Part 39

~Hasten~, _v. a._ Expedite, despatch, speed, accelerate, quicken, precipitate, press on, urge on, urge forward, push forward.

~Hasty~, _a._ ~1.~ Quick, swift, rapid, fleet, speedy, fast, brisk.

~2.~ Cursory, slight, hurried.

~3.~ Rash, precipitate, headlong, reckless, thoughtless, indiscreet.

~4.~ Passionate, irritable, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, peevish, fretful, fiery, choleric, irascible, excitable, hot, peppery.

~Hat~, _n._ Beaver.

~Hatch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Breed (_from eggs_).

~2.~ Quicken (_by incubation or by heat_).

~3.~ Concoct, devise, plan, contrive, plot, design, scheme, project, brew, lay out, chalk out, meditate upon.

~Hatch~, _n._ ~1.~ Brood.

~2.~ Hatchway.

~Hatchel~, _v. a._ Hackle, dress (_flax_).

~Hatcher~, _n._ ~1.~ Incubator.

~2.~ Contriver, projector, deviser.

~Hatchet~, _n._ Small axe.

~Hatchway~, _n._ Hatch.

~Hate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bear malice to, owe a grudge to.

~2.~ DETEST, abhor, abominate, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from.

~Hate~, _n._ Hatred, detestation, animosity, enmity, hostility, antipathy.

~Hateful~, _a._ ~1.~ Malignant, malevolent.

~2.~ Abominable, detestable, execrable, horrid, shocking, damnable, accursed.

~3.~ Loathsome, disgusting, nauseous, offensive, foul, repulsive, obnoxious, revolting, vile, abhorrent, repugnant.

~Hatred~, _n._ ~1.~ Hate, enmity, hostility, disaffection, disfavor, alienation, estrangement, odium, animosity, ill-will, great dislike.

~2.~ Abhorrence, detestation, abomination, horror, loathing, disgust, antipathy, repugnance.

~Hattock~, _n._ Shock (_of corn_), stook.

~Haughtiness~, _n._ Arrogance, disdain, loftiness, HAUTEUR.

~Haughty~, _a._ Arrogant, disdainful, supercilious, assuming, proud, lofty.

~Haul~, _v. a._ Drag, draw, pull, tug, tow, lug, trail, take in tow.

~Haul~, _n._ ~1.~ Pull, tug.

~2.~ Draught.

~Haunch~, _n._ Hip.

~Haunt~, _v. a._ Frequent, resort to.

~Haunt~, _n._ Retreat, resort, den, place much frequented.

~Hautboy~, _n._ Oboe.

~Hauteur~, _n._ [Fr.] Haughtiness, arrogance, loftiness, stateliness, disdain, superciliousness, conceit, pride, self-importance, self- conceit.

~Have~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hold (_whether one's own or not_).

~2.~ Possess, own, be in possession of, be seized of.

~3.~ Be favored with.

~4.~ Be the subject of.

~5.~ Regard, consider, esteem.

~6.~ Require, wish, desire.

~7.~ Obtain, acquire, receive, get, gain.

~8.~ Be obliged, be under the necessity.

~9.~ Accept (_as husband or as wife_), take.

~10.~ Beget, be the parent of.

~Have a bee in the head~, Be a little crazy, be cracked.

~Have a finger in~, Have a share in, be concerned in, have a hand in.

~Have a hand in~, Be concerned in, have a share in, have a finger in.

~Have an eye to~, Pay particular attention to, have especial regard to, not overlook, not lose sight of.

~Have at heart~, Be deeply interested in, be specially anxious about.

~Have done with~, Have no further concern with, be through with, have ceased to be concerned with.

~Have in hand~, Be engaged upon.

~Haven~, _n._ ~1.~ Harbor, port.

~2.~ Shelter, asylum, place of safety.

~Havoc~, _n._ Ravage, devastation, destruction, desolation, waste, ruin, spoil, pillage, rapine, spoliation, slaughter, carnage.

~Have on~, Wear.

~Have one's hands full~, Have much to do, be very busy, have much upon one's hands, be under a press of business.

~Have on the hip~, [_Colloquial._] Conquer, subdue, vanquish, defeat, overcome, overthrow, overpower, get the better of, prevail over, get the upper hand of, get the whip hand of.

~Have to do with~, Concern one's self with, have concern with, deal with.

