to 22(Gibraltar 1779-1783) Battery, Royal Artillery as officer in charge of "B" Troop Radar Section.
Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke Firman Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke Firman (24 November 1886- 25 April 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Humphrey Spender Humphrey Spender, (April 19, 1910 – March 11, 2005), was a photographer, painter, architect, designer and mural painter. The brother of the poet Stephen Spender, and like him educated at Gresham's School, he initially studied architecture before training as a photographer.
Humphrey the Whale Humphrey the Whale is arguably the most widely publicized humpback whale in history,Wendy Tokuda, Humphrey the lost whale, Heian Intl Publishing Company, 1992 ISBN 0-89346-346-9Ernest Callenbach and Christine Leefeldt, Humphrey the Wayward Whale, ISBN 0-930588-23-1 having errantly entered San Francisco Bay twice, departing from his Mexico to Alaska migration. This behavior is not normal for any Humpback whale, and Humphrey became well known on national television and press coverage for his misadventures in the years 1985 and 1990.
Humphrey's Restaurant & Tavern Humphrey's Restaurant & Tavern (also referred to as "Humphrey's" or "Hump's") is a college bar near Saint Louis University that was the basis for the film One Night at McCool's, written by Stan Seidel. It opened on June 18, 1976], and is named after its owner, Robert "Humphrey" Mangelsdorf.
Humphreys (Unigate) The British milk company Unigate produced a series of TV advertisements in the 1970s featuring characters called the Humphreys. The Humphreys were milk thieves whose only visible presence was a red and white striped straw with which to suck up the milk.
Humphreys series In atomic physics, the Humphreys series is the designation of one of a set of six different named series describing the spectral line emissions of the hydrogen atom, and was discovered by Curtis J. Humphreys in 1953.
Humphry Davy Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829), often incorrectly spelled Humphrey, was an esteemed British chemist and physicist. He was born in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom and both his his brother John Davy and cousin Edmund Davy were also noted chemists.
Humphry Osmond Humphry Fortescue Osmond (July 1, 1917 - February 6, 2004) was a British psychiatrist, known for coining the word psychedelic and for his groundbreaking research in using psychedelic drugs in medical research. Osmond also explored aspects of the psychology of social environments, in particular how they influenced welfare or recovery within mental institutions.
Humphry Repton Humphry Repton (April 21, 1752 - March 24, 1818), was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown; he also sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the nineteenth century. His first name is often incorrectly rendered "Humphrey".
Humpolec Humpolec (German: Gumpolds or Humpoltz) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic, situated south-east of Prague and roughly halfway between the Czech capital and Brno, on the northwestern edge of the Bohemian-Moravian highlands (Českomoravská Vrchovina).
Humptulips River The Humptulips River is a river in Grays Harbor County, Washington, in the United States. Its main tributaries are the East Fork Humptulips River, about 20 miles long (32 km), and West Fork Humptulips River, about 30 miles long (48 km).
Humpty Dumpty (pinball) Humpty Dumpty is a historically important pinball machine released by Gottlieb in October 1947. Named after Humpty Dumpty, the nursery rhyme character, it is considered to be the first true pinball machine ever produced, distinguishing it from earlier bagatelle game machines.
Humpy Bong Humpy Bong was an early 1970s ephemeral band that sold no records. Tim Staffell joined after leaving Smile, a band he co-created with Brian May, and was replaced by Freddie Mercury, an acquaintance of Staffell.
Humula, New South Wales Humula (postcode 2652) is a small country town between Tarcutta and Tumbarumba in New South Wales in Australia. Humula Station, which is just outside the town, is one of Australia's most historic farming and grazing properties.
Humulene Humulene, or α-humulene or α-caryophyllene, is a naturally occurring monocyclic sesquiterpene. It is found in the essential oils of Humulus lupulus (hops) from which it derives its name, Lindera strychnifolia and others.
Hun Sen Sâmdech ("His Excellency") Hun Sen (born April 4 1951) is the Prime Minister of Cambodia and is married to Bun Rany. He is a key leader of the Cambodian People's Party, which, has governed Cambodia in a coalition with the Funcinpec party since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1993.
