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   hatred
         n 1: the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so
               strong that it demands action [syn: {hate}, {hatred}] [ant:
               {love}]

English Dictionary: hitherto by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head word
n
  1. a content word that can be qualified by a modifier [syn: headword, head word]
  2. (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
    Synonym(s): head, head word
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headword
n
  1. a content word that can be qualified by a modifier [syn: headword, head word]
  2. a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterodactyl
adj
  1. (of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward
    Antonym(s): zygodactyl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterodactyl foot
n
  1. a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward
    Antonym(s): zygodactyl foot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heterodon
n
  1. a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes
    Synonym(s): Heterodon, genus Heterodon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterodox
adj
  1. characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
    Synonym(s): dissident, heretical, heterodox
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterodoxy
n
  1. any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
    Synonym(s): unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy
    Antonym(s): orthodoxy
  2. the quality of being unorthodox
    Synonym(s): unorthodoxy, heterodoxy
    Antonym(s): orthodoxy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterodyne
adj
  1. of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations
v
  1. combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterodyne oscillator
n
  1. an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones
    Synonym(s): local oscillator, heterodyne oscillator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterodyne receiver
n
  1. a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified
    Synonym(s): heterodyne receiver, superheterodyne receiver, superhet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterotaxy
n
  1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body [syn: transposition, heterotaxy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heterotheca
n
  1. genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs [syn: Heterotheca, genus Heterotheca]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heterotheca villosa
n
  1. hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis
    Synonym(s): hairy golden aster, prairie golden aster, Heterotheca villosa, Chrysopsis villosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterothermic
adj
  1. of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
    Synonym(s): poikilothermic, poikilothermous, heterothermic, ectothermic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heterotrichales
n
  1. yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae
    Synonym(s): Heterotrichales, order Heterotrichales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterotroph
n
  1. an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterotrophic
adj
  1. requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment; "most animals are heterotrophic"
    Antonym(s): autophytic, autotrophic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hidrotic
adj
  1. of or relating to sweat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hitherto
adv
  1. used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet"
    Synonym(s): so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until now
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot rod
n
  1. a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration [syn: hot rod, hot-rod]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-rod
n
  1. a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration [syn: hot rod, hot-rod]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrate
n
  1. any compound that contains water of crystallization
v
  1. supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently"
  2. become hydrated and combine with water
  3. cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin"
    Antonym(s): dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, exsiccate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrated
adj
  1. containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)
    Synonym(s): hydrous, hydrated
    Antonym(s): anhydrous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrated aluminium oxide
n
  1. white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
    Synonym(s): aluminum hydroxide, aluminium hydroxide, hydrated aluminum oxide, hydrated aluminium oxide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrated aluminum oxide
n
  1. white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
    Synonym(s): aluminum hydroxide, aluminium hydroxide, hydrated aluminum oxide, hydrated aluminium oxide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrated lime
n
  1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrated oxide
n
  1. a compound of an oxide with water [syn: hydroxide, hydrated oxide]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydration
n
  1. the process of combining with water; usually reversible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydride
n
  1. any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydriodic acid
n
  1. (HI) a colorless or yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide; "hydriodic acid is a strong acid"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrodamalis
n
  1. a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow
    Synonym(s): Hydrodamalis, genus Hydrodamalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrodamalis gigas
n
  1. extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
    Synonym(s): Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
HydroDIURIL
n
  1. a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension
    Synonym(s): hydrochlorothiazide, Microzide, Esidrix, HydroDIURIL
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrodynamic
adj
  1. of or relating to hydrodynamics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrodynamics
n
  1. study of fluids in motion [syn: hydrodynamics, hydrokinetics]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydroid
n
  1. colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
    Synonym(s): hydrozoan, hydroid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydroiodic acid
n
  1. an acid formed by aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrotherapy
n
  1. the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease
    Synonym(s): hydropathy, hydrotherapy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrothorax
n
  1. accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rather \Rath"er\, adv. [AS. hra[eb]or, compar. of hra[eb]e,
      hr[91][eb]e, quickly, immediately. See {Rath}, a.]
      1. Earlier; sooner; before. [Obs.]
  
                     Thou shalt, quod he, be rather false than I.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     A good mean to come the rather to grace. --Foxe.
  
