One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.

A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.

A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.

Of relating to the hemerobians.

A natural family of insects including the brown lacewings.

one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Lily family Liliaceae, but not widely accepted; it includes the genus Hemerocallis.

A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.

A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

Same as Hemialbumose.

An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.

Anaesthesia upon one side of the body.

An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.

A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left.

One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.

A lateral half of the cerebrum.

See Semiglutin.

A pain that affects only one side of the head.

Hemicranis.

A half circle; a semicircle.

Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.

The lesser third.

Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.

The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.

Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron.

The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.

A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.

Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.

Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic acid.

Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.

Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.

Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.

A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.

A measure of half a sextary.

A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.

A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.

Same as Monoclinic.

A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.

A palsy that affects one side only of the body.

Hemiplegia.

Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Sch/tzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.

One of the Hemiptera.

An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.

One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.

Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.

A natural family of fish including the halfbeaks, marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide.

To divide along the mesial plane.

A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.

A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.

Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.

A half of a spheroid.

Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.

A half spherule.

Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.

Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.

See Semitone.

That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Turned half round; half inverted.

Twin composition in crystals.

A shed or hovel for cattle.

One who, or that which, hems with a needle. An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down. A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.

a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses.

The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.

Same as Haemochromometer.

The lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin; the breaking apart of red blood cells in the blood.

of or pertaining to hemolysis; causing hemolysis.

A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds; it is caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood, and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the X-chromosome, and therefore usually occurs only in males; there are several specific forms. It may be treated by administering purified clotting factor. It was formerly termed Hematophilia.

of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophilic.

of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophiliac.

The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.

Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.

Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods.

a granular yellowish-brown substance composed of protein and ferric oxide, resulting from the breakdown of hemoglobin; it has a higher iron content than ferritin, and its presence in body tissues or phagocytes can be a symptom of disturbed iron metabolism.

The accumulation of abnormal amounts of hemosiderin in the tisssues. Several causes have been recognized.

a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.

A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.

An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

A plant of the genus Cannabis (Cannabis sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.

Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.

Like hemp.

Themselves; -- used reflexively.

To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.

Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.

The roebuck in its third year.

The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.

A large grayish-brown edible fungus (Polyporus frondosus) forming a mass of overlapping caps at the base of trees that somewhat resembles a hen.

To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.

An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).

A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.

A weed of the genus Lamium (Lamium amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.

To send away.

From this time forward; henceforward.

From this time forward; from now into the indefinite future; henceforth.

A page; a servant.

An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

A coop or cage for hens.

Skillful; dexterous; clever.

A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles.

A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.

Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.

A metrical line of eleven syllables.

Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.

A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.

See Hende.

Hence.

A marine fish; the sea bream. A young bib. See Bib, n., 2.

Hung.

A house or shelter for fowls.

A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.

See Jeniquen.

An inclosed place for keeping hens.

Hence.

Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

Same as Ontogeny.

Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest.

Harmonizing; irenic.