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Hmatocrya
The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as .
Hmatoglobulin
Same as .
Hagiocracy
Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
Hagiographal
Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
Halibut
A large, northern, marine flatfish (), of the family . It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.
Hammock
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
Hand
That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See .
Handy
Performed by the hand.
haoma
A leafless East Indian vine (); its sour milky juice was formerly used to make an intoxicating drink.
Hardener
One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.
Harlotry
Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.
Harmonically
In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.
Hatch
To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See .
Hatching
A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also .
Hath
Has.
Haustellate
Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.
Hawser
A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
H-bomb
The , a thermonuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of hydrogen nuclei at high temperatures to form helium. The force of its explosion may range from one to hundreds of megatons of TNT equivalent.
Head
To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; .
Headrope
That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
Hearse
A hind in the second year of its age.
Heart
To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.
hearthrug
a rug spread out in front of a fireplace.
Hedgerow
A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
hediondilla
A desert shrub () of the Southwestern U.S. and Northern Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers.
Hefty
Moderately heavy.
Helio-
A combining form from Gr. .
Helix
A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the , all the convolutions of which are in the plane.
Hellene
A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.
Helmeted
Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.
Hematherm
A warm-blooded animal.
Hematitic
Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
Hemerobian
A neuropterous insect of the genus , and allied genera.
hemosiderosis
The accumulation of abnormal amounts of hemosiderin in the tisssues. Several causes have been recognized.
Hencoop
A coop or cage for hens.
Herma
See ,
Hers
See the Note under ,
Heterocephalous
Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Hexabasic
Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; .
Hexagon
A plane figure of six angles.
hideout
a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
High-church
Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See , under ,
High-red
Of a strong red color.
High-sighted
Looking upward; supercilious.
Hillside
The side or declivity of a hill.
Historiographership
The office of an historiographer.
Hit
To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by or .
Hoard
To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; .
Hodograph
A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
Holily
Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.
Homage
A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his , or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.
Homogenesis
That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to .
Homonymously
In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.
Homotaxy
Same as .
Honvd
The Hungarian army in the revolutionary war of 1848-49.
Hoof
The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
Hoppo
A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce.
Horopteric
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
Horse-leech
A large blood-sucking leech (), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.
hostilities
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration, during which the international rules of war apply.
Hough
Same as , to hamstring.
housefly
common fly () that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
Hover
A cover; a shelter; a protection.
Howlet
An owl; an owlet.
Humane
Pertaining to man; human.
Huntress
A woman who hunts or follows the chase; .
hushed
having the sound level reduced; -- especially used of the noise of conversation; .
Huswifely
Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent.
Hydroperitoneum
Same as .
Hydrotellurate
A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base.
Hygroscopic
Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; .
Hymnologist
A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
Hyperduly
Hyperdulia.
Hypochondria
An excessive concern about one's own health, particularly a morbid worry about illnesses which a person imagines are affecting him, often focusing on specific symptoms; also called .
Hypophosphite
A salt of hypophosphorous acid.