heedlessness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   hatless
         adj 1: not wearing a hat; "stood hatless in the rain with water
                  dripping down his neck" [ant: {hatted}]

English Dictionary: heedlessness	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
HDL cholesterol n the cholesterol in high-density lipoproteins; the `good' cholesterol; a high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head lice n infestation of the scalp with lice [syn: {pediculosis capitis}, head lice]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head louse n infests the head and body of humans [syn: head louse, Pediculus capitis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headless adj not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails" Antonym(s): headed not using intelligence Synonym(s): brainless, headless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headlight n a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive Synonym(s): headlight, headlamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headlike adj having a protuberance that resembles a head
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headlock n a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heat lightning n bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heathlike adj resembling heath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heatless adj without generating heat; "luminescent organisms emit heatless light"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heedless adj marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" Synonym(s): heedless, unheeding Antonym(s): attentive, heedful, paying attention, thoughtful characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds" Synonym(s): heedless, reckless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heedlessly adv without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment" Synonym(s): carelessly, heedlessly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heedlessness n a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) Synonym(s): inattentiveness, heedlessness Antonym(s): attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard the trait of acting rashly and without prudence Synonym(s): heedlessness, mindlessness, rashness the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities Synonym(s): unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency Antonym(s): heedfulness, mindfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hit list n a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hitless adj (of a batter) without a hit; "he went hitless for three innings" having no points scores; "a scoreless inning" Synonym(s): scoreless, goalless, hitless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotel clerk n a hotel receptionist [syn: desk clerk, {hotel desk clerk}, hotel clerk]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotel occupancy n occupancy rate for hotels
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotel-casino n a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel Synonym(s): hotel-casino, casino-hotel a building that houses both a hotel and a casino Synonym(s): hotel-casino, casino-hotel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotelkeeper n an owner or manager of hotels [syn: hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller]
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]:
Like \Like\ (l[imac]k), a. [Compar. {Liker} (l[imac]k"[etil]r); superl. {Likest}.] [OE. lik, ilik, gelic, AS. gel[c6]c, fr. pref. ge- + l[c6]c body, and orig. meaning, having the same body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS. gil[c6]k, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG. gil[c6]h, Icel. l[c6]kr, gl[c6]kr, Dan. lig, Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik body, D. lijk, G. leiche, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik, Goth. leik. The English adverbial ending-ly is from the same adjective. Cf. {Each}, {Such}, {Which}.] 1. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character. 'T is as like you As cherry is to cherry. --Shak. Like master, like man. --Old Prov. He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii. 16. Note: To, which formerly often followed like, is now usually omitted. 2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent. More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the like space before. --Sprat. 3. Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely. Usage: [Likely is more used now.] --Shak. But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. --South. Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules. --Clarendon. 4. Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk. {Had like} (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of. Had like to have been my utter overthrow. --Sir W. Raleigh Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson. {Like figures} (Geom.), similar figures. Note: Like is used as a suffix, converting nouns into adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as, manlike, like a man; childlike, like a child; godlike, like a god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed whenever convenient, and several, as crescentlike, serpentlike, hairlike, etc., are used in this book, although, in some cases, not entered in the vocabulary. Such combinations as bell-like, ball-like, etc., are hyphened.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrant \Quad"rant\, n. [L. quadrans, -antis, a fourth part, a fourth of a whole, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrant, cadran. See {Four}, and cf. {Cadrans}.] 1. The fourth part; the quarter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Geom.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90[deg], or one subtending a right angle at the center. 3. (Anal. (Geom.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the co[94]rdinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. 