~Haw~, _v. n._ Hesitate (_in speaking_), stammer, stutter, falter, hum and haw.

~Hawfinch~, _n._ Grossbeak (_Coccothraustes vulgaris_).

~Hawk~, _n._ Falcon.

~Hawk~, _v. a._ Cry, sell by outcry.

~Hawk-eyed~, _a._ Sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, keen-eyed, eagle-eyed, lynx-eyed, Argus-eyed.

~Hawk-moth~, _n._ Death's-head moth.

~Hawk-nut~, _n._ Ground-nut.

~Hawk-owl~, _n._ Canada owl, HARFANG.

~Hawthorn~, _n._ Whitethorn (_Cratœgus oxyacantha_).

~Hazard~, _n._ ~1.~ Chance, casualty, accident, fortuitous event.

~2.~ Danger, peril, risk, jeopardy.

~Hazard~, _v. a._ Venture, adventure, risk, jeopard, peril, imperil, endanger, put in danger, put at hazard.

~Hazardous~, _a._ Dangerous, perilous, RISKY, unsafe, fraught with danger.

~Haze~, _n._ ~1.~ Fog, mist.

~2.~ Obscurity, dimness.

~Hazel~, _a._ Light brown.

~Hazy~, _a._ Foggy, misty.

~He~, _a._ Male.

~Head~, _n._ ~1.~ Seat of the brain, NODDLE.

~2.~ Top, summit, CAPITAL, upper part, acme.

~3.~ Fore part, front part.

~4.~ Commencement, beginning, rise, source, origin.

~5.~ Chief part, principal part.

~6.~ Person, individual.

~7.~ Chief, chieftain, leader, principal, corypheus, commander, master, director, superintendent.

~8.~ First place, place of honor.

~9.~ Understanding, intellect, mind, thought.

~10.~ Topic, subject.

~11.~ Class, division, section, department, category.

~12.~ Height (_of water applicable to the driving of a water-wheel_).

~Head~, _a._ ~1.~ Chief, principal, highest, first.

~2.~ (_Naut._) Adverse (_said of the wind_), contrary.

~Head and ears~, Completely, entirely, wholly.

~Head and shoulders~, ~1.~ Violently, by force.

~2.~ By far, by a great deal, by the height of head and shoulders.

~Head~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lead, direct, command, govern, rule.

~2.~ Put a head on, fit with a head.

~3.~ Get in front of (_in order to stop_), intercept, head off.

~Head~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Form a head (_said of a plant_).

~2.~ Tend, be pointed, be directed.

~Headache~, _n._ Cephalalgy.

~Head-foremost~, _ad._ ~1.~ With the head first.

~2.~ Rashly, hastily, precipitately, headlong.

~Headiness~, _n._ ~1.~ Rashness, hurry, precipitation.

~2.~ Obstinacy, stubbornness.

~Heading~, _n._ Title, CAPTION.

~Head-dress~, _n._ Coiffure.

~Headland~, _n._ Promontory, cape, foreland.

~Headless~, _a._ Acephalous.

~Headlong~, _ad._ Rashly, hastily, precipitately, head-foremost, thoughtlessly, without deliberation.

~Head-master~, _n._ Principal (_of a school_).

~Head-money~, _n._ Poll-tax, capitation-tax.

~Head off~, Intercept, head, get before.

~Head-piece~, _n._ Helmet, helm, morion.

~Headsman~, _n._ Executioner.

~Headstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Corner-stone.

~2.~ Gravestone.

~Headstrong~, _a._ Stubborn, obstinate, dogged, cantankerous, ungovernable, unruly, intractable, heady, self-willed, cross-grained.

~Head-voice~, _n._ Falsetto.

~Head-work~, _n._ Mental labor, intellectual labor.

~Heady~, _a._ ~1.~ Rash, impetuous, hasty, precipitate.

~2.~ Stubborn, HEADSTRONG.

~Heal~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cure, remedy, restore, make sound or whole.

~2.~ Reconcile, compose, settle, make up.

~Heal~, _v. n._ Be cured, become sound.

~Healds~, _n. pl._ Heddle.

~Healing~, _a._ Sanative, curative.

~Health~, _n._ Soundness, freedom from disease.

~Healthful~, _a._ Wholesome, salubrious, salutary, healthy, health- giving.

