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• hthe 8th letter of the Roman alphabet
• H-bomba nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
• H-shapedshaped in the form of the letter H
• H. G. Wellsprolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
• H. H. MunroBritish writer of short stories (1870-1916)
• H. J. Eysencka British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
• H. L. MenckenUnited States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)
• H. pylorithe type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers)
• H.M.S. Bountya ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat
• H.P.a unit of power equal to 746 watts
• H2Obinary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
• haAn exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to "Well, it is so." Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke. Carlyle.
• ha-haa ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
• ha'p'orththe amount that can be bought for a halfpenny
• ha'pennyan English coin worth half a penny
• haafThe deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles.
• haakA sea fish. See Hake. Ash.
• haarA fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind. [Scot.] T. Chalmers.
• HAARTa combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV
• Haastiagenus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep
• Haastia pulvinariscushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
• Habacucan Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies
• Habakkukan Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies
• habaneraa Cuban dance in duple time
• habeas corpusthe civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
• Habenariachiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis
• Habenaria albiflorabog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
• Habenaria bifoliasouth European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
• Habenaria chloranthasouth European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
• Habenaria dilatataorchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems; of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America
• Habenaria elegansslender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers
• Habenaria fimbriataNorth American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
• Habenaria greeneistout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers
• Habenaria hookeria long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
• Habenaria lacerafringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated
• Habenaria leucophaeaorchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers
• Habenaria niveaslender fringed orchid of eastern North America having white flowers
• Habenaria orbiculataorchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground; from northern Oregon and Montana across Canada to the eastern United States
• Habenaria peramoenaorchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions
• Habenaria psycodesNorth American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers
• Habenaria unalascensissimilar to coastal rein orchid but with smaller flowers; Alaska to Baja California and east to the Dakotas and Colorado
• habendumThat part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum. Kent.
• HaberGerman chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia from the nitrogen in air (1868-1934)
• Haber processan industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst
• Haber-Bosch processan industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst
• haberdashTo deal in small wares. [R.] To haberdash in earth's base ware. Quarles.
• haberdashera merchant who sells men's clothing
• haberdasherya store where men's clothes are sold
• haberdashery storea store where men's clothes are sold
• haberdineA cod salted and dried. Ainsworth.
• habergeon(Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk
• habilatoryOf or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes. Ld. Lytton.
• habileFit; qualified; also, apt. [Obs.] Spenser.
• habilimenta covering designed to be worn on a person's body
• habilimenteddressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
• habilitateprovide with clothes or put clothes on
• habilitationEquipment; qualification. [Obs.] Bacon.
• habilityAbility; aptitude. [Obs.] Robynson. (More's Utopia).
• habit(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
• habit-formingcausing or characterized by addiction
• habitabilitysuitability for living in or on
• habitablefit for habitation
• habitablenesssuitability for living in or on
• habitanSame as Habitant, 2. General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry. W. Irwing.
• habitanceDwelling; abode; residence. [Obs.] Spenser.
• habitancySame as Inhabitancy.
• habitanta person who inhabits a particular place
• habitatthe type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
• habitationthe act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
• habitatorA dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
• habiteddressed in a habit
• habitualcommonly used or practiced; usual
• habitual abortionrepeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason)
• habitual criminalsomeone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
• habituallyaccording to habit or custom
• habituatemake psychologically or physically used (to something)
• habituationa general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
• habitudehabitual mode of behavior
• habituea regular patron
• habitureHabitude. [Obs.]
• habitusconstitution of the human body
• hableSee Habile. [Obs.] Spenser.
• Hablot Knight BrowneEnglish illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
• habnabBy chance. [Obs.]
• Habsburga royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
• haceka diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
• Hachimana Shinto god of war
• hachureshading consisting of multiple crossing lines
• haciendathe main house on a ranch or large estate
• hacka saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
• hack driversomeone who drives a taxi for a living
• hack onfix a computer program piecemeal until it works
• hack sawsaw used with one hand for cutting metal
• hack writera mediocre and disdained writer
• hack-driversomeone who drives a taxi for a living
• hackamorerope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
• hackberrysmall edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
• hackboltThe greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
• hackbussSame as Hagbut.
• hackbutan obsolete firearm with a long barrel
• hackeesmall striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
• Hackeliastickweed; beggar's lice
• hackerone who works hard at boring tasks
• hackeryA cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [Bengal] Malcom.
