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Heterotropous
() Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
Hething
() Contempt; scorn.
Hetmans
() of Hetman
Hetman
() A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
Heugh
() A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides.
Heugh
() A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.
Heuk
() Variant of Huke.
Heulandite
() A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
Heuristic
() Serving to discover or find out.
Heved
() The head.
Hewed
() of Hew
Hewed
() of Hew
Hewn
() of Hew
Hewing
() of Hew
Hew
() To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.
Hew
() To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
Hew
() To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hew
() Destruction by cutting down.
Hew
() Hue; color.
Hew
() Shape; form.
Hewe
() A domestic servant; a retainer.
Hewer
() One who hews.
Hewhole
() The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
Hewn
() Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
Hewn
() Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
Hex-
() Alt. of Hexa
Hexa
() A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
Hexabasic
() Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
Hexacapsular
() Having six capsules or seed vessels.
Hexachord
() A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
Hexacid
() Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
Hexactinellid
() Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinae.
Hexactinelline
() Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
Hexactinia
() The Anthozoa.
Hexad
() An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.
Hexadactylous
() Having six fingers or toes.
Hexade
() A series of six numbers.
Hexadecane
() See Hecdecane.
Hexagon
() A plane figure of six angles.
Hexagonal
() Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
Hexagonally
() In an hexagonal manner.
Hexagony
() A hexagon.
Hexagynia
() A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.
Hexagynian
() Alt. of Hexagynous
Hexagynous
() Having six pistils.
Hexahedral
() In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.
Hexahedrons
() of Hexahedron
Hexahedra
() of Hexahedron
Hexahedron
() A solid body of six sides or faces.
Hexahemeron
() A term of six days.