Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 26
Hencoop (n.) A coop or cage for hens.
Hencoop (n.) A farm building for housing poultry [syn: chicken coop, coop, hencoop, henhouse].
Hende (a.) Skillful; dexterous; clever. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hende (a.) Friendly; civil; gentle; kind. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hendecagon (n.) (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written also endecagon.]
Hendecane (n.) (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.
Compare: Endecane
Endecane (n.) (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]
Hendecasyllabic (a.) Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.
Hendecasyllable (n.) A metrical line of eleven syllables. -- J. Warton.
Hendecatoic (a.) (Chem.) Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.
Hendiadys (n.) (Gram.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.
Hendiadys (n.) Use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier.
Hendy (a.) [Obs.] See Hende.
Henen (adv.) Hence. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Henfish (n.) (Zool.) A marine fish; the sea bream.
Henfish (n.) (Zool.) A young bib. See Bib, n., 2.
Heng (obs. imp. of Hang) Hung. -- Chaucer.
Hen-hearted (a.) Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. -- Udall.
Henhouses (n. pl. ) of Henhouse.
Henhouse (n.) A house or shelter for fowls.
Henhouse (n.) A farm building for housing poultry [syn: chicken coop, coop, hencoop, henhouse].
Henhussy (n.) A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.
Heniquen (n.) See Jeniquen.
Henna (n.) (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia ({Lawsonia alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the nails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
Henna (n.) (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.
Compare: Lawsonia
Lawsonia (n.) (Bot.) An Asiatic and North African shrub ({Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.
Henna (n.) A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
Henna (v.) Apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month."
Hennery (n.) An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]
Hennes (adv.) Hence. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hennotannic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid. Henoge ny
Henoge ny (n.) Alt. of Henogenesis.
Henogenesis (n.) (Biol.) Same as Ontogeny.
Henotheism (n.) Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]
Henotic (a.) Harmonizing; irenic. -- Gladstone. (v.)
Henotic (a.) -- said of a bothering her husband or . (v.)
Henotic (a.) -- The less-than-henotic nature of the United Nations epitomizes the challenges and cross currents present in the process of becoming and/ or remaining united.
Syn: hiccough, make a hiccup. henpeck
Henpecked (imp. & p. p.) of Henpeck.
Henpecking (p. pr. & vb.) of Henpeck.
Henpeck (v. t.) To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.
Henroost (n.) A place where hens roost.
Henroost (n.) A roost for hens at night.
Henrys (n. pl. ) of Henry.
Henry (n.) The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampere a second.
Henry (n.) A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second [syn: henry, H].
Henry (n.) English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836) [syn: Henry, William Henry].
Henry (n.) A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799) [syn: Henry, Patrick Henry].
Henry (n.) United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878) [syn: Henry, Joseph Henry].
Henry, () (H) The SI unit of inductance: one henry is the inductance of a closed loop in which the induced voltage is one volt if the current flowing through it changes by one ampere each second, i.e., 1 H = 1 Vs/A. Named after the American physicist Joseph Henry (1797-1878). (1997-03-16)
Henry -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 119341
Housing Units (2000): 43166
Land area (2000): 322.711767 sq. miles (835.819604 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.766437 sq. miles (4.575051 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 324.478204 sq. miles (840.394655 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.470734 N, 84.183775 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, GA
Henry County
Henry County, GA
Henry -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 15060
Housing Units (2000): 6381
Land area (2000): 289.317767 sq. miles (749.329544 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.792696 sq. miles (4.643060 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 291.110463 sq. miles (753.972604 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.443195 N, 85.164850 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, KY
Henry County
Henry County, KY
Henry -- U.S. County in Iowa
Population (2000): 20336
Housing Units (2000): 8246
Land area (2000): 434.437309 sq. miles (1125.187417 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.238354 sq. miles (5.797310 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 436.675663 sq. miles (1130.984727 sq. km)
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.982369 N, 91.542799 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, IA
Henry County
Henry County, IA
Henry -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 51020
Housing Units (2000): 21270
Land area (2000): 823.212439 sq. miles (2132.110339 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.384619 sq. miles (6.176134 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 825.597058 sq. miles (2138.286473 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.351751 N, 90.120495 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, IL
Henry County
Henry County, IL
Henry -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 48508
Housing Units (2000): 20592
Land area (2000): 392.927073 sq. miles (1017.676405 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.969851 sq. miles (5.101891 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 394.896924 sq. miles (1022.778296 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.923532 N, 85.405985 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, IN
Henry County
Henry County, IN
Henry -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 21997
Housing Units (2000): 10261
