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Gryphon(n.) The griffin vulture.
Guacharo(n.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis)
Guaiac(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.
(n.) Guaiacum.
Guan(n.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera
Guarantee(n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance
Guarantor(n.) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.
Guaranty(n.) In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform
Guard(n.) To fasten by binding
(v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense
(v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
Guava(n.) A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P
Gubernatorial(a.) Pertaining to a governor, or to government.
Gudgeon(n.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.
(v. t.) To deprive fraudulently
Guenon(n.) One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet
Guerdon(n.) A reward
Guereza(n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail
Guerrilla(a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands
(n.) An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war
Guess(n.) An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds
(v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment
(v. t.) To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge
Guest(n.) An inquiline.
(v. i.) To be, or act the part of, a guest.
(v. t.) To receive or entertain hospitably.
Guffaw(n.) A loud burst of laughter
Guidance(n.) The act or result of guiding
Guide(n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder
(v. t.) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.
Guidon(v. t.) A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea
Guild(v. t.) A guildhall.
Guile(n.) Craft
Guillemot(n.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers
Guilloche(n.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments
Guillotine(n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim
(v. t.) To behead with the guillotine.
Guilt(v. t.) Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
Guimpe(n.) A kind of short chemisette, worn with a low-necked dress.
Guinea(n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc
Guipure(n.) A term used for lace of different kinds
Guise(n.) Cover
Guitar(n.) A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut
Gulch(n.) Act of gulching or gulping.
(v. t.) To swallow greedily
Gules(n.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines
Gulf(n.) A hollow place in the earth
Gull(n.) A cheating or cheat
(v. t.) To deceive
Gulosity(n.) Excessive appetite
Gulp(n.) A disgorging.
(v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
Gum(n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree
(v. i.) To exude or from gum
(v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw).
Gum ammoniac(n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses
Gumbo(n.) A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra
Gumma(n.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
Gummite(n.) A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite
Gummous(a.) Gumlike, or composed of gum
Gummy(a.) Consisting of gum
Gump(n.) A dolt
Gun(n.) A piece of heavy ordnance
(v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game
Gunboat(n.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.
Gunflint(n.) A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps
Gunlock(n.) The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge.
Gunnel(n.) A gunwale.
Gunner(n.) A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
Gunpowder(n.) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur
Gunroom(n.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain
Gunshot(a.) Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
(n.) Act of firing a gun
Gunsmith(n.) One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms
Gunstock(n.) The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.
Gunwale(n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side
Gurgle(n.) The act of gurgling
(v. i.) To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones
Guru(n.) A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos.
Gush(v. i.) To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid
(v. t.) A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.
Gusset(n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness
Gust(n.) A sudden squall
(v. t.) To taste
Gut(n.) A narrow passage of water
(v. t.) To plunder of contents
Gutta(n.) A drop.
Gutter(n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain
(v. i.) To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
(v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows
Guttural(a.) Of or pertaining to the throat
(n.) A sound formed in the throat
Guy(n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot
(v. t.) To fool
Guzzle(n.) An insatiable thing or person.
(v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily
(v. t.) To swallow much or often
Gybe(v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other
Gymnasium(n.) A place or building where athletic exercises are performed
Gymnast(n.) One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises
Gymnosperm(n.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock
Gyn(v. i.) To begin
Gynandromorph(n.) An animal affected with gynandromorphism,
Gynandrous(a.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil
Gynarchy(n.) Government by a woman.
Gynecocracy(n.) Government by a woman, female power
Gynecological(a.) Of or pertaining to gynecology.
Gynecology(n.) The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women.
Gynephobia(n.) Hatred of women
Gynocracy(n.) Female government
Gynodioecious(a.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers
Gynoecium(n.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively.
Gynophore(n.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.
Gypsiferous(a.) Containing gypsum.
Gypsum(n.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris
Gypsy(a.) Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.
(n.) A cunning or crafty person
(v. i.) To play the gypsy
Gyral(a.) Moving in a circular path or way
Gyrate(a.) Winding or coiled round
(n.) To revolve round a central point
Gyration(n.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
Gyratory(a.) Moving in a circle, or spirally
Gyre(n.) A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body
(v. t. & i.) To turn round
Gyrfalcon(n.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F
Gyron(n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon
Gyroscope(n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion
Gyrostat(n.) A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument
Gyrus(n.) A convoluted ridge between grooves
Gyve(n.) A shackle
(v. t.) To fetter
Ha(interj.) An 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
Haberdasher(n.) A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
Habergeon(n.) Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.