Hun-Ahpu The story of Hunahpu, set in the context of the ballgame, is told in the Popol Vuh. Hun-Ahpu or Hunahpu was a son of Hun-Hunahpu and Xquic, and a twin to Xbalanque (see Ixbalanque); the two are usually referred to as the Maya Hero Twins.
Hun-Hunahpu According to the Popol Vuh, Hun-Hunahpu 'One-Hunahpu' (a calendrical name) is the father of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, and of their half-brethren, the patrons of the artisans and writers, Hun-Chowen and Hun-Batz (see Howler Monkey Gods). He is paired with his brother, Vucub-Hunahpu.
Hunan () is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning "south of the lake"). Hunan is sometimes called 湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province.
Hunan cuisine Hunan cuisine, sometimes called Xiang cuisine (), consists of the cuisines of the Xiang River region, Dongting Lake and western Hunan Province, in China. Hunan cuisine is consisted of three styles: Xiang River style which is represented by dishes of Changsha, Dongting Lake style which is represented by dishes of Hengyang, and western Hunan style which is represented by dishes of Xiangtan.
Hunan University Hunan University (湖南大学), located in Changsha, Hunan, is one of the most important universities in the People's Republic of China. It traces its history back to the Yuelu Academy founded in the Song Dynasty, over 1,030 years ago (千年学府).
Hunas The Hunas (also known as Indo-Hephthalites or Alchon), as they were known in South Asia, seem to have been part of the Hephthalite group, who established themselves in Afghanistan by the first half of the fifth century, with their capital at Bamiyan.
Hundal Hundal is a clan or gotra of Jats, found in Haryana, Punjab (India), Punjab (Pakistan). They are also found among the South Asian immigrant communities in the UK ,US, Canada, Hong Kong and in other parts of the world.
Hundalee Hundalee is a rural locality in the Hurunui District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It straddles the Conway River, the traditional boundary between Canterbury and Marlborough and is in the Hundalee Hills.
Hunde The Hunde are an ethnolinguistic group of about 200,000 people (as of 1980) located in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Hunde live in the province of Nord-Kivu and the regions of Masisi and Rutshuru.
Hunderthwaite Hunderthwaite is a village in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. It is traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Hundested Hundested is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Frederiksborg County in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality, which lies on a peninsula called Halsnæs, covers an area of 32 km², and has a total population of 9,913 (2005).
Hundred (country subdivision) A hundred is a geographic division used in England, Scandinavia, South Australia and some parts of the USA, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative units. Alternative names include "Wapentake", "Herred" and "Härad".
Hundred Companions In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series, the Hundred Companions were a group of the most powerful male Aes Sedai of the Age of Legends. Actually numbering one hundred and thirteen, the companions were led by Lews Therin Telamon himself to seal away the Dark One.
Hundred Days The Hundred Days (French Cent-Jours) or the Waterloo Campaign commonly refers to the period between 20 March 1815, the date on which Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Paris after his return from Elba, and 8 July 1815, the date of the restoration of King Louis XVIII. The phrase Cent jours was first used by the prefect of Paris, the comte de Chabrol, in his speech welcoming the King.
Hundred Days Men In the spring of 1864, Ohio Governor John Brough was concerned with preventing Confederate invasions of the North, as John Hunt Morgan's cavalry raid of Ohio had done during 1863. As the American Civil War entered its third year, troops were increasingly difficult to raise both North and South.
Hundred Days' Reform The Hundred Days' Reform (, or ) was a failed 103-day reform movement from 11 June to 21 September 1898, undertaken by the young Emperor Guangxu and his reform-minded supporters. The movement proved to be short-lived, ending in a coup d'état (戊戌政變 "The Coup of 1898") by powerful conservative opponents.
Hundred Flowers Campaign The Hundred Flowers Campaign, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement, () is the period referring to a brief interlude in the People's Republic of China from 1956 to 1957 during which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities permitted or encouraged a variety of views and solutions to ongoing problems. However, there is debate amongst historians about the campaign being a political trap, alleging that Mao persecuted those who had views different from the party.