~Health-giving~, _a._ HEALTHFUL, wholesome.

~Healthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Sound, hale, hearty, vigorous, well, in good health, in good case.

~2.~ Wholesome, salubrious, salutary, healthful, health-giving.

~Heap~, _n._ Pile, mass, collection, accumulation.

~Heap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pile, lay in a heap, throw into a heap.

~2.~ Amass, accumulate, heap up.

~Heap up~, Amass, HEAP.

~Hear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perceive by the ear.

~2.~ Give audience to, listen to, attend to.

~3.~ Regard, heed, give heed to.

~4.~ Try, examine judicially.

~Hear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Enjoy the sense of hearing.

~2.~ Listen, hearken, attend, give ear.

~3.~ Be told, be informed, have an account.

~Hearing~, _n._ ~1.~ Sense of hearing.

~2.~ Audience, opportunity to be heard.

~3.~ Trial, judicial examination.

~4.~ Hearing distance.

~Hearken~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Listen, hear.

~2.~ Attend, give heed, pay regard.

~Hearsay~, _n._ Rumor, report, fame, bruit, common talk, town talk.

~Heart~, _n._ ~1.~ Seat of life.

~2.~ Centre, interior, core, kernel, inner part, vital part.

~3.~ Disposition, mind, will, inclination, purpose, intent, affection, passion.

~4.~ Courage, spirit, firmness, fortitude, resolution.

~Heartache~, _n._ Grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, broken heart, heavy heart, bleeding heart.

~Heart-broken~, _a._ Disconsolate, inconsolable, woebegone, forlorn, miserable, wretched, desolate, cheerless, comfortless, broken-hearted, in despair.

~Heartburn~, _n._ Cardialgia, cardialgy.

~Heart-burning~, _n._ Grudge, resentment, spleen, gall, rankling, animosity, secret enmity.

~Hearten~, _v. a._ Encourage, embolden, animate, inspirit, enhearten, cheer, incite, stimulate, assure, reassure, comfort, console, buoy up.

~Heart-felt~, _a._ Deep, profound, hearty, cordial, deep-felt, home- felt.

~Hearth~, _n._ Fireside, home, hearth-stone.

~Hearth-stone~, _n._ Fireside.

~Heartily~, _ad._ ~1.~ Sincerely, cordially, from the heart, with all the heart.

~2.~ Vigorously, earnestly, eagerly, ardently, warmly, zealously, with ardor, with zeal, with resolution.

~3.~ Freely, largely, with good appetite.

~Heart's-ease~, _n._ (_Bot._) Pansy (_Viola tricolor_).

~Heart-shaped~, _a._ Cordate.

~Heart-stirring~, _a._ Inspiring, animating.

~Hearty~, _a._ ~1.~ Zealous, earnest, warm, affectionate, cordial, sincere, heartfelt, unfeigned.

~2.~ Healthy, hale, sound, strong, well, robust, in good health.

~Heat~, _n._ ~1.~ Caloric.

~2.~ Warmth.

~3.~ Degree of temperature.

~4.~ Excitement, flush, vehemence, impetuosity, violence, passion, fever.

~5.~ Ardor, earnestness, fervor, zeal.

~6.~ Contest, struggle, race.

~Heat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make hot.

~2.~ Excite, flush, make feverish.

~3.~ Warm, animate, rouse.

~Heather~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Heath.

~Heath-cock~, _n._ Black-grouse, black-game, blackcock (_Tetrao tetrix_).

~Heathen~, _n. & a._ Gentile, pagan, heathenish.

~Heathenish~, _a._ ~1.~ Heathen, pagan, gentile.

~2.~ Barbarous, savage, cruel, inhuman.

~Heathenism~, _n._ ~1.~ Paganism, gentilism.

~2.~ Barbarism.

~Heath~, _n._ HEATHER.

~Heathery~, _a._ Heathy.

~Heath-game~, _n._ Grouse.

~Heathy~, _a._ Heathery.

~Heating~, _a._ Calorific, heat-producing.

~Heat-producing~, _a._ HEATING.

~Heave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lift, hoist, raise, elevate, raise up.

~2.~ Breathe, force from the breast.

~3.~ Throw, toss, hurl, send, fling.

~Heave~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Pant.

~2.~ Swell, dilate, expand.

~3.~ Retch, keck, try to vomit.

