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.

A metallic element of atomic number 72 present together with zirconium to the extent of 1% to 5% in zirconium minerals. It is a poisonous, ductile metal with a brilliant silver luster, has an atomic weight of 178.49, and has a high melting point (2227/ C). It is used in nuclear reactors, and incandescent lamps as a scavenger of oxygen and nitrogen. See also norium.

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.

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.

The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.

Destitute of hair; bald.

shaped like a hair; long and slender.

a very thin line.

a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place.

a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment; a toupee.

A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.

One who makes excessively fine or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.

Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.

The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (Thecla rubi).

Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., Trichiurus lepturus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

a country on the island of Hispaniola.

Same as Haytian; -- now the preferred spelling.

The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.

A pilgrimage to Mecca; every Muslim must make this journey at least once.

One who has made a journey to Mecca; Same as hadji.

To loiter; to sneak.

See Forkbeard.

Same as Acton.

A Muslim title for a ruler; a judge.

Harold; -- a nickname.

The name of an intelligent computer in the movie 2001, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.

An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.

Hastate.

One who is armed with a halberd.