| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| headed | imp. & past participle | of Head, Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); — used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster., Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage. |
| header | noun | One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading., One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader., A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall., In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces., A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only., A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header. |
| healed | imp. & past participle | of Heal |
| health | noun | The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain., A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. |
| heaped | imp. & past participle | of Heap |
| heaper | noun | One who heaps, piles, or amasses. |
| hearer | noun | One who hears; an auditor. |
| hearse | noun | A hind in the year of its age., A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies., A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument., A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave., A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave., To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. |
| hearth | noun | The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove., The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside., The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles. |
| hearty | superl. | Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government., Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber., Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal., Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; — a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. |
| heated | imp. & past participle | of Heat |
| heater | noun | One who, or that which, heats., Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. |
| heathy | adjective | Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills. |
| heaved | imp. | of Heave, of Heave |
| heaven | noun | The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; — often used in the plural in this sense., The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death., The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; — used variously in this sense, as in No. 2., Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight., To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. |
| heaver | noun | One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver., A bar used as a lever. |
| heaves | noun | A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind. |
| hebete | adjective | Dull; stupid. |
| hebrew | noun | An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew., The language of the Hebrews; — one of the Semitic family of languages., Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites. |
| heckle | noun & verb t. | Same as Hackle. |
| hectic | adjective | Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush., In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient., Hectic fever., A hectic flush. |
| hector | noun | A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes., To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying., To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. |
| heddle | noun | One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom., To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving. |
| hedged | imp. & past participle | of Hedge |
| hedger | noun | One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting. |
| heeded | imp. & past participle | of Heed |
| heeled | imp. & past participle | of Heel |
| heeler | noun | A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs., A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. |
| hefted | imp. & past participle | of Heft |
| hegira | noun | The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed. |
| heifer | noun | A young cow. |
| height | noun | The condition of being high; elevated position., The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature., Degree of latitude either north or south., That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights., Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence., Progress toward eminence; grade; degree., Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest. |
| hejira | noun | See Hegira. |
| helena | noun | See St. Elmo’s fire, under Saint. |
| heliac | adjective | Heliacal. |
| helio- | A combining form from Gr. “h`lios the sun. | |
| helium | noun | A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals. |
| helmed | imp. & past participle | of Helm, Covered with a helmet. |
| helmet | noun | A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver., The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form., A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun., That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc., The upper part of a retort., The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon., A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird. |
| helped | imp. & past participle | of Help |
| helper | noun | One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish. |
| helved | imp. & past participle | of Helve |
| hemmed | imp. & past participle | of Hem |
| hemato | See Haema-. | |
| hemina | noun | A measure of half a sextary., A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces. |
| hemmel | noun | A shed or hovel for cattle. |
| hemmer | noun | One who, or that which, hems with a needle., An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down., A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem. |
| hempen | adjective | Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord., Like hemp. |
| hemuse | noun | The roebuck in its third year. |
| henbit | noun | A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves. |
| hennes | adverb | Hence. |
| henrys | plural | of Henry |
| heppen | adjective | Neat; fit; comfortable. |
| hepper | noun | A young salmon; a parr. |
| heptad | noun | An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective. |
| heptyl | noun | A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds. |
| 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. |
| hesper | noun | The evening; Hesperus. |
| hetman | noun | A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia. |
| hewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Hew |
| hexade | noun | A series of six numbers. |
| hexane | noun | Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms. |
| hexene | noun | Same as Hexylene. |
| hexine | noun | A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; — called also hexoylene. |
| hexoic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid. |
| hexone | noun | A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums. |
| heyday | interj. | An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder., The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness. |
| heyten | adverb | Hence. |