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Word
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Definition
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| habanera
| slow and seductive Cuban dance
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| habergeon
| sleeveless mail coat
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| habilable
| capable of being clothed
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| habilatory
| of, like or pertaining to clothes or dressing
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| habile
| dexterous; adroit
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| habiliment
| attire
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| habilitate
| to equip or finance; to qualify
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| habromania
| insanity featuring cheerful delusions
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| hachure
| shading or lines showing a slope on a map
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| hackle
| comb for flax or hemp
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| hackney
| four-wheeled two-horse carriage
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| hadal
| parts of the ocean below 6000 metres
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| hadeharia
| constant use of the word "hell"
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| haecceity
| aspect of existence on which individuality depends
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| haemal
| of, like or pertaining to blood
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| haemataulics
| study of movement of blood through blood vessels
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| haemathermal
| warm-blooded
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| haematic
| blood-coloured
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| haematogenesis
| production of blood
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| haemophilia
| hereditary disease causing excessive bleeding
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| hagiarchy
| government by saints or holy persons
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| hagiocracy
| government by holy men
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| hagiolatry
| worship or reverence for saints
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| hagiology
| study of saints
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| hagiomania
| mania for sainthood
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| hagioscope
| opening in wall to enable viewing of altar
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| hakenkreuz
| swastika
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| halation
| blurring in a photograph due to light reflection
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| halcyonine
| of, like or pertaining to kingfishers
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| halfpace
| landing or broad step
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| halibiotic
| of, like or pertaining to the entirety of life under the sea
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| halieutic
| of, like or pertaining to fishing
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| halieutics
| study of fishing
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| haligraphy
| treatise on salt
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| halitosis
| bad breath
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| halitous
| vaporous
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| halitus
| vapour; breath
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| hallux
| big toe
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| halolimnic
| of, like or pertaining to sea creatures who spend time in fresh water
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| halomancy
| divination using salt
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| halophilous
| tolerant of salt or salt-water
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| halyard
| rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails
|
| hamarchy
| government by a cooperative body of parts
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| hamartia
| flaw in a character leading to his downfall
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| hamartiology
| study of sin
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| hamartiology
| section of theology dealing with sin
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| hamate
| hooked
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| hamble
| to mutilate a dog by cutting of the balls of its feet
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| hambo
| Swedish folk dance in three-four time
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| hame
| curved projection attached to the collar of a draft horse
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| hamiform
| shaped like a hook
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| hamose
| hooked
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| hamshackle
| to fetter; to restrain
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| hamular
| like a small hook
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| hamulate
| tipped with a small hook
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| hamulus
| a small hook or hook-like process
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| hanap
| chalice used in communion whose cover is a second chalice
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| hanaster
| one who paid the entrance fee for Oxford's medieval merchant's guild
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| handfast
| a firm grip; a contract
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| handlist
| list without detail
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| handsel
| inaugural gift; first installment or payment
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| handspike
| bar used as a lever
|
| hank
| series of rings or clips for attaching a jib or staysail to a stay
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| hansom
| light two-wheeled cab
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| hapax
| word which occurs only once
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| hapaxanthous
| flowering only once
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| haplography
| omission of words or lines in recopying text
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| haplology
| omission of a doubled or similar sound or syllable in a word
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| haptic
| of, like or pertaining to the sense of touch
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| haptometer
| instrument measuring sensitivity to touch
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| haptotropic
| curving in response to touch