~4.~ Struggle, strive, make an effort.

~Heave in sight~, (_Naut._) Appear, come in sight, become visible, come into view, open to the view.

~Heave~, _n._ ~1.~ Swell, rising, swelling, heaving.

~2.~ Retching, effort to vomit.

~3.~ Struggle, striving, effort.

~4.~ Fling, throw.

~Heaven~, _n._ ~1.~ Firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean, celestial sphere, starry heaven, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven.

~2.~ Paradise, Elysium, abode of the blessed.

~3.~ GOD, Jehovah, Lord.

~4.~ Exalted state, state of bliss, great felicity, supreme happiness.

~Heavenly~, _a._ ~1.~ Celestial, of the firmament, of the visible heavens.

~2.~ Divine, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, godlike.

~Heavenly-minded~, _a._ Devout, pious, religious, godly, reverent, spiritually-minded.

~Heaviness~, _n._ ~1.~ Gravity, weight, ponderousness.

~2.~ Oppressiveness, grievousness, severity.

~3.~ Languor, dulness, stupidity, sluggishness.

~4.~ Dejection, depression, sadness, melancholy, despondency, gloom, low spirits, depression of spirits.

~Heaving~, _n._ ~1.~ Panting.

~2.~ Swell, rising, swelling, heave.

~Heavy~, _a._ ~1.~ WEIGHTY (_with reference to one's strength_), ponderous, not light, not easy to lift.

~2.~ Oppressive, grievous, severe, burdensome, cumbersome, afflictive.

~3.~ Dull, sluggish, inert, inactive, stupid, torpid, indolent, slow.

~4.~ Dejected, depressed, sorrowful, sad, gloomy, melancholy, despondent, downcast, down-hearted, low-spirited, crest-fallen, chap- fallen, in low spirits.

~5.~ Onerous, difficult, laborious.

~6.~ Tedious, tiresome, wearisome.

~7.~ Loaded, burdened, encumbered, weighed down.

~8.~ Miry, muddy, cloggy, clayey.

~9.~ Clammy (_as bread_), not well raised.

~10.~ Stormy, tempestuous, violent, boisterous.

~11.~ Loud, deep, roaring.

~Heavy-spar~, _n._ Sulphate of baryta (_native_).

~Hebdomadal~, _a._ Weekly.

~Hebetate~, _v. a._ Dull, blunt, stupefy, benumb, make torpid.

~Hebrew~, _n._ ~1.~ Israelite, Jew.

~2.~ Hebrew language.

~Hebrew~, _a._ Jewish.

~Hectic~, _a._ Habitual (_as the fever attending consumption_), constitutional.

~Hector~, _n._ Bully, blusterer, swaggerer, noisy fellow.

~Hector~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bully, threaten, menace.

~2.~ Vex, tease, annoy, fret, harry, worry, irritate, provoke.

~Hector~, _v. n._ Bluster, swagger, play the bully.

~Heddle~, _n._ Healds.

~Hedge~, _n._ Fence (_of bushes or shrubs_), hedge-fence.

~Hedge~, _v. a._ Enclose with a hedge.

~Hedge-born~, _a._ Obscure, of low birth, meanly born.

~Hedge-fence~, _n._ HEDGE.

~Hedge in~, Enclose, environ, surround, shut in, hem in.

~Hedge up~, Obstruct, bar, shut up.

~Heed~, _v. a._ Regard, mind, notice, mark, observe, attend to, give heed to, pay attention to, take notice of.

~Heed~, _n._ Regard, notice, care, attention, caution, heedfulness, watchfulness, wariness, vigilance, circumspection, observation.

~Heedful~, _a._ Observant, observing, mindful, regardful, watchful, cautious, careful, wary, circumspect, attentive, provident.

~Heedless~, _a._ Unobserving, unobservant, inattentive, careless, thoughtless, negligent, neglectful, unmindful, regardless, inconsiderate, unwatchful.

~Heedlessness~, _n._ Carelessness, thoughtlessness, inattention, inadvertence, neglect, oversight.

~Heel~, _v. n._ (_Naut._) Incline, lean.

~Heft~, _n._ ~1.~ Handle.

~2.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Weight.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Bulk, greater part.

~Hegira~, _n._ ~1.~ Flight of Mahomet (_July 16, 622_).

