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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Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
Operation :: Operation (n.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Voice :: Voice (n.) Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice..
Justice :: Justice (a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
Interment :: Interment (v. t.) The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.
Capital :: Capital (a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production..
Semi-pelagian :: Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints..
Humorism :: Humorism (n.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.
Humiliant :: Humiliant (a.) Humiliating; humbling.
Pecten :: Pecten (n.) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium..
Epithumetic :: Epithumetic (a.) Epithumetical.
Imphee :: Imphee (n.) The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane..
Ruby :: Ruby (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power..
Ruddy :: Ruddy (n.) Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips..
Buzz :: Buzz (v. t.) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
Power :: Power (n.) The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity..
Humanist :: Humanist (n.) One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title..
Transcendentalism :: Transcendentalism (n.) The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge..
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