| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| heady | adjective | Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable., Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong., Violent; impetuous. |
| heald | noun | A heddle. |
| heapy | adjective | Lying in heaps. |
| heard | imp. & past participle | of Hear, imp. & p. p. of Hear. |
| heart | noun | A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood., The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; — usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart., The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc., Courage; courageous purpose; spirit., Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad., That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, — used as a symbol or representative of the heart., One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps., Vital part; secret meaning; real intention., A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address., To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit., To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage. |
| heath | noun | A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling., Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather., A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. |
| heave | verb t. | To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; — often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land., To throw; to cast; — obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log., To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; — mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead., To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh., To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom., To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound., To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle., To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult., To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit., An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one’s self, or to move something heavy., An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like., A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. |
| heavy | adjective | Having the heaves., Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught., Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc., Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment., Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book., Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like., Loud; deep; — said of sound; as, heavy thunder., Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; — said of the sky., Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; — said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like., Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread., Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; — said of food., Having much body or strength; — said of wines, or other liquors., With child; pregnant., Heavily; — sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden., To make heavy. |