~2.~ Exodus, departure, going out.

~Heifer~, _n._ Young cow.

~Height~, _n._ ~1.~ Elevation, altitude, TALLNESS.

~2.~ Eminence, summit, apex, acme, culminating point.

~3.~ Hill, mountain, high ground.

~4.~ Utmost degree.

~Heighten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exalt, elevate, raise.

~2.~ Increase, enhance, augment.

~3.~ Intensify, aggravate.

~Heinous~, _a._ Flagrant, flagitious, atrocious, infamous, villanous, nefarious, crying, very wicked.

~Helamys~, _n._ Jumping-rat, jumping-hare (_Pedetes capensis_).

~Helical~, _a._ Spiral, winding, cochleary, cochleated, screw-shaped.

~Heliotrope~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Turnsole.

~2.~ (_Min._) Bloodstone.

~Helix~, _n._ ~1.~ Coil, circumvolution, spiral line.

~2.~ Snail-shell.

~Hell~, _n._ Gehenna, purgatory, limbo, abyss, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Erebus, place of torment, bottomless pit, everlasting fire, infernal regions, shades below, realms of Pluto, the lower world.

~Hellenic~, _a._ Grecian.

~Hellenism~, _n._ Grecism, Greek idiom.

~Hellish~, _a._ ~1.~ Of hell.

~2.~ Infernal, diabolical, fiendish, devilish, demoniacal, fiend-like, atrocious, detestable, abominable, execrable, nefarious, very wicked.

~Helm~, _n._ ~1.~ Helmet, morion.

~2.~ Steering apparatus.

~3.~ Direction, control, command, rule, reins, post of command.

~Helmet~, _n._ Helm, morion, CASQUE, cask, head-piece, armor for the head.

~Helminthagogue~, _n._ Anthelmintic, vermifuge.

~Helot~, _n._ Slave (_of Sparta_).

~Helotism~, _n._ Slavery, servitude, serfdom.

~Help~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Relieve, succor, serve.

~2.~ Assist, support, aid, second, back, abet, co-operate with, take part with.

~3.~ Remedy, cure, heal.

~4.~ Prevent, hinder, withstand, resist, repress, control.

~5.~ Avoid, forbear, refrain from.

~Help~, _v. n._ Lend aid, contribute assistance, give one a lift.

~Help~, _n._ ~1.~ Assistance, aid, succor, support.

~2.~ Remedy, relief.

~3.~ Helper, assistant.

~4.~ [_U. S._] Domestic, house-servant (_particularly a maid-servant_).

~Helper~, _n._ Assistant, ally, auxiliary, coadjutor, aider, abettor, colleague, partner.

~Helpful~, _a._ ~1.~ Useful, beneficial, convenient.

~2.~ Wholesome, salutary.

~Helpless~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, feeble, powerless, impotent, imbecile, disabled, infirm.

~2.~ Exposed, defenceless, unprotected.

~3.~ Irremediable, beyond help.

~Helpmate~, _n._ Wife, consort, partner, companion.

~Helpmeet~, _n._ Wife, consort, partner, companion.

~Help on~, Forward, further.

~Help to~, ~1.~ Help to get or obtain.

~2.~ Supply with, furnish with.

~Helter-skelter~, _ad._ Pellmell, irregularly, disorderly, in disorder, in confusion.

~Helve~, _n._ Handle (_of an axe or a hatchet_).

~Helvetic~, _a._ Swiss.

~Hem~, _n._ Border, edge, margin.

~Hem~, _v. a._ Border, edge, skirt.

~Hem in~, Enclose, confine, environ, surround, shut in, hedge in.

~Hematite~, _n._ Bloodstone.

~Hemeralopia~, _n._ (_Med._) Night-blindness, day-sight.

~Hemisphere~, _n._ Half-globe, half-sphere.

~Hemispheric~, _a._ Half-round.

~Hemispherical~, _a._ Half-round.

~Hemistich~, _n._ Half a verse, half a line.

~Hemorrhoids~, _n. pl._ (_Med._) Piles.

~Hence~, _ad._ ~1.~ From this place, from here.

~2.~ From this time.

~3.~ Therefore, from this cause, for that reason, as a consequence.

~4.~ From this source.

~Henceforth~, _ad._ Henceforward, from this time forward.

~Henceforward~, _ad._ HENCEFORTH.

