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  • English Word Helvetian Definition Same as Helvetic.
  • English Word Helvetian Definition A Swiss; a Switzer.
  • English Word Helvetic Definition Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.
  • English Word Helvine Definition Alt. of Helvite
  • English Word Helving Definition of Helve
  • English Word Helvite Definition A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
  • English Word Hem Definition Them
  • English Word Hem Definition An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
  • English Word Hem Definition An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
  • English Word Hem Definition To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
  • English Word Hem Definition The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
  • English Word Hem Definition Border; edge; margin.
  • English Word Hem Definition A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
  • English Word Hem Definition To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
  • English Word Hem Definition To border; to edge
  • English Word Hema- Definition Same as Haema-.
  • English Word Hemachate Definition A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
  • English Word Hemachrome Definition Same as Haemachrome.
  • English Word Hemacite Definition A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.
  • English Word Hemadrometer Definition Alt. of Hemadromometer
  • English Word Hemadrometry Definition Alt. of Hemadromometry
  • English Word Hemadromometer Definition An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.
  • English Word Hemadromometry Definition The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry.
  • English Word Hemadynamics Definition The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.
  • English Word Hemadynamometer Definition 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 haemomanometer.
  • English Word Hemal Definition Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural.
  • English Word Hemaphaein Definition Same as Haemaphaein.
  • English Word Hemapophyses Definition of Hemapophysis
  • English Word Hemapophysis Definition The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.
  • English Word Hemastatic Definition Alt. of Hemastatical