Helodermatidae : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   halter
         n 1: rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for
               leading [syn: {halter}, {hackamore}]
         2: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have
            been condemned to death by hanging [syn: {hangman's rope},
            {hangman's halter}, {halter}, {hemp}, {hempen necktie}]
         3: a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving
            the back and arms uncovered
         4: either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects;
            used for maintaining equilibrium during flight [syn:
            {halter}, {haltere}, {balancer}]
         v 1: hang with a halter
         2: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in
            his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation
            wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small
            countries" [syn: {hamper}, {halter}, {cramp}, {strangle}]

English Dictionary: Helodermatidae	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haltere n either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight Synonym(s): halter, haltere, balancer
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healthier adj improved in health or physical condition [syn: fitter, healthier]
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heliotherapy n therapeutic exposure to sunlight [syn: heliotherapy, insolation]
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heliotrope n green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn: bloodstone, heliotrope]
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heliotropism n an orienting response to the sun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heloderma n type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards Synonym(s): Heloderma, genus Heloderma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heloderma horridum n lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico Synonym(s): beaded lizard, Mexican beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heloderma suspectum n large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested Synonym(s): Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Helodermatidae n only known venomous lizards [syn: Helodermatidae, {family Helodermatidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
helter-skelter adv haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter" Synonym(s): helter-skelter, every which way adj lacking a visible order or organization [syn: chaotic, helter-skelter] with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train" Synonym(s): helter-skelter, pell-mell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold dear v be fond of; be attached to [syn: care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holder n a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder" a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport" the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'" Synonym(s): holder, bearer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holiday resort n a hotel located in a resort area [syn: resort, {resort hotel}, holiday resort]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Holothuria n type genus of the Holothuridae [syn: Holothuria, {genus Holothuria}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Holothuria edulis n of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese Synonym(s): trepang, Holothuria edulis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holothurian n echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders Synonym(s): sea cucumber, holothurian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Holothuridae n a family of Holothuroidea [syn: Holothuridae, {family Holothuridae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Holothuroidea n class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers [syn: Holothuroidea, class Holothuroidea]
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holy terror n a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, {little terror}, holy terror]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Holy Thursday n the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper Synonym(s): Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday
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Holy Trinity n the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead Synonym(s): Trinity, Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity, Sacred Trinity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holy water n water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Huldreich Zwingli n Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531) Synonym(s): Zwingli, Ulrich Zwingli, Huldreich Zwingli
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teetee \Tee"tee\, n. [Sp. tit[a1].] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to {Callithrix}, {Chrysothrix}, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee ({Callithrix torquatus}), and the squirrel teetee ({Chrysothrix sciurea}). Called also {pinche}, {titi}, and {saimiri}. See {Squirrel monkey}, under {Squirrel}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A diving petrel of Australia ({Halodroma wrinatrix}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feather \Feath"er\, n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[?]der; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[94][?]r, Sw. fj[84]der, Dan. fj[91]der, Gr. [?] wing, feather, [?] to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. [root]76, 248. Cf. {Pen} a feather.] 1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down. Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender lamin[91] or barbs, which usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See {Down}, {Quill}, {Plumage}. 2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, [bd]Birds of a feather,[b8] that is, of the same species. [R.] I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need me. --Shak. 3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs. 4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse. 5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow. 6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline. 7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone. --Knight. 8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water. Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as, feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster. {Feather alum} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also {halotrichite}. --Ure. {Feather bed}, a bed filled with feathers. {Feather driver}, one who prepares feathers by beating. {Feather duster}, a dusting brush of feathers. {Feather flower}, an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes. {Feather grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa pennata}) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain. {Feather maker}, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial. {Feather ore} (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite. {Feather shot}, [or] {Feathered shot} (Metal.), copper granulated by pouring into cold water. --Raymond. {Feather spray} (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel. {Feather star}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Comatula}. {Feather weight}. (Racing) (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted. (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing. --Youatt. (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to {light weight}, {middle weight}, and {heavy weight}. {A feather in the cap} an honour, trophy, or mark of distinction. [Colloq.] {To be in full feather}, to be in full dress or in one's best clothes. [Collog.] {To be in high feather}, to be in high spirits. [Collog.] {To cut a feather}. (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows. (b) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.] {To show the white feather}, to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halotrichite \Halotri"chite\, n. [Gr. "a`ls sea + fri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Min.