      2. More readily or willingly; preferably.
  
                     My soul chooseth . . . death rather than my life.
                                                                              --Job vii. 15.
  
      3. On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or
            suggested; instead.
  
                     Was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. --Mark
                                                                              v. 26.
  
      4. Of two alternatives conceived of, by preference to, or as
            more likely than, the other; somewhat.
  
                     He sought throughout the world, but sought in vain,
                     And nowhere finding, rather feared her slain.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      5. More properly; more correctly speaking.
  
                     This is an art Which does mend nature, change it
                     rather, but The art itself is nature. --Shak.
  
      6. In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the
            house is rather damp.
  
      {The rather}, the more so; especially; for better reason; for
            particular cause.
  
                     You are come to me in happy time, The rather for I
                     have some sport in hand.                     --Shak.
           
  
      {Had rather}, [or] {Would rather}, prefer to; prefers to; as,
            he had, [or] would, rather go than stay. [bd]I had rather
            speak five words with my understanding than ten thousands
            words in an unknown tongue.[b8] --1 Cor. xiv. 19. See {Had
            rather}, under {Had}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Had \Had\, imp. & p. p. of {Have}. [OE. had, hafde, hefde, AS.
      h[91]fde.]
      See {Have}.
  
      {Had as lief}, {Had rather}, {Had better}, {Had as soon},
            etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive
            without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The
            original construction was that of the dative with forms of
            be, followed by the infinitive. See {Had better}, under
            {Better}.
  
                     And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more
                     agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.] --C.
                                                                              Mundi (Trans.
                                                                              ).
  
                     Him had been lever to be syke. [To him it had been
                     preferable to be sick.]                     --Fabian.
  
                     For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty
                     bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich,
                     or fithel, or gay sawtrie.                  --Chaucer.
  
      Note: Gradually the nominative was substituted for the
               dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process
               of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the
               dative with had, are found.
  
                        Poor lady, she were better love a dream. --Shak.
  
                        You were best hang yourself.         --Beau. & Fl.
  
                        Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than
                        my unpleased eye see your courtesy. --Shak.
  
                        I hadde levere than my scherte, That ye hadde rad
                        his legende, as have I.                  --Chaucer.
  
                        I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such
                        a thing as I myself.                     --Shak.
  
                        I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such
                        a Roman.                                       --Shak.
  
                        I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my
                        God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
                                                                              --Ps.
                                                                              lxxxiv.10.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatred \Ha"tred\, n. [OE. hatred, hatreden. See {Hate}, and cf.
      {Kindred}.]
      Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the
      mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
  
      Syn: Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence;
               rancor; malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence;
               repugnance; antipathy. See {Odium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Head \Head\, n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[a0]fod; akin to
      D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[94]fu[?], Sw.
      hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubip. The word does not
      corresponds regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},
      {Cadet}, {Capital}), and its origin is unknown.]
      1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the
            brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth,
            and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll;
            cephalon.
  
      2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an
            inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to
            resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger,
            thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from
            the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge;
            as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a
            sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the
            end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam
            boiler.
  
      3. The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed,
            of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the
            hood which covers the head.
  
      4. The most prominent or important member of any organized
            body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a
            school, a church, a state, and the like. [bd]Their princes
            and heads.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).
  
                     The heads of the chief sects of philosophy.
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
                     Your head I him appoint.                     --Milton.
  
      5. The place or honor, or of command; the most important or
            foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table;
            the head of a column of soldiers.
  
                     An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke
                     Marlborough at the head of them.         --Addison.
  
      6. Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a
            plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.
  
                     It there be six millions of people, there are about
                     four acres for every head.                  --Graunt.
  
      7. The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding;
            the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good
            mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him;
            of his own head, of his own thought or will.
  
                     Men who had lost both head and heart. --Macaulay.
  
      8. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream
            or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of
            the source, or the height of the surface, as of water,
            above a given place, as above an orifice at which it
            issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from
            motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a
            mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet
            head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from
            the outlet or the sea.
  
      9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. --Shak.
  
      10. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be
            expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.
  
      11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force;
            height.
  
                     Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into
                     corruption.                                       --Shak.
  