~Hep-tree~, _n._ [Written also _Hip-tree_.] Dog-rose, wild-brier (_Rosa canina_).

~Herald~, _n._ ~1.~ Proclaimer, publisher, crier.

~2.~ Forerunner, precursor, harbinger.

~Herald~, _v. a._ Proclaim, announce, publish.

~Heraldry~, _n._ Blazonry, emblazonry.

~Herbage~, _n._ Herbs, grass, pasture.

~Herbal~, _n._ Herbarium, herbary, hortus-siccus.

~Herbalist~, _n._ Botanist.

~Herbarium~, _n._ Herbal, hortus-siccus.

~Herbary~, _n._ Herbal, hortus-siccus.

~Herb-paris~, _n._ Truelove, oneberry.

~Herculean~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, mighty, powerful, puissant, vigorous, sturdy, athletic, brawny, muscular, sinewy, stalwart, able-bodied.

~2.~ Difficult, toilsome, troublesome, laborious, operose, very hard.

~3.~ Large, great, gigantic, strapping, huge, colossal, Cyclopean.

~Herd~, _n._ ~1.~ Drove (_of the larger animals_).

~2.~ Crowd, rabble, multitude.

~Herd~, _v. n._ Associate (_as beasts_), keep company.

~Herd's-grass~, _n._ ~1.~ [_New England._] Cat's-tail, timothy-grass (_Phleum pratense_).

~2.~ [_Pennsylvania._] Red-top (_Agrostis vulgaris_).

~Here~, _ad._ ~1.~ In this place.

~2.~ In the present state, in the present life.

~Hereafter~, _ad._ ~1.~ In time to come, in some future time.

~2.~ In a future state.

~Hereafter~, _n._ Future state.

~Hereby~, _ad._ By this.

~Hereditable~, _a._ Inheritable.

~Hereditament~, _n._ Inheritable property.

~Hereditary~, _a._ ~1.~ Ancestral, patrimonial, by inheritance.

~2.~ Inherited, transmitted (_from ancestors_).

~Herein~, _ad._ In this.

~Heresiarch~, _n._ Chief heretic, leader in heresy.

~Heresy~, _n._ Heterodoxy, error, unsound doctrine.

~Heretic~, _n._ Sectary, schismatic, nonconformist, dissenter, separatist.

~Heretical~, _a._ Heterodox, schismatic, schismatical, sectarian.

~Heretofore~, _ad._ Formerly, before the present time.

~Hereupon~, _ad._ Upon this, on this.

~Herewith~, _ad._ With this.

~Heritage~, _n._ Inheritance, portion, patrimony, estate.

~Hermeneutic~, _a._ Exegetical.

~Hermeneutical~, _a._ Exegetical.

~Hermeneutics~, _n._ Exegesis, science of interpretation.

~Hermetic~, _a._ Air-tight.

~Hermetical~, _a._ Air-tight.

~Hermit~, _n._ Anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitary, solitaire, EREMITE.

~Hernia~, _n._ Rupture.

~Hernshaw~, _n._ Heron, heronshaw.

~Hero~, _n._ ~1.~ Brave man.

~2.~ Principal character.

~Heroic~, _a._ ~1.~ Brave, valiant, courageous, intrepid, bold, daring, gallant, fearless, dauntless, noble, magnanimous.

~2.~ Epic.

~Heroism~, _n._ Bravery, valor, courage, gallantry, prowess, daring, intrepidity, magnanimity.

~Heron~, _n._ Hernshaw, heronshaw.

~Heronshaw~, _n._ Heron, hernshaw.

~Herschel~, _n._ (_Astron._) Uranus, Georgium Sidus.

~Hesitancy~, _n._ Uncertainty, doubt, suspense, hesitation.

~Hesitate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Pause, delay, demur, doubt, waver, vacillate, be undetermined, stop to consider, be in doubt, be in suspense, be doubtful.

~2.~ Falter, stammer, have an impediment in speech.

~Hesitation~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncertainly, doubt, suspense, hesitancy, vacillation.

~2.~ Faltering, stammering, difficulty of utterance.

~Hesper~, _n._ Hesperus, evening star.

~Hesperian~, _a._ [_Poetical._] Western, occidental.

~Hesperus~, _n._ Hesper, Venus, evening star.

