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- housey-housey/ˌhaʊzi ˈhaʊzi/A call or cry associated with the game of bingo, used to announce a win or to signify the game itself.nounC2
- housing/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/Buildings or structures collectively, especially for people to live in; accommodation.nounB1
- housing association/ˈhaʊzɪŋ əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/A not-for-profit organisation that owns and manages rental homes at below-market rates for people in need.nounB2
- housing benefit/ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˌbenɪfɪt/A regular payment by the government (local or national) to help eligible people on low incomes pay their rent.nounB2
- housing development/ˈhaʊzɪŋ dɪˈvɛləpmənt/A tract of land where many houses, typically similar in design and layout, are built by a single developer.nounB2
- housing estate/ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪˌsteɪt/A planned area containing many houses and often other facilities, built at the same time or by a single developer.nounB2
- housing project/ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˌprɒdʒekt/A government-funded development of buildings containing many individual residences (apartments/houses), built to provide affordable housing, especially for low-income families.nounC1
- housing scheme/ˈhaʊzɪŋ skiːm/A government or official plan to build a number of homes, often affordable or public housing, developed in a coordinated manner.nounB2
- housing start/ˈhaʊzɪŋ stɑːt/A commencement of construction on a new residential building unit.nounC1
- housman/ˈhaʊsmən/A male domestic servant or steward, often in charge of household duties.nounVery Low
- houssay/ˈhaʊseɪ/A surname, most famously that of the Argentine physiologist and Nobel laureate Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971).nounVery Low
- houston/ˈhjuːstən/A major city in the U.S. state of Texas, named after General Sam Houston.nounB2
- houstonia/hjuːˈstəʊnɪə/A genus of small, delicate flowering plants native to North America, often with white, blue, or pink blossoms.nounRare
- houstonian/hjuːˈstəʊ.nɪ.ən/A person who is a native or inhabitant of Houston, Texas, USA.nounRare
- houting/ˈhaʊtɪŋ/A species of whitefish (Coregonus oxyrinchus) native to the North Sea and certain rivers, now extinct in the wild.nounVery Low
- houyhnhnm/ˈhuːɪnəm/A member of a race of intelligent, rational, and virtuous horses who govern their society with perfect reason, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.nounC2
- hov lane/ˌeɪtʃ.əʊˈviː leɪn/A designated lane on a motorway, freeway, or major road reserved for vehicles carrying a specified minimum number of occupants, typically two or three, as part of a traffic management strategy to reduce congestion and promote carpooling.nounMid
- hovawart/ˈhəʊvəwɑːt/A large, powerful German breed of dog, originally a farm and estate guardian.nounVery Low
- hove/həʊv/The past tense and past participle of the verb 'heave', meaning to lift, haul, or throw something heavy with great effort.nounverbC2
- hovea/ˈhəʊvɪə/Any shrub of the Australian genus Hovea, having purple or blue pea-flowers.nounExtremely low
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