Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 30
Hesternal (a.) Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a. -- Ld. Lytton.
Hesychast (n.) One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. -- Brande & C. Hetaera
Hetairism (n.) Alt. of Hetarism.
Hetarism (n.) A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. -- H. Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic, a.
Hetchel (v. t.) Same as Hatchel.
Hete (imp. & p. p.) of Hete.
Het () of Hete.
Hete (v. t. & i.) Variant of Hote. [Obs.]
But one avow to greate God I hete. -- Chaucer.
Heteracanth (a.) (Zool.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
Heterarchy (n.) The government of an alien. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Heterauxesis (n.) (Bot.) Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
Hetero- () A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.
Heterocarpism (n.) (Bot.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpaea, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
Heterocarpous (a.) (Bot.) Characterized by heterocarpism.
Heterocephalous (a.) (Bot.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Heterocera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form.
Heterocercal (a.) (Anat.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
Heterocercal (a.) Possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe [ant: homocercal].
Heterocercy (n.) (Anat.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Heterochromous (a.) (Bot.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference. Heterochronism
Heterochronism (n.) Alt. of Heterochrony.
Heterochrony (n.) (Biol.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
Heteroclite (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclite (n.) (Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.
Heteroclite (n.) Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. -- Howell. Heteroclitic
Heteroclitic (a.) Alt. of Heteroclitical.
Heteroclitical (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclitous (a.) Heteroclitic. [Obs.]
Heterocyst (n.) (Bot.) A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc.
Heterodactyl (a.) (Zool.) Heterodactylous.
Heterodactyl (n.) One of the Heterodactylae.
Heterodactyl (a.) (Of bird feet) Having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward [ant: zygodactyl].
Heterodactylae (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of birds including the trogons.
Heterodactylous (a.) (Zool.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Heterodont (a.) (Anat.) Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont.
Heterodont (n.) (Zool.) 異齒動物；異型齒 Any animal with heterodont dentition.
Heterodox (a.) 非正統的；異端的 Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects.
Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. -- Strype.
Heterodox (a.) Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons. -- Macaulay. -- Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv. -- Het"er*o*dox`ness, n.
Heterodox (n.) An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Heterodox (a.) Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards [syn: dissident, heretical, heterodox].
Heterodoxal (a.) Not orthodox. -- Howell.
Heterodoxy (n.) 非正統；異端 An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. -- Bp. Bull.
Heterodoxy (n.) Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy] [ant: orthodoxy].
Heterodoxy (n.) The quality of being unorthodox [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy] [ant: orthodoxy].
Heterodromous (a.) (Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction. -- Gray.
Heterodromous (a.) (Mech.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.
Heterogamous (a.) (Bot. & Biol.) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.
Heterogamous (a.) (Bot. & Biol.) Characterized by heterogamy.
Heterogamy (n.) (Bot.) 【生】配子異型；異配生殖 The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.
Heterogamy (n.) (Biol.) That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate. -- Claus & Sedgwick.
Heterogangliate (a.) (Physiol.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of certain invertebrate animals.
Heterogene (a.) Heterogenous. [Obs.]
Heterogeneal (a.) Heterogeneous.
Heterogeneity (n.) The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt. -- Coleridge.
Heterogeneity (n.) The quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind [syn: heterogeneity, heterogeneousness] [ant: homogeneity, homogeneousness].
Heterogeneous (a.) 異種的；由不同成分形成的 Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n.
Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), Nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and h[ae]c loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc c[ae]lum, neuter in the singular; hi c[ae]li, masculine in the plural.
Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), Such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids.
Heterogeneous surds (Math.), Surds having different radical signs.
Heterogeneous (a.) Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" [syn: heterogeneous, heterogenous] [ant: homogeneous, homogenous].
Heterogeneous (a.) Originating outside the body [syn: heterogenous, heterogeneous] [ant: autogenic, autogenous].
Heterogeneous, () Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind.
Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network).
For examples see: interoperable database, middleware.
Constrast homogeneous.
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Heterogenesis (n.) (Biol.) Spontaneous generation, so called.
Heterogenesis (n.) (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.
Heterogenesis (n.) The alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal [syn: alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis].
Heterogenetic (a.) (Biol.) Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations.
