Hood

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Hood may refer to:

• People:
• * Admiral Hood, any of several officers of the Royal Navy
• * John Bell Hood (1831–1879), a Confederate general during the American Civil War
• * Glenda Hood, the secretary of state for Florida
• * Leroy Hood, an American biologist involved in sequencing the human genome
• * Raymond Hood, an early twentieth-century architect
• * Red Hood, a character in DC Comics
• * Robin Hood, an English folk hero from medieval legends
• * Thomas Hood, British poet and humorist.
• * Hood, a British rock band
• * Hoods, an American hardcore band
• * The Hood, a character in the Thunderbirds (television) series

• Things:
• * HMS Hood, any of several Royal Navy warships
• * Hood (headgear), a type of head covering
• * An article of Academic dress
• * Bondage hood, a sex toy
• * Hood (company), an American food manufacturer
• * Lens hood, a device used to block light from creating glare in photographs.
• * Hood (vehicle), the covering over the engine compartment in a motor vehicle
• * HOOD method, a software design method
• * A slang term for gangster
• * Clitoral hood, the outer layer of skin surrounding the clitoris
• * Hood (anatomy), a flap of skin behind the head of a cobra
• * Street-slang for a neighbourhood
• * Fume hood, a piece of laboratory safety equipment
• * Range hood, an exhaust system placed above a stove or cooktop to remove steam and cooking odors
• * Hood (novel), a 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue

• Places:
• * In the United States:
• ** Fort Hood, a US Army post near Killeen, Texas
• ** Hood College, a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland
• ** Mount Hood is a dormant volcano in Oregon
• ** Hood County, Texas
• ** Hood Canal a fjord off Puget Sound in Washington state
• ** Any of several places named Hood River

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