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| haqueton
| stuffed jacket worn under mail
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| hardihood
| boldness; audacity
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| hardparts
| skeletal parts of an organism
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| harengiform
| shaped like a herring
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| hariolate
| to divine; to foretell
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| hark
| to pay close attention; to listen
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| harl
| barb of feather used to make artificial fishing fly
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| harmonics
| study of musical acoustics
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| harmoniphone
| keyboard instrument with reeds
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| harmonograph
| instrument drawing curves representing vibrations
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| harmonometer
| instrument measuring harmonic relations of sounds
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| harn
| coarse linen
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| harpagon
| harpoon
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| harridan
| sharp-tongued; scolding woman
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| harrier
| medium-sized scenting dog for hunting hares
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| harry
| to plunder; to ravage; to destroy
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| haruspication
| divination by inspecting animal entrails
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| haslock
| wool on sheep's throat and neck
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| haslot
| cooked animal entrails
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| hassock
| kneeling cushion in a church
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| hastate
| spear-shaped
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| hatchment
| coat of arms of a deceased person
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| hauberk
| long chain mail coat
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| haulm
| stems of plants or straw collectively
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| haurient
| rising as if to breathe
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| haussmannize
| to open out; to rebuild
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| haustellum
| sucking proboscis or sucking end
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| haustorial
| having a sucking proboscis
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| haut
| high; haughty
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| hauteur
| haughtiness; arrogance
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| havelock
| white cover for a military cap
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| haversack
| bag worn over the shoulder for carrying provisions
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| havier
| castrated deer
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| hawkshaw
| detective
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| hawse
| distance between ship's bow and its anchor
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| hawsehole
| hole for ship's cable
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| hawser
| large rope for mooring or towing a ship
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| haycock
| conical pile of hay in a field
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| haysel
| hay season
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| headborough
| petty constable
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| headland
| cape; point; promontory
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| headsail
| sail set forward of the foremast of a ship
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| headstock
| device for supporting end or head of a member
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| heapstead
| buildings and places around a mine shaft
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| hearsecloth
| cloth lain over coffin during funeral
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| heartsome
| exhilarating; merry
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| hebamic
| of, like or pertaining to the socratic method
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| hebdomadally
| every week
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| hebenon
| anything with poisonous juices
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| hebephrenia
| form of dementia occurring at puberty
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| hebetate
| to make dull or obtuse
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| hebetic
| of, like or pertaining to puberty
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| hebetude
| stupidity
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| hecatarchy
| government by one hundred people; hecatontarchy
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| hecatomb
| large sacrifice or slaughter; killing of one hundred animals or people
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| hecatontarchy
| government by one hundred people
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| hector
| to intimidate by bluster, pomp or arrogance
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| heddle
| series of vertical cords to receive warp-thread
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| hederaceous
| of, like or pertaining to ivy
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| hederated
| crowned with a wreath of ivy
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| hederiferous
| ivy-bearing
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| hederiform
| shaped like ivy
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| hednon
| wedding present
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| hedonics
| part of ethics or psychology dealing with pleasure
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| hedonism
| belief that pleasure is the highest good
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| heeler
| a worker for a local politician or political party
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| hegemony
| leadership of one state within a confederacy
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| hegumene
| head of a nunnery
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| hekistotherm
| plant which can grow in very cold environments
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| helcoid
| ulcerous
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| helcology
| study of ulcers
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| heliac
| solar; coincident with that of the sun
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| helicograph
