Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 24
Help (n.) A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
Help (n.) Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.]
Help (n.) The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help].
Help (n.) A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" [syn: assistant, helper, help, supporter].
Help (n.) A resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: aid, assistance, help].
Help (n.) A means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" [syn: avail, help, service].
Help (v.) Give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: help, assist, aid].
Help (v.) Improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" [syn: help, aid].
Help (v.) Be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: help, facilitate].
Help (v.) Abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle" [syn: help oneself, help].
Help (v.) Help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself" [syn: serve, help].
Help (v.) Contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries".
Help (v.) Take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" [syn: avail, help].
Help (v.) Improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture".
HELP, () DEA. A Language for industrial robots.
HELP, () DEA. (Help Est un Lisp Paresseux - Help Is a Lazy Lisp). A lazy version of Scheme with strictness annotations, by Thomas Schiex.
Helper (n.) One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
Thou art the helper of the fatherless. -- Ps. x. 14.
Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. -- Dr. H. More.
Helper (n.) A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" [syn: assistant, helper, help, supporter].
Helper (n.) A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) [syn: benefactor, helper].
Helper, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 2025
Housing Units (2000): 925
Land area (2000): 1.787778 sq. miles (4.630323 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.787778 sq. miles (4.630323 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34530
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 39.688486 N, 110.857612 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84526
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Helpful (a.) Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him! -- Shak. -- Help"ful*ly, adv. -- Help"ful*ness, n. --Milton.
Helpful (a.) Providing assistance or serving a useful function [ant: unhelpful].
Helpless (a.) Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend? -- Pope.
Helpless (a.) Beyond help; irremediable.
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. -- Milton.
Helpless (a.) Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. -- Chapman.
Helpless (a.) Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.]
Helpless of all that human wants require. -- Dryden. -- Help"less*ly, adv. -- Help"less*ness, n.
Helpless (a.) Lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter" [syn: helpless, incapacitated].
Helpless (a.) Unable to function; without help [syn: helpless, lost].
Helpless (a.) Unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby".
Helpmate (n.) A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. -- Pennant.
A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. -- Macaulay.
Helpmate (n.) A helpful partner [syn: helpmate, helpmeet].
HELPMATE, (n.) A wife, or bitter half.
"Now, why is yer wife called a helpmate, Pat?" Says the priest. "Since the time 'o yer wooin' She's niver [sic] assisted in what ye were at -- For it's naught ye are ever doin'."
"That's true of yer Riverence [sic]," Patrick replies, And no sign of contrition envices; "But, bedad, it's a fact which the word implies, For she helps to mate the expinses [sic]!" Marley Wottel
Helpmeet (n.) A wife; a helpmate.
The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. -- J. H. Newman.
Helpmeet (n.) A helpful partner [syn: helpmate, helpmeet].
Help-meet, () (Heb. 'ezer ke-negdo; i.e., "a help as his counterpart" = a help suitable to him), a wife (Gen. 2:18-20).
Helter-skelter (adv.) In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [Colloq.]
Helter-skelter
have I rode to thee. -- Shak.
A
wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. -- J. C. Harris.
Helter-skelter (adv.) Haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter" [syn: helter-skelter, every which way].
Helter-skelter (a.) Lacking a visible order or organization [syn: chaotic, helter-skelter].
Helter-skelter (a.) With undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train" [syn: helter-skelter, pell-mell].
Helve (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
Helve (n.) (Iron Working) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.
Helve (n.) (Iron Working) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Helved (imp. & p. p.) of Helve.
Helving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Helve.
Helve (v. t.) To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
Helve (n.) The handle of a weapon or tool [syn: haft, helve].
Helvetian (a.) Same as Helvetic.
Helvetian (n.) A Swiss; a Switzer.
Helvetic (a.) 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. Helvine
Helvine (n.) Alt. of Helvite.
Helvite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
Hem (pron.) Them. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hem (interj.) 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.
Cough or cry hem, if anybody come. -- Shak.
Hem (n.) An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. "His morning hems." -- Spectator.
Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking. "Hem, and stroke thy beard." -- Shak.
Hem (n.) The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
Hem (n.) Border; edge; margin. "Hem of the sea." -- Shak.
Hem (n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
Hemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Hem.
Hemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hem.
Hem (v. t.) To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. -- Wordsworth.
Hem (v. t.) To border; to edge.
All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. -- Spenser.
To hem about, To hem around, or To hem in, To inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. "With valiant squadrons round about to hem." -- Fairfax. "Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny." -- Daniel.
To hem out, To shut out. "You can not hem me out of London." -- J. Webster.
