Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 27
Heptone (n.) (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, {C7H10}, of the valylene series.
Hep tree (n.) 狗薔薇 The wild dog-rose.
Heptyl (n.) (Chem.) A compound radical, {C7H15}, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.
Heptylene (n.) (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.
Heptylic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. {[OE]nanthylic}.
Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
Note: The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun with which in agrees is not given, but implied. "And what his fortune wanted, hers could mend." -- Dryden. Her
Her (pron. pl.) Alt. of Here
Here (pron. pl.) Of them; their. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
On here bare knees adown they fall. -- Chaucer.
Heracleonite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.
Herakline (n.) A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.
Herald (n.) (Antiq.) [C] （舊時君主的）傳令官；報信者，使者；先驅，預報者 [（+of）] An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
Herald (n.) In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.
Herald (n.) A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
Herald (n.) A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
Herald (n.) Any messenger.
Heralded (imp. & p. p.) of Herald
Heralding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herald
Herald (v. t.) 宣布，通報；預示……的來臨 To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
Heraldic (a.) 紋章學的，紋章的；司宗譜紋章官員的 Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. -- T. Warton.
Heraldic (a.) Indicative of or announcing something to come; "the Beatles were heraldic of a new style of music".
Heraldic (a.) Of or relating to heraldry [syn: {heraldic}, {heraldist}].
Heraldically (adv.) In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
Heraldry (n.) 紋章學；（總稱）紋章；盛典 The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
Heraldry (n.) A coat of arms or some other heraldic device or collection of heraldic symbols.
Heraldry (n.) The study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies.
Heraldry (n.) Emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms.
Heraldship (n.) The office of a herald. -- Selden.
Herapathite (n.) (Chem.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
Heraud (n.) A herald. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Herb (n.) [C] 草本植物；芳草；藥草 A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.
Herb (n.) Grass; herbage.
And flocks Grazing the tender herb. -- Milton.
Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet.
Herb+Christopher+(Bot.),+An+herb+({Act[ae]a+spicata">Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb ({Act[ae]a spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc.
Herb Gerard (Bot.), The goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. -- Dr. Prior.
Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.
Herb Margaret (Bot.), The daisy. See Marguerite.
Herb Paris (Bot.), An Old World plant related to the trillium ({Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous.
Herb Robert (Bot.), A species of Geranium ({Geranium Robertianum.)
Herb (n.) A plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests [syn: herb, herbaceous plant].
Herb (n.) Aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities.
Compare: Nonwoody
Nonwoody (a.) Not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody plants. Opposite of woody. [Narrower terms: herbaceous; pulpy, fleshy]
Nonwoody (a.) Not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood [ant: woody].
Herbaceous (a.) 草本的；葉狀的；似綠葉的；綠色的 Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
Herbaceous (a.) Characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part.
Herbage (n.) 草，牧草 Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. "Thin herbage in the plaims." -- Dryden.
Herbage (n.) (Law.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man. -- Blount.
Herbage (n.) Succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land [syn: herbage, pasturage]
Herbage, () English Law, A species of easement, which consists in the right to feed one's cattle on another man's ground.
Herbaged (a.) Covered with grass.
Herbal (a.) Of or pertaining to herbs. -- Quarles.
Herbal (n.) A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. -- Bacon.
Herbal (n.) A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium. -- Steele.
Herbal (a.) Of or relating to herbs; "herbal tea, herbal medicine"
Herbal (n.) Tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs [syn: herb tea, herbal tea, herbal].
Herbalism (n.) The knowledge of herbs.
Herbalist (n.) One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
Herbalist (n.) A therapist who heals by the use of herbs [syn: herbalist, herb doctor].
Herbar (n.) An herb. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Herbarian (n.) A herbalist.
Herbarist (n.) A herbalist. [Obs.]
Herbariums (n. pl. ) of Herbarium
Herbaria (n. pl. ) of Herbarium
Herbarium (n.) A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. -- Gray.
Herbarium (n.) A book or case for preserving dried plants.
Herbarium (n.) A collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study.
Herbarium (n.) 植物標本館；植物標本集；植物標本室；植物標本箱 A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. [1] The term can also refer to the building or room where the specimens are housed, or to the scientific institute that not only stores but uses them for research.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper but, depending upon the material, may also be stored in boxes or kept in alcohol or other preservative. [2] The specimens in a herbarium are often used as reference material in describing plant taxa; some specimens may be types.
