Definition of hum

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Hum (v. i.) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem..

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Lower :: Lower (a.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride..
Preterhuman :: Preterhuman (a.) More than human.
Transhumanize :: Transhumanize (v. t.) To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity.
Span :: Span (v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
Pollex :: Pollex (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing..
Bile :: Bile (n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile..
Orthopedical :: Orthopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital..
Cowpox :: Cowpox (n.) A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock..
Monogenist :: Monogenist (n.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to polygenist.
Whoreson :: Whoreson (n.) A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively..
Biliprasin :: Biliprasin (n.) A dark green pigment found in small quantity in human gallstones.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests.
Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..
Heroic :: Heroic (a.) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure..
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one..
Fast :: Fast (v. i.) Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation..
Tenuirostral :: Tenuirostral (a.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds..
Taurocholic :: Taurocholic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste..
Humility :: Humility (n.) An act of submission or courtesy.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..
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