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- English Word Height Definition Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
- English Word Heighten Definition To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
- English Word Heighten Definition To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
- English Word Heightened Definition of Heighten
- English Word Heightener Definition One who, or that which, heightens.
- English Word Heightening Definition of Heighten
- English Word Heinous Definition Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
- English Word Heir Definition One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
- English Word Heir Definition One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
- English Word Heir Definition To inherit; to succeed to.
- English Word Heirdom Definition The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
- English Word Heiress Definition A female heir.
- English Word Heirless Definition Destitute of an heir.
- English Word Heirloom Definition Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.
- English Word Heirship Definition The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.
- English Word Hejira Definition See Hegira.
- English Word Hektare Definition Alt. of Hektometer
- English Word Hektogram Definition Alt. of Hektometer
- English Word Hektograph Definition See Hectograph.
- English Word Hektoliter Definition Alt. of Hektometer
- English Word Hektometer Definition Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
- English Word Helamys Definition See Jumping hare, under Hare.
- English Word Helcoplasty Definition The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.
- English Word Held Definition imp. & p. p. of Hold.
- English Word Held Definition of Hold
- English Word Hele Definition Health; welfare.
- English Word Hele Definition To hide; to cover; to roof.
- English Word Helena Definition See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint.
- English Word Helenin Definition 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 bitter taste.
- English Word Heliac Definition Heliacal.