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Henceforward

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

Henchman

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

Hende

Skillful; dexterous; clever.

Hendecagon

A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles.

Hendecane

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

Hendecatoic

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

Hendiadys

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.

Henfish

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

Henhussy

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

Hennery

An inclosed place for keeping hens.

Hennotannic

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

Henotheism

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

Henry

The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one amp/re a second.

Hent

To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.

Henware

A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.

henyard

an enclosed yard for keeping poultry.

hep

A call used by drill instructors to count cadence during marching; used identically to hut and hup.

Hepar

Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (/).

Hepatic

Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

Hepatite

A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.

Hepatize

To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.

Hepato-pancreas

A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.

Hepatocystic

Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.

Hepatology

The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

Hepatorenal

Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.

Hepatoscopy

Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

hepcat

One who performs jazz music.

Heppelwhite

Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A. Heppelwhite Co.

Heptachord

A system of seven sounds. A lyre with seven chords.

Heptad

An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.

Heptagon

A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

Heptagynia

A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.

Heptamerous

Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens.

Heptandria

A Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens.

Heptane

Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.

Heptarchic

Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy.

Heptarchy

A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.

Heptastich

A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

Heptavalent

Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

Heptine

Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.

Heptoic

Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.

Heptone

A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.

Heptyl

A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

Heptylene

A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.

Heptylic

Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. /nanthylic.

Her

The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.

Heracleonite

A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

Herakline

A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.

Herald

To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.

heralded

widely publicized; as, the royal couple's much heralded world tour.

Heraldic

Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.

Heraldically

In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.

Heraldry

The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

Herapathite

The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.

Herb

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

Herbaceous

Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.

Herbal

A book containing the names and descriptions of plants.

Herbalist

One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

Herbarium

A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.

Herbary

A garden of herbs; a cottage garden.

Herber

A garden; a pleasure garden.

Herbivora

An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Herbivorous

Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

Herbless

Destitute of herbs or of vegetation.

Herborize

To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.

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