Name Report For First Name HERA:
HERA
First name HERA's origin is Greek. HERA means "myth name (wife of zeus)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with HERA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of hera.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with HERA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with HERA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming HERA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES HERA AS A WHOLE:
cythera thera chera hugiherahta gherardo herald heraldo reginheraht heraklesr sherardNAMES RHYMING WITH HERA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (era) - Names That Ends with era:
azmera japera dendera abdera hemera yera chimera alvera amiera andera atera cera ciera devera diera elvera javiera jiera kera kiera lera primavera tamera xaviera xevera ameera basheera zera sameera musheera muneera baheera averaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:
asura aurora chinara efra iyangura katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira soumra adra aludra alzubra badra bahira bushra johara nasira noura samira thara' yusra gadara adora chamorra senora thora kakra mukamutara mukantagara sagira shukura subira zahra azura ceara aethra aldara ara astra calandra cassandra cleopatra clytemnestra cynara cyra deianira dora electra fedora hilaeira hydra hypermnestra isadora isaura kleopatra lysandra madora marmara metanira musidora pandora phaedra pheodoraNAMES RHYMING WITH HERA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (her) - Names That Begins with her:
her herbert hercules here hererinc heretoga heriberto herlb herlbert herlebeorht herman hermandine hermes hermione hermoine hermosa hern hernan hernandez hernando herne hero herrick herschel hershel herta hertha heru herve herzeloydeRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (he) - Names That Begins with he:
he-lush-ka heahweard healhtun heall healleah heallfrith heallstede healum healy heammawihio heanford heanleah heardind heardwi heardwine hearne hearpere heath heathcliff heathclyf heathdene heather heathle heathleah heathley heaven heaven-leigh hebe heber hebron hecate hector hecuba hedda hedia hedvig hedvige hedwig hedy hedyla hefeydd hegarty heh hehet hehewuti heida heide heidi heikki heikkinen heilyn heinrich heinz heitor hekli hekuba hel helain helaine helaku helder helen helena helene helenus helga helia helice helike heliosNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HERA:
First Names which starts with 'h' and ends with 'a':
habiba hadara hadiya hadya haifa hajna hakidonmuya hakizimana haleema halfrida halfryta halia haligwiella halima halimeda hallfrita halona hameeda hamia hamza hana haneefa hania hanifa hanna hannela hannelora hanrietta harelea harimanna harimilla harmonia harrietta hartma hasana hasina hasna havanna hawa haya helma helsa hendrika henrietta henrika henriqua heortwiella hepsiba hesperia hessa hestia hida hilda hildemara hilma hippodamia hippolyta hisa hisolda hlinka hlisa hoa hola holda holea honbria honiahaka honora honoria honza hooda hooriya horia hortencia hosanna hosea hraefnscaga hrothbeorhta hrothberta hrothbertina hrothnerta hrypa huata huberta huda huetta hughetta hugiberahta huguetta hulda huma humita huyana hygeia hygieia hylda hypatiaEnglish Words Rhyming HERA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES HERA AS A WHOLE:
| aerotherapentics | noun (n.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. |
| balneotherapy | noun (n.) The treatment of disease by baths. |
| botheration | noun (n.) The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. |
| coherald | noun (n.) A joint herald. |
| decipherable | adjective (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable. |
| entoperipheral | adjective (a.) Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral. |
| epiperipheral | adjective (a.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. |
| fartherance | noun (n.) See Furtherance. |
| furtherance | noun (n.) The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress. |
| gatherable | adjective (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. |
| heracleonite | noun (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church. |
| herakline | noun (n.) A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting. |
| herald | noun (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. |
| noun (n.) In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms. | |
| noun (n.) A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. | |
| noun (n.) A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger. | |
| noun (n.) Any messenger. | |
| verb (v. t.) To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. |
| heralding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herald |
| heraldic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. |
| heraldry | noun (n.) 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. |
| heraldship | noun (n.) The office of a herald. |
| herapathite | noun (n.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light. |
| heraud | noun (n.) A herald. |
| hydrotherapy | noun (n.) See Hydropathy. |
| hydrotherapeutics | noun (n.) A system of treating disease by baths and mineral waters. |
| inantherate | adjective (a.) Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens. |
| indecipherable | adjective (a.) Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved. |
| isotheral | adjective (a.) Having the nature of an isothere; indicating the distribution of temperature by means of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart or line. |
| kinesitherapy | noun (n.) See Kinesiatrics. |
| lutheran | noun (n.) One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church. |
| lutheranism | noun (n.) Alt. of Lutherism |
| magnetotherapy | noun (n.) The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body. |
| metallotherapy | noun (n.) Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body. |
| peripheral | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric. |
| adjective (a.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system. |
| pneumotherapy | noun (n.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air. |