~Hessian-fly~, _n._ Wheat-fly (_Cecidomyia destructor_).

~Heteroclite~, _a._ Irregular, anomalous, abnormal.

~Heterodox~, _a._ Heretical, not orthodox.

~Heterodoxy~, _n._ Heresy, error, unsound doctrine.

~Heterogeneity~, _n._ HETEROGENEOUSNESS.

~Heterogeneous~, _a._ Unlike, dissimilar, different.

~Heterogeneousness~, _n._ Heterogeneity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, unlikeness, difference.

~Heteropathic~, _a._ Allopathic.

~Heteropathy~, _n._ Allopathy.

~Hew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut, chop, hack.

~2.~ Smooth (_with an axe_), fashion, form.

~Hew down~, Fell, cut down.

~Hexahedral~, _a._ Cubic, six-sided.

~Hexahedron~, _n._ Cube, six-sided figure.

~Heyday~, _n._ Frolic, play, exultation.

~Hiatus~, _n._ Opening, gap, break, interval, chasm.

~Hibernate~ _v. n._ Winter, pass the winter.

~Hibernian~, _a._ Irish.

~Hibernian~, _n._ Irishman.

~Hibernicism~, _n._ Irishism, Irish idiom.

~Hibernianism~, _n._ Irishism, Irish idiom.

~Hidden~, _a._ ~1.~ Concealed, secret, latent, occult, clandestine, close.

~2.~ Abstruse, recondite, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, obscure.

~Hide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Secrete, conceal, cover, bury, keep from sight.

~2.~ Shelter, cloak, screen, veil.

~3.~ [_Low._] Flog, whip, beat.

~Hide~, _v. n._ Lie hid, lie concealed, be concealed, conceal one's self, lie in ambush, keep one's self out of sight, be withdrawn from view.

~Hide~, _n._ Skin (_of the larger animals_).

~Hideous~, _a._ Frightful, dreadful, appalling, horrible, terrible, horrid, ghastly, grisly, grim, shocking.

~Hie~, _v. n._ [_Poetical._] Hasten, go in haste.

~Hierarchy~, _n._ Ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical establishment.

~Hieroglyphic~, _a._ Emblematical, symbolical.

~Hieroglyphical~, _a._ Emblematical, symbolical.

~Hieorophant~, _n._ Priest.

~Higgle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Peddle, hawk.

~2.~ Haggle, bargain, negotiate, chaffer.

~Higgledy-piggledy~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] Confusedly, disorderly, pellmell, in disorder, helter-skelter, topsy-turvy, at sixes and sevens.

~Higgler~, _n._ ~1.~ Peddler, travelling trader.

~2.~ Chafferer.

~High~, _a._ ~1.~ Lofty, elevated, TALL, heaven-kissing, of great altitude.

~2.~ Eminent, prominent, pre-eminent, distinguished, superior, exalted, noble, dignified.

~3.~ Abstruse, recondite, occult, obscure, dark, transcendental, profound.

~4.~ Proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious, lordly.

~5.~ Boastful, ostentatious, bragging, vain-glorious.

~6.~ Oppressive, domineering, over-bearing, tyrannical, despotic.

~7.~ Violent, boisterous, turbulent, tumultuous.

~8.~ Great, strong, extreme.

~9.~ Complete, full.

~10.~ Dear, of great price.

~11.~ Acute, sharp, shrill, high-toned, not flat.

~12.~ Somewhat intoxicated, TIGHT, fuddled, boozy.

~High~, _ad._ ~1.~ Aloft, on high, to a great height.

~2.~ Profoundly, powerfully.

~Highest good~, Supreme good, greatest good, SUMMUM BONUM.

~Highfalutin~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Pompous, swelling, inflated, turgid, tumid, bombastic, pretentious, stilted, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, high-flowing, high-sounding, sophomorical, spread-eagle, high-flown.

~High-flavored~, _a._ Pungent, piquant, high-seasoned.

~High-flown~, _a._ 1~.~ Proud, haughty, lofty, supercilious.

~2.~ Extravagant, turgid, bombastic, HIGHFALUTIN.

~High-handed~, _a._ Overbearing, oppressive, arbitrary.

~Highland~, _n._ Mountainous region.

~Highlander~, _n._ Mountaineer.

~Highly~, _ad._ Extremely, exceedingly, very much, in a great degree, in a high degree.