Hood
Encyclopedia
Apparel
- Hood (headgear)Hood (headgear)A hood is a kind of headgear that covers most of the head and neck and sometimes the face. They may be worn for protection from the environment, for fashion, as a form of traditional dress or uniform, to prevent the wearer from seeing or to prevent the wearer from being identified.-History and...
, type of head covering- Article of Academic dress
- Animal hood, something used in costume play or part of an animal transformation fantasy
- Bondage hood, sex toy
Anatomy
- Hood (anatomy), flap of skin behind the head of a cobra
- Clitoral hoodClitoral hoodIn female human anatomy, the clitoral hood, , is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoral glans. It develops as part of the labia minora and is homologous with the foreskin in male genitals.-Variation:This is a protective hood of skin that covers the clitoral glans...
, outer layer of skin surrounding the clitoris
Other
- Hood (soft top), retractable soft roof of a convertible vehicle
- Hood (vehicle)Hood (vehicle)The hood or bonnet is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles that allows access to the engine compartment for maintenance and repair. In British terminology, hood refers to a fabric cover over the passenger compartment of the car...
, covering over the engine compartment in a motor vehicle (aka 'bonnet' in UK) - Fume hoodFume hoodA fume hood or fume cupboard is a type of local ventilation device that is designed to limit exposure to hazardous or noxious fumes, vapors or dusts. A fume hood is typically a large piece of equipment enclosing five sides of a work area, the bottom of which is most commonly located at a standing...
, piece of laboratory safety equipment - Lens hoodLens hoodIn photography, a lens hood or lens shade is a device used on the end of a lens to block the sun or other light source in order to prevent glare and lens flare....
, device used to block light from creating glare in photographs - Range hood, exhaust system for a stove or cooktop
Entertainment
- Hood (band)Hood (band)Hood is a UK-based band from Leeds, that formed in 1991. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends .- History :...
, British band - Hoods (band)Hoods (band)Hoods is a hardcore punk band from Sacramento, California. Formed in 1994 by Mike Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony Goodloe and Billy Gaffney. With influences such as Madball, Sick of it All, Minor Threat and Cro Mags. The Hoods were known as one of the hardest working bands...
, American band - Hood (novel)Hood (novel)Hood is a novel written by Irish author Emma Donoghue in 1995. The book was the recipient of the 1997 Stonewall Book Award and is heavily influenced by James Joyce's Ulysses....
, 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue - The Hood (Thunderbirds)The Hood (Thunderbirds)The Hood is the main villain and adversary of International Rescue in the Thunderbirds TV series.-TV series:The Hood's precise origins are unknown but it is thought to have been based loosely on Wayne Pembridge...
, fictional character in the Thunderbirds TV series - Hood (comics)Hood (comics)The Hood is a fictional character, a supervillain, and a crime boss in the . Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell, the character first appeared in The Hood #1 .-Publication history:...
, fictional Marvel Comics character - Hood (Malazan), fictional god in the Malazan Book of the Fallen universe
Places
United States:- Fort Hood, a US Army post near Killeen, Texas
- Hood CollegeHood CollegeHood College is a co-educational liberal arts college located in Frederick, Maryland. The college serves approximately 1,050 graduate students and more than 1,400 undergraduate students.-Early History :...
, a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland - Mount HoodMount HoodMount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
is the tallest mountain in Oregon- Mount Hood, OregonMount Hood, OregonMount Hood is an unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon, United States about three miles northeast of Parkdale on Oregon Route 35. Mount Hood is also the terminus of Oregon Route 281, the Hood River Highway....
, an unincorporated community named after the mountain - Mount Hood Parkdale, OregonMount Hood Parkdale, OregonMount Hood Parkdale is the official United States Postal Service-designated name of the combined post offices of the communities of Mount Hood and Parkdale in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its ZIP code is 97041....
, the name of the post office that serves Mount Hood, Oregon
- Mount Hood, Oregon
- Hood County, Texas
- Hood CanalHood CanalHood Canal is a fjord forming the western lobe, and one of the four main basins, of Puget Sound in the state of Washington. Hood Canal is not a canal in the sense of being a man-made waterway—it is a natural waterway.-Geography:...
a fjord off Puget Sound in Washington state - Hood River (disambiguation)Hood River (disambiguation)-Other:*Hood River , a dialect of Upper Chinook, a Chinookan language...
- A slang for Neighborhood or ghettoGhettoA ghetto is a section of a city predominantly occupied by a group who live there, especially because of social, economic, or legal issues.The term was originally used in Venice to describe the area where Jews were compelled to live. The term now refers to an overcrowded urban area often associated...
Other
- HMS Hood (disambiguation), ships of the Royal Navy
- Slang for a HoodlumHoodlumHoodlum is a 1997 crime film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s...
- HP HoodHP HoodHP Hood LLC is an American dairy company based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Hood was founded in 1846 in Charlestown, Massachusetts by Harvey Perley Hood. Recent company acquisitions by HP Hood have expanded its reach from predominantly New England to the broader United States...
, American food manufacturer (especially focusing on dairy products) - Hood Steamer, early (1900-1) American manufacturer of steam carSteam carA steam car is a light car powered by a steam engine.Steam locomotives, steam engines capable of propelling themselves along either road or rails, developed around one hundred years earlier than internal combustion engine cars although their weight restricted them to agricultural and heavy haulage...
s in Lanark, IllinoisLanark, IllinoisLanark is a city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,457 at the 2010 census, down from 1,584 at the 2000 census.-History:... - HOOD methodHOOD methodHOOD is a detailed software design method. It is based on hierarchical decomposition of a software problem...
, software design method - Hood, codename for the largest secretly detonated thermonuclear device over United States territory.