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- HARPOONA spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
- HARPYA mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of st
- HEBENEbony.
- HEBETICOf or related to youth or to puberty.
- HECATOMBA great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
- HECTAREA unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas o
- HECTICVery busy with activity and confusion.
- HEDONICOf or relating to pleasure
- HEDONICSThe ethical study of pleasure
- HEDONISMThe philosophical belief that prioritizes happiness, particularly sensual pleasure as the highest good in life.
- HEDONISTSomeone devoted to hedonism.
- HEGEMONA dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.
- HEGEMONYDomination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- HEGUMENThe head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.
- HELCOIDOf or pertaining to an ulcer; ulcerous.
- HELIASTA judge in the supreme court of ancient Athens.
- HELICOIDHaving the form of a flattened helix.
- HELICONA large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.
- HELICOPTERAn aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smalle
- HELIODORA richly coloured form of golden beryl found in southwest Africa.
- HELIOMETERAn astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.
- HELIOSISSunstroke.
- HELIUMThe second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.
- HELIXA curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase
- HELOTA member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
- HEMATICOf, pertaining to, affecting or containing blood
- HEMATITEAn iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3: iron(III) oxide.
- HEMATOCRITThe percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
- HEMERALOPIAThe inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
- HEMIALGIAA state of pain affecting only one side of the body.
- HEMIALGIASA state of pain affecting only one side of the body.
- HEMICRANIAA headache affecting one side of the head.
- HEMINa reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride
- HEMIOLAThe articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.
- HEMIPLEGIATotal or partial inability to move one side of the body.
- HEMODIALYSISDialysis that uses an extracorporeal apparatus to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
- HEMOGLOBINThe iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with
- HEMOLYSISThe destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.
- HENOTICOf or pertaining to the production of peace and harmony; unifying
- HEPATICOf or relating to the liver.
- HEPATITISInflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
- HEPATOSCOPYDivination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section representing a deity, and the markings in these zones were important.
- HEPTAGONA polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
- HEPTAMEROUSComprising seven parts or members, as with seven petals on a flower.
- HEPTAPODYA measure or series consisting of seven feet.
- HERETICSomeone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
- HERKOGAMIESDifferent relative positionings of the stigma and the anthers.
- HERKOGAMYDifferent relative positionings of the stigma and the anthers.
- HERMA rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
- HERMENEUTICALOf or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts).
- HERMENEUTICSThe study of interpretation, particularly concerning texts, meaning, and understanding. It originates from classical exegesis but was significantly developed in the modern period,
- HERMITA religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
- HERMITAGEA house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
- HEROINA powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
- HEROINEA female hero.
- HEROONA temple dedicated to a hero, often over his supposed tomb.
- HERPESA viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or in the mucous membranes or on the genitals.
- HERPETOLOGISTOne who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist.
- HERPETOLOGYThe branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians (Amphibia).
- HETAERAA highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.
- HETAIRAAlternative form of hetaera.
- HETERODOXOf or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicti
- HETERODOXYThe quality of being heterodox.
- HETERONYM(Can we verify this sense?) Calque.
- HETEROTOPYA deviation from the natural position; abnormal placement.
- HEURISTICThat employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
- HEURISTICSplural of heuristic
- HEXAGONA polygon with six sides and six angles.
- HEXAMEROUSIn six parts; occurring in sixes.
- HEXAPLAA text presented in six parallel versions, especially the version of the Old Testament presented in such a fashion by Origen.
- HEXAPODAny organism, being or robot with six legs.
- HEXAPODYA verse or measure of six metrical feet.
- HEXASTYLEhaving six columns at the front on the portico
- HIBISCUSA flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.
- HIDROSISThe formation and excretion of sweat.
- HIDROTICRelating to hidrosis.
- HIERATICOf or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.
- HIERODULEA temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution.
- HILARIOUSVery funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
- HILARITYA great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.
- HIMATIONA rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton.
- HINNYThe hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
- HIPPODROMEA horse racing course.
- HIPPOGRIFFa mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly.
- HIPPOMANESAn ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat.
- HIPPUSpupillary athetosis; spasmodic dilation and contraction of the pupil between the sphincter and dilator muscles.
- HISTOGRAMA graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.
- HISTONEAny of various simple water-soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine and are complexed with DNA in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromatin.
- HISTORICVery important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
- HOLARDThe total water content of a sample of soil
- HOLOCRINEOf or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releasing the cell's cytoplasm into the lumen of the gland.
- HOLOGRAMA three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
- HOMILETICALsocial or companionable.
- HOMILETICSThe art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
- HOMILYA sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
- HOMOPLASYA correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
- HOPLITEA heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
- HORIZONThe visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- HORMICgoal-oriented; purposive
- HORMONEAny substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.