Halenia
         n 1: genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred
               gentians [syn: {Halenia}, {genus Halenia}]

English Dictionary: helium	by the DICT Development Group
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Hallowe'en n the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people Synonym(s): Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve
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Halloween n the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people Synonym(s): Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve
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halm n stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding Synonym(s): haulm, halm
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halma n a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases
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halon n a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haulm n stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding Synonym(s): haulm, halm
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Helen n (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War Synonym(s): Helen, Helen of Troy
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Helena n capital of the state of Montana; located in western Montana Synonym(s): Helena, capital of Montana
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helium n a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) Synonym(s): helium, He, atomic number 2
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Hellene n a native or inhabitant of Greece Synonym(s): Greek, Hellene
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hellion n a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" Synonym(s): hellion, heller, devil
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helm n steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State" v be at or take the helm of; "helm the ship"
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hilum n (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" Synonym(s): hilus, hilum the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
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hyalin n a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions Synonym(s): hyaline, hyalin
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hyaline adj resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell Synonym(s): hyaline, hyaloid n a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions Synonym(s): hyaline, hyalin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halloween \Hal`low*een"\, n.       The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halm \Halm\, n. (Bot.)       Same as {Haulm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halma \Hal"ma\, n.       A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons       with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from       different corners and striving to place each his own set of       men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by       moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haulm \Haulm\, n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., &       Sw. halm, Icel. h[be]lmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr.       [?]. Cf. {Excel}, {Culminate}, {Culm}, {Shawm}, {Calamus}.]       The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and       the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haulm \Haulm\, n.       A part of a harness; a hame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred,       properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious       act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf.       {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.]       1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent             for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being             redeemed and consecrated to God.                         Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to                      be saints.                                          --1 Cor. i. 2.          2. One of the blessed in heaven.                         Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure                      Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned                      hallelujahs to thee sing.                  --Milton.          3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.]          {Saint Andrew's cross}.             (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under                   {Cross}.             (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum                   Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of                   a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray.          {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6,             under {Cross}.          {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so             called because it was supposed to have been cured by the             intercession of Saint Anthony.          {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium             flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and             St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior.          {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a             favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior.          {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed             ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's             Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior.          {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs             celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred             chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but             now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the             smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under             {Dog}.          {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist.             See under {Love}.          {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of             crinoid stems.          {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant             ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint.          {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}.          {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance,             sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some             prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead             and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and             is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or             pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a             {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor             and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name             from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors.          {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a             field argent, the field being represented by a narrow             fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great             Britain.          {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a             union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the             distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of             England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C.          {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign,             but without the union jack; used as the sign of the             presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C.          {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime             plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it             was manufactured.          {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the             Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar             to the nux vomica.          {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola             Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See             Illust. under {Scallop}.          {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio             Jacob[91]a}).          {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}.          {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus             {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; --             called also {John's-wort}.          {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses             run annually in September at Doncaster, England; --             instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger.          {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American             violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very             mucilaginous and is used in medicine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helena \Hel"e*na\, n. [L.: cf. Sp. helena.]       See {St. Elmo's fire}, under {Saint}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helium \He"li*um\ (h[emac]"l[icr]*[ucr]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr.       "h`lios the sun.] (Chem.)       An inert, monoatomic, gaseous element occurring in the       atmosphere of the sun and stars, and in small quantities in       the earth's atmosphere, in several minerals and in certain       mineral waters. Symbol, He; at. wt., 4. Helium was first       detected spectroscopically in the sun by Lockyer in 1868; it       was first prepared by Ramsay in 1895. Helium has a density of       1.98 compared with hydrogen, and is more difficult to liquefy       than the latter. Chemically, it belongs to the argon group       and cannot be made to form compounds. It is a decomposition       product of the radium emanation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helium \He"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the sun.] (Chem.)       A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and       earth and in some rare minerals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hellene \Hel"lene\, n. [Gr. [?].]       A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.       --Brewer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helm \Helm\, n.       See {Haulm}, straw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helm \Helm\, n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G.       helm, Icel. hj[be]lm, and perh. to E. helve.]       1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered,             comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used             of the tiller or wheel alone.          2. The place or office of direction or administration.             [bd]The helm of the Commonwealth.[b8] --Melmoth.          3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman;             hence, a guide; a director.                         The helms o' the State, who care for you like                      fathers.                                             --Shak.          4. [Cf. {Helve}.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]          {Helm amidships}, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in             the same plane.          {Helm aport}, when the tiller is borne over to the port side             of the ship.          {Helm astarboard}, when the tiller is borne to the starboard             side.          {Helm alee}, {Helm aweather}, when the tiller is borne over             to the lee or to the weather side.          {Helm hard alee} [or] {hard aport}, {hard astarboard}, etc.,             when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.          {Helm port}, the round hole in a vessel's counter through             which the rudderstock passes.          {Helm down}, helm alee.          {Helm up}, helm aweather.          {To ease the helm}, to let the tiller come more amidships, so             as to lessen the strain on the rudder.          {To feel the helm}, to obey it.          {To right the helm}, to put it amidships.          {To shift the helm}, to bear the tiller over to the             corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel.             --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helm \Helm\, n. [AS. See {Helmet}.]       1. A helmet. [Poetic]          2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov.             Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helm \Helm\, v. t.       To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only       as a past part. or part. adj.]                   She that helmed was in starke stours.      --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helm \Helm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Helming}.]       To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]                   The business he hath helmed.                  --Shak.                   A wild wave . . . overbears the bark, And him that                helms it.                                                --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hilum \Hi"lum\, n. [L., a little thing, trifle.]       1. (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar             at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base             or support; -- called also {hile}.          2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the             blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum             of the kidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holm \Holm\, n. [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly       is also called holm. See {Holly}.] (Bot.)       A common evergreen oak, of Europe ({Quercus Ilex}); -- called       also {ilex}, and {holly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holm \Holm\, n. [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to       Icel. h[omac]lmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw. holme, G.       holm, and prob. to E. hill. Cf. {Hill}.]       1. An islet in a river. --J. Brand.          2. Low, flat land. --Wordsworth.                         The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms.                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Holm thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the missel thrush.
