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Howe

The means by which something is accomplished.

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noun
  1. 1

    The means by which something is accomplished.

    "I am not interested in the why, but in the how."

noun
  1. 1

    An artificial barrow or tumulus.

  2. 2

    A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)

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huinoun(New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.
haonoun(historical) A former currency unit of Vietnam, worth one tenth of a dong.
ecenounInitialism of electrical and computer engineering.
cepenounAlternative form of cep. [An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).]
hoeynounA surname from Irish.
beresfordnounA surname from Old English.
abellnounAn unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States.
haunounA surname.
fontananounA city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
luknounA surname.
knollnounA small mound or rounded hill.
barrownounA mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
tumulusnoun(archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
moundnounAn artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
cairnnounA pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
hillocknounA small hill.
tumpnoun(transitive, Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
hummocknounA small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
banknoun(countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
dunenoun(geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

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