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housing
noun, masculine
colocation; A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear, connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, with a minimum of cost and complexity
to chide or scold someone harshly, usually accompanied by pulling and shaking, berate; to criticise; to rebuke, reprehend; to mistreat, torment, mob; to cause worry or distress
housse
noun, feminine
slipcover; dust cover; blanket, attached to the saddle, which covers a horse's croup
housse de couette
noun, feminine
duvet cover
housse mortuaire
noun, feminine
body bag
to cover with a dustsheet; to dust (with a duster)
houssoir
noun, masculine
a feather duster
housson
noun, masculine
butcher's broom
houthi
adjective
Houthi
houthiste
adjective
Houthist
houx
noun, masculine
holly
houx commun
noun, masculine
European holly (Ilex aquifolium)
houx verticillé
noun, masculine
American winterberry, (Ilex verticillata)
hovercraft
noun, masculine
hovercraft
hoverport
noun, masculine
hoverport
hoxhaïsme
noun, masculine
Hoxhaism
hoyau
noun, masculine
mattock
huaille
noun, feminine
mob, rabble
huard
noun, masculine
great northern loon (North America), great northern diver (Europe); loonie (Canadian dollar as a unit of currency)
hubertie tomenteuse
noun, feminine
Hubertia tomentosa Bory
hublot
noun, masculine
porthole; door e.g. on oven or washing machine; window
hubnérite
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of hübnérite
huche
noun, feminine
bin; chest
hucher
verb
to cry out
huchet
noun, masculine
hunting horn
huchée
noun, feminine
shouting, crying out
hue
interjection
yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right
huebnérite
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of hübnérite
huer
verb
to boo
hugolien
adjective
Hugolian
huguenot
adjective
Huguenot
huguenot
noun, masculine
Huguenot
huguenotisme
noun, masculine
Huguenotism
hui
adverb
today
huictante
number
obsolete spelling of huitante
huilage
noun, masculine
oiling (action or process of adding oil); olive-oil harvest (referring to the production or quality)
huile
noun, feminine
oil (liquid fat); big gun, big cheese (person of consequence)
huile d'olive
noun, feminine
olive oil
huile de chauffage
noun, feminine
heating oil
huile de coco
noun, feminine
coconut oil
huile de coude
noun, feminine
elbow grease (effort or hard work)
cod liver oil
huile de lin
noun, feminine
linseed oil
huile de palme
noun, feminine
palm oil
huile de poisson
noun, feminine
fish oil
huile de ricin
noun, feminine
castor oil
huile de sésame
noun, feminine
sesame oil
huile de tournesol
noun, feminine
sunflower oil
huile essentielle
noun, feminine
essential oil
huile minérale
noun, feminine
mineral oil (any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications)
huile moteur
noun, feminine
motor oil (oil for lubricating an internal-combustion engine)
huile végétale
noun, feminine
vegetable oil (any oil produced from plants, such as olive oil and corn oil, mostly used for cooking)
huiler
verb
to oil, oil up (cover or coat with oil)
huilerie
noun, feminine
oil refinery
huileux
adjective
oily (covered with oil)
huilier
noun, masculine
oil producer
huilier
adjective
oil
huis
noun, masculine
a door, access
huis clos
noun, masculine
closed door; an enclosed space such as a room or cell; a work of fiction (film, novel, etc.) in which the action is set in an enclosed space; a genre in fiction where dramatic tension is derived from the action being set in an enclosed space; a period of proceeding in camera
huisserie
noun, feminine
doorframe; window frame