| phototherapy | noun (n.) The application of light for therapeutic purposes, esp. for treating diseases of the skin. |
| psychotherapeutics | noun (n.) The treatment of disease by acting on the mind, as by suggestion; mind cure; psychotherapy. |
| psychotherapy | noun (n.) Psychotherapeutics. |
| radiotherapy | noun (n.) Treatment of disease by means of Rontgen rays or other forms of radioactivity. |
| spheral | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres. |
| adjective (a.) Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect. |
| serotherapy | noun (n.) Serum-therapy. |
| noun (n.) The whey cure. |
| telpherage | noun (n.) The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. |
| noun (n.) Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity. |
| therapeutae | noun (n. pl.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited. |
| therapeutic | noun (n.) One of the Therapeutae. |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of Therapeutical |
| therapeutical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. |
| therapeutics | noun (n.) That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. |
| therapeutist | noun (n.) One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies. |
| therapy | noun (n.) Therapeutics. |
| thermotherapy | noun (n.) Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air. |
| usherance | noun (n.) The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH HERA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (era) - English Words That Ends with era:
| acetabulifera | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. |
| aphaniptera | noun (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea. |
| aptera | noun (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders. |
| brachyptera | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles. |
| camera | noun (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura. |
| cephaloptera | noun (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton. |
| cheiroptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat. |
| chelicera | noun (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects. |
| chimaera | noun (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point. |
| chimera | noun (n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. |
| noun (n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. |
| cholera | noun (n.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. |
| cladocera | noun (n. pl.) An order of the Entomostraca. |
| coelentera | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Coelenterata |
| coleoptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils. |
| colera | noun (n.) Bile; choler. |
| conchifera | noun (n. pl.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca. |
| cordillera | noun (n.) A mountain ridge or chain. |
| dermaptera | noun (n.) Alt. of Dermapteran |
| dermoptera | noun (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae). |
| noun (n. pl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo. | |
| noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. |
| dimera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids. |
| diptera | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet. |
| drosera | noun (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew. |
| ephemera | noun (n.) A fever of one day's continuance only. |
| noun (n.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. | |
| (pl. ) of Ephemeron |
| epimera | noun (n. pl.) See Epimeron. |
| (pl. ) of Epimeron |
| era | noun (n.) A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned. |
| noun (n.) A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian). | |
| noun (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch. |
| euplexoptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig. |
| foraminifera | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda. |
| genera | noun (n. pl.) See Genus. |
| (pl. ) of Genus |
| hemiptera | noun (n. pl.) 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. |
| heterocera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form. |
| heteromera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi. |
| heteroptera | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera. |
| hijera | noun (n.) Alt. of Hijra |
| homoptera | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera. |
| hymenoptera | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc. |
| hetaera | noun (n.) Alt. of Hetaira |
| indigofera | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil. |
| lepidoptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored. |
| microlepidoptera | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc. |
| monera | noun (n. pl.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus. |
| (pl. ) of Moneron |
| nematocera | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera. |
| neuroptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera. |
| octocera | noun (n.pl.) Octocerata. |
| opera | noun (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama. |
| noun (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music. | |
| noun (n.) The house where operas are exhibited. | |
| (pl. ) of Opus |
| orthoptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect. |
| patera | noun (n.) A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies. |
| noun (n.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like. |
| pentamera | noun (n. pl.) An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera. |
| phylloxera | noun (n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe. |
| noun (n.) The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described. |
| pilifera | noun (n. pl.) Same as Mammalia. |
| platyptera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla). |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH HERA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (her) - Words That Begins with her:
| her | adjective (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out. |
| (pron. pl.) Alt. of Here |
| herb | noun (n.) A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. |
| noun (n.) Grass; herbage. |
| herbaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem. |
| herbage | noun (n.) Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. |
