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  • English Word High-blown Definition Inflated, as with conceit.
  • English Word High-bred Definition Bred in high life; of pure blood.
  • English Word High-built Definition Of lofty structure; tall.
  • English Word High-church Definition Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
  • English Word High-churchism Definition The principles of the high-church party.
  • English Word High-churchman Definition One who holds high-church principles.
  • English Word High-churchman-ship Definition The state of being a high-churchman.
  • English Word High-colored Definition Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
  • English Word High-colored Definition Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.
  • English Word High-embowed Definition Having lofty arches.
  • English Word High-fed Definition Pampered; fed luxuriously.
  • English Word High-finished Definition Finished with great care; polished.
  • English Word High-flown Definition Elevated; proud.
  • English Word High-flown Definition Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
  • English Word High-flushed Definition Elated.
  • English Word High-go Definition A spree; a revel.
  • English Word High-handed Definition Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
  • English Word High-hearted Definition Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
  • English Word High-hoe Definition The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
  • English Word High-holder Definition The flicker; -- called also high-hole.
  • English Word High-low Definition A laced boot, ankle high.
  • English Word High-mettled Definition Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
  • English Word High-minded Definition Proud; arrogant.
  • English Word High-minded Definition Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
  • English Word High-mindedness Definition The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
  • English Word High-palmed Definition Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
  • English Word High-pressure Definition Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
  • English Word High-pressure Definition Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
  • English Word High-priesthood Definition The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
  • English Word High-priestship Definition High-priesthood.