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House burping
House burping is the American TikTok name for German Lüften, briefly opening windows even in winter to swap stale indoor air for fresh, reducing mold, humidity, and pollutants.
House by the Railroad
House by the Railroad is a 1925 oil painting by Edward Hopper of a Victorian house above railroad tracks, the first painting acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.
House Calls
House calls (home visits) are physician or clinician visits to a patient's home for diagnosis or treatment. Once 40% of US doctor visits in 1930, they fell below 1% by 1980 and revived as home-based primary care and virtual house calls.
House church
A house church, or home church, is a Christian congregation meeting in a private home, functioning as a complete church with its own worship, sacraments, and leadership.
House dust mite
House dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, D. farinae) is a humidity-dependent domestic arachnid whose fecal allergens Der p 1 and Der p 2 drive asthma and rhinitis; controlled trials show avoidance measures give little clinical benefit, while immunotherapy is disease-modifying.
House finch
House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), a small red-headed North American finch, native to the West and Mexico, established in the East by a 1940 Long Island release of "Hollywood finches"; host of Mycoplasma gallisepticum conjunctivitis.
House Hunters
House Hunters is HGTV's long-running American reality series (since October 7, 1999) in which buyers tour three homes with an agent and pick one; created by Pie Town's Tara Sandler and Jennifer Davidson, it spawned House Hunters International and many spinoffs, though participants say the hunt is staged after closing.
House Husband
House husband: a man who stays home to keep house and care for children while his partner works. Also called stay-at-home husband; Korean reality show 살림하는 남자들 (Mr. House Husband, KBS2). Distinguished from housewife by reversed gender roles; studied in Indonesia and portrayed in Korean, Australian, British, and Nigerian television.
House Made of Dawn
House Made of Dawn is a 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday about Abel, a Jemez Pueblo veteran, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
House Mates
House Mates is a 2025 Tamil horror comedy fantasy film, Rajavel's directorial debut, starring Darshan, Aarsha Chandini Baiju, and Kaali Venkat. Produced by Sivakarthikeyan, it follows newlyweds whose old flat links two families across 2012 and 2022 via a tesseract; released 1 August 2025, streamed on ZEE5.
House monotonicity
House monotonicity is the apportionment requirement that no state lose seats when the house size grows; violating it causes the Alabama paradox. Hamilton's method fails it; divisor methods satisfy it but violate quota.
House mouse
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small rodent living in close association with humans, feeding on stored food, nesting in buildings, and found on every continent except Antarctica.
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music defined by a steady four-on-the-floor kick pattern, created in Chicago's club culture in the late 1970s and 1980s.
House numbering
House numbering, or street numbering, is the assignment of unique numbers to buildings along a street, which spread in the 1700s and underpins postal delivery and emergency response.
House of 1000 Corpses
House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 horror film, Rob Zombie's directorial debut, about couples captured by the Firefly family while hunting the Dr. Satan legend; filmed 2000, released by Lionsgate after Universal shelved it.
House of Abhinandan Lodha
House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) is a Mumbai-based Indian real estate company founded by Abhinandan Lodha that buys land and sells branded plots to individuals entirely online.
House of Anubis
House of Anubis is a Nickelodeon live-action mystery series (2011-2013, 191 episodes) filmed in Liverpool, the English adaptation of the Dutch Het Huis Anubis, with Sibuna teens solving supernatural mysteries at a British boarding school.
House of Baasha
The House of Baasha was the dynasty that ruled the northern kingdom of Israel from Tirzah, founded when Baasha killed King Nadab about 909 BC.
House of Babenberg
House of Babenberg, Bavarian noble dynasty ruling Austria 976–1246 as margraves then dukes (Privilegium minus, 1156). Ended with Frederick II the Quarrelsome, killed 1246; Habsburgs succeeded in 1282.
House of Balloons
House of Balloons is the debut mixtape by the Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), released free online March 21, 2011; nine dark alternative-R&B tracks produced by Doc McKinney and Illangelo, known for samples of Aaliyah, Beach House, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
House of Basarab
The House of Basarab (Dinastia Basarab) was the ruling dynasty of Wallachia, founded by Basarab I, who established the principality; its end is dated to 1512 or to 1601.
House of Bernadotte
House of Bernadotte (Bernadotte, släkt): royal dynasty of Sweden since 1818 and of Norway 1818–1905, founded by Napoleonic marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, elected Swedish crown prince in 1810 and reigning as Karl XIV Johan.
House of Blues
House of Blues is an American chain of music venues and Southern-inspired restaurants, also known as HOB, founded in 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Isaac Tigrett and Dan Aykroyd, now a Live Nation brand.
House of Bonaparte
House of Bonaparte (French imperial house): a Corsican-Italian noble family that ruled France as Napoleon I (1804-1815) and Napoleon III (1852-1870), placed members on thrones from Spain to Westphalia, and survives today through Jérôme's line.
House of Borghese
The House of Borghese is an Italian noble family of Sienese origin that rose to the top of Roman aristocracy when Camillo Borghese became Pope Paul V in 1605.
House of Borgia
House of Borgia (Spanish Borja), a Valencian noble family of Aragonese origin, produced popes Calixtus III and Alexander VI and children Cesare and Lucrezia; famed for a contested black legend of poison and scandal.
House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon: Capetian cadet dynasty ruling France 1589–1792 and 1814–1830 from Henri IV to Charles X, with branches reigning in Spain since 1700, and in Naples, the Two Sicilies, and Parma.
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Bourbon cadet branch ruling Naples, Sicily and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1734-1861; since 1960 its headship is disputed between the Calabria branch (Prince Pedro) and the Castro branch (Prince Charles).
House of Braganza
House of Braganza (Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), Portuguese royal dynasty founded by Afonso, illegitimate son of João I; ruled Portugal 1640–1910 and Brazil 1822–1889, ending with the 1910 republic and disputed succession claims.
House of Broglie
House of Broglie (Maison de Broglie), French noble family of Piedmontese origin from Chieri, entered French service in 1643; produced three marshals, premiers Victor and Albert de Broglie, and physicist Louis de Broglie, 1929 Nobel laureate.