                     The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is
                     at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly
                     make an end of me or of itself.         --Addison.
  
      12. Power; armed force.
  
                     My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      13. A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a
            head of hair. --Swift.
  
      14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small
            cereals.
  
      15. (Bot.)
            (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies,
                  thistles; a capitulum.
            (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a
                  lettuce plant.
  
      16. The antlers of a deer.
  
      17. A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or
            other effervescing liquor. --Mortimer.
  
      18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. --Knight.
  
      Note: Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
               combinations; as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf.
               {Head}, a.
  
      {A buck of the first head}, a male fallow deer in its fifth
            year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. --Shak.
  
      {By the head}. (Naut.) See under {By}.
  
      {Elevator head}, {Feed head}, etc. See under {Elevator},
            {Feed}, etc.
  
      {From head to foot}, through the whole length of a man;
            completely; throughout. [bd]Arm me, audacity, from head to
            foot.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Head and ears}, with the whole person; deeply; completely;
            as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {Head fast}. (Naut.) See 5th {Fast}.
  
      {Head kidney} (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs
            of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates;
            the pronephros.
  
      {Head money}, a capitation tax; a poll tax. --Milton.
  
      {Head pence}, a poll tax. [Obs.]
  
      {Head sea}, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls
            against her course.
  
      {Head and shoulders}.
            (a) By force; violently; as, to drag one, head and
                  shoulders. [bd]They bring in every figure of speech,
                  head and shoulders.[b8] --Felton.
            (b) By the height of the head and shoulders; hence, by a
                  great degree or space; by far; much; as, he is head
                  and shoulders above them.
  
      {Head or tail}, this side or that side; this thing or that;
            -- a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice,
            guestion, or stake, head being the side of the coin
            bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there
            is no head or face on either side, that side which has the
            date on it), and tail the other side.
  
      {Neither head nor tail}, neither beginning nor end; neither
            this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; -- a
            phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused;
            as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {Head wind}, a wind that blows in a direction opposite the
            vessel's course.
  
      {Out one's own head}, according to one's own idea; without
            advice or co[94]peration of another.
  
      {Over the head of}, beyond the comprehension of. --M. Arnold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterd2cious \Het`er*[d2]"cious\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] house.]
      (Bot.)
      Passing through the different stages in its life history on
      an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus
      ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi; --
      contrasted with {aut[d2]cious}. -- {Het`er*[d2]"cism}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterd2cious \Het`er*[d2]"cious\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] house.]
      (Bot.)
      Passing through the different stages in its life history on
      an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus
      ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi; --
      contrasted with {aut[d2]cious}. -- {Het`er*[d2]"cism}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodactyl \Het`er*o*dac"tyl\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Heterodactylous. -- n. One of the Heterodactyl[91].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodactylous \Het`er*o*dac"tyl*ous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] a
      toe.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the
      trogons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puff \Puff\ (p[ucr]f), n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan.
      puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. {Buffet}.]
      1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
            hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
            whiff. [bd] To every puff of wind a slave.[b8] --Flatman.
  
      2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
            (a) A puffball.
            (b) a kind of light pastry.
            (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
                  with powder.
  
      3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
            one in a public journal.
  
      {Puff adder}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any South African viper belonging to {Clotho} and
                  allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
                  the power of greatly distending their bodies when
                  irritated. The common puff adder ({Vipera, [or] Clotho
                  arietans}) is the largest species, becoming over four
                  feet long. The plumed puff adder ({C. cornuta}) has a
                  plumelike appendage over each eye.
            (b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
                  platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
                  body. Called also {hog-nose snake}, {flathead},
                  {spreading adder}, and {blowing adder}.
  