| instrument for drawing spirals on a plane
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| helicoid
| screw-shaped; like a coil
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| helicon
| bass tuba
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| helicosophy
| geometry that deals with spirals
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| helictite
| twisted; branching stalactite
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| heliofugal
| moving away from the sun
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| heliograph
| instrument for measuring intensity of sunlight
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| heliolatry
| sun worship
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| heliology
| science of the sun
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| heliometer
| instrument for measuring apparent diameter of the sun
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| heliophilous
| preferring or attracted to the sunlight
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| heliophobia
| fear of sunlight
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| heliosciophyte
| plant that thrives in sun better than shade
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| helioscope
| instrument for observing sun without injury to the eyes
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| helioseismology
| study of sun's interior by observing its surface oscillations
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| heliosis
| exposure to the sun; sunburn
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| heliotaxis
| response of an organism to the sun's rays
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| heliotrope
| purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
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| heliotropism
| movement of plants towards sunlight
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| helix
| screw-shaped coil
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| Hellenomania
| obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania
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| hellkite
| kite of infernal breed; extremely cruel person
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| helm
| ship's steering wheel
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| helminth
| worm
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| helminthiasis
| infestation with worms
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| helminthoid
| worm-shaped
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| helminthology
| study of worms
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| helobious
| living in marshes or moors
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| helotage
| the state of helots or being enslaved
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| helotry
| class of slaves
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| helve
| handle of an axe or similar tool
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| hemacytometer
| instrument for counting blood cells
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| hematology
| study of blood
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| hematomancy
| divination using blood
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| hemeralopia
| day-blindness; vision requiring dim light
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| hemerology
| calendar
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| hemialgia
| pain in one side of the body alone
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| hemianopsia
| blindness in one eye
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| hemiolic
| based on the ratio of 3 to 2
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| hemiplegic
| paralyzed on one side only
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| hemistich
| half a verse line
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| hemitery
| congenital deformity
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| hendecagon
| eleven-sided figure
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| hendecarchy
| government by eleven people
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| hendiadys
| expression of adjective and noun as two adjectives
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| henism
| doctrine that there is only one kind of existence
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| henotheism
| belief in one tribal god, but not as the only god
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| henotic
| tending to unify or reconcile; promoting harmony
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| henry
| unit of electrical inductance
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| hent
| to grasp; to seize
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| heortology
| study of religious feasts
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| hepatic
| of, like or pertaining to or acting upon the liver
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| hepatology
| study of liver
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| hepatoscopy
| divination by examining animal livers
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| hephaestic
| of, like or pertaining to iron-working and blacksmiths
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| heptamerous
| having parts in sevens
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| heptarchy
| government by seven people
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| hepteris
| ship with seven rows of oars
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| herbarium
| collection of preserved plants and herbs
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| herbescent
| growing like an herb
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| herborize
| to gather or tend herbs
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| herbose
| abounding with herbs
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| hercogamy
| prevention of self-pollination in plants
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| herdic
| low-hung carriage with back entrance
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| hereditament
| property that may pass on to an heir
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| heresiarch
| leader of a heretical movement
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| heresiology
| study of heresies
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| hereticaster
| a petty or contemptible heretic
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| hereticate
| to denounce as heretical
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| hereticide
| killing of heretics
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| heretofore
| until now
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| heriot