Land area (2000): 702.484040 sq. miles (1819.425235 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 30.070356 sq. miles (77.881861 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 732.554396 sq. miles (1897.307096 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.386717 N, 93.774593 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, MO
Henry County
Henry County, MO
Henry -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 16310
Housing Units (2000): 8037
Land area (2000): 561.796182 sq. miles (1455.045371 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.530333 sq. miles (16.913484 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 568.326515 sq. miles (1471.958855 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.493511 N, 85.253760 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, AL
Henry County
Henry County, AL
Henry -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 29210
Housing Units (2000): 11622
Land area (2000): 416.502812 sq. miles (1078.737284 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.474552 sq. miles (8.999047 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 419.977364 sq. miles (1087.736331 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.339519 N, 84.067146 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, OH
Henry County
Henry County, OH
Henry -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 31115
Housing Units (2000): 15783
Land area (2000): 561.678079 sq. miles (1454.739484 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 31.774151 sq. miles (82.294669 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 593.452230 sq. miles (1537.034153 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.319422 N, 88.305435 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, TN
Henry County
Henry County, TN
Henry -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 57930
Housing Units (2000): 25921
Land area (2000): 382.351570 sq. miles (990.285977 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.036114 sq. miles (5.273512 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 384.387684 sq. miles (995.559489 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 36.697027 N, 79.897787 W
Headwords:
Henry
Henry, VA
Henry County
Henry County, VA
Henry, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 162
Housing Units (2000): 59
Land area (2000): 0.295699 sq. miles (0.765857 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.295699 sq. miles (0.765857 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22150
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.998249 N, 104.046801 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69349
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Henry, NE
Henry
Henry, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 2540
Housing Units (2000): 1085
Land area (2000): 1.394576 sq. miles (3.611935 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.069355 sq. miles (0.179629 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.463931 sq. miles (3.791564 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34163
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.113152 N, 89.360218 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61537
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Henry, IL
Henry
Henry, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 268
Housing Units (2000): 116
Land area (2000): 1.446153 sq. miles (3.745519 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.446153 sq. miles (3.745519 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28140
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.877650 N, 97.465968 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57243
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Henry, SD
Henry
Henry, TN -- U.S. town in Tennessee
Population (2000): 520
Housing Units (2000): 207
Land area (2000): 1.197497 sq. miles (3.101504 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.197497 sq. miles (3.101504 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33400
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.202197 N, 88.418208 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38231
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Henry, TN
Henry
Henry Kissinger (n.) 亨利·季辛吉 United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger].
Hen's-foot (n.) (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Caucalis daucoides).
Hente (imp.) of Hent.
Hent (p. p.) of Hent.
Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman. -- Spenser.
This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. -- Chaucer.
But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente. -- Chaucer.
Henware (n.) (Bot.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.
Compare: Badderlocks
Badderlocks (n.) (Bot.) A large black seaweed ({Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.
Henxman (n.) Henchman. [Obs.]
Hep (n.) See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
Hep (a.) Same as
Hip, a., but older and now less frequently used.
Hep (interj.) A call used by drill instructors to count
cadence during marching; used identically to hut and hup.
Hip (a.) Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; -- same as hep.
Syn: tuned in.
Hip (a.) Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; -- used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.
Hip (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose ({Rosa canina); called also rose hip. [Written also hop, hep.]
Hip tree (Bot.), The dog-rose.
Hep (a.) Informed about the latest trends [syn: hep, hip, hip to(p)].
HEP, () High Energy (Particle) Physics.
Hepar (n.) (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris.
Hepar (n.) Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum.
Hepar antimonii (Old Chem.), A substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony.
Hepatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.
Hepatic (a.) Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
Hepatic (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.
Hepatic duct (Anat.), Any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive.
Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), Sulphureted hydrogen gas.
Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.
Hepatic (a.) Pertaining to or affecting the liver; "hepatic ducts"; "hepatic cirrhosis."
