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Hellhound

/hɛl.haʊnd/

A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.

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A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.

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hell houndnoun	Alternative spelling of hellhound. [(mythology) A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.]
hell-houndnoun	Alternative spelling of hellhound. [(mythology) A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.]
hound of hellnoun	A hellhound.
bitchhoundnoun	(uncommon) Alternative spelling of bitch hound. [A female hound; a bitch used for hunting; a brach.]
hound dognoun	(slang) A promiscuous man.
bitch-houndnoun	Alternative spelling of bitch hound. [A female hound; a bitch used for hunting; a brach.]
houndenoun	Obsolete spelling of hound. [A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.]
houn'noun	Pronunciation spelling of hound. [A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.]
hoondnoun	(Geordie) A dog; a hound.
swine-houndnoun	Alternative spelling of swinehound. [Synonym of pig dog (“dog bred to hunt wild or feral pigs”).]
houndskullnoun	Alternative form of hounskull. [A type of visor, drawn out into a conical point like a muzzle or beak which improved ventilation and deflected blows, or a helmet having such a visor.]
hellionnoun	An unruly, rowdy or mischievous person, especially a child.
harriernoun	Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
werehognoun	(rare) A person who is transformed or can transform into a hog or a hoglike human.
scenthoundnoun	Alternative spelling of scent hound. [A hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision.]
horn dognoun	Alternative spelling of horndog. [(US, slang) A person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex.]
hellmouthnoun	A symbolic representation of (an entrance to) Hell in the form of a monstrous mouth, typically shown swallowing the condemned.
hungarian houndnoun	A breed of hunting dog originating in Hungary.
haintnoun	(US, dialectal) A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt.
huskienoun	Alternative spelling of husky (“any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs”) [Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.]