| payment to feudal lord upon death of tenant farmer
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| hérissé
| bristled
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| herisson
| swinging beam bearing iron spikes
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| herm
| head or bust of Hermes with a big wang on a square base
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| hermeneutic
| of, like or pertaining to the interpretation of passages
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| hermetic
| of, like or pertaining to sorcery or alchemy
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| heroarchy
| government by heroes
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| heroon
| temple to a hero; temple-shaped tomb
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| herpetic
| creeping
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| herpetiform
| resembling or shaped like a reptile
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| herpetoid
| of, like or pertaining to snakes
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| herpetology
| study of reptiles and amphibians
|
| herpetophobia
| fear of snakes
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| herringbone
| twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines
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| hesternal
| of, like or pertaining to yesterday
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| hesternopothia
| yearning for yesterday or earlier times
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| hesychastic
| keeping silence; soothing or quieting
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| hetaera
| paramour; prostitute; concubine
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| hetaerocracy
| government by paramours
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| hetairism
| concubinage; system of communal marriage
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| heterarchy
| government by a foreign ruler
|
| heterism
| variation
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| heterochrony
| divergence from normal time sequence
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| heteroclitous
| irregularly inflected
|
| heterodymus
| conjoined twins with two heads and torsos but one pair of legs
|
| heterodyne
| interference due to different wave frequencies
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| heteroecious
| parasitism upon several hosts
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| heteroepy
| irregular or non-standard pronunciation
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| heterogenesis
| spontaneous or alternate generation
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| heterology
| differences due to different origin
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| heteronomous
| subject to different or foreign laws
|
| heteronym
| word having same spelling but different sound and meaning
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| heteropathy
| excessive sensitivity
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| heterophemy
| accidental use of word different from that meant
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| heteroscian
| dweller of a temperate zone
|
| heterotaxis
| anomalous arrangement of body parts
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| heterothermal
| taking the temperature of the surroundings
|
| heterotrichosis
| having hair of varied or mixed colours
|
| heterotropic
| squinting
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| heuristic
| helping to discover by trial and error
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| hexactinal
| having six rays
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| hexaemeron
| period of six days of creation
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| hexamerous
| having six parts
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| hexametromania
| mania for writing in hexameter
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| hexastichal
| having six lines or rows
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| hexeris
| galley with six rows of oars
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| heyday
| expression of elation or wonder
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| hiant
| gaping
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| hibernaculum
| winter retreat
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| hibernal
| of, like or pertaining to winter
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| hidation
| measuring or assessing land by hides
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| hide
| old unit of land area equal to 120 acres
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| hidrotic
| causing or exuding sweat
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| hiemal
| of, like or pertaining to winter
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| hieratical
| priestly; bound by religious convention
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| hierocracy
| government by priests or religious ministers
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| hierodule
| temple slave
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| hierogram
| sacred or hieroglyphic symbol
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| hierography
| description of sacred things
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| hierolatry
| worship of saints or sacred things
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| hierology
| science of sacred matters
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| hieromachy
| fight or quarrel between priests
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| hieromancy
| divination by studying objects offered in sacrifice
|
| hieromania
| pathological religious visions or delusions
|
| hieromonach
| monk who also serves as a priest
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| hieropathic
| pertaining to a strong love of the clergy
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| hierophant
| one who shows or reveals sacred things
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| hierophobia
| fear of sacred things
|
| hieroscopy
| divination using entrails
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| hierurgy
| sacred performance
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| highbinder
| a scheming or corrupt politician
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| hight
| named; called; to command or call
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| hilasmic
| propitiatory
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| himation
| loose outer garment worn by ancient Greeks
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| hindermate
| companion who is a hindrance
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| hindforemost
| with the back part in the front place
|
