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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.