      {Puff bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the genus {Bucco}, or
            family {Bucconid[91]}. They are small birds, usually with
            dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
            feathers. See {Barbet}
            (b) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodont \Het"er*o*dont\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?], [?] a tooth.]
      (Anat.)
      Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and
      molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodont \Het"er*o*dont\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any animal with heterodont dentition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodox \Het"er*o*dox\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] other + [?] opinion;
      cf. F. h[82]t[82]rodoxe.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox;
            heretical; -- said of persons. --Macaulay. --
            {Het"er*o*dox`ly}, adv. -- {Het"er*o*dox`ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodox \Het"er*o*dox\, n.
      An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.] --Sir T.
      Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodoxal \Het"er*o*dox`al\, a.
      Not orthodox. --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodox \Het"er*o*dox\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] other + [?] opinion;
      cf. F. h[82]t[82]rodoxe.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox;
            heretical; -- said of persons. --Macaulay. --
            {Het"er*o*dox`ly}, adv. -- {Het"er*o*dox`ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodox \Het"er*o*dox\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] other + [?] opinion;
      cf. F. h[82]t[82]rodoxe.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox;
            heretical; -- said of persons. --Macaulay. --
            {Het"er*o*dox`ly}, adv. -- {Het"er*o*dox`ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodoxy \Het"er*o*dox`y\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F.
      h[82]t[82]rodoxie.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterodromous \Het`er*od"ro*mous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] to
      run.]
      1. (Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction. --Gray.
  
      2. (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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterotactous \Het`er*o*tac"tous\, a. (Biol.)
      Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterotaxy \Het"er*o*tax`y\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] an
      arrangement, fr. [?] to arrange.] (Biol.)
      Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form;
      heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the
      deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the
      ordinary or typical arrangement.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterotopism \Het`er*ot"o*pism\, Heterotopy \Het`er*ot"o*py\, n.
      [Hetero- + Gr. [?] place: cf. F. h[82]t[82]rotopie.]
      1. (Med.) A deviation from the natural position; -- a term
            applied in the case of organs or growths which are
            abnormal in situation.
  
      2. (Biol.) A deviation from the natural position of parts,
            supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the
            gradual displacement of germ cells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterotopism \Het`er*ot"o*pism\, Heterotopy \Het`er*ot"o*py\, n.
      [Hetero- + Gr. [?] place: cf. F. h[82]t[82]rotopie.]
      1. (Med.) A deviation from the natural position; -- a term
            applied in the case of organs or growths which are
            abnormal in situation.
  
      2. (Biol.) A deviation from the natural position of parts,
            supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the
            gradual displacement of germ cells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterotropal \Het`er*ot"ro*pal\, Heterotropous
   \Het`er*ot"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way;
      [?] other + [?] to turn: cf. F. h[82]t[82]rotrope.] (Bot.)
      Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the
      funiculus; amphitropous. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterotropal \Het`er*ot"ro*pal\, Heterotropous
   \Het`er*ot"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way;
      [?] other + [?] to turn: cf. F. h[82]t[82]rotrope.] (Bot.)
      Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the
      funiculus; amphitropous. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hidrotic \Hi*drot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] sudorific.] (Med.)
      Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hidrotic \Hi*drot"ic\, n.
      A medicine that causes perspiration; a diaphoretic or a
      sudorific.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hitherto \Hith"er*to`\, adv.
      1. To this place; to a prescribed limit.
  
                     Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. --Job
                                                                              xxxviii. 11.
  
      2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.
  
                     The Lord hath blessed me hitherto.      --Josh. xvii.
                                                                              14.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydra-tainted \Hy"dra-taint`ed\, a.
      Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.
      --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrate \Hy"drate\, n. [Gr. "y`dwr water: cf. F. hydrate.]
      (Chem.)
      (a) A compound formed by the union of water with some other
            substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain
            crystallized salts.
      (b) A substance which does not contain water as such, but has
            its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged
            that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or
            compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or
            common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrate \Hy"drate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hydrated}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hydrating}.]
      To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrate \Hy"drate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hydrated}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hydrating}.]
      To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrated \Hy"dra*ted\, a.
      Formed into a hydrate; combined with water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrate \Hy"drate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hydrated}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hydrating}.]
      To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydration \Hy*dra"tion\, n. (Chem.)
      The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.
  
      {Water of hydration} (Chem.), water chemically combined with
            some substance to form a hydrate; -- distinguished from
            {water of crystallization}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydriad \Hy"dri*ad\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], of the water, fr. "y`dwr
      water.] (Myth.)
      A water nymph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydride \Hy"dride\, n. [Hydr- + ide.] (Chem.)
      A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united
      with some other element.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydriodate \Hy*dri"o*date\, n. [Cf. F. hydriodate.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Hydriodide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydriodic \Hy`dri*od"ic\, a. [Hydr- + iodic: cf. F.
      hydriodique.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; -- said
      of an acid produced by the combination of these elements.
  
