The reaction of a living system to the presence of a material.

One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.

Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure. / Aggressive, antagonistic. / Unwilling

(chiefly in the plural) An enemy.

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

(possibly nonstandard) To give (someone or something) as a hostage to (someone or something else).

(uncountable) The state of being hostile. / (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

(Internet) A single node in a DMZ, typically protected by a firewall, sometimes hidden by NAT. Usually, DMZ hosts accept incoming external connections, but they cannot initiate connections with internal hosts.

An inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people.

An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.