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feather \Feath"er\, n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[?]der; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[94][?]r, Sw. fj[84]der, Dan. fj[91]der, Gr. [?] wing, feather, [?] to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. [root]76, 248. Cf. {Pen} a feather.] 1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down. Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender lamin[91] or barbs, which usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See {Down}, {Quill}, {Plumage}. 2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, [bd]Birds of a feather,[b8] that is, of the same species. [R.] I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need me. --Shak. 3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs. 4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse. 5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow. 6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline. 7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone. --Knight. 8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water. Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as, feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster. {Feather alum} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also {halotrichite}. --Ure. {Feather bed}, a bed filled with feathers. {Feather driver}, one who prepares feathers by beating. {Feather duster}, a dusting brush of feathers. {Feather flower}, an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes. {Feather grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa pennata}) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain. {Feather maker}, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial. {Feather ore} (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite. {Feather shot}, [or] {Feathered shot} (Metal.), copper granulated by pouring into cold water. --Raymond. {Feather spray} (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel. {Feather star}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Comatula}. {Feather weight}. (Racing) (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted. (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing. --Youatt. (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to {light weight}, {middle weight}, and {heavy weight}. {A feather in the cap} an honour, trophy, or mark of distinction. [Colloq.] {To be in full feather}, to be in full dress or in one's best clothes. [Collog.] {To be in high feather}, to be in high spirits. [Collog.] {To cut a feather}. (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows. (b) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.] {To show the white feather}, to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halotrichite \Halotri"chite\, n. [Gr. "a`ls sea + fri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Min.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halter \Halt"er\, n. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halter \Hal"ter\, n. [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. h[91]lftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See {Helve}.] A strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. --Shak. No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. --Trumbull.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halter \Hal"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haltering}.] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. [bd]A haltered neck.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halter \Hal"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haltering}.] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. [bd]A haltered neck.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halter \Hal"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haltering}.] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. [bd]A haltered neck.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halter-sack \Hal"ter-sack`\, n. A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Healthy \Health"y\, a. [Compar. {Healthier}; superl. {Healthiest}.] 1. 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. 2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion. 3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate. Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.
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Healthward \Health"ward\, a. & adv. In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.
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Bloodstone \Blood"stone`\, n. (Min.) (a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also {heliotrope}. (b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or [bd]streak.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heliotrope \He"liotrope\, n. [F. h[82]liotrope, L. heliotropium, Gr. [?]; [?] the sun + [?] to turn, [?] turn. See {Heliacal}, {Trope}.] 1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; -- called also {turnsole} and {girasole}. {H. Peruvianum} is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers. 3. (Geodesy & Signal Service) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror. 4. (Min.) See {Bloodstone} (a) . {Heliotrope purple}, a grayish purple color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bloodstone \Blood"stone`\, n. (Min.) (a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also {heliotrope}. (b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or [bd]streak.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heliotrope \He"liotrope\, n. [F. h[82]liotrope, L. heliotropium, Gr. [?]; [?] the sun + [?] to turn, [?] turn. See {Heliacal}, {Trope}.] 1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; -- called also {turnsole} and {girasole}. {H. Peruvianum} is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers. 3. (Geodesy & Signal Service) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror. 4. (Min.) See {Bloodstone} (a) . {Heliotrope purple}, a grayish purple color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heliotrope \He"liotrope\, n. [F. h[82]liotrope, L. heliotropium, Gr. [?]; [?] the sun + [?] to turn, [?] turn. See {Heliacal}, {Trope}.] 1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; -- called also {turnsole} and {girasole}. {H. Peruvianum} is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers. 3. (Geodesy & Signal Service) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror. 4. (Min.) See {Bloodstone} (a) . {Heliotrope purple}, a grayish purple color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heliotroper \He"liotro`per\, n. The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
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Heliotropic \He`liotrop"ic\, a. (Bot.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.
