Webster's Dictionary 1913

1324

Heighten

Height″en (hīt″'n), v. t. [Written also highten.] [imp. & p. p.Heightened (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Heightening.] 1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.2. To carry forward; to ...

1325

Heightener

Height″en‐er (?), n. [Written also hightener.] One who, or that which, heightens.

1326

Heinous

Hei″nous (hā″nŭs), a. [OF. haïnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. haïne hate, F. haine, fr. haïr to hate; of German origin. See Hate.] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atr...

1327

Heir

Heir (?), n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary, Heritage.] 1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the posses...

1328

Heir (2)

Heir (?), v. t. To inherit; to succeed to.One only daughter heired the royal state. Dryden.

1329

Heirdom

Heir″dom (?), n. The state of an heir; succession by inheritance. Burke.

1330

Heiress

Heir″ess, n. A female heir.

1331

Heirless

Heir″lessa. Destitute of an heir. Shak.

1332

Heirloom

Heir″loom′ (?), n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of implement, tool. See Loom the frame.] Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descen...

1333

Heirship

Heir″ship (?), n. The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.Heirship movables, certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides th...

1334

Hejira

He‐ji″ra (?), n. See Hegira.

1335

Hektare

Hek″tare′, Hek″to‐gram, Hek″to‐li′ter, andHek″to‐me′ter, n. Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.

1336

Hektograph

Hek″to‐graph (?), n. See Hectograph.

1337

Helamys

‖Hel‐a‐mys (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Jumping hare, under Hare.

1338

Helcoplasty

Hel″co‐plas′ty (?), n. [Gr. � a wound + -plasty.] (Med.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.

1339

Held

Held (?), imp. & p. p. of Hold.

1340

Hele

Hele (?), n. [See Heal, n.] Health; welfare. “In joy and perfyt hele.” Chaucer.

1341

Hele (2)

Hele, v. t. [AS. helan, akin to D. helen, OHG. helan, G. hehlen, L. celare. √17. See Hell, and cf. Conceal.] To hide; to cover; to roof.Hide and hele things. Chaucer.

1342

Helena

Hel″e‐na (?), n. [L.: cf. Sp. helena.] See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint.

1343

Helenin

Hel″e‐nin (?), n.(Chem.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly...

1344

Heliac

He″li‐ac (?), a. Heliacal.

1345

Heliacal

He‐li″a‐cal (?), a. [Gr. � belonging to the sun, fr. � the sun: cf. F. héliaque.] (Astron.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same...

1346

Heliacally

He‐li″a‐cal‐ly, adv. In a heliacal manner. De Quincey.

1347

Helianthin

He′li‐an″thin (?), n. [Prob. fr. L. helianthes, or NL. helianthus, sunflower, in allusion to its color.] (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like...

1348

Helianthoid

He′li‐an″thoid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.

1349

Helianthoidea

‖He′li‐an″thoi″de‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. helianthes sunflower + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.

1350

Helical

Hel″i‐cal (?), a. [From Helix.] Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. — Hel″i‐cal‐ly, adv.