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English words starting with hec

Meanings of Hecate:

proper noun

A goddess of dark places, often associated with ghosts and sorcery. she is frequently identified with artemis and selene.

Meanings of Hecatomb:

noun

(in ancient greece or rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen.

Usage examples:

After pythagoras discovered his fundamental theorem he sacrificed a hecatomb of oxen

Hecatombs

ˈhɛkətuːm

Meanings of Hecatombs:

noun

(in ancient greece or rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen.

Usage examples:

After pythagoras discovered his fundamental theorem he sacrificed a hecatomb of oxen

Meanings of Heck:

exclamation

Expressing surprise, frustration, or dismay.

Usage examples:

Oh heck, i can't for the life of me remember

Heckelphone

ˈhɛk(ə)lfəʊn

Meanings of Heckelphone:

noun

A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.

Usage examples:

A bass or baritone oboe, an octave below the treble, has always been rare, though composers do occa…

Heckle

ˈhek.əl

Meanings of Heckle:

verb

Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

Usage examples:

He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators
noun

A heckling comment.

Usage examples:

Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

Meanings of Heckled:

verb

Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

Usage examples:

He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators
noun

A heckling comment.

Usage examples:

Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

Heckler

ˈhek.lər

Meanings of Heckler:

noun

A person who interrupts a performer or public speaker with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

Usage examples:

He was adept at dealing with hecklers

Hecklers

ˈhek.lər

Meanings of Hecklers:

noun

A person who interrupts a performer or public speaker with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

Usage examples:

He was adept at dealing with hecklers

Heckles

ˈhɛk(ə)l

Meanings of Heckles:

verb

Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

Usage examples:

He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators
noun

A heckling comment.

Usage examples:

Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

Meanings of Heckling:

verb

Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

Usage examples:

He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators
noun

A heckling comment.

Usage examples:

Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

Hectare

ˈhek.teər

Meanings of Hectare:

noun

A metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres or 10,000 square metres).

Usage examples:

If we look at the napier airport, we see that hectares and hectares of land were created by the sea…

Hectares

ˈhek.teər

Meanings of Hectares:

noun

A metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres or 10,000 square metres).

Usage examples:

If we look at the napier airport, we see that hectares and hectares of land were created by the sea…

Hectic

ˈhek.tɪk

Meanings of Hectic:

adjective

Full of incessant or frantic activity.

Usage examples:

A hectic business schedule
noun

A hectic fever or flush.

Usage examples:

At the same time the irritative fever and hectic hitherto so much dreaded in large abscesses are, w…

Hectically

ˈhek.tɪ.kəl.i

Meanings of Hectically:

adverb

In a way that is full of activity, or very busy and fast

Usage examples:

We were hectically trying to get everything ready for the party before the first guests arrived., w…

Meanings of Hectocotyli:

noun

A modified arm used by male octopuses and some other cephalopods to transfer sperm to the female.

Usage examples:

In some species, the specialized arm tip may be pinched off and left in the female's mantle cavity:…

Hectocotylus

ˌhɛktə(ʊ)ˈkɒtɪləs

Meanings of Hectocotylus:

noun

A modified arm used by male octopuses and some other cephalopods to transfer sperm to the female.

Usage examples:

In some species, the specialized arm tip may be pinched off and left in the female's mantle cavity:…

Hectogram

ˈhɛktə(ʊ)ɡram

Meanings of Hectogram:

noun

A metric unit of mass equal to one hundred grams.

Usage examples:

The essential proportion is given by three hectograms of calcite for one kilo of earth.

Meanings of Hectogramme:

noun

A metric unit of mass equal to one hundred grams.

Usage examples:

The essential proportion is given by three hectograms of calcite for one kilo of earth.

Hectograms

ˈhɛktə(ʊ)ɡram

Meanings of Hectograms:

noun

A metric unit of mass equal to one hundred grams.

Usage examples:

The essential proportion is given by three hectograms of calcite for one kilo of earth.

Hectograph

ˈhɛktə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf

Meanings of Hectograph:

noun

An apparatus for copying documents by the use of a gelatin plate that receives an impression of the master copy.

Hectoliter

ˈhek.təˌliː.tər

Meanings of Hectoliter:

noun

A metric unit of capacity equal to one hundred litres, used especially for wine, beer, grain, and other agricultural produce.

Usage examples:

A company executive said the brewer's plant in the capital will be expanded from its current capaci…

Meanings of Hectoliters:

noun

A metric unit of capacity equal to one hundred litres, used especially for wine, beer, grain, and other agricultural produce.

Usage examples:

A company executive said the brewer's plant in the capital will be expanded from its current capaci…

Hectolitre

ˈhek.təˌliː.tər

Meanings of Hectolitre:

noun

A metric unit of capacity equal to one hundred litres, used especially for wine, beer, grain, and other agricultural produce.

Usage examples:

A company executive said the brewer's plant in the capital will be expanded from its current capaci…

Hectometer

ˈhɛktə(ʊ)ˌmiːtə

Meanings of Hectometer:

noun

A metric unit of length equal to one hundred metres.

Usage examples:

Spain's rivers receive approximately 106,000 cubic hectometres of water from rain and snow.

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