Habile(a.) Fit
Habiliment(n.) A garment
Habilitate(a.) Qualified or entitled.
(v. t.) To fit out
Habit(n.) Fixed or established custom
Hachure(n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing
Hacienda(n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals
Hack(a.) Hackneyed
(n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work
(v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire
Had(imp. & p. p.) of Have
Haddock(n.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America
Hade(n.) The descent of a hill.
(v. i.) To deviate from the vertical
Hadj(n.) The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.
Haft(n.) A dwelling.
(v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft
Hag(n.) A fury
(v. t.) To harass
Haggard(a.) A fierce, intractable creature.
(n.) A stackyard.
Haggis(n.) A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc
Haggle(n.) The act or process of haggling.
(v. i.) To be difficult in bargaining
(v. t.) To cut roughly or hack
Hagiocracy(n.) Government by a priesthood
Hagiographa(n. pl.) The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets
Hagiographer(n.) One of the writers of the hagiographa
Hagiography(n.) Same Hagiographa.
Hagiolatry(n.) The invocation or worship of saints.
Hagiology(n.) The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons
Hagioscope(n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts
Haik(n.) A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.
Hail(a.) Healthy.
(n.) A wish of health
(v. i.) To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered
(v. t.) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting
Hair(n.) A haircloth.
Hake(n.) A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
(v. t.) To loiter
Hakim(n.) A Mohammedan title for a ruler
Halacha(n.) The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law
Halation(n.) An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture
Halberd(n.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points
Halcyon(a.) Hence: Calm
(n.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia
Hale(a.) Sound
(n.) Welfare.
(v. t.) To pull
Half(a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half
(adv.) In an equal part or degree
(v. t.) To halve.
Halibut(n.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds
Halite(n.) Native salt
Hall(n.) A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes
Halma(n.) A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from different corners and striving to place each his own set of men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress
Halo(n.) A circle of light
(v. t. & i.) To form, or surround with, a halo
Halt(a.) Halting or stopping in walking
(n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action
(v. i.) To hold one's self from proceeding
(v. t.) To cause to cease marching
Halve(n.) A half.
(v. t.) Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.
Ham(n.) Home.
Hamadryad(n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
Hamal(n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer
Hamate(a.) Hooked
Hamburg(n.) A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.
Hame(n.) Home.
Hamite(n.) A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son.
Hamlet(n.) A small village
Hammer(n.) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters
(v. i.) To be busy forming anything
(v. t.) To beat with a hammer
Hammock(n.) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively
Hamper(n.) A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles
(v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on
Hamster(n.) A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations
Hamstring(n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh
(v. t.) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee
Hamstrung(imp. & p. p.) of Hamstring
Hamulus(n.) A hook, or hooklike process.
Han(inf. & plural pres.) To have
(v. t.) To inclose for mowing
Hand(n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
(v. i.) To cooperate.
(v. t.) To furl
Hang(n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
(v. i.) Of a ball: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of ground
(v. t.) To prevent from reaching a decision, esp. by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous
Hank(n.) A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
(v. t.) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
Hanoverian(a.) Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
(n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover
Hansard(n.) A merchant of one of the Hanse towns.
Hanse(n.) An association
Hanukkah(n.) The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabaeus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b
Hap(n.) A cloak or plaid.
(v. i.) To happen
(v. t.) To clothe
Haphazard(n.) Extra hazard
Haphtarah(n.) One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law
Hapless(a.) Without hap or luck
Haply(adv.) By hap, chance, luck, or accident
Happen(v. i.) To come by chance
Happily(adv.) By chance
Happy(superl.) Dexterous
Harangue(n.) A speech addressed to a large public assembly
(v. i.) To make an harangue
(v. t.) To address by an harangue.
Harass(n.) Devastation
(v. t.) To fatigue
Harbinger(n.) A forerunner
(v. t.) To usher in
Harbor(n.) A mixing box materials.
(v. i.) To lodge, or abide for a time
Hard(adv.) Close or near.
(n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
(superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance
(v. t.) To harden
Hare(n.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity
(v. t.) To excite
Haricot(n.) A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
Hark(v. i.) To listen
Harlequin(n.) A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience
(n. i.) To play the droll
(v. t.) Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
Harlot(a.) Wanton
(n.) A churl
(v. i.) To play the harlot
Harm(n.) Injury
Harness(n.) Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse
Harp(n.) A constellation
(v. t.) To play on, as a harp
Harrier(n.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
Harrow(interj.) Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress
(n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth
(v. t.) To pillage
Harry(v. i.) To make a predatory incursion
(v. t.) To agitate
Harsh(a.) disagreeable to the ear.
