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proper noun
- (biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
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| hamate |
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noun (plural hamates)
- The hamate bone.
adjective
- (anatomy) Hooked at the tip.
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| hammer |
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noun
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- (anatomy) The malleus.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (curling) The last rock in an end.
- (context, Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
verb
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (sports) To hit particularly hard.
- To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- I could hear the engine"s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
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| hamulus |
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noun Plural: Hamuli
- (Anatomy): A hook, or hooklike process
- (Zoí¶logy): A hooked barbicel of a feather
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| hard palate |
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noun
- A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.
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| haunch |
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noun
- (anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that is able to sit on its hindquarters.
- The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
- (architecture) A squat vertical support structure.
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| Head |
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proper noun
- An English surname.
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| heart |
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noun
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body.
- emotions, Emotions, kindness, or spirit in general (but like above, people only have one heart).
- A shape or symbol approximately in the shape of a heart (�).
- A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- The centre, essence, or core.
verb
- (context, internet slang, text messaging, emoticon) To be fond of, frequently abbreviated as <3.
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| heel |
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noun (wikipedia, Heel, Heel (part of the foot))
- (anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
- The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- (nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, the degree of such a tilt.
verb
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
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| heel bone |
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noun - The calcaneus.
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| helix |
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noun (helixes, pl2=helices)
- (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
- (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
- (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
proper noun Helix
- (zoology) A genus of land snail containing many species.
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| hemisphere |
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noun
- (geometry) A half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere.
- (geography) Half of the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere.
- (anatomy) Either of the two halves of the cerebrum.
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| hemocyte |
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noun
- a component of a blood cell, especially of an invertebrate
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| hepatic |
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noun (plural: hepatics)
- Any compound that acts on the liver.
compound
- Japanese: ����� (�������, kanz� ni kiku)
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
- Of or relating to the liver.
- Acting on or occurring in the liver.
- (colour) of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.
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| hepatopancreas |
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noun
- An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.
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| hiatus |
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noun (hiatus, pl2=hiatuses)
- A break or pause.
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- (linguistics)
- A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
- The condition of having such a break.
- Words like reality and naí¯ve contain vowels in hiatus.
- A gap in geological strata.
- A fissure in a bone.
- A small difference in pitch between two musical tones.
- A vacation.
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| hilum |
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noun (plural hila)
- The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.
- The nucleus of a starch grain.
- (anatomy) A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ. Also called porta.
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| hinge |
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noun
- A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
- A folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
- A point in time, on which subsequent events depend.
verb (hing, es)
- (transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
- (intransitive) To depend on something.
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| hip |
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noun
- (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
- The fruit of a rose.
adjective (hipper, hippest)
- (slang) aware
- (slang) trendy.
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| hipbone |
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noun
- (anatomy) Same as hip bone.
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| hippocampal |
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adjective
- Pertaining to the hippocampus.
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| hippocampus |
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noun (hippocampi)
- (anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe which consists mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion. So named because of its resemblance to the seahorse.
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| humerus |
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noun (humeri)
- (anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.
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| Hymen |
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) The god of marriage.
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| hypochondrium |
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noun (plural hypochondria)
- (anatomy) the upper region of the abdomen, below the lower ribs, each side of the epigastrium
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| hypodermic |
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noun - A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
adjective - Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
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| hypoglossal |
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adjective
- of or pertaining to the area under the tongue
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| hypophysis |
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noun (plural hypophyses)
- (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
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| hypothalamus |
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noun (plural hypothalami)
- (anatomy) A region of the brain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.
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