Hepatic (n.) Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses [syn: liverwort, hepatic].
Hepaticae (n. pl. ) of Hepatica.
Hepatica (n.) (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
Hepatica (n.) (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
Hepaticae (n.) Liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales [syn: Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, class Hepaticae].
Hepatical (a.) Hepatic. [R.]
Hepatite (n.) (Min.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
Hepatitis (n.) (Med.) 肝炎 Inflammation of the liver.
Hepatitis (n.) Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin.
Hepatization (n.) (Chem.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]
Hepatization (n.) (Med.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
Hepatized (imp. & p. p.) of Hepatize.
Hepatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hepatize.
Hepatize (v. t.) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. -- Barrow.
Hepatize (v. t.) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
Hepatocele (n.) (Med.) Hernia of the liver.
Hepatocystic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.
Hepatogastric (a.) (Anat.) See Gastrohepatic. Hepatogenic
Hepatogenic (a.) Alt. of Hepatogenous.
Hepatogenous (a.) (Med.) Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.
Hepatology (n.) The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.
Hepato-pancreas (n.) (Zool.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
Hepatorenal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
Hepatoscopy (n.) Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
Heppen (a.) Neat; fit; comfortable. [Obs.]
Hepper (n.) (Zool.) A young salmon; a parr.
Hepta () A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven.
Heptachord (n.) (Anc. Mus.) A system of seven sounds.
Heptachord (n.) (Anc. Mus.) A lyre with seven chords.
Heptachord (n.) (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Heptad (n.) (Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.
Heptad (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn: seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary].
Heptade (n.) The sum or number of seven.
Heptaglot (n.) A book in seven languages.
Heptagon (n.) (Geom.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
Heptagon (n.) A seven-sided polygon.
Heptagonal (a.) Having seven angles or sides.
Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), The numbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.
Heptagynia (n. pl.) (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils. Heptagynian
Heptagynian (a.) Alt. of Heptagynous
Heptagynous (a.) (Bot.) Having seven pistils.
Heptahedron (n.) (Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides.
Heptamerous (a.) (Bot.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. -- Gray.
Heptandria (n. pl.) (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens. Heptandrian
Heptandrian (a.) Alt. of Heptandrous.
Heptandrous (a.) (Bot.) Having seven stamens.
Heptane (n.) (Chem.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.
Heptane (n.) A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings.
Heptangular (a.) Having seven angles.
Heptaphyllous (a.) (Bot.) Having seven leaves.
Heptarch (n.) Same as Heptarchist.
Heptarchist (n.) A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written also heptarch.]
Heptarchic (a.) Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. -- T. Warton.
Heptarchist (n.) A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written also heptarch.]
Heptarchy (n.) A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
Note: The word is most commonly applied to England, when it was divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon heptachy, which consisted of Kent, the South Saxons (Sussex), West Saxons (Wessex), East Saxons (Essex), the East Angles, Mercia, and Northumberland.
Heptarchy, () Eng. law. The name of the kingdom or government established by the Saxons, on their establishment in Britain so called because it was composed of seven kingdoms, namely, Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumberland.
Heptaspermous (a.) (Bot.) Having seven seeds.
Heptastich (n.) (Pros.) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
Heptateuch (n.) The first seven books of the Testament.
Heptathlete (n.) A person who participates in the heptathlon, an athletic competition consisting of seven events.
Heptathlete (n.) [C] 七項全能運動員 An athlete who competes in an event that includes seven different sports.
Heptathlon (n.) [ C ] 女子七項全能運動 A competition in which athletes compete in seven sports events.
Compare: Biathlon, Decathlon, Pentathlon.
Biathlon (n.) [ C ] 兩項運動（包括越野滑雪和步槍射擊） A sports competition that combines skiing and shooting a rifle (= gun).
Decathlon (n.) [ C ] 男子十項全能（比賽） A competition in which an athlete competes in ten sports events.
Pentathlon (n.) [ C ] 現代五項運動，五項全能運動 A sports event in which athletes compete in five different sports.
// The pentathlon consists of running, swimming, riding, shooting, and fencing.
Heptavalent (a.) (Chem.) Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.
Heptene (n.) (Chem.) Same as Heptylene.
Heptylene (n.) (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.
Heptine (n.) (Chem.) Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
Heptoic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.