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Heliotropism \He`liot"ropism\, n. [Helio- + Gr. [?] to turn.] (Bot.) The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gila monster \Gi"la mon"ster\ (Zo[94]l.) A large tuberculated lizard ({Heloderma suspectum}) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helotry \He"lot*ry\, n. The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. [bd]The Helotry of Mammon.[b8] --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helter-skelter \Hel"ter-skel"ter\, adv. [An onomat[?]poetic word. Cf. G. holter-polter, D. holder de bolder.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holder \Hold"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, holds. 2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant. 3. (Com.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it. Note: Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holder \Hold"er\, n. One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
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Holder-forth \Hold"er-forth`\, n. One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holohedral \Hol`o*he"dral\, a. [Holo + Gr.[?] seat, base, fr. [?] to sit.] (Crystallog.) Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holothure \Hol"o*thure\, n. [L. holothuria, pl., a sort of water polyp, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A holothurian.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[c6]pang.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also {b[88]che de mer}, {sea cucumber}, and {sea slug}. [Written also {tripang}.] Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of {Holothuria}, especially {H. edulis}. They are taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holothurian \Hol`othu"rian\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea. Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called {sea cucumbers}, {sea slugs}, {trepang}, and {b[88]che de m[8a]r}. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See {Trepang}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Holothurioidea \[d8]Hol`othu`rioi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Holothure}, and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of echinoderms. Note: They have a more or less elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also {Holothurida}, {Holothuridea}, and {Holothuroidea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Holothurioidea \[d8]Hol`othu`rioi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Holothure}, and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of echinoderms. Note: They have a more or less elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also {Holothurida}, {Holothuridea}, and {Holothuroidea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Holothurioidea \[d8]Hol`othu`rioi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Holothure}, and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of echinoderms. Note: They have a more or less elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also {Holothurida}, {Holothuridea}, and {Holothuroidea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thursday \Thurs"day\, n. [OE. [thorn]ursdei, [thorn]orsday, from the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. [thorn][d3]rr Thor, the god of thunder, is akin to AS. [thorn]unor thunder; D. Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. [thorn][d3]rsdagr, Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. [fb]52. See {Thor}, {Thunder}, and {Day}.] The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. {Holy Thursday}. See under {Holy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ascension \As*cen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr. ascendere. See {Ascend}.] 1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. 2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (--Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day. 3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation. Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. --Sir T. Browne. {Ascension Day}, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also {Holy Thursday}. {Right ascension} (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or in time. {Oblique ascension} (Astron.), an arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, in an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is little used in modern astronomy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow}, {Hollyhock}.] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8] --Milton. 2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble. {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}. {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}. {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. {Holy Father}, a title of the pope. {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}. {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or] Seneca, grass}. {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day. {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. {Holy office}, the Inquisition. {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. {Holy One}. (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. {Holy orders}. See {Order}. {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony. {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above). {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}. {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under {Thistle}. {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Holy water} (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. {Holy-water stoup}, the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. {Holy Week} (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. {Holy writ}, the sacred Scriptures. [bd] Word of holy writ.[b8] --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stoup \Stoup\, n. [See {Stoop} a vessel.] 1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.] 2. (Eccl.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also {holy-water stoup}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Holy water} (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. {Holy-water stoup}, the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. {Holy Week} (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. {Holy writ}, the sacred Scriptures. [bd] Word of holy writ.[b8] --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stoup \Stoup\, n. [See {Stoop} a vessel.] 1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.] 2. (Eccl.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also {holy-water stoup}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Holy water} (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. {Holy-water stoup}, the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. {Holy Week} (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. {Holy writ}, the sacred Scriptures. [bd] Word of holy writ.[b8] --Wordsworth.
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