      {Hydriodic acid} (Chem.), a pungent, colorless gas, {HI},
            usually prepared as a solution in water. It is strong
            reducing agent. Called also {hydrogen iodide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydriodic \Hy`dri*od"ic\, a. [Hydr- + iodic: cf. F.
      hydriodique.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; -- said
      of an acid produced by the combination of these elements.
  
      {Hydriodic acid} (Chem.), a pungent, colorless gas, {HI},
            usually prepared as a solution in water. It is strong
            reducing agent. Called also {hydrogen iodide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydriodide \Hy*dri"o*dide\, n. (Chem.)
      A compound of hydriodic acid with a base; -- distinguished
      from an {iodide}, in which only the iodine combines with the
      base.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrodynamic \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic\, Hydrodynamical
   \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic*al\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + dynamic, -ical: cf. F.
      hydrodynamique.]
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the dynamical action of water
      of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power.
  
      {Hydrodynamic friction}, friction produced by the viscosity
            of a liquid in motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrodynamic \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic\, Hydrodynamical
   \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic*al\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + dynamic, -ical: cf. F.
      hydrodynamique.]
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the dynamical action of water
      of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power.
  
      {Hydrodynamic friction}, friction produced by the viscosity
            of a liquid in motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrodynamic \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic\, Hydrodynamical
   \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic*al\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + dynamic, -ical: cf. F.
      hydrodynamique.]
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the dynamical action of water
      of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power.
  
      {Hydrodynamic friction}, friction produced by the viscosity
            of a liquid in motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mechanics \Me*chan"ics\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]canique.]
      That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats
      of the action of forces on bodies.
  
      Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of
               forces in producing rest or equilibrium is called
               {statics}; that which relates to such action in
               producing motion is called {dynamics}. The term
               mechanics includes the action of forces on all bodies,
               whether solid, liquid, or gaseous. It is sometimes,
               however, and formerly was often, used distinctively of
               solid bodies only: The mechanics of liquid bodies is
               called also {hydrostatics}, or {hydrodynamics},
               according as the laws of rest or of motion are
               considered. The mechanics of gaseous bodies is called
               also {pneumatics}. The mechanics of fluids in motion,
               with special reference to the methods of obtaining from
               them useful results, constitutes {hydraulics}.
  
      {Animal mechanics} (Physiol.), that portion of physiology
            which has for its object the investigation of the laws of
            equilibrium and motion in the animal body. The most
            important mechanical principle is that of the lever, the
            bones forming the arms of the levers, the contractile
            muscles the power, the joints the fulcra or points of
            support, while the weight of the body or of the individual
            limbs constitutes the weight or resistance.
  
      {Applied mechanics}, the principles of abstract mechanics
            applied to human art; also, the practical application of
            the laws of matter and motion to the construction of
            machines and structures of all kinds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrodynamics \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ics\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + dynamics: cf.
      F. hydrodynamique.]
      That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to
      fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of
      motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as
      investigated mathematically, or by observation and
      experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water
      and other fluids.
  
      Note: The word is sometimes used as a general term, including
               both hydrostatics and hydraulics, together with
               pneumatics and acoustics. See {Hydraulics}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mechanics \Me*chan"ics\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]canique.]
      That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats
      of the action of forces on bodies.
  
      Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of
               forces in producing rest or equilibrium is called
               {statics}; that which relates to such action in
               producing motion is called {dynamics}. The term
               mechanics includes the action of forces on all bodies,
               whether solid, liquid, or gaseous. It is sometimes,
               however, and formerly was often, used distinctively of
               solid bodies only: The mechanics of liquid bodies is
               called also {hydrostatics}, or {hydrodynamics},
               according as the laws of rest or of motion are
               considered. The mechanics of gaseous bodies is called
               also {pneumatics}. The mechanics of fluids in motion,
               with special reference to the methods of obtaining from
               them useful results, constitutes {hydraulics}.
  
      {Animal mechanics} (Physiol.), that portion of physiology
            which has for its object the investigation of the laws of
            equilibrium and motion in the animal body. The most
            important mechanical principle is that of the lever, the
            bones forming the arms of the levers, the contractile
            muscles the power, the joints the fulcra or points of
            support, while the weight of the body or of the individual
            limbs constitutes the weight or resistance.
  
