| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| herakline | noun | A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting. |
| heralding | present participle & vb. noun | of Herald |
| herbalism | noun | The knowledge of herbs. |
| herbalist | noun | One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs. |
| herbarian | noun | A herbalist. |
| herbarist | noun | A herbalist. |
| herbarium | noun | A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged., A book or case for preserving dried plants. |
| herbarize | verb t. | See Herborize. |
| herbivora | noun pl. | An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. |
| herbivore | noun | One of the Herbivora. |
| herborist | noun | A herbalist. |
| herborize | verb i. | To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them., To form the figures of plants in; — said in reference to minerals. See Arborized. |
| herculean | adjective | Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task., Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. |
| hercynian | adjective | Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains. |
| herderite | noun | A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals. |
| herdgroom | noun | A herdsman. |
| hereafter | adverb | In time to come; in some future time or state., A future existence or state. |
| herehence | adverb | From hence. |
| heretical | adjective | Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy. |
| heritable | adjective | Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable., Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance. |
| heritance | noun | Heritage; inheritance. |
| hermitage | noun | The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence., A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Drome. |
| hermitary | noun | A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. |
| hermitess | noun | A female hermit. |
| heronshaw | noun | A heron. |
| herpetism | noun | See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous. |
| hersillon | noun | A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable. |