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- English Word Helix Definition A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
- English Word Helixes Definition of Helix
- English Word Hell Definition The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
- English Word Hell Definition The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
- English Word Hell Definition A place where outcast persons or things are gathered
- English Word Hell Definition A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
- English Word Hell Definition A gambling house.
- English Word Hell Definition A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
- English Word Hell Definition To overwhelm.
- English Word Hell-cat Definition A witch; a hag.
- English Word Hell-diver Definition The dabchick.
- English Word Hell-haunted Definition Haunted by devils; hellish.
- English Word Hellanodic Definition A judge or umpire in games or combats.
- English Word Hellbender Definition A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog.
- English Word Hellborn Definition Born in or of hell.
- English Word Hellbred Definition Produced in hell.
- English Word Hellbrewed Definition Prepared in hell.
- English Word Hellbroth Definition A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation.
- English Word Helldoomed Definition Doomed to hell.
- English Word Hellebore Definition A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
- English Word Hellebore Definition Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.
- English Word Helleborein Definition A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.
- English Word Helleborin Definition A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.
- English Word Helleborism Definition The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.
- English Word Hellene Definition A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.
- English Word Hellenian Definition Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks.
- English Word Hellenic Definition Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.
- English Word Hellenic Definition The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.
- English Word Hellenism Definition A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.
- English Word Hellenism Definition The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.