See Haema-.

One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.

The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.

Cold-blooded.

Same as Hematocrystallin.

Same as Hemadynamometer.

The origin and development of blood. The transformation of venous into arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.

Relating to haematogenesis.

Originating in the blood.

Same as Hematoglobulin.

Same as Hematoid.

Same as Hematoidin.

A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.

See Haematoin.

The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.

Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; haemolysis.

Same as Hemadynamometer. An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

A division of Chiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.

Same as Haematoblast.

Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.

See Haematoin.

A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.

A haemoscope.

Hematin.

Same as Hematosis.

Same as Hematotherma.

Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.

Same as Hemothorax.

The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.

A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

A parasite inhabiting the blood Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc. The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.

Pertaining to the blood; hemal.

Same as Hemin.

See Haema-.

Same as Haemachrome.

A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.

An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.

Same as Haemacyanin.

See Haemocytotrypsis.

See Haemacytometer.

A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or haemocytolysis.

Same as Haemadromograph.

Same as Hemadrometer.

Same as Hemadynamics.

Same as Hemoglobin.

Same as Hemochromometer.

A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action of zinc dust as a reducing agent upon the coloring matter of the blood, used medicinally as a hematinic.

See Hematoidin.

Same as Haematolysis, Haematolytic.

Same as Hemadynamometer.

Same as Hemadynamometer.

A plant described by Milton as /of sovereign use against all enchantments./

Same as Haematoplastic.

Same as Hemorrhoidal.

An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.

Same as Hemostatic.

Same as Haematachometer.

Same as Haematachometry.

Hove.

To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.

To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

A caviler; a wrangler.

A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

A plant of the genus Prunus (Prunus Padus); the bird cherry.

Born of a hag or witch.

A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.

A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.

One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., Puffinus major, the greater shearwarter, and Puffinus Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

See Hag, 4.

A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.

A stackyard.

In a haggard manner.

Like a hag; lean; ugly.

A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.

Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.

In the manner of a hag.

The act or process of haggling.

One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.

A sacred government; government by holy orders of men.

Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.

The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles, or that portion of the Old Testament not contained in the Law (Tora) and the Prophets (Nevi'im) -- it is also called in Hebrew the Ketuvim. Together with the Tora and Nevi'im, it comprises the Hebrew Bible, which is called in Hebrew the Tanach, a vocalization of the first letters of its three parts.

One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.

Same as Hagiographa.

The invocation or worship of saints.

One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.

The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.

An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.

Ridden by a hag or witch; afflicted with nightmares; tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears.

The offspring of a hag.

The state or title of a hag.

See Hagbut.

Same as Ha.

A mineral consisting chiefly of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts.

A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.

The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

Chinese maritime customs.

A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.

An intimate companion.

To greet; to salute.

Small shot which scatter like hailstones.

A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.

Of hail.

To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass.

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

a compact mass of hair that forms in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur; as, the cat coughed up a hairball right on the new rug.

Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

See Harebell.

The chipping sparrow.

See Harebrained.

Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.

A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.

One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.

a toiletry for the hair.

Having hair.

Hairy.