Webster's Dictionary 1828

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HELPLESS

HELP'LESS, adjective Without help in one's self; destitute of the power or means to succor or relieve one's self. A person is rendered helpless by weakness, or want of means.An ...

839

HELPLESSLY

HELP'LESSLY, adverb Without succor.

840

HELPLESSNESS

HELP'LESSNESS, noun Want of strength or ability; inability; want of means in one's self to obtain relief in trouble, or to accomplish one's purposes or desires.It is the tendenc...

841

HELTER-SKELTER

HELTER-SKELTER, cant words denoting hurry and confusion. [Latin hilariter and celeriter.]

842

HELVE

HELVE, noun helv. The handle of an ax or hatchet.HELVE, verb transitive helv. To furnish with a helve as an ax.

843

HELVETIC

HELVET'IC, adjective Designating what pertains to the Helvetii, the inhabitants of the Alps, now Swisserland, or what pertains to the modern states and inhabitants of the Alpine...

844

HELVIN

HEL'VIN, noun [From Gr. the sun.] A mineral of a yellowish color, occurring in regular tetrahedrons, with truncated angles.

845

HEM

HEM, noun1. The border of a garment, doubled and sewed to strengthen it and prevent the raveling of the threads.2. Edge; border. Matthew 9:20.3. A particular sound of the human ...

846

HEMACHATE

HEM'ACHATE, noun [Gr. blood, and agate.] A species of agate, of a blood color.

847

HEMATIN

HEM'ATIN, noun [Gr. blood.] The coloring principle of logwood, of a red color and bitterish taste.

848

HEMATITE

HEM'ATITE, noun [Gr. from blood.] The name of two ores of iron, the red hematite and the brown hematite They are both of a fibrous structure, and the fibers, though sometimes ne...

849

HEMATITIC

HEMATIT'IC, adjective Pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.

850

HEMATOPE

HEM'ATOPE, noun The sea-pye, a fowl of the grallic order, that feeds on shell-fish.

851

HEMEROBAPTIST

HEMEROBAP'TIST, noun [Gr. day, and to wash.] One of a sect among the Jews who bathed every day.

852

HEMI

HEM'I, in composition, from Gr. which signifies half, like demi and semi.

853

HEMICRANY

HEM'ICRANY, noun [Gr. half and the skull.] A pain that affects only one side of the head.

854

HEMICYCLE

HEM'ICYCLE, noun [Gr.] A half circle; more generally called a semicircle.

855

HEMIDITONE

HEMID'ITONE, noun In Greek music, the lesser third.

856

HEMINA

HEM'INA, noun [Latin] In Roman antiquity, a measure containing half a sextary, and according to Arbuthnot, about half a pint English wine measure.1. In medicine, a measure equal...

857

HEMIPLEGY

HEM'IPLEGY, noun [Gr. half, and a stroke, to strike.] A palsy that affects one half of the body; a paralytic affection on one side of the human frame.

858

HEMIPTER

HEMIP'TERHEMIP'TERA, noun [Gr. half, and a wing.] The hemipters form an order of insects with the upper wings usually half crustaceous, and half membranaceous, and incumbent on ...

859

HEMIPTERA

HEMIP'TERA, n. [Gr. half, and a wing.] The hemipters form an order of insects with the upper wings usually half crustaceous, and half membranaceous, and incumbent on each other;...

860

HEMIPTERAL

HEMIP'TERAL, adjective Having the upper wings half crustaceous and half membranaceous.

861

HEMISPHERE

HEM'ISPHERE, noun [Gr.] A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. In astronomy, one half the mundane sphere. The equator ...

862

HEMISPHERICICAL

HEMISPHER'IC'ICAL, adjective Containing half a sphere or globe; as a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.

863

HEMISTICH

HEM'ISTICH, noun [Gr.] Half a poetic verse, or a verse not completed.

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HEMISTICHAL

HEMIS'TICHAL, adjective Pertaining to a hemistich; denoting a division of the verse.