| hinnable
| able to neigh or whinny
|
| hiplings
| with the hips foremost
|
| hipparchy
| rule or control of horses
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| hipped
| melancholy; peevish; offended
|
| hippiatric
| of, like or pertaining to the treatment of horses' diseases
|
| hippiatrics
| study of diseases of horses
|
| hippic
| of, like or pertaining to horses
|
| hippocras
| medieval hot spiced wine
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| hippocrepian
| horseshoe-shaped
|
| hippocrepiform
| shaped like a horseshoe
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| hippodamist
| horse-tamer
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| hippoid
| equine; of, like or pertaining to horses
|
| hippology
| the study of horses
|
| hippomancy
| divination using horses
|
| hippomania
| obsession with horses
|
| hippometer
| instrument to measure height of horses
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| hippomobile
| horse-drawn vehicle
|
| hippophagy
| feeding on horses
|
| hippophile
| lover of horses
|
| hippophobe
| hater of horses
|
| hircine
| goat-like; having a goatish smell; of, like or pertaining to smelly goats
|
| hircismus
| stinky armpits
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| hircosity
| goatishness
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| hirrient
| roughly trilled
|
| hirsute
| having or covered with coarse shaggy hair
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| hirsuties
| hairiness
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| hirudine
| of, like or pertaining to leeches
|
| hirudinean
| of, like or pertaining to leeches
|
| hirundine
| of, like or pertaining to swallows
|
| hispid
| rough with or covered with strong hairs or bristles
|
| hist
| expression used to attract attention
|
| histogenesis
| the formation or differentiation of tissues
|
| histology
| study of the tissues of organisms
|
| histopathology
| study of changes in tissue due to disease
|
| historicism
| belief that all phenomena are historically determined
|
| historiography
| study of writing history
|
| historiology
| study of history
|
| histrionic
| of, like or pertaining to the stage or actors
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| hither
| to this place
|
| hithermost
| nearest on this side
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| hitherside
| the nearest side
|
| hoary
| pale silver-grey colour; grey with age
|
| hobbish
| clownish
|
| hobbledehoy
| awkward; gawky youth
|
| hobnail
| thick and strong nail for shoeing horses
|
| hobohemia
| community of hoboes
|
| hod
| V-shaped trough for carrying bricks or mortar on the shoulders
|
| hodden
| coarse undyed woollen cloth
|
| hodiernal
| of, like or pertaining to the present day
|
| hodometry
| measurement of distance of a sea voyage
|
| hodoscope
| instrument for tracing paths of ionizing particles
|
| hoggaster
| young sheep, hog, or boar
|
| hogget
| one-year-old sheep or colt
|
| hoggin
| sifted gravel
|
| hogmanay
| gift or cake made on New Year's Eve
|
| hogshead
| unit of capacity equal to 63 gallons
|
| holderbat
| clamp fixed around sides of pipe
|
| holism
| belief that fundamental universal principle is creation of wholes
|
| holland
| coarse plain-woven cotton or linen
|
| holm
| island in a river
|
| holobaptism
| belief in baptism with total immersion in water
|
| holobenthic
| passing entire life in the deep ocean
|
| holocryptic
| inscrutable; undecipherable
|
| holograph
| text written entirely in its author's handwriting
|
| holophrase
| single word expressing sentence or phrase
|
| holoptic
| having the eyes meeting in front
|
| holosteric
| totally solid
|
| holt
| woody hill or grove
|
| holystone
| sandstone material used to scrape ships' decks
|
| homaloidal
| of the nature of a plane; flat; plane-shaped
|
| homarine
| of, like or pertaining to lobsters
|
| homeomerous
| composed of similar parts
|
| homeoteleuton
| the use or occurrence of similar endings
|
| homichlophobia
| fear of fog
|
| homiletical
| of, like or pertaining to homilies
|
| homiletics
| the art of preaching
|
| homiliary
| book of sermons
|
| hominiform
| shaped like a human
|
| hommock
| ridge in an ice field
|
| homnivorous
| eating humans
|
| homocentric
| having the same central or focal point
|
| homochiral
| identically shaped
|
| homodont
| having teeth all alike
|
| homograph
| words spelled the same but of different meaning
|
| homoiousia
| similarity but not identicality in substance
|
| homolegomena
| books of the Bible used in early Christianity
|
| homologate
| to confirm; to agree; to ratify
|
| homomerous
| possessing similar parts or components
|
| homonym
| words having the same sound but different meanings
|
| homoousia
| identicality in substance
|
| homophile
| one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual
|
| homophobia
| fear of homosexuals
|
| homophyly
| resemblance due to common ancestry
|
| homoplasty
| resemblance due to convergent evolution
|
| homotaxic
| arranged in a similar manner
|
| honorificabilitudinity
| honourableness
|
| hoplarchy
| government by the military
|
| hoplite
| a heavily armed Greek foot soldier
|
| hoplology
| the study of weapons
|
| hoplomachy
| fighting while heavily armoured
|
| hopple
| to restrain by tying the feet together
|
| hopsack
| rough-surfaced loose fabric
|
| hora
| circle dance
|
| horal
| of, like or pertaining to hours; hourly
|
| horary
| of, like or pertaining to an hour; continuing for an hour; hourly
|
| hordeaceous
| of, like or pertaining to barley
|
| hordeiform
| shaped like a barleycorn
|
| horme
| goal-directed or purposive behaviour
|
| hornbook
| rudimentary treatise
|
| hornito
| low oven
|
| hornpipe
| lively British folk dance
|
| hornwork
| cuckoldry
|
| horography
| art of constructing sundials or clocks
|
| horology
| science of time measurement
|
| horometry
| time measurement
|
| horrent
| bristling
|
| horrescent
| expressing or showing horror
|
| horripilation
| process causing goose-bumps
|
| horrisonant
| dreadful-sounding
|
| hortatory
| giving exhortation or advice
|
| hortensial
| of, like or pertaining to gardens
|
| hortulan
| of, like or pertaining to gardens
|
| hospitate
| to greet; to welcome
|
| hospitium
| hospice
|
| hotchpot
| aggregation of property prior to equal division among heirs
|
| houghmagandy
| fornication
|
| houndstooth
| fabric with an irregular checked pattern
|
| hourd
| timber gallery on summit of castle tower
|
| housal
| belonging to the house
|
| housel
| the eucharist; the act of taking the eucharist
|
| howbeit
| although
|
| howdah
| seat with a canopy erected on an elephant's back
|
| hoy
| large one-decked boat
|
| hoyden
| tomboy
|
| huckaback
| absorbent cotton or linen used for towels
|
| huggery
| the action of hugging
|
| huitain
| group of eight lines of verse
|
| hula
| sinuous Polynesian dance with rhythmic hip movements
|
| hulchy
| swollen
|
| humanism