| noun (n.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man. |
| herbaged | adjective (a.) Covered with grass. |
| herbal | noun (n.) A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. |
| noun (n.) A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to herbs. |
| herbalism | noun (n.) The knowledge of herbs. |
| herbalist | noun (n.) One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs. |
| herbar | noun (n.) An herb. |
| herbarian | noun (n.) A herbalist. |
| herbarist | noun (n.) A herbalist. |
| herbarium | noun (n.) A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. |
| noun (n.) A book or case for preserving dried plants. |
| herbary | noun (n.) A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. |
| herber | noun (n.) A garden; a pleasure garden. |
| herbergage | noun (n.) Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. |
| herbergeour | noun (n.) A harbinger. |
| herbergh | noun (n.) Alt. of Herberwe |
| herberwe | noun (n.) A harbor. |
| herbescent | adjective (a.) Growing into herbs. |
| herbid | adjective (a.) Covered with herbs. |
| herbiferous | adjective (a.) Bearing herbs or vegetation. |
| herbist | noun (n.) A herbalist. |
| herbivora | noun (n. pl.) 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. |
| herbivore | noun (n.) One of the Herbivora. |
| herbivorous | adjective (a.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora. |
| herbless | adjective (a.) Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. |
| herblet | noun (n.) A small herb. |
| herborist | noun (n.) A herbalist. |
| herborization | noun (n.) The act of herborizing. |
| noun (n.) The figure of plants in minerals or fossils. |
| herborizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herborize |
| herborough | noun (n.) A harbor. |
| herbose | adjective (a.) Alt. of Herbous |
| herbous | adjective (a.) Abounding with herbs. |
| herby | adjective (a.) Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. |
| hercogamous | adjective (a.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy. |
| herculean | adjective (a.) Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task. |
| adjective (a.) Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. |
| hercules | noun (n.) 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." |
| noun (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra. |
| hercynian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains. |
| herd | noun (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. |
| noun (n.) A crowd of low people; a rabble. | |
| noun (n.) One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. | |
| adjective (a.) Haired. | |
| verb (v. i.) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills. | |
| verb (v. i.) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company. | |
| verb (v. i.) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. | |
| verb (v. t.) To form or put into a herd. |
| herding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herd |
| herdbook | noun (n.) A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register. |
| herder | noun (n.) A herdsman. |
| herderite | noun (n.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals. |
| herdess | noun (n.) A shepherdess; a female herder. |
| herdgroom | noun (n.) A herdsman. |
| herdic | noun (n.) A kind of low-hung cab. |
| herdman | noun (n.) Alt. of Herdsman |
| herdsman | noun (n.) The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle. |
| herdswoman | noun (n.) A woman who tends a herd. |
| here | noun (n.) Hair. |
| noun (pron.) See Her, their. | |
| noun (pron.) Her; hers. See Her. | |
| adverb (adv.) In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there. | |
| adverb (adv.) In the present life or state. | |
| adverb (adv.) To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither. | |
| adverb (adv.) At this point of time, or of an argument; now. | |
| (pron. pl.) Of them; their. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH HERA:
English Words which starts with 'h' and ends with 'a':
| hacienda | noun (n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions. |
| haematocrya | noun (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya. |
| haematophlina | noun (n. pl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire. |
| haematotherma | noun (n. pl.) Same as Hematotherma. |
| haggada | noun (n.) A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. |
| hagiographa | noun (n. pl.) The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. |
| noun (n. pl.) The lives of the saints. |
| halacha | noun (n.) The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash. |
| halesia | noun (n.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels. |
| halisauria | noun (n. pl.) The Enaliosauria. |
| halma | noun (n.) The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon. |
| noun (n.) A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from different corners and striving to place each his own set of men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress. |
| haminura | noun (n.) A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana. |
| han sa | noun (n.) See 2d Hanse. |
| harmonica | noun (n.) A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones. |
| noun (n.) A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers. |
| harpa | noun (n.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs. |
| hatteria | noun (n.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera. |
| haustellata | noun (n. pl.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis. |
| havana | noun (n.) An Havana cigar. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar |
| heartpea | noun (n.) Same as Heartseed. |
| hegira | noun (n.) The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed. |
| hejira | noun (n.) See Hegira. |
| helena | noun (n.) See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint. |
| helianthoidea | noun (n. pl.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria. |
| heliconia | noun (n.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white. |
| helicotrema | noun (n.) The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear. |
| heliopora | noun (n.) An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral. |
| heliozoa | noun (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule. |
