The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.

having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing.

To hear by listening.

One who hearkens; a listener.

Rehearsal.

Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.

A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.

Suitable to a funeral.

To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.

Preying on the heart.

Depriving of thought; ecstatic.

Having the shape of a heart; cordate; -- of a leaf shape.

A part of the breastbone.

causing gladness and pleasure; -- used mostly of the actions of people, and sometimes of animals; as, Is there a sight more heart-warming than a family reunion?.

Having the heart or affections free; not in love.

Wounded to the heart with love or grief.

Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.

the audible and palpable rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; as, he listened to her heartbeat with a stethoscope.

Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.

Causing overpowering sorrow.

Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of other complaints.

Having heartburn.

Same as Heartburn.

Sincerely beloved.

Rooted in the heart.

Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.

To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.

One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.

Hearty; sincere.

Heartache; sorrow.

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.

a rug spread out in front of a fireplace.

Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.

From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity.

The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.

wild ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia to Alabama.

Without a heart.

A little heart.

An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.

Same as Heartseed.

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.

Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart.

Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Merry; cheerful; lively.

Shocked; dismayed.

To affect at heart; to shock.

A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart.

Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.

Rankling in, or swelling, the heart.

The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.

Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.

Good for the heart.

Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.

characterized by great warmth and intensity of feeling; as, a heated argument. Opposite of dispassionate, passionless.

One who, or that which, heats.

A large Northern European black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix formerly Tetrao tetrix) with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, and moor fowl. See heath grouse under heath, above.

Clad or crowned with heath.

Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.

That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.

Heathendom.

Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.

In a heathenish manner.

The state or quality of being heathenish.

The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.

To render heathen or heathenish.

State of being heathen or like the heathen.

The state, quality, or character of the heathen.

Heath.

Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.

Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills.

That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.

In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated.

Destitute of heat; cold.

A physiological disturbance caused by exposure to excessive heat, resulting in rapid pulse, hot dry skin, and fever, leading to loss of consciousness.

a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders; called also helm.

An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.

To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.

To render like heaven or fit for heaven.

The state or quality of being heavenly.

In a manner resembling that of heaven.

Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious.

Toward heaven.

One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.

A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.

In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.

Heavy; dull.

To make heavy.

Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Clumsy; awkward.

same as ham-fisted.

Dull; stupid.

feeling or affected by sorrow or unhappiness.

burdened by cares.

obese.

a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds.

A week; a period of seven days.

In periods of seven days; weekly.

A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

Weekly; hebdomadal.

Ebony.

See Henbane.

Obtuse; dull.

The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.

Dull; stupid.

Dullness; stupidity.

Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.

After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.

One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.

In a Hebraistic sense or form.

To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.

Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.