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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

hebdomadally
weekly adverb without missing a week; `she visited her aunt weekly`

Hebei
Hopei noun a populous province in northeastern China

hebephrenic
adjective suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior

hebetude
noun mental lethargy or dullness

Hebraic
Hebraical adjective of or relating to the language of the Hebrews; `Hebrew vowels`

Hebrew
noun the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel

Hebrew alphabet
Hebraic alphabet noun a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)

Hebrew lesson
noun instruction in the Hebrew language

Hebrews
Israelites noun the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac`s son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)

Hebridean
adjective of or relating to the Hebrides

hecatomb
noun a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen

heck
noun a euphemism for `hell`; `Oh what the heck`

heckelphone
basset oboe noun a oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe

heckle
hackle verb comb with a heckle; `heckle hemp or flax`

heckling
barracking noun shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree

hectically
adverb in a frenzied manner; `we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere`

hectograph
heliotype noun duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy

hedeoma oil
noun aromatic oil from American pennyroyal

hedge
hedging noun an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; `when you say `maybe` you are just hedging`

hedge fund
hedgefund noun a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging

hedge nettle
noun foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome

hedge sparrow
sparrow 3 dunnock noun small brownish European songbird

hedge trimmer
noun a garden tool for trimming hedges

hedged
weasel-worded adjective evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement

hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus noun small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines

hedgehop
flat-hat verb fly very close to the ground

hedonic
hedonistic adjective devoted to pleasure; `a hedonic thrill`; `lives of unending hedonistic delight`; `epicurean pleasures`

hedonism
noun an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good

hee-haw
horselaugh noun a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing

heed
mind verb pay close attention to; give heed to; `Heed the advice of the old men`

heedful
attentive 4 thoughtful 4 paying attention adjective taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; `heedful of the warnings`; `so heedful a writer`; `heedful of what they were doing`

heedless
reckless adjective characterized by careless unconcern; `the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes`- Edith Wharton; `reckless squandering of public funds`

heedlessly
adverb without care or concern; `carelessly raised the children`s hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment`

heel
noun the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

heel counter
noun a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; `a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot`

heelbone
calcaneus noun the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel

heft
heftiness 1 massiveness 1 ponderousness noun the property of being large in mass

hefty
adjective of considerable weight and size; `a hefty dictionary`

Hegelian
adjective of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy

hegemony
noun the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; `the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation`; `to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony`; `the consolidation of the United States` hegemony over a new international economic system`

heifer
noun young cow

height
tallness noun the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

heighten
verb increase the height of; `The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars`

heightening(a)
adjective reaching a higher intensity; `their heightening fears`

Heimlich maneuver
Heimlich manoeuvere noun an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea

heinously
adverb in a terribly evil manner; `the child was heinously murdered`

Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz noun German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)

heist
rip-off noun the act of stealing

Hel
Hell 2 Hades noun (religion) the world of the dead; `he didn`t want to go to hell when he died`

held
adjective occupied or in the control of; often used in combination; `enemy-held territory`

held up(p)
adjective delayed or obstructed

Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson noun United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)

heliacal
heliac adjective pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun; `the heliacal rising of the Dog Star`; `the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)`

Helicidae
family Helicidae noun land snails including the common edible snail and some pests

helicon
noun a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

helicopter
chopper 1 whirlybird noun an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

Heliobacter
genus Heliobacter noun a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella; found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans)

Heliobacter pylori
H. pylori noun the 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)

heliocentric
adjective having the sun as the center

heliogram
noun a message transmitted by means of the sun`s rays

heliograph
noun an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun`s rays off and on

heliolatry
sun-worship noun the worship of the sun

heliometer
noun an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope

heliopause
noun the boundary marking the edge of the sun`s influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind and the wind from other stars meet

heliosphere
noun the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system

heliotherapy
insolation noun therapeutic exposure to sunlight

Heliothis
genus Heliothis noun a genus of Noctuidae

heliothis moth
noun medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms

heliotropism
noun an orienting response to the sun

Heliozoa
order Heliozoa noun mostly freshwater protozoa

heliozoan
noun protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods

heliport
noun an airport for helicopters

Helix
genus Helix noun type genus of the family Helicidae

Helix hortensis
noun a kind of garden snail

Hell
perdition noun (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; `Hurl`d headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell`- John Milton; `a demon from the depths of the pit`

hell
hellhole noun any place of pain and turmoil; `the hell of battle`; `the inferno of the engine room`; `when you`re alone Christmas is the pits`;

hell on earth
hellhole noun any place of pain and turmoil; `the hell of battle`; `the inferno of the engine room`; `when you`re alone Christmas is the pits`;

hell to pay
noun dire consequences; `when the pig ran away there was hell to pay`

hell-bent
adjective recklessly determined; `hell-bent on winning`

hell-for-leather
adverb at breakneck speed; `they were travelling hell-for-leather`

Helladic civilization
Helladic civilisation noun the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC

hellbender
mud puppy 3 Cryptobranchus alleganiensis noun large salamander of North American rivers and streams

hellebore
noun perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes

Hellenic
Hellenistic adjective relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

Hellenism
noun the principles and ideals associated with classical Greek civilization

Heller
noun United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)

hellfire
red region noun a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned

hellgrammiate
noun large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

hello
hullo noun an expression of greeting; `every morning they exchanged polite hellos`

helm
noun a position of leadership; `the President is at the helm of the Ship of State`

helmet
noun a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows

helmet orchid
noun any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood

helmet-shaped
adjective having the convex shape of a helmet

helmeted
adjective equipped with or wearing a helmet

helminth
parasitic worm noun worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes

Helminthostachys zeylanica
noun Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds

Heloderma
genus Heloderma noun type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards

Helodermatidae
family Helodermatidae noun only known venomous lizards

help
facilitate verb be of use; `This will help to prevent accidents`

help
verb help to some food; help with food or drink; `I served him three times, and after that he helped himself`