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Hackster
A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.
Hmatogenous
Originating in the blood.
Hmocytolysis
See .
Haf
Hove.
Half-boot
A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See , and , under .
Hamamelidanthum
A genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region.
hamming
poor acting by a ham actor; see .
handbuild
to make without a wheel; of pottery.
handstitched
same as .
Handygripe
Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.
Hang
To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with or ;
hangover
An unpleasant feeling, such as a headache, occurring as an aftereffect from the use of drugs (especially alcohol).
Hank
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
Harangue
To make an harangue; to declaim.
Hardbeam
A tree of the genus , of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.
Hardy
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the .
Harshly
In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
Harten
To hearten; to encourage; to incite.
Haruspicy
The art or practices of haruspices. See .
Hash
That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
Hash
To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; .
Hater
One who hates.
Haulse
See .
Having
Possession; goods; estate.
Hay
A hedge.
Healall
A common herb of the Mint family (), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought to be a panacea.
Heathenism
The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.
Hebdomadary
A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
Hectostere
A measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.
hegari
Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety is grown in Southwestern U.S.
Hellenize
To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; .
Helpful
Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
Hemadynamometer
An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a .
Hemapophysis
The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.
Hemimorphic
Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.
Hemoptysis
The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
heraldist
of or pertaining to heraldry.
Hereunto
Unto this; up to this time; hereto.
Heronry
A place where herons breed.
Heterocercal
Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
Heteropathy
That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
Hexadecane
See .
Hiccough
To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
High-built
Of lofty structure; tall.
High-top
A ship's masthead.
Hike
To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like.
Hir
See ,
Hispanic
Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; .
Histotomy
The dissection of organic tissues.
Hit
It.
Hoarsely
With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
Hobnob
Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
Hodograph
A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
Hog
To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
Holarctic
Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively
Homogene
Homogeneous.
Honeyware
See .
Hook-nosed
Having a hooked or aquiline nose.
Hopingly
In a hopeful manner.
Horse-drench
A dose of physic for a horse.
Housebreaking
The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See , and , under .
Howso
Howsoever.
Hucksterage
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
Hum
Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Humanity
The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
Humpback
A crooked back; a humped back.
Hungerer
One who hungers; one who longs.
Huron-Iroquous
A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York.
hushed-up
kept secret; -- used of reports; .
Huttonian
Relating to what is now called the theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James .
Hybridizer
One who hybridizes.
Hydraulical
Hydraulic.
Hydrofluosilicate
A salt of hydrofluosilic acid; a silicofluoride. See .
hydroxymethyl
a methyl radical with a hydroxyl group replacing one of the hydrogen atoms.
Hymenopteran
One of the Hymenoptera.
Hyp
An abbreviation of ; -- usually in plural.
Hyperdicrotism
A hyperdicrotic condition.
Hypodermis
Same as .