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Science and education

  • Hassium
    Hassium
    Hassium is a synthetic element with the symbol Hs and atomic number 108. It is the heaviest member of the group 8 elements. The element was first observed in 1984...

    , the chemical element with symbol Hs
  • Hydrogen sulfide
    Hydrogen sulfide
    Hydrogen sulfide is the chemical compound with the formula . It is a colorless, very poisonous, flammable gas with the characteristic foul odor of expired eggs perceptible at concentrations as low as 0.00047 parts per million...

    , HS, a chemical compound derived from H2S
  • Mercapto radical
    Sulfanyl
    Sulfanyl also known as the mercapto radical, hydrosulfide radical, or hydridosulfur, is a simple radical molecule consisting of one hydrogen and one sulfur atom. The radical appears in metabolism in organisms as H2S is detoxified...

    , , a radical molecule
  • Hun stuff (a World War I name for mustard gas)
  • Hereditary spherocytosis
    Hereditary spherocytosis
    Hereditary spherocytosis is a genetically-transmitted form of spherocytosis, an auto-hemolytic anemia characterized by the production of red blood cells that are sphere-shaped rather than bi-concave disk shaped , and therefore more prone to hemolysis.-Symptoms:As in non-hereditary spherocytosis,...

    , a genetic disorder marked by hemolytic anemia
  • Hidradenitis suppurativa
    Hidradenitis suppurativa
    Hidradenitis suppurativa is a skin disease that most commonly affects areas bearing apocrine sweat glands or sebaceous glands, such as the underarms, breasts, inner thighs, groin and buttocks.-Overview:...

    , a skin condition affecting apocrine sweat glands and hair follicles
  • the Higman–Sims group in mathematics
  • High school
    High school
    High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

     (secondary education)
  • Higher Secondary Examination
    Higher Secondary Examination
    Higher Secondary Examination is a centralised examination that students in India take up after class 10 . All the State School Education Boards, CBSE, CISCE and NIOS conducts exams during the period of March-April every year...

     in West Bengal
  • Homeschool, among homeschoolers usually
  • High Seas, international waters outside a coastal states EEZ

Entertainment

  • Heavenly Sword
    Heavenly Sword
    Heavenly Sword is a video game developed by Ninja Theory exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe...

    , a Playstation 3 game
  • Hearth Stone, part of World of Warcraft
    World of Warcraft
    World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...

  • Headshot; a video game term
  • Hello Saferide
    Hello Saferide
    Hello Saferide is a Swedish twee pop band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin. According to Norlin's MySpace, the stage name "Hello Saferide" was "inspired by an intelligent bus driver in a drug-addicted small town, don't ask." The Swedish-language version of the band's biography identifies the...

    , a Swedish band fronted by singer/songwriter Annika Norlin
  • High score, in relation to video games
  • Han Solo
    Han Solo
    Han Solo is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise played by Harrison Ford. Introduced in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot, Chewbacca , become involved in the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire...

    , a character from Star Wars
  • Homer Simpson
    Homer Simpson
    Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...

    , a fictional character from the television series The Simpsons
  • Head shot
    Head shot
    A head shot is a photographic technique where the focus of the photograph is a person's face. Headshot is essentially the same as portrait. However, headshot is an image that portrays people as they are and is more of a "mug shot", however simple or stylized it might be. Whereas, a portrait will...

     in photography

Companies, organisations and groups

  • Helsingin Sanomat
    Helsingin Sanomat
    Helsingin Sanomat is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. In 2008, its daily circulation was 412,421 on weekdays and 468,505 on Sundays...

    , a newspaper in Finland
  • Historische Sprachforschung
    Historische Sprachforschung
    Historische Sprachforschung is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Indo-European historical linguistics. It was established by Adalbert Kuhn in 1852 as the Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung and obtained its present title in 1988...

    , a journal of historical linguistics
  • Hawker Siddeley, aircraft manufacturing group
  • Henschel & Son
    Henschel & Son
    Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

    , German aircraft and transportation equipment manufacturer
  • HS Produkt
    HS Produkt
    HS Produkt d.o.o. is a Croatian firearms manufacturing company, best known for design and production of the HS2000 and XDm, a semi-automatic pistol sold in the US market as the Springfield Armory XD.- History :...

    , a Croatian firearms manufacturer
  • Head & Shoulders
    Head & Shoulders
    Head & Shoulders is a brand of anti-dandruff shampoo produced by Procter & Gamble. Head & Shoulders Classic Clean Shampoo is the top-selling shampoo in the United States by dollar sales.- History :...

    , shampoo brand
  • Harris Scarfe
    Harris Scarfe
    Harris Scarfe Department Stores was founded in Adelaide, South Australia in 1849. At its peak, Adelaide was home to several major South Australian department stores , of which Harris Scarfe is the sole...

    , a chain of Australian department stores

Other uses

  • Harmonized System
    Harmonized System
    The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers for classifying traded products developed and maintained by the World Customs Organization , an independent intergovernmental organization with over 170...

     of tariff nomenclature
  • Hypothetical syllogism
    Hypothetical syllogism
    In logic, a hypothetical syllogism has two uses. In propositional logic it expresses one of the rules of inference, while in the history of logic, it is a short-hand for the theory of consequence.-Propositional logic:...

    , a proof rule in classical logic
  • H.S., a monogram representing a Sestertius
    Sestertius
    The sestertius, or sesterce, was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions...

    , an ancient Roman coin
  • Hail Satan
    Hail Satan
    "Hail Satan", sometimes expressed in a Latinized version as Ave Satanas is an expression used by some Satanists to show their dedication to Satan, but has also been used for the purpose of comedy or satire. Believers in backmasking think they can hear "Hail Satan" and other messages to Satan in...

    , a phrase commonly used among Satanists
  • h.s., "At bedtime" (from the Latin hora somni), used for description of a medicine prescribed
    Medical prescription
    A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient. Prescriptions may include orders to be performed by a patient, caretaker, nurse, pharmacist or other therapist....

     by a doctor that is to be taken by the patient before sleep
  • A hurricane strap, or hurricane tie
  • Hun Sen
    Hun Sen
    Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979...

    , prime minister of Cambodia
  • Lexus HS
    Lexus HS
    The Lexus HS is a dedicated hybrid vehicle introduced by Lexus as a new entry-level luxury compact sedan in 2009. It is classified as a compact under Japanese regulations concerning vehicle exterior dimensions and engine displacement...

    , a hybrid car produced by Toyota.
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