      {Applied mechanics}, the principles of abstract mechanics
            applied to human art; also, the practical application of
            the laws of matter and motion to the construction of
            machines and structures of all kinds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrodynamics \Hy`dro*dy*nam"ics\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + dynamics: cf.
      F. hydrodynamique.]
      That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to
      fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of
      motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as
      investigated mathematically, or by observation and
      experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water
      and other fluids.
  
      Note: The word is sometimes used as a general term, including
               both hydrostatics and hydraulics, together with
               pneumatics and acoustics. See {Hydraulics}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrodynamometer \Hy`dro*dy`na*mom"e*ter\, n. [Hydro-, 1 +
      dynamometer.]
      An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by
      the force of its impact.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydroid \Hy"droid\, a. [Hydra + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the
      Hydroidea. -- n. One of the Hydroideas.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydroidea \[d8]Hy*droi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Hydra}, and
      {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acaleph[91]. [Written also
      {Hydroida}.]
  
      Note: This order includes the hydras and the free-swimming
               hydromedus[91], together with a great variety of marine
               attached hydroids, many of which grow up into large,
               elegantly branched forms, consisting of a vast number
               of zooids (hydranths, gonophores, etc.), united by
               hollow stems. All the zooids of a colony are produced
               from one primary zooid, by successive buddings. The
               Siphonophora have also been included in this order by
               some writers. See {Gymnoblastea}, {Hydromedusa},
               {Gonosome}, {Gonotheca}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotellurate \Hy`dro*tel"lu*rate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the
      base.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotelluric \Hy`dro*tel*lu"ric\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + telluric.]
      (Chem.)
      Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or
      hydrogen telluride.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrotheca \[d8]Hy`dro*the"ca\, n.; pl. L. {Hydrothec[91]}, E.
      {Hydrothecas}. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. [?] a box.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora),
      protect the hydrants. See Illust. of {Hydroidea}, and
      {Campanularian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrotheca \[d8]Hy`dro*the"ca\, n.; pl. L. {Hydrothec[91]}, E.
      {Hydrothecas}. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. [?] a box.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora),
      protect the hydrants. See Illust. of {Hydroidea}, and
      {Campanularian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotherapeutics \Hy`dro*ther`a*peu"tics\, n. [Hydro-, 1 +
      therapeutics.] (Med.)
      A system of treating disease by baths and mineral waters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotherapy \Hy`dro*ther"a*py\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + therapy.]
      (Med.)
      See {Hydropathy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrothermal \Hy`dro*ther"mal\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + thermal.]
      Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to
      the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and
      otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the
      globe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrothorax \Hy`dro*tho"rax\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + thorax.] (Med.)
      An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotic \Hy*drot"ic\, a. [Gr. "y`dwr water: cf. Gr. [?]
      moisture, F. hydrotique.]
      Causing a discharge of water or phlegm. -- n. (Med.) A
      hydrotic medicine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotical \Hy*drot"ic*al\, a.
      Hydrotic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotrope \Hy"dro*trope\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. [?] to turn,
      direct.]
      A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a
      pulsometer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotropic \Hy`dro*trop"ic\, a. [See {Hydrotrope}.] (Bot.)
      Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotropism \Hy*drot"ro*pism\, n. (Bot.)
      In a broader sense, any curvature or turning induced in
      certain growing plant organs under the influence of moisture.
  
      Note: When the movement is toward the moisture, as is the
               case in most roots, the phenomenon is called {positive
               hydrotropism}; when away from the moisture, as in the
               case of hyphae of certain fungi, {negative
               hydrotropism}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrotropism \Hy*drot"ro*pism\, n. (Bot.)
      A tendency towards moisture.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hitterdal, MN (city, FIPS 29402)
      Location: 46.97846 N, 96.25816 W
      Population (1990): 242 (102 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56552

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   hit rate
  
      The fraction of all memory reads which are
      satisfied from the {cache}.
  
      (1997-01-21)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hatred
      among the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:20). Altogether different
      is the meaning of the word in Deut. 21:15; Matt. 6:24; Luke
      14:26; Rom. 9:13, where it denotes only a less degree of love.
     
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