• hacklelong slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
• hacklesa feeling of anger and animosity
• hacklyRough or broken, as if hacked.
• hackmanThe driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
• hackmatackpoplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
• hackneya compact breed of harness horse
• hackney carriagea carriage for hire
• hackney coacha carriage for hire
• hackneyedrepeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
• hackneymanA man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
• hacksawsaw used with one hand for cutting metal
• hacksterA bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] Milton.
• hackworkprofessional work done according to formula
• hacquetonSame as Acton. [Obs.]
• hadSee Have. Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better. And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.] C. Mundi (Trans. ). Him had been lever to be syke. [To him it had been preferable to be sick.] Fabian. For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. Chaucer. Note: Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found. Poor lady, she were better love a dream. Shak. You were best hang yourself. Beau. & Fl. Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy. Shak. I hadde levere than my scherte, That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I. Chaucer. I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. Shak. I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Shak. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Ps. lxxxiv.10.
• had bestact in one's own or everybody's best interest
• Had crime(Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran
• hadalrelating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters)
• hadderHeather; heath. [Obs.] Burton.
• haddieThe haddock. [Scot.]
• haddockimportant food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
• hadeThe descent of a hill. [Obs.] 2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein. To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
• Hadeanof or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
• Hadean aeonthe earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
• Hadean eonthe earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
• Hadean timethe earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
• hadesThe nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver. ). Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.). And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi.23 (Rev. Ver.).
• hadith(Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions
• hadjthe fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba
• hadjian Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
• HadrianRoman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138)
• Hadrian's Wallan ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
• hadronany elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
• hadrosaurany of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic
• Hadrosauridaeduck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous
• hadrosaurusany of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic
• haecceitythe essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
• HaeckelGerman biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)
• haema complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
• haema-Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, hæmapod, hæmatogenesis, hæmoscope. Note: Words from Gr. (hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as hæma-, hæmato-, hæmo-.
• haemachromeHematin.
• haemacyaninA substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color. Note: When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhæmacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.
• haemacytometerAn apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
• haemadToward the hæmal side; on the hæmal side of; -- opposed to neurad.
• haemadrometerSame as Hemadrometer.
• haemadrometrySame as Hemadrometry.
• haemadromographAn instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.
• haemadromometerSame as Hemadrometer.
• haemadromometrySame as Hemadrometry.
• haemadynameterSame as Hemadynamometer.
• haemadynamicsSame as Hemadynamics.
• haemadynamometerSame as Hemadynamometer.
• haemagglutinatecause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
• haemagglutinationagglutination of red blood cells
• haemalrelating to the blood vessels or blood
• haemal archa structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels
• haemangiomabenign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
• Haemanthusgenus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies
• Haemanthus coccineusspectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
• haemaphaeinA brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
• haemapodAn hæmapodous animal. G. Rolleston.
• haemapodousHaving the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.
• haemapoieticBloodforming; as, the hæmapoietic function of the spleen.
• haemapophysisSame as Hemapophysis. -- Hæm`a*po*phys"i*al, a.
• haemastaticsSame as Hemastatics.
• haematachometerA form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.
• haematachometryThe measurement of the velocity of the blood.
• haematalrelating to the blood vessels or blood
• haematemesisvomiting blood
• haematicrelating to or containing or affecting blood
• haematinSame as Hematin.
• haematinica medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood; used to treat iron-deficiency anemia
• haematinometerSame as Hematinometer.
• haematinometricSame as Hematinometric.
• haematitethe principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
• haematiticOf a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.
• haemato-Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, hæmapod, hæmatogenesis, hæmoscope. Note: Words from Gr. (hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as hæma-, hæmato-, hæmo-. See Hæma-.
• HaematobiaEuropean genus of bloodsucking flies
• Haematobia irritanssmall black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn
• haematoblastOne of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.
• haematoceleswelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis)
• haematocheziapassage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer)
• haematocoeleswelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis)
• haematocolpometraaccumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus
• haematocolposaccumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen)
• haematocrita measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
• haematocryaThe cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.
• haematocryalCold-blooded.
• haematocrystallinSame as Hematocrystallin.
• haematocytopeniaan abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood
• haematocyturiathe presence of red blood cells in the urine
• haematodynamometerSame as Hemadynamometer.
• haematogenesisthe formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
• haematogenicpertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
• haematogenousOriginating in the blood.
• haematoglobulinSame as Hematoglobin.