Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 17
Heading (n.) The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
Heading (n.) That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
Heading (n.) Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
Heading (n.) (Mining, tunneling) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
Heading (n.) (Mining, tunneling) The end of a drift or gallery; also, the working face at the end of a tunnel, gallery, drift, or adit from which the work is advanced.
Heading (n.) (Sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
Heading (n.) (Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. -- Knight.
Heading course (Arch.), A course consisting only of headers. See Header, n. 3 (a) .
Heading joint. (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood.
Heading joint. (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.
Heading (n.) A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" [syn: heading, header, head].
Heading (n.) The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim].
Heading (n.) A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift, heading, gallery].
Headland (n.) A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." -- Shak.
Headland (n.) A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. -- Tusser.
Headland (n.) A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head, foreland].
Headland, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 3523
Housing Units (2000): 1516
Land area (2000): 16.032531 sq. miles (41.524063 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.009766 sq. miles (0.025294 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 16.042297 sq. miles (41.549357 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33856
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.353410 N, 85.339793 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 36345
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Headland, AL
Headland
Headless (a.) Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
Headless (a.) Destitute of a chief or leader. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate; mindless. [Obs.]
Witless headiness in judging or headless hardiness in condemning. -- Spenser.
Headless (a.) Not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails" [ant: headed].
Headless (a.) Not using intelligence [syn: brainless, headless].
Headless (a.) 無頭的 Without a head.
// A headless corpse.
Idiom: Run round like a headless chicken
Run round like a headless chicken 忙得像隻無頭蒼蠅；手忙腳亂 To be very busy doing a lot of things, but in a way that is not very effective.
Headlight (n.) (Engin.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the front of a vehicle such as an automobile, truck, locomotive etc., to throw light on the road or track ahead of the vehicle at night, or in going through a dark tunnel; a headlamp.
Headlamp (n.) A powerful light with a reflector, attached to the front of an automobile, locomotive, or other vehicle; called also headlight.
Syn: headlight.
Headlight (n.) A powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive [syn: headlight, headlamp].
Headline (n.) (Print.) The line at the head or top of a page.
Headline (n.) (Naut.) See Headrope.
Headline (n.) (Journalism) A title for an article in a newspaper, sometimes one line, sometimes more, set in larger and bolder type than the body of the article and indicating the subject matter or content of the article.
Headline (n.) A similar title at the top of the newspaper indicating the most important story of the day; also, a title for an illustration or picture.
Headline (v. t.) To mention in a headline.
Headline (v. t.) To furnish with a headline (senses 1, 3, or 4).
Headline (v. t.) To publicise prominently in an advertisement.
Headline (n.) The heading or caption of a newspaper article [syn: headline, newspaper headline].
Headline (v.) Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline.
Headline (v.) Provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline.
Headlong (adv.) With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to fall headlong. -- Acts i. 18.
Headlong (adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
Headlong (adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.
Headlong (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
Headlong (a.) Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]
Like a tower upon a headlong rock. -- Byron.
Headlong (adv.) With the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base" [syn: headlong, headfirst].
Headlong (adv.) At breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate" [syn: headlong, precipitately].
Headlong (adv.) In a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin" [syn: headlong, rashly]
Headlong (a.) Excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: hasty, headlong].
Headlong (a.) With the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool" [syn: headfirst, headlong].
Head-lugged (a.) Lugged or dragged by the head. [R.] "The head-lugged bear." -- Shak.
Headmen (n. pl. ) of Headman.
Headman (n.) A head or leading man, especially of a village community. Headmold shot
Headman (n.) An executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn: headsman, headman].
Headman (n.) The head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief].
Headmold shot () Alt. of Headmould shot.
Headmould shot () (Med.) An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. -- Dunglison.
Headmost (a.) Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.
Headnote (n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.
Headpan (n.) The brainpan. [Obs.]
Headpiece (n.) Head.
In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. -- Spenser.
Headpiece (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
Headpiece (n.) Understanding; mental faculty.
Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. -- Prideaux.
Headpiece (n.) An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
Headpiece (n.) The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head [syn: headstall, headpiece].
Headpiece (n.) A protective helmet for the head.
Headquarters (n. sing.) 司令部，指揮部；總部，總店 The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.
The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence. -- Collier.
Headquarters (n. pl.) The main office from which an organization such as a commercial enterprise is managed; -- usually where the chief executive officer works.
Headquarters (n.) (usually plural) The office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; "many companies have their headquarters in New York" [syn: {headquarters}, {central office}, {main office}, {home office}, {home base}].
Headquarters (n.) The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command; "the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents" [syn: {headquarters}, {HQ}, {military headquarters}].
Headquarters (n.) (plural) A military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff.
Headrace (n.) See Race, a water course.
Headrace (n.) A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine.
Headroom (n.) (Arch.) See Headway, 2. [Mostly Brit.]
Headroom (n.) Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something [syn: headroom, headway, clearance].