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]:
Uhlan \Uh"lan\, n. [G. uhlan, Pol. ulan, hulan, from Turk.       ogl[be]n a youth, lad; of Tartar origin.] [Written also       {ulan}, and formerly {hulan}.]       1. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.          2. (Mil.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin,             first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are             armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed             chiefly as skirmishers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hulan \Hu"lan\, n.       See {Uhlan}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uhlan \Uh"lan\, n. [G. uhlan, Pol. ulan, hulan, from Turk.       ogl[be]n a youth, lad; of Tartar origin.] [Written also       {ulan}, and formerly {hulan}.]       1. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.          2. (Mil.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin,             first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are             armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed             chiefly as skirmishers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hulan \Hu"lan\, n.       See {Uhlan}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] glass:       cf. F. hyalin.]       Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent,       like crystal. [bd]Hyaline spaces.[b8] --Carpenter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n.       1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. [bd]The clear             hyaline, the glassy sea.[b8] --Milton.                         Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline.                                                                               --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in             process of development, from which, according to some             embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.          3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of             hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by             decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of             alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hallam, NE (village, FIPS 20610)       Location: 40.53674 N, 96.78588 W       Population (1990): 309 (128 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68368    Hallam, PA (borough, FIPS 32056)       Location: 40.00250 N, 76.60445 W       Population (1990): 1375 (599 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Halma, MN (city, FIPS 26612)       Location: 48.66080 N, 96.59763 W       Population (1990): 73 (40 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56729
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Helen, GA (city, FIPS 37788)       Location: 34.70199 N, 83.72225 W       Population (1990): 300 (256 housing units)       Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 30545
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Helena, AL (city, FIPS 34024)       Location: 33.28974 N, 86.85242 W       Population (1990): 3918 (1366 housing units)       Area: 35.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 35080    Helena, AR (city, FIPS 31180)       Location: 34.52626 N, 90.60470 W       Population (1990): 7491 (2987 housing units)       Area: 22.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72342    Helena, CA       Zip code(s): 96048    Helena, GA (town, FIPS 37816)       Location: 32.07937 N, 82.91084 W       Population (1990): 1256 (582 housing units)       Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31037    Helena, MO       Zip code(s): 64459    Helena, MT (city, FIPS 35600)       Location: 46.59652 N, 112.02038 W       Population (1990): 24569 (11053 housing units)       Area: 35.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 59601    Helena, OH (village, FIPS 34860)       Location: 41.33981 N, 83.29183 W       Population (1990): 267 (102 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Helena, OK (town, FIPS 33450)       Location: 36.54645 N, 98.27021 W       Population (1990): 1043 (265 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73741
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hellam, PA       Zip code(s): 17406
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Helm, CA       Zip code(s): 93627
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hilham, TN       Zip code(s): 38568
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hulen, KY       Zip code(s): 40845
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
helium    Symbol: He    Atomic number: 2    Atomic weight: 4.0026    Colourless, odourless gaseous nonmetallic element. Belongs to group 18 of    the periodic table. Lowest boiling point of all elements and can only be    solidified under pressure. Chemically inert, no known compounds.    Discovered in the solar spectrum in 1868 by Lockyer.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Helam       place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of       the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian       army (2 Sam. 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach.       Some would identify it with Alamatta, near Nicephorium.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Helem       a stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1 Chr. 7:35).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Helon       strong, father of Eliab, who was "captain of the children of       Zebulun" (Num. 1:9; 2:7).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Helam, their army; their trouble
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Helem, dreaming; healing
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Helon, window; grief
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Hilen, a window; grief
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Holon, a window; grief