| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| herald | noun | An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character., In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds’ College (below), and King-at-Arms., A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another’s fame., A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger., Any messenger., To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. |
| heraud | noun | A herald. |
| herbal | adjective | Of or pertaining to herbs., A book containing the names and descriptions of plants., A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium. |
| herbar | noun | An herb. |
| herber | noun | A garden; a pleasure garden. |
| herbid | adjective | Covered with herbs. |
| herded | imp. & past participle | of Herd |
| herder | noun | A herdsman. |
| herdic | noun | A kind of low-hung cab. |
| hereby | adverb | By means of this., Close by; very near. |
| herein | adverb | In this. |
| hereof | adverb | Of this; concerning this; from this; hence. |
| hereon | adverb | On or upon this; hereupon. |
| heresy | noun | An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; — usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach., Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy., An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained. |
| hereto | adverb | To this; hereunto. |
| heriot | noun | Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. |
| hermae | plural | of Herma |
| hermes | noun | See Mercury., Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal. |
| hermit | noun | A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives., A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. |
| hernia | noun | A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. |
| heroes | plural | of Hero |
| heroic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor., Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises., Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; — said of the representation of a human figure. |
| herpes | noun | An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; — so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another. |
| hersal | noun | Rehearsal. |