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Hood

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Hood may refer to:

Covering

Apparel

Anatomy

  • Hood, a flap of skin behind the head of a cobra
  • Clitoral hood, a hood of skin surrounding the clitoris

Other coverings

  • Hood (soft top), retractable soft roof of a convertible vehicle
  • Hood (car), covering over the engine compartment in a motor vehicle ('bonnet' in most Commonwealth countries)
  • Fume hood, piece of laboratory safety equipment
  • Lens hood, device used to block light from creating glare in photographs
  • Kitchen hood, exhaust system for a stove or cooktop

Rail transport uses

  • Hood (rail transport), a rigid cover to protect a load on a flat wagon or a coil car
  • Long hood, part of a diesel or electric locomotive
  • Short hood, part of a diesel or electric locomotive

Art, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

  • Hood (comics), fictional Marvel Comics character
  • Hood (Malazan), fictional god in the Malazan Book of the Fallen universe
  • Hood (Thunderbirds), fictional character in the Thunderbirds TV series
  • "The Hood", the vigilante name given to Oliver Queen in season 1 of the TV series Arrow

Films

  • 'Hood (film), a 1998 Japanese film
  • Hoods (film), a 1998 independent film directed by Mark Malone
  • Hood, an unrealized film by the The Wachowskis

Literature

  • Hood (novel), a 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue
  • Hood (2006), the first book of the King Raven Trilogy, by Stephen R. Lawhead

Music

Enterprises and institutions

  • Hood College, a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland, United States
  • HP Hood, an American food manufacturer

People

Places

Iran

  • Hood, Iran, a village in Fars Province of Iran

United States

Ships

  • List of ships called HMS Hood
  • Hood Steamer, an early (1900–01) American manufacturer of steam cars in Lanark, Illinois, see List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Hood
  • All pages with titles containing Hood
  • Hoodwink (disambiguation)
  • Hoodlum (disambiguation)
  • 'hood (disambiguation)
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