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H
the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as , , , as in , , (for see 274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of , as in (written also as in ), with the latter, the sound of , as in , . In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, following and indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before , , and , as in , , , , , etc.; in some others, has the sound of , as in . See , 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
Habitus
Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.
Hack
A notch; a cut.
Hackmatack
The American larch (), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also .
Hmatoidin
Same as .
Haggishly
In the manner of a hag.
Haggle
The act or process of haggling.
Hairbird
The chipping sparrow.
Hairstreak
A butterfly of the genus ;
Hallowmas
The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.
Hamilton period
A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from , Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of .
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.
Haplostemonous
Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.
Harmonize
To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; .
Harper
A player on the harp; a minstrel.
Harpoon
To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
Hartwort
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ().
Hater
One who hates.
Havenage
Harbor dues; port dues.
Haymaking
The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
Heartswelling
Rankling in, or swelling, the heart.
Heavy
Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; .
Hector
To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
Hedge fund
a mutual fund or partnership of investors who pool large sums of money to speculate in securities, increasing the risk of such activity by using borrowed money to leverage the investments, or by selling short.
hediondilla
A desert shrub () of the Southwestern U.S. and Northern Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers.
Heed
Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with or .
Heimdal
god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard.
Helicopter
to transport in a helicopter.
Heliochrome
A photograph in colors.
Heliotroper
The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
Heliotropism
The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
Hemina
A measure of half a sextary.
Hemiprotein
An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schuuml;tzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
Hemipter
One of the Hemiptera.
Heptad
An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, monad atoms or radicals; . Also used as an adjective.
Heptastich
A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
Heptateuch
The first seven books of the Testament.
Heptylene
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, , of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also .
Herald
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
Hermitess
A female hermit.
Hers
See the Note under ,
Heterogynous
Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless.
Heteronym
That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to .
Heydeguy
A kind of country-dance or round.
Hieroscopy
Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
Highroad
A highway; a much traveled or main road.
High steel
Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.
Hirer
One who hires.
Histologist
One versed in histology.
Historionomer
One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
HN
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile, poisonous, and foul-smelling.
Hoful
Careful; wary.
Hogwash
Swill.
Hol
Whole.
Hollowness
State of being hollow.
Holmia
An oxide of holmium.
Holothure
A holothurian.
Holt
A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.
homeschooling
The practise of providing formal education, especially primary or secondary education, at home rather than in a school.
homeotherm
A homoiothermal animal.
Homogeneity
Same as .
Homomallous
Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
Homotonous
Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.
Hont
See under .
Horary
Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.
Hospital
Hospitable.
Hottentotism
A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.
Houselessness
The state of being houseless.
Huffish
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
humanise
Same as .
Humankind
Mankind.
Humble
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
Hunnemannia
A genus with only one species, the golden cup.
Hurdle
To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
Hurler
One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
Hyalea
A pteropod of the genus . See , and in Appendix.
Hydraulical
Hydraulic.
Hydro-aroplane
An aroplane with a boatlike or other understructure that enables it to travel on, or to rise from the surface of, a body of water by its own motive power; -- now usually referred to as a .
Hydrometeorology
That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc.
Hydrorhiza
The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See under .
Hyoglossus
A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.
Hyperboloid
Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.