The same term is often used in mycology to describe an equivalent collection of preserved fungi, otherwise known as a fungarium. [3] A xylarium is a herbarium specialising in specimens of wood. [4] The term hortorium (as in the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium) has occasionally been applied to a herbarium specialising in preserving material of horticultural origin. [5]
Herbarize (v. t.) See Herborize.
Herbary (n.) A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. -- T. Warton.
Herber (n.) A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] "Into an herber green." -- Chaucer.
Herbergage (n.) Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Herbergeour (n.) A harbinger.
Herbergh (n.) Alt. of Herberwe
Herberwe (n.) A harbor.
Herbescent (a.) Growing into herbs.
Herbicide (n.) 除草劑 A chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth [syn: {herbicide}, {weedkiller}, {weed killer}]
Herbid (a.) Covered with herbs.
Herbiferous (a.) Bearing herbs or vegetation.
Herbist (n.) A herbalist.
Herbivora (n. pl.)【動】草食類動物；草食動物（集合詞）An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.
Herbivore (n.) (Zool.) 草食動物 One of the Herbivora. -- P. H. Gosse.
Herbivore (n.) Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores".
Herbivore (n.) [ C ] 食草動物，草食動物 An animal that eats only plants.
// Cows and sheep are herbivores.
Compare: Carnivore
Carnivore (n.) [ C ] 食肉動物 An animal that eats meat.
// Lions and tigers are carnivores.
// (Humorous) I made mostly vegetarian food but put a couple of meat dishes out for the carnivores (= people who eat meat).
Herbivorous (a.) 食草的 Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
Herbivorous (a.) Feeding only on plants [ant: {carnivorous}, {insectivorous}, {omnivorous}].
Herbivorous (a.) 食草的 Feeding on plants.
Herbivory (n.) 草食性 The consumption of living plant tissue by animals.
Herbless (a.) Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. -- J. Warton.
Herblet (n.) A small herb. -- Shak.
Herborist (n.) A herbalist. -- Ray.
Herborization (n.) The act of herborizing.
Herborization (n.) The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
Herborized (imp. & p. p.) of Herborize
Herborizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herborize
Herborize (v. i.) 採集植物，採集藥草 To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
Herborize (v. t.) To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.
Herborough (n.) A harbor.
Herbose (a.) Alt. of Herbous
Herbous (a.) Abounding with herbs. "Fields poetically called herbose." -- Byrom.
Herb-women (n. pl. ) of Herb-woman
Herb-woman (n.) A woman that sells herbs.
Herby (a.) 多草本植物的；似草的 Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." -- Chapman.
Hercogamous (a.) (Bot.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
Herculean (a.) Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
Herculean (a.) （H-）海克力士的；力大無比的；驍勇無比的 Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. "Herculean Samson." -- Milton.
Hercules (n.) 【希神】海克力斯；大力士 A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
Hercules (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
Hercynian (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.
Herd (a.) Haired.
Herd (n.) 獸群，牧人，人群 A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.
Herd (n.) A crowd of low people; a rabble.
Herd (n.) One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
Herded (imp. & p. p.) of Herd
Herding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herd
Herd (v. i.) 聚在一起，成群；群集，放牧，使成群 To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
Herd (v. i.) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
Herd (v. i.) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
Herd (v. t.) To form or put into a herd.
Herdbook (n.) 良種（牛或其他家畜）登記冊 A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called {herd record}, or {herd register}.
Herder (n.) 牧者；牧人 A herdsman. [R.]
Herder (n.) German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803) [syn: {Herder}, {Johann Gottfried von Herder}].
Herder (n.) Someone who drives a herd [syn: {herder}, {herdsman}, {drover}].
Herderite (n.) (Min.) 羥磷鈹鈣石 A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.
Herdess (n.) A shepherdess; a female herder. -- Sir P. Sidney. -- Chaucer.
Herdgroom (n.) A herdsman. [Obs.]
Herdic (n.) A kind of low-hung cab. Herdman
-men (n. pl. ) of Herdsman
Herdman (n.) Alt. of Herdsman
Herdsman (n.) 牧人；牧夫座 The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
Herdswomen (n. pl. ) of Herdswoman
Herdswoman (n.) A woman who tends a herd. -- Sir W. Scott.
Here (n.) Hair. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Here (pron. pl.) See Her, their. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
On here bare knees adown they fall. -- Chaucer.