Heterogenist (n.) (Biol.) One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis. -- Bastian.
Heterogenous (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to heterogenesis; heterogenetic.
Heterogenous (a.) Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" [syn: heterogeneous, heterogenous] [ant: homogeneous, homogenous].
Heterogenous (a.) Originating outside the body [syn: heterogenous, heterogeneous] [ant: autogenic, autogenous].
Heterogenous, () It's spelled heterogeneous.
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Heterogeny (n.) (Biol.) Heterogenesis.
Heterogonous (a.) (Bot.) Characterized by heterogony. -- Het`er*og"o*nous*ly, adv.
Heterogony (n.) (Bot.) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.
Heterographic (a.) Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic.
Heterography (n.) That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.
Heterogynous (a.) (Zool.) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless.
Heterologous (a.) Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs.
Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.
Heterologous tumor (Med.), A tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the body.
Heterologous (a.) Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin [syn: heterologous, heterologic, heterological] [ant: analogous, homologous].
Heterologous (a.) Derived from organisms of a different but related species; "a heterologous graft" [ant: autologous, homologous].
Heterology (n.) (Biol.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.
Heterology (n.) (Chem.) The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. Homology.
Heterology (n.) (Biology) The lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts.
Heteromera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi.
Heteromerous (a.) (Chem & Crystallog.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
Heteromerous (a.) (Bot.) With the parts not corresponding in number.
Heteromerous (a.) (Zool.) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras.
Heteromerous (a.) (Zool.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.
Heteromorphic (a.) (Biol.) 【動】完全變態的；【生】異形的 Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower. Heteromorphism
Heteromorphism (n.) Alt. of Heteromorphy.
Heteromorphy (n.) (Biol.) 【生】【昆】異態；異形；變形；異態性 The state or quality of being heteromorphic.
Heteromorphous (a.) (Biol.) Heteromorphic.
Heteromyaria (n. pl.) (Zool..) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.
Heteronereis (n.) (Zool.) A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
Note: In this state the head and its appendages are changed in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of the parapodia are highly modified by the development of finlike lobes, and branchial lamell[ae], and their set[ae] become longer and bladelike.
Heteronomous (a.) Subject to the law of another. -- Krauth-Fleming.
Heteronomy (n.) Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
Heteronomy (n.) (Metaph.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. -- Krauth-Fleming.
Heteronym (n.) That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
Heteronym (n.) Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym".
Heteronymous (a.) Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations. -- J. Le Conte. -- Het"er*on"y*mous*ly, adv.
Heteroousian (a.) Having different essential qualities; of a different nature.
Heteroousian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.
Heteroousious (a.) See Heteroousian.
Heteropathic (a.) Of or pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic.
Heteropathy (n.) (Med.) That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
Heteropelmous (a.) (Anat.) Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append.
Heterophagi (n. pl.) (Zool.) Altrices.
Heterophemist (n.) One liable to the fault of heterophemy.
Heterophemy (n.) The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness. -- R. G. White.
Heterophony (n.) (Med.) An abnormal state of the voice. -- Mayne.
Heterophyllous (a.) (Bot.) Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
Heteroplasm (n.) An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. -- Dunglison.
Heteroplastic (a.) (Biol.) Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. -- Haeckel.
Heteropod (n.) (Zool.) One of the Heteropoda. -- a. Heteropodous.
Heteropod (a.) Heteropodous.
Heteropoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order
of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the
species are naked; others, as Carinaria and
Heteropodous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.
Heteropter (n.) One of the Heteroptera.
Heteroptera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
Heteroptera (n.) True bugs [syn: {Heteroptera}, {suborder Heteroptera}].
Heteropterous (a.) 異翅的 Of or relating to an insect order or suborder (Heteroptera) comprising the true bugs.
Heteropterous (a.) Of, relating to, or belonging to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc, in which the forewings are membranous but have leathery tips.
Compare: Hemipterous
Hemipterous (In British or hemipteran) (a.) 半翅類的 Of, relating to, or belonging to the Hemiptera, a large order of insects having sucking or piercing mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum). The group is divided into the suborders Homoptera (aphids, cicadas, etc) and Heteroptera (water bugs, bedbugs, etc).
Hemipteral, Hemipterous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.
Heteroptics (n.) False optics. -- Spectator.