Headroom (n.) The capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion [syn: headroom, dynamic headroom].
Headrope (n.) (Naut.) That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
Headsail (n.) (Naut.) Any sail set forward of the foremast. -- Totten.
Headsail (n.) Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
Headshake (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial. -- Shak.
Headshake (n.) The act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" [syn: headshake, headshaking].
Headship (n.) Authority or dignity; chief place.
Headship (n.) The position of headmaster or headmistress.
Headship (n.) The position of head.
Headsmen (n. pl. ) of Headsman.
Headsman (n.) An executioner who cuts off heads. -- Dryden.
Headspring (n.) Fountain; source.
The headspring of our belief. -- Stapleton.
Headspring (n.) The source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" [syn: fountainhead, headspring, head].
Headstall (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. -- Shak.
Headstall (n.) The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head [syn: headstall, headpiece].
Headstock (n.) (Mach.) 主軸承 A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine ; as:
Headstock (n.) (Mach.) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock.
Headstock (n.) (Mach.) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.
Headstock (n.) The stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe).
Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. -- Ps. cxviii. 22.
Headstone (n.) The stone at the head of a grave.
Headstone (n.) The central building block at the top of an arch or vault [syn: keystone, key, headstone].
Headstone (n.) A stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone].
Headstrong (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
Now let the headstrong boy my will control. -- Dryden.
Headstrong (a.) Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy ; as, a headstrong course. -- Dryden.
Syn: Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; untractable; stubborn; unruly; venturesome; heady.
Headstrong (a.) Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful].
Headstrongness (n.) Obstinacy. [R.] -- Gayton.
Headtire (n.) A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." -- 1 Esdras iii. 6.
Headtire (n.) The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
Headway (n.) [U]（船等的）前進；進展，進步，成功；【美】（前後兩班車，船，飛機的）間隔時間；間隔距離 The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
Headway (n.) (Arch.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath; clearance; headroom.
Headway (n.) Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something [syn: headroom, headway, clearance].
Headway (n.) Forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale" [syn: headway, head].
Headwork (n.) 勞心的工作；頭腦勞動 Mental labor.
Heady (a.) Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other. -- Sir W. Temple.
Heady (a.) Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
The liquor is too heady. -- Dryden.
Heady (a.) Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." -- Shak.
Heady (a.) Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision" [syn: judicious, wise, heady].
Heady (a.) Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn: heady, intoxicating].
Heady (a.) Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless].
Heal (v. i.) To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over.
Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. -- Shak.
Heal (v. t.) To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.]
Heal (n.) Health. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Healed (imp. & p. p.) of Heal.
Healing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heal.
Heal (v. t.) To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. -- Matt. viii. 8.
Heal (v. t.) To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
I will heal their backsliding. -- Hos. xiv. 4.
Heal (v. t.) To restore to original purity or integrity.
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. -- 2 Kings ii. 21.
Heal (v. t.) To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
Heal (v.) Heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: mend, heal].
Heal (v.) Get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly."
Heal (v.) Provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal].
Healable (a.) Capable of being healed.
Healall (n.) (Bot.) A common herb of the Mint family ({Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea.
Heald (n.) A heddle. -- Ure.
Healful (a.) Tending or serving to heal; healing. [Obs.] -- Ecclus. xv. 3.
Healing (a.) Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
Here healing dews and balms abound. -- Keble.
Healing (a.) Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedia surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic].
Healing (n.) The natural process by which the body repairs itself.
Healingly (adv.) So as to heal or cure.
Health (n.) The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
There is no health in us. -- Book of Common Prayer.
Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. -- Buckminster.
Health (n.) A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. "Come, love and health to all." -- Shak.
Bill of health. See under Bill.
Health lift, A machine for exercise, so arranged that person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine.
Health officer, One charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.
To drink a health. See under Drink.
Health (n.) A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients" [syn: health, wellness] [ant: illness, malady, sickness, unwellness].
Health (n.) The general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health."
Healthcare (n.) [ U ] (C1) 醫療保健服務 The set of services provided by a country or an organization for the treatment of the physically and the mentally ill.
// Healthcare workers are some of the lowest paid people in the country.
Healthful (a.) 有益於健康的；【喻】健康有益的 Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
Healthful (a.) Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.
The healthful Spirit of thy grace. -- Book of Common Prayer.
Healthful (a.) Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition.
A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. -- Macaulay.
Healthful (a.) Well-disposed; favorable. [R.]
Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. -- Shak.
Healthful (a.) Conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance" [ant: unhealthful].
Healthful (a.) Free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" [syn: sanitary, healthful] [ant: insanitary, unhealthful, unsanitary].
Healthfully (adv.) 有益健康地 In health; wholesomely.
Compare: Wholesomely
Wholesomely (adv.) 衛生地；有益健康地；安全地；審慎地 In a wholesome manner; "the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies."
Healthfulness (n.) The state of being healthful.
