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   hastate
         adj 1: (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring
                  pointed lobes at the base [syn: {hastate}, {spearhead-
                  shaped}]

English Dictionary: hesitate	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hastate leaf n a leaf shaped like a spearhead with flaring pointed lobes at the base
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hasty defence n a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited Synonym(s): hasty defense, hasty defence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hasty defense n a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited Synonym(s): hasty defense, hasty defence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitate v pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" Synonym(s): hesitate, waver, waffle interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" Synonym(s): hesitate, pause
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitater n one who hesitates (usually out of fear) [syn: waverer, vacillator, hesitator, hesitater]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitating adj lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly Synonym(s): hesitant, hesitating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitatingly adv with hesitation; in a hesitant manner; "he finally accepted hesitantly" Synonym(s): hesitantly, hesitatingly Antonym(s): unhesitatingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitation n indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation, vacillation, wavering] a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" Synonym(s): reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" Synonym(s): hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitator n one who hesitates (usually out of fear) [syn: waverer, vacillator, hesitator, hesitater]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high dudgeon n a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon') Synonym(s): dudgeon, high dudgeon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
high tide n the tide when the water is highest [syn: high tide, {high water}, highwater] Antonym(s): low tide, low water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
histidine n an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
house detective n a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store Synonym(s): hotel detective, house detective, house dick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hugh Dowding n British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) Synonym(s): Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haggada \Hag*ga"da\, n.; pl. {Haggadoth}. [Rabbinic hagg[be]dh[be], fr. Heb. higg[c6]dh to relate.] A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also {hadaga}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hag \Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h[91]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h[84]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. [?].] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] [bd][Silenus] that old hag.[b8] --Golding. 2. An ugly old woman. 3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw. 4. (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and {sleepmarken}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The hagdon or shearwater. 6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. --Blount. {Hag moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. {Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hastate \Has"tate\, Hastated \Has"ta*ted\, a. [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf. {Gad}, n.] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hastate \Has"tate\, Hastated \Has"ta*ted\, a. [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf. {Gad}, n.] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haste \Haste\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Hasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hasting}.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[83]ter. See {Haste}, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] I 'll haste the writer. --Shak. They were troubled and hasted away. --Ps. xlviii. 5.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitate \Hes"itate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hesitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hesitating}.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gaze}, {Adhere}.] 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate* in forming a judgment. --Pope. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn: To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitate \Hes"itate\, v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate* dislike. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitate \Hes"itate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hesitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hesitating}.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gaze}, {Adhere}.] 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate* in forming a judgment. --Pope. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn: To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitate \Hes"itate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hesitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hesitating}.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gaze}, {Adhere}.] 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate* in forming a judgment. --Pope. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn: To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitatingly \Hes"ita`tingly\, adv. With hesitation or doubt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitation \Hes`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. h[82]sitation.] 1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitative \Hes"itative\, a. Showing, or characterized by, hesitation. [He said] in his mild, hesitative way. --R. D. Blackmore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitatory \Hes"itato*ry\, a. Hesitating. --R. North.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Highty-tighty \High"ty-tigh"ty\, a. Hoity-toity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Histoid \His"toid\, a. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -oid.] Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Histotomy \Histot"omy\, n. [Gr. [?] tissue + [?] to cut.] The dissection of organic tissues.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hockday \Hock"day`\, n. [Cf. AS. h[omac]cor mockery, scorn.] A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also {hocktide}. [Eng.] [Written also {hokeday}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoist \Hoist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoisting}.] [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.] To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. --Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne. --South. {Hoisting engine}, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
hackitude n. Syn. {hackishness}; this word is considered sillier.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
hackitude An even sillier word for {hackishness}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
host adaptor {SCSI adaptor}
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Hushathite, Hushim, man of haste, or of silence