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Huriez syndrome
Huriez syndrome (sclerotylosis, OMIM 181600) is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis with congenital scleroatrophy, palmoplantar keratoderma, hypoplastic nails, and high risk of aggressive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, caused by SMARCAD1 haploinsufficiency.
Hurin dynasty
The Hurin dynasty (dinastía Hurin Cusco) was the lower branch of the early Inca royal lineage at Cusco, ruling from Manco Cápac to Cápac Yupanqui.
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field, a US Air Force installation in Okaloosa County, Florida, is headquarters of Air Force Special Operations Command and home to the 1st and 492d Special Operations Wings and AFSOC's formal training squadrons.
Hurlburt wind farm
The Hurlburt wind farm is the collective name for two adjacent wind facilities in Gilliam County, Oregon, holding the site certificates for the Shepherds Flat North and Central phases.
Hurler syndrome
Hurler syndrome, also called Hurler's disease, is the most severe form of mucopolysaccharidosis type I, an inherited disorder causing developmental decline and death in childhood if untreated.
Hurley (album)
Hurley is Weezer's eighth studio album, released September 14, 2010 on Epitaph Records, titled after Jorge Garcia's Lost character, with lead single "Memories" and a Metacritic score of 68.
Hurley International
Hurley International: American surf and skate apparel brand founded by Bob Hurley in Costa Mesa, California (surfboards from 1979, clothing 1998/1999), owned by Nike 2002–2019 and by Bluestar Alliance since December 2019.
Hurling
Hurling (iománaíocht), Irish field game with hurley and sliotar, 15 players, women's form camogie; codified by GAA 1884, UNESCO heritage 2018, helmets mandatory since 2010.
Hurlingham Club (Argentina)
Hurlingham Club (Argentina), founded 1888 by the British community under John Ravenscroft, is a historic Buenos Aires sports club, home of the Hurlingham Open polo tournament and the Lewis Lacey field, second leg of the Argentine Triple Crown.
Hurlingham Park
Hurlingham Park, a 7.95-hectare public park in Fulham, London, opened in 1951 on the Hurlingham Club's former No. 1 polo field; home of British polo until 1939 and now host of Chestertons Polo in the Park.
Huron River
Huron River, a river of southeastern Michigan rising near Pontiac and flowing about 80 miles to Lake Erie; drains roughly 1,000 square miles across seven counties and supplies Ann Arbor's drinking water.
Huron, SD Micro Area
Huron, SD Micro Area (Huron, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area, CBSA 26700): OMB-defined micropolitan area in east-central South Dakota centered on Beadle County, principal city Huron, population 19,459, first delineated in 2003.
Huronian glaciation
The Huronian glaciation, or Makganyene glaciation, was a series of ice ages between about 2.4 and 2.1 billion years ago, the first widespread glaciation in Earth's history.
Huronian Supergroup
The Huronian Supergroup is a Paleoproterozoic succession of sedimentary and volcanic rocks along the north shore of Lake Huron, Ontario, deposited about 2.45 to 2.31 billion years ago.
Hurrian foundation pegs
Hurrian foundation pegs, also known as the foundation pegs of Urkesh, are copper-alloy lion figurines buried in temple foundations at Urkesh, Syria, bearing the oldest known Hurrian text.
Hurrian language
Hurrian is an extinct, non-Semitic and non-Indo-European language of the Hurrians, attested from the third millennium BC until the Late Bronze Age collapse around 1200 BC.
Hurrian migration into the Near East
The Hurrian migration into the Near East, or Hurrian expansion, spread Hurrian speakers from the northern highlands into Upper Mesopotamia and Syria, culminating in the Mittanni kingdom.
Hurrian personal names
Hurrian personal names are names of Hurrian origin on cuneiform tablets from the late third millennium BC onward, the principal evidence for Hurrian religion and society.
Hurrian songs
The Hurrian songs, also called Hurrian Hymns, are cuneiform tablets from Ugarit, Syria, bearing the oldest substantially preserved notated music, including a hymn to Nikkal.
Hurrians
Hurrians (Hurri, Khurri): Bronze Age Near Eastern people of northern Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia, defined by the Hurrian language, related only to Urartian; principal population of Mitanni (1650–1250 BCE), biblical Horites.
Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)
"Hurricane" is a 1975 protest song by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy, opening the album Desire, about boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's wrongful murder conviction; Dylan re-recorded it over legal concerns and performed it on the Rolling Thunder Revue.
Hurricane (cocktail)
Hurricane: a rum-heavy New Orleans cocktail created at Pat O'Brien's in the 1940s from wartime rum surplus; rum, passion fruit syrup (fassionola), and lemon juice, served in a hurricane-lamp-shaped glass.
Hurricane Alex (2016)
Hurricane Alex was an unusual January 2016 Atlantic hurricane, the first to form in January since 1938. It reached Category 1 strength and struck the Azores as a tropical storm.
Hurricane Allen
Hurricane Allen was a Cape Verde hurricane of August 1980 that reached Category 5 intensity three times, set the Atlantic wind record of 190 mph, and struck Texas near Brownsville.
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS)
The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) is NOAA's next-generation hurricane forecasting model, operational since June 2023, whose storm-following nest improved track predictions by 10 to 15% in testing.
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew, also known as Cyclone Andrew, was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992, killing 65 people and causing about $25 billion in damage.
Hurricane Barry (2019)
Hurricane Barry was a minimal Category 1 hurricane, the first of the 2019 Atlantic season, that made landfall on the Louisiana coast on July 13, 2019, causing severe flooding.
Hurricane Beryl
Hurricane Beryl was an extremely intense 2024 Atlantic hurricane and the earliest Category 5 on record, causing catastrophic damage in Grenada and a prolonged Houston power outage.
Hurricane Betsy
Hurricane Betsy, nicknamed "Billion Dollar Betsy," was a 1965 Category 4 hurricane that flooded New Orleans and became the first US hurricane to cause over $1 billion in damage.
Hurricane Bianca
Hurricane Bianca, also called Furacão Bianca, is a 2016 American drag revenge comedy directed by Matt Kugelman, starring RuPaul's Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock) as a teacher fired for being gay in Texas; crowdfunded, with sequels in 2018 and later.