Hem (n.) The edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down; "the hem of her dress was stained"; "let down the hem"; "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem"; "it seeped along the hem of his jacket".
Hem (n.) The utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. [syn: hem, ahem].
Hem (v.) Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; "hem my skirt".
Hem (v.) Utter `hem' or `ahem'.
Hem, () Of a garment, the fringe of a garment. The Jews attached much importance to these, because of the regulations in Num. 15:38, 39. These borders or fringes were in process of time enlarged so as to attract special notice (Matt. 23:5). The hem of Christ's garment touched (9:20; 14:36; Luke 8:44).
Hema- () Same as Haema-.
Hemachate (n.) (Min.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
Hemachrome (n.) Same as Haemachrome.
Hemacite (n.) A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc. Hemadrometer
Hemadrometer (n.) Alt. of Hemadromometer.
Hemadromometer (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries. Hemadrometry
Hemadrometry (n.) Alt. of Hemadromometry.
Hemadromometry (n.) (Physiol.) The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry.
Hemadynamics (n.) (Physiol.) The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.
Hemadynamometer (n.) (Physiol.) 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.
Hemal (a.) 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.
Note: As applied to vertebrates, hemal is the same as ventral, the heart and great blood vessels being on the ventral, and the central nervous system on the dorsal, side of the vertebral column.
Hemal arch (Anat.), The ventral arch in a segment of the spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.
Hemal (a.) Relating to the blood vessels or blood [syn: hemal, haemal, hematal, haematal].
Hemaphaein (n.) Same as Haemaphaein.
Hemapophyses (n. pl. ) of Hemapophysis.
Hemapophysis (n.) (Anat.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. -- Owen. -- Hem`a*po*phys"i*al, a. Hemastatic
Hemastatic (a. & n.) Alt. of Hemastatical.
Hemastatical (a. & n.) Same as Hemostatic.
Hemastatics (n.) (Physiol.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
Hematachometer (n.) Same as Haematachometer.
Hematein (n.) A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
Hematemesis (n.) A vomiting of blood.
Hematherm (n.) A warm-blooded animal.
Hemathermal (a.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal.
Hematic (a.) Same as Haematic.
Hematic (n.) A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood.
Hematin (n.) Hematoxylin.
Hematin (n.) A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.
Hematinometer (n.) A form of hemoglobinometer.
Hematinometric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.
Hematinon (n.) A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.
Hematite (n.) 赤鐵礦 An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.
Hematitic (a.) Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
Hemato () See Haema-.
Hematocele (n.) A tumor filled with blood.
Hematocrya (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma.
Hematocrystallin (n.) See Hemoglobin.
Hematoid (a.) Resembling blood.
Hematoidin (n.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called haemolutein.
Hematology (n.) The science which treats of the blood.
Hematology (n.) [ U ] (US Spelling of) 血液學 Haematology.
Hematology-oncology (n.) 內科-血液腫瘤科 The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases (hematology) and cancer (oncology) and research into them. Hematology-oncology includes such diseases as iron deficiency anemia, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, the thalassemias, leukemias and lymphomas, as well as cancers of other organs. Abbreviated hem-onc.
Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Hematophagous (a.) 吸血的；血液寄生的；食血的 Feeding on blood.
// Hematophagous mosquitoes.
Hematophilia (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.
Hematosin (n.) The hematin of blood.
Hematosis (n.) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.
Hematosis (n.) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis.
Hematotherma (n. pl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya.
Hematothermal (a.) Warm-blooded.
Hematoxylin (n.) Haematoxylin.
Hematuria (n.) Passage of urine mingled with blood.
Hemautography (n.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.
Hemelytra (n. pl. ) of Hemelytrum.
Hemelytron (n.) Alt. of Hemelytrum.
Hemelytrum (n.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
Hemeralopia (n.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
Hemerobian (n.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.
Hemerobid (a.) Of relating to the hemerobians.
Hemerocallis (n.) A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
Hemi- () A prefix signifying half.
Hemialbumin (n.) Same as Hemialbumose.
Hemialbumose (n.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
Hemianaesthesia (n.) Anaesthesia upon one side of the body.
Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.
Hemicardia (n.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left.
Hemicarp (n.) (Bot.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.
Hemicerebrum (n.) (Anat.) A lateral half of the cerebrum. -- Wilder.
Hemicollin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) See Semiglutin.
Hemicrania (n.) (Med.) A pain that affects only one side of the head.
Hemicrany (n.) (Med.) Hemicranis.
Hemicycle (n.) A half circle; a semicircle.