H.P.
1 Americanabbreviation
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Electricity. high power.
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high pressure.
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horsepower.
abbreviation
abbreviation
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hire-purchase
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horsepower
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high pressure
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(in Britain) Houses of Parliament
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Starting in the 1930s, a few established small presses to preserve the pulp fictions of H.P.
In his most famous work, “The Call of Cthulhu,” science fiction writer H.P.
From Salon
Where the monsters of “Monsters” are all recognizably human, “Grotesquerie” suggests something more cosmic at work, like a darkness summoned in a story by horror master H.P.
From Los Angeles Times
This haunted house is inspired by the horror fiction writer H.P.
From Seattle Times
Public Library; Clark Ashton Smith’s letters to his fellow horror writer H.P.
From Los Angeles Times
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