| belief that human interests and mind are paramount
|
| humanitarianism
| doctrine that the highest moral obligation is to improve human welfare
|
| humect
| to moisten; to cause to become moist
|
| humectation
| moisture
|
| humgruffin
| terrible person
|
| humicubation
| act of lying on the ground penitently
|
| humify
| to moisten
|
| hummock
| pile or ridge of ice
|
| humoral
| of, like or pertaining to body fluid
|
| humpenscrump
| crude musical instrument like a hurdy-gurdy
|
| hustle
| lively disco dance derived from swing elements with a plus-like pattern
|
| hwyl
| emotional state capable of arousing intense eloquence
|
| hyacinthine
| of a blue or purple colour
|
| hyaline
| glassy, of or like glass, transparent
|
| hyalography
| engraving upon glass
|
| hyaloid
| of, like or pertaining to glass
|
| hyalopterous
| having glassy or transparent wings
|
| hydatoid
| watery
|
| hydragogue
| removing water or serum
|
| hydrargyrism
| mercury poisoning
|
| hydric
| of, like or pertaining to an abundance of moisture
|
| hydriotaphia
| burial in an urn
|
| hydrobiology
| study of aquatic organisms
|
| hydrodynamics
| study of movement in liquids
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| hydrogenic
| caused or formed by water
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| hydrogeology
| study of ground water
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| hydrognosy
| historical account of water surfaces of the earth
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| hydrography
| study of investigating bodies of water
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| hydrokinetics
| study of motion of fluids
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| hydrology
| study of water resources
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| hydromancy
| divination using water
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| hydromania
| irrational craving for water
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| hydrometeorology
| study of atmospheric moisture
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| hydrometer
| instrument for measuring specific gravity of liquids
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| hydropathy
| study of treating diseases with water
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| hydropathy
| treating diseases with water
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| hydrophanous
| becoming transparent when placed in water
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| hydrophilous
| loving or preferring water
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| hydrophobia
| fear of water
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| hydropic
| dropsical; thirsty
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| hydroscope
| instrument for viewing under water
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| hydroscopist
| one who divines sources of fresh water
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| hydrospace
| regions beneath the oceans' surface
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| hydrotaxis
| movement towards or away from water
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| hydrotimeter
| instrument for measuring water hardness
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| hyetal
| rainy; of, like or pertaining to rainfall
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| hyetograph
| instrument for recording rainfall
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| hyetology
| science of rainfall
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| hyetometer
| instrument for measuring rainfall
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| hyetometrograph
| instrument for recording rainfall
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| hygeian
| of, like or pertaining to health; healthy
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| hygeiolatry
| excessive devotion to health
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| hygiastics
| science of health and hygiene
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| hygiology
| hygienics; study of cleanliness
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| hygric
| of, like or pertaining to water or moisture
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| hygrograph
| instrument for recording variations in atmospheric humidity
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| hygrology
| study of humidity
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| hygrometer
| instrument for measuring air moisture
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| hygrometry
| science of humidity
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| hygrophilous
| preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture
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| hygroscope
| instrument for displaying changes in air humidity
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| hygrostat
| machine for regulating humidity of air
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| hylactic
| barking; in a barking manner
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| hylarchic
| ruling over matter
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| hyle
| matter
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| hylicism
| materialism
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| hylobatine
| of, like or pertaining to gibbons
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| hylogenesis
| the origin of matter
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| hylomania
| excessive tendency towards materialism
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| hylomorphism
| belief that matter is cause of the universe
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| hylopathism
| belief in ability of matter to affect the spiritual world
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| hylophagous
| eating wood
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| hylotheism
| belief that the universe is purely material
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| hylotomous
| wood-cutting
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| hylozoism
| doctrine that all matter is endowed with life
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| hymeneal
| of, like or pertaining to marriage
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| hymnal
| collection of church hymns
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| hymnody
| hymns collectively; hymn-singing
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| hymnography
| study of writing hymns
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| hymnology
| study of hymns
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| hyoid
| having a "U" shape
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| hypactic
| purgative
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| hypaethral
| roofless; open to the sky