| hematocrya | noun (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma. |
| hematoma | noun (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin. |
| hematophilia | noun (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds. |
| hematotherma | noun (n. pl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya. |
| hematuria | noun (n.) Passage of urine mingled with blood. |
| hemeralopia | noun (n.) 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. |
| hemianaesthesia | noun (n.) Anaesthesia upon one side of the body. |
| hemicardia | noun (n.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. |
| hemicrania | noun (n.) A pain that affects only one side of the head. |
| hemimetabola | noun (n. pl.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis. |
| hemina | noun (n.) A measure of half a sextary. |
| noun (n.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces. |
| hemiopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Hemiopsia |
| hemiopsia | noun (n.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at. |
| hemiplegia | noun (n.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body. |
| hemophilia | noun (n.) See Hematophilia. |
| henna | noun (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc. |
| noun (n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them. |
| hepatica | noun (n.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. |
| noun (n.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement. |
| heptagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils. |
| heptandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens. |
| herma | noun (n.) See Hermes, 2. |
| hernia | noun (n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. |
| heteromyaria | noun (n. pl.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus. |
| heteropoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells. |
| heterotricha | noun (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end. |
| hexactinia | noun (n. pl.) The Anthozoa. |
| hexagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils. |
| hexandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens. |
| hexapoda | noun (n. pl.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids. |
| hierapicra | noun (n.) A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark. |
| hierotheca | noun (n.) A receptacle for sacred objects. |
| hijra | noun (n.) See Hegira. |
| hippa | noun (n.) Alt. of Hippe |
| hippobosca | noun (n.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. |
| hirudinea | noun (n. pl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei. |
| holloa | noun (n. & v. i.) Same as Hollo. |
| holmia | noun (n.) An oxide of holmium. |
| holometabola | noun (n. pl.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola. |
| holostomata | noun (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture. |
| holostraca | noun (n. pl.) A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell. |
| holothurioidea | noun (n. pl.) One of the classes of echinoderms. |
| holotricha | noun (n. pl.) A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body. |
| homoeomeria | noun (n.) The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts. |
| homologoumena | noun (n. pl.) Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena. |
| homotaxia | noun (n.) Same as Homotaxis. |
| hosanna | noun (n.) A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. |
| huzza | noun (n.) A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah. |
| verb (v. i.) To shout huzza; to cheer. | |
| verb (v. t.) To receive or attend with huzzas. | |
| (interj.) A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement. |
| hyaena | noun (n.) Same as Hyena. |
| hyalea | noun (n.) A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix. |
| hyalonema | noun (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope. |
| hyalospongia | noun (n. pl.) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinae. |
| hydra | noun (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster. |
| noun (n.) Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort. | |
| noun (n.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker. | |
| noun (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo. |
| hydraemia | noun (n.) An abnormally watery state of the blood; anaemia. |
| hydrangea | noun (n.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan. |
| hydria | noun (n.) A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form. |
| hydrina | noun (n. pl.) The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong. |
| hydrobranchiata | noun (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera. |
| hydrocorallia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora. |
| hydroidea | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acalephae. |
| hydromedusa | noun (n.) Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae. |
| hydromica | noun (n.) A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite. |
| hydrophobia | noun (n.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence: |
| noun (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness. |
| hydrophora | noun (n. pl.) The Hydroidea. |
| hydrorhiza | noun (n.) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea. |
| hydrosoma | noun (n.) All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds. |
| hydrotheca | noun (n.) One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and Campanularian. |
| hydrozoa | noun (n. pl.) The Acalephae; one of the classes of coelenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora. |
| (pl. ) of Hydrozoon |
| hyena | noun (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. |
| hygeia | noun (n.) The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius. |
| hyperaemia | noun (n.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body. |
| hyperaesthesia | noun (n.) A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it. |
| hyperbola | noun (n.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus. |
| hyperdulia | noun (n.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. |
| hyperesthesia | noun (n.) Same as Hyperaesthesia. |
| hypermetropia | noun (n.) Alt. of Hypermetropy |
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