Hundred Group The Hundred Group is an elusive group of British finance directors (FD), operating as the unofficial mouthpiece of the finance function of the FTSE-100 - a voice that carries considerable resonance in business.
Hundred Million Hundred Million is the first and most popular single from the album Detox by the now-defunct Canadian punk-rock band Treble Charger featuring backing vocals and percusion by Deryck Whibley and Steve Jocz from Sum 41. This song is about someone trying to defy the opinion of "a hundred million people" with his own, and has obvious connnotations with massive protests against the policies of George Bush.
Hundred of Willey The Hundred of Willey is a historical land division, a hundred in northwest corner of Bedfordshire, England. Its northern boundry is the county border with Northamptonshire, and its western boundry the border with Buckinghamshire Some of its parishes and settlements lay on the River Great Ouse which flows through the hundred.
Hundred Regiments Offensive The Hundred Regiments Offensive (Chinese: 百团大战) (August 20, 1940 - December 5, 1940) was a major campaign of the Communist Party of China's Red Army commanded by Peng Dehuai against the Imperial Japanese Army in Central China.
Hundred Rolls The Hundred Rolls are a census of England and parts of what is now Wales taken in the late thirteenth century. Often considered an attempt to produce a second Domesday Book, they are named for the hundreds by which most returns were recorded.
Hundred Schools of Thought The Hundred Schools of Thought () was an era of great cultural and intellectual expansion in China that lasted from 770 to 222 BC. It occurred during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, and was also known as the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy and the Contention of a Hundred Schools of Thought (百家爭鳴; bǎijiā zhēngmíng; pai-chia cheng-ming; "hundred schools contend").
Hundred twenty-eighth note In music, a hundred twenty-eighth note (American or "German" terminology) or semihemidemisemiquaver or quasihemidemisemiquaver (British or "classical" terminology) is a note played for 1/128 of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). It lasts half as long as a sixty-fourth note (or hemidemisemiquaver).
Hundred Thousand Billion Poems Raymond Queneau’s Hundred Thousand Billion Poems or One hundred million million poems (original French title: Cent mille milliards de poèmes), published in 1961, is a set of ten sonnets. They are printed on card with each line on a separated strip, like a heads-bodies-and-legs book.
Hundred Year Hall Hundred Year Hall is a double live album by the Grateful Dead. It was the first album to be released after Jerry Garcia's death and one of the first releases in a continuing rush of live albums from the band's vault.
Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years War was a conflict between France and England, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. It was fought primarily over claims by the English kings to the French throne and was punctuated by several brief and two lengthy periods of peace before it finally ended in the expulsion of the English from France, with the exception of the Calais Pale.
Hundred Years' War (1337-1360) The Edwardian War was the first phase of the Hundred Years' War, lasting from 1337 to 1360, from the outbreak of hostilities until the signing of the Treaty of Brétigny. This 23-year period was marked by the startling victories of Edward III of England, for whom the war is named, and his son, the Black Prince, over the French at the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers.
Hundred Years' War (1369-1389) The Caroline War was the second phase of the Hundred Years' War between France and England, following the Edwardian War. It was so-named after Charles V of France, who resumed the war after the Treaty of Brétigny (signed 1360).
Hundred Years' War (1415-1429) The Lancastrian War was the third of the phases of the Anglo-French Hundred Years' War. It lasted from 1415, when Henry V of England invaded Normandy, to 1429, when English successes were reversed by the arrival of Joan of Arc.
Hundredth Monkey The "Hundredth Monkey Effect" is the name for a supposed phenomenon in which a particular learned behaviour spread instantaneously from one group of animals, once a critical number was reached, to all related animals in the region or perhaps throughout the world. Largely due to popularisation of this story, the "Hundredth Monkey Effect" phenomenon is now thought by some to occur in human populations with respect to ideas and beliefs in general even though the original story has been discredited (Myers 1985).
Hundredweight Hundred weight or hundredweight is a unit of measurement for mass in both the system of measurement used in the United Kingdom (and previously throughout the British Commonwealth), and in the system used in the United States. However, its definition differs in the two systems.

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