4. An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90[deg], with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. {Gunner's quadrant}, an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by which it is applied to a cannon or mortar in adjusting it to the elevation required for attaining the desired range. {Gunter's quadrant}. See {Gunter's quadrant}, in the Vocabulary. {Hadley's quadrant}, a hand instrument used chiefly at sea to measure the altitude of the sun or other celestial body in ascertaining the vessel's position. It consists of a frame in the form of an octant having a graduated scale upon its arc, and an index arm, or alidade pivoted at its apex. Mirrors, called the index glass and the horizon glass, are fixed one upon the index arm and the other upon one side of the frame, respectively. When the instrument is held upright, the index arm may be swung so that the index glass will reflect an image of the sun upon the horizon glass, and when the reflected image of the sun coincides, to the observer's eye, with the horizon as seen directly through an opening at the side of the horizon glass, the index shows the sun's altitude upon the scale; -- more properly, but less commonly, called an octant. {Quadrant of altitude}, an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in measuring altitudes, azimuths, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hatless \Hat"less\, a. Having no hat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Headless \Head"less\, a. [AS. he[a0]fodle[a0]s.] 1. Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass. 2. Destitute of a chief or leader. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Headlight \Head"light`\, n. (Engin.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Head-lugged \Head"-lugged`\, a. Lugged or dragged by the head. [R.] [bd]The head-lugged bear.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lightning \Light"ning\ (l[imac]t"n[icr]ng), n. [For lightening, fr. lighten to flash.] 1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder. 2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. [R.] {Ball lightning}, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth. {Chain lightning}, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes. {Heat lightning}, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon, esp. at the close of a hot day. {Lightning arrester} (Telegraphy), a device, at the place where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also {lightning discharger}. {Lightning bug} (Zo[94]l.), a luminous beetle. See {Firefly}. {Lightning conductor}, a lightning rod. {Lightning glance}, a quick, penetrating glance of a brilliant eye. {Lightning rod}, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or vessel from lightning. {Sheet lightning}, a diffused glow of electric light flashing out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heatless \Heat"less\, a. Destitute of heat; cold. --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heddle \Hed"dle\, n.; pl. {Heddles}. [Cf. {Heald}.] (Weaving) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heedless \Heed"less\, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. O, negligent and heedless discipline! --Shak. The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. --Waller. -- {Heed"lessly}, adv. -- {Heed"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heedless \Heed"less\, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. O, negligent and heedless discipline! --Shak. The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. --Waller. -- {Heed"lessly}, adv. -- {Heed"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heedless \Heed"less\, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. O, negligent and heedless discipline! --Shak. The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. --Waller. -- {Heed"lessly}, adv. -- {Heed"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hidalgo \Hi*dal"go\, n. [Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod. Cf. {Fidalgo}.] A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoodless \Hood"less\, a. Having no hood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyetology \Hy`etol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] + rain -logy.] The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- {Hy`etolog"ic*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyetology \Hy`etol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] + rain -logy.] The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- {Hy`etolog"ic*al}, a.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hadlock-Irondale, WA (CDP, FIPS 29167) Location: 48.04904 N, 122.77144 W Population (1990): 2742 (1287 housing units) Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hatillo zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 33296) Location: 18.48717 N, 66.82350 W Population (1990): 5242 (1757 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hidalgo, IL (village, FIPS 34553) Location: 39.15659 N, 88.15066 W Population (1990): 122 (53 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62432 Hidalgo, TX (city, FIPS 33560) Location: 26.10185 N, 98.25837 W Population (1990): 3292 (880 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78557
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hidalgo County, NM (county, FIPS 23) Location: 31.91645 N, 108.71179 W Population (1990): 5958 (2413 housing units) Area: 8924.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Hidalgo County, TX (county, FIPS 215) Location: 26.39634 N, 98.18482 W Population (1990): 383545 (128241 housing units) Area: 4063.9 sq km (land), 35.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hide A Way Hills, OH Zip code(s): 43107
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hoyt Lakes, MN (city, FIPS 30302) Location: 47.55941 N, 92.11967 W Population (1990): 2348 (960 housing units) Area: 145.2 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55750
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Huddleston, VA Zip code(s): 24104
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
HDLC {High-level Data Link Control}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
hotlist (From {hypertext} "{hot spot}") A {document} on the {World-Wide Web} or a user's {browser} configuration file containing {hypertext} {link}s, often unorganised and undocumented, to notable pages on the Web. Compare the 19th century notion of a {commonplace book (http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster?commonplace+book)}. (1995-04-16)