| hooke | (n) English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703), Syn. Robert Hooke |
| hooker | (n) United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879), Syn. Fighting Joe Hooker, Joseph Hooker |
| hooker | (n) English theologian (1554-1600), Syn. Richard Hooker |
| hooker | (n) a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers) |
| hooker | (n) (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot |
| hooker's green | (n) green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge |
| hooker's onion | (n) a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado, Syn. Allium acuminatum |
| hooker's orchid | (n) a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal, Syn. Habenaria hookeri |
| hooke's law | (n) (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced |
| Hooked | a. 1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Provided with a hook or hooks. “The hooked chariot.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hookedness | n. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hooker | n. 1. One who, or that which, hooks. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Naut.) (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts. (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hooke's gearing | [ So called from the inventor. ] (Mach.) Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hooke's joint | [ So called from the inventor. ] (Mach.) A universal joint. See under Universal. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hookey | n. 1. See Hockey. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Same as hooky, n.. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| うつつを抜かす;現を抜かす;現つを抜かす | [うつつをぬかす, utsutsuwonukasu] (exp, v5s) to be infatuated; to be hooked on [Add to Longdo] |
| ズル休み;ずる休み;狡休み | [ズルやすみ(ズル休み);ずるやすみ(ずる休み;狡休み), zuru yasumi ( zuru yasumi ); zuruyasumi ( zuru yasumi ; kou yasumi )] (n, vs) playing hookey; being away from work without a good reason [Add to Longdo] |
| フッカー | [fukka-] (n) hooker; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| フックの法則 | [フックのほうそく, fukku nohousoku] (n) Hooke's law [Add to Longdo] |
| 雁木 | [がんぎ, gangi] (n) stepped pier; toothing gear; escapement; hooked stick; zigzag [Add to Longdo] |
| 折れ釘 | [おれくぎ, orekugi] (n) hooked or broken nail [Add to Longdo] |
| 釣られる | [つられる, tsurareru] (v1, vi) to be lured; to be attracted; to get hooked (on) [Add to Longdo] |
| 釣果 | [ちょうか, chouka] (n) a hooked fish; a catch [Add to Longdo] |
| 病み耄ける | [やみほおける;やみほうける, yamihookeru ; yamihoukeru] (v1, vi) to become wasted by illness [Add to Longdo] |
| 有鉤条虫 | [ゆうこうじょうちゅう, yuukoujouchuu] (n) hooked tapeworm [Add to Longdo] |