Healthfulness (n.) he quality of promoting good health [ant: unhealthfulness].
Healthily (adv.) In a healthy manner.
Healthily (adv.) In a levelheaded manner; "the answers were healthily individual."
Healthiness (n.) The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.
Healthiness (n.) The state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease [syn: good health, healthiness] [ant: health problem, ill health, unhealthiness].
Healthless (n.) Without health, whether of body or mind; infirm. "A healthless or old age." -- Jer. Taylor.
Healthless (n.) Not conducive to health; unwholesome. [R.]
Healthlessness (n.) The state of being healthless.
Healthsome (a.) Wholesome; salubrious. [R.] "Healthsome air." -- Shak.
Healthward (a. & adv.) In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.
Healthy (a.) 健康的，健壯的，健全的，有益於健康的 Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.
His mind was now in a firm and healthy state. -- Macaulay.
Healthy (a.) Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
Healthy (a.) Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.
Healthy (a.) Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy" [ant: unhealthy].
Healthy (a.) Financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy."
Healthy (a.) Promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you" [syn: healthy, salubrious, good for you(p)].
Healthy (a.) Exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound].
Healthy (a.) Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" [syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy].
Heam (n.) (pl. Heams) The afterbirth or secundines of a beast.
Heap (n.) 堆；大量，許多 A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous]
The wisdom of a heap of learned men. -- Chaucer.
A heap of vassals and slaves. -- Bacon.
He had heaps of friends. -- W. Black.
Heap (n.) A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile; as, a heap of trouble. [Now Low or Humorous].
A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations. -- Bp. Burnet.
I have noticed a heap of things in my life. -- R. L. Stevenson.
Heap (n.) A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. -- Dryden.
Heaped (imp. & p. p.) of Heap.
Heaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heap.
Heap (v. t.) 堆，堆積起 To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
Though he heap up silver as the dust. -- Job. xxvii. 16.
Heap (v. t.) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
Heap (v. t.) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
Heap (n.) A collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus].
Heap (n.) (Often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad].
Heap (n.) A car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap].
Heap (v.) Bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him."
Heap (v.) Arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap].
Heap (v.) Fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes."
Heap, () An area of memory used for dynamic memory allocation where blocks of memory are allocated and freed in an arbitrary order and the pattern of allocation and size of blocks is not known until run time. Typically, a program has one heap which it may use for several different purposes.
Heap is required by languages in which functions can return arbitrary data structures or functions with free variables (see closure). In C functions malloc and free provide access to the heap.
Contrast stack. See also dangling pointer.
Heap, () A data structure with its elements partially ordered (sorted) such that finding either the minimum or the maximum (but not both) of the elements is computationally inexpensive (independent of the number of elements), while both adding a new item and finding each subsequent smallest/ largest element can be done in O(log n) time, where n is the number of elements.
Formally, a heap is a binary tree with a key in each node, such that all the leaves of the tree are on two adjacent levels; all leaves on the lowest level occur to the left and all levels, except possibly the lowest, are filled; and the key in the root is at least as large as the keys in its children (if any), and the left and right subtrees (if they exist) are again heaps.
Note that the last condition assumes that the goal is finding the minimum quickly.
Heaps are often implemented as one-dimensional arrays.
Still assuming that the goal is finding the minimum quickly the invariant is heap[i] <= heap[2*i] and heap[i] <= heap[2*i+1] for all i, where heap[i] denotes the i-th element, heap[1] being the first. Heaps can be used to implement priority queues or in sort algorithms.
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Heap, () When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh. 8), he burned it and "made it an heap [Heb. tel] for ever" (8:28). The ruins of this city were for a long time sought for in vain. It has been at length, however, identified with the mound which simply bears the name of "Tel." "There are many Tels in modern Palestine, that land of Tels, each Tel with some other name attached to it to mark the former site. But the site of Ai has no other name 'unto this day.' It is simply et-Tel, 'the heap' par excellence."
Heap (n.) [ C ] (C2)（淩亂的）一堆 An untidy pile or mass of things.
// A heap of clothes/ rubbish.
Idiom: The bottom of the heap
The bottom of the heap 社會的最底層 People who are at the bottom of the heap are poor and unsuccessful and have the lowest position in society.
Idiom: Collapse/ fall in a heap
Collapse/ fall in a heap 倒下癱成一團 To fall down heavily and lie on the ground without moving.
// The woman staggered and collapsed in a heap.
A (whole) heap of sth (Informal) 大量的… A lot of something.
// I've got a whole heap of work to do.
Heap (v.) [ T + adv./ prep. ] 堆積；使成堆 To put things into a large, untidy pile.
// He heaped more food onto his plate.
Phrasal Verb: Heap sth on sb
Heap sth on sb (- phrasal verb with heap) (v.) [ T + adv./ prep. ] 對（某人）大加（讚揚、批評等） To give someone a lot of praise, criticism, etc.
// He deals well with all the criticism heaped on him.