A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
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A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
Having seven seeds.
A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
The first seven books of the Testament.
Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.
Same as Heptylene.
Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.
Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. /nanthylic.
The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.
A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
widely publicized; as, the royal couple's much heralded world tour.
Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
of or pertaining to 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.
The office of a herald.
The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
A herald.
A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
A woman that sells herbs.
Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
Covered with grass.
A book containing the names and descriptions of plants.
The knowledge of herbs.
One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
An herb.
A herbalist.
A herbalist.
A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.
See Herborize.
A garden of herbs; a cottage garden.
A garden; a pleasure garden.
Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor.
A harbinger.
A harbor.
Growing into herbs.
Covered with herbs.
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
A herbalist.
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.
One of the Herbivora.
Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
Destitute of herbs or of vegetation.
A small herb.
A herbalist.
The act of herborizing.
To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.
A harbor.
Abounding with herbs.
Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage.
Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or /labors./
A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies.
Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.
To form or put into a herd.
A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.
A herdsman.
A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.
A shepherdess; a female herder.
A herdsman.
A kind of low-hung cab.
The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
A woman who tends a herd.
In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
Of them; their.
At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.
About this place; in this vicinity.
A future existence or state.
Hereafter.
By means of this.
State of being hereditable.
Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable.
By inheritance.
Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir.
By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.
From hence.
In this.
In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).
In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).
Into this.
A hermit.
Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.
Made of hair.
Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.
On or upon this; hereupon.
Out of this.
A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
A chief or great heresy.
One who writes on heresies.
A treatise on heresy.
One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.
Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.
In an heretical manner.
To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical.
The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical.
To this; hereunto.
Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past.
The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal.
Unto this; up to this time; hereto.
On this; hereon.
With this.
To praise; to worship.
Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.
Subject to the payment of a heriot.
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.
The state of being heritable.
Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.
That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
Heritage; inheritance.
A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
Same as Harl, 2.
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