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| hypalgesia
| diminished susceptibility to pain
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| hypallage
| figure in which relations between words are changed
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| hypaspist
| shield-bearing elite soldier
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| hyperacusis
| abnormally good sense of hearing
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| hyperalgia
| extreme sensitivity to pain
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| hyperanarchy
| condition of extreme anarchy
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| hyperaphia
| extraordinarily keen sense of touch
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| hyperarchy
| excessive government
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| hyperbaton
| rhetorical device in which word order is reversed
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| hyperbole
| impression by extravagant exaggeration
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| hyperborean
| an inhabitant of the extreme north
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| hyperbulia
| excessive zeal for action or activity
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| hypercatalectic
| having an extra syllable on the end of a line of verse
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| hypercathexis
| manic desire for a particular object
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| hyperdulia
| veneration of the Virgin Mary above saints and angels
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| hyperemesis
| excessive vomiting
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| hypergamy
| marriage of a man to a woman of lower status
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| hyperhidrosis
| excessive sweating
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| hypermania
| severe mania
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| hypermetropia
| long-sightedness
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| hypernym
| word representing a class of words or things
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| hyperope
| far-sighted person
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| hyperosmia
| very keen sense of smell
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| hyperphagia
| eating too much
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| hyperpyrexia
| excessive body temperature
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| hypertrichologist
| person who treats unsightly facial hair
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| hyphaeresis
| omission of sound or letter from a word
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| hypnagogic
| sleep-inducing; pertaining to drowsiness or sleep
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| hypnoetic
| of, like or pertaining to unconscious logical thought
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| hypnogeny
| production of the hypnotic state
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| hypnoid
| like sleep or hypnosis
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| hypnology
| study of sleep; study of hypnosis
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| hypnomancy
| divination using sleep
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| hypnomogia
| insomnia
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| hypnopompic
| of, like or pertaining to period between sleep and wakefulness
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| hypnosophy
| knowledge of phenomena relating to sleep
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| hypobole
| anticipating and refuting objections to an argument
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| hypobulic
| weak-willed; lacking willpower
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| hypocaust
| space under floor for heating by hot air
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| hypocorism
| pet-name; diminutive or abbreviated name
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| hypodynamia
| loss of strength
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| hypogeal
| underground
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| hypogeiody
| surveying underground
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| hypogeum
| underground chamber
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| hypogeusia
| diminished sense of taste
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| hypolimnion
| colder and deeper layer of water in a lake
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| hypomania
| minor mania
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| hypometropia
| shortsightedness
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| hyponychial
| underneath fingernail or toenail
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| hyponym
| term which is a member of a larger class
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| hypophrenia
| weakness of mental facilities
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| hypostasis
| basis; foundation; essence
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| hypostrophe
| return to primary argument after digression
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| hypostyle
| pillar
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| hypotaxis
| dependent construction
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| hypothecary
| of, like or pertaining to mortgages
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| hypothecate
| to mortgage; to place as security
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| hypotrichosis
| hairlessness
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| hypotyposis
| vivid description of a scene
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| hypsiloid
| shaped like the Greek letter upsilon
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| hypsography
| science of measuring heights
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| hypsometer
| instrument for measuring height of trees through triangulation
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| hypsophobia
| fear of high places
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| hypural
| situated beneath the tail
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| hyrax
| shrew
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| hysteresis
| lagging of an effect behind its cause
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| hysterogenic
| causing hysteria
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| hysteroid
| like or resembling a womb
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| hysteromania
| nymphomania
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| hystricine
| of, like or pertaining to porcupines
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