Hart(n.) A stag
Harvest(n.) That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed
(v. t.) To reap or gather, as any crop.
Hash(n.) A new mixture of old matter
Haslet(n.) The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.
Hasp(n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin
(v. t.) To shut or fasten with a hasp.
Hassock(n.) A rank tuft of bog grass
Haste(n.) Celerity of motion
Hasty(n.) Demanding haste or immediate action.
Hat(a.) Hot.
(n.) A covering for the head
Hatband(n.) A band round the crown of a hat
Hatbox(n.) A box for a hat.
Hatch(n.) A bedstead.
(v. i.) To produce young
(v. t.) To close with a hatch or hatches.
Hate(n.) To be very unwilling
(v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed
Hath(3d pers. sing. pres.) Has.
Hatred(n.) Strong aversion
Hatter(n.) One who makes or sells hats.
(v. t.) To tire or worry
Hauberk(v. t.) A coat of mail
Haugh(n.) A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
Haul(n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
(v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind.
(v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
Haunch(n.) Of meats: The leg and loin taken together
Haunt(n.) A place to which one frequently resorts
(v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
(v. t.) To accustom
Haustellum(n.) The sucking proboscis of various insects.
Haustorium(n.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.
Hautboy(n.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
Hauteur(n.) Haughty manner or spirit
have(Indic. present) of Have
(v. t.) To accept possession of
Havoc(n.) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
(v. t.) To devastate
Haw(n.) A hedge
(v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw
(v. t.) To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver
Hawaiian(a.) Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.
(n.) A native of Hawaii.
Hawfinch(n.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris)
Hawk(n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
(v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey
(v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street
Hawse(n.) A hawse hole.
Hawthorn(n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw
Hay(n.) A hedge.
(v. i.) To cut and cure grass for hay.
Haycock(n.) A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.
Hayfork(n.) A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
Hayloft(n.) A loft or scaffold for hay.
Haymaker(n.) A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
Haymow(n.) A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
Hayrack(n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc
Hayrick(n.) A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
Haystack(n.) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Hazard(n.) A game of chance played with dice.
(v. i.) To try the chance
Haze(n.) Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness
(v. i.) To be hazy, or tick with haze.
(v. t.) To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
Hazy(n.) Obscure
He(obj.) Any one
Headache(n.) Pain in the head
Headband(n.) A fillet
Headdress(n.) A covering or ornament for the head
Headed(a.) Formed into a head
Header(n.) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
Headforemost(adv.) With the head foremost.
Headgear(n.) Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
Heading(n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine
Headland(n.) A cape
Headless(a.) Destitute of a chief or leader.
Headlight(n.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel
Headlong(a.) Rash
(a. & adv.) Hastily
Headman(n.) A head or leading man, especially of a village community.
Headmost(a.) Most advanced
Headnote(n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter
Headpiece(n.) A cap of defense
Headquarters(n. sing.) The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force
Headsail(n.) Any sail set forward of the foremast.
Headship(n.) Authority or dignity
Headsman(n.) An executioner who cuts off heads.
Headstall(n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
Headstock(n.) A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine
Headstone(n.) The principal stone in a foundation
Headstrong(a.) Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.
Headway(n.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath
Headwork(n.) Mental labor.
Heady(a.) Apt to affect the head
Heal(v. i.) To grow sound
(v. t.) Health.
Heap(n.) A crowd
(v. t.) To collect in great quantity
Hear(v. i.) To be informed by oral communication
(v. t.) To accede to the demand or wishes of
Heat(imp. & p. p.) Heated
(n.) A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc
(v. i.) To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action
(v. t.) To excite ardor in
Heave(n.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode
(v. i.) To be thrown up or raised
(v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort
Heavily(adv.) As if burdened with a great weight
Heavy(a.) Having the heaves.
(adv.) Heavily
(superl.) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain
(v. t.) To make heavy.
Hebdomad(n.) A week
Hebe(n.) An African ape
Hebraic(a.) Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.
Hebraism(n.) A Hebrew idiom or custom
Hebraist(n.) One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
Hebraize(v. i.) To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.
(v. t.) To convert into the Hebrew idiom
Hebrew(a.) Of or pertaining to the Hebrews
(n.) An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob
Hecatomb(n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time
Heck(n.) A bend or winding of a stream.
Hectare(n.) A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2
Hectic(a.) Habitual
(n.) A hectic flush.
Hectocotylus(n.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs
Hectogram(n.) A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.
Hector(n.) A bully
(v. i.) To play the bully
(v. t.) To treat with insolence
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