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English dictionary: words starting with hes

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noun

A male; a man.

Usage examples:

Is that a he or a she?
pronoun

Used to refer to a man, boy, or male animal previously mentioned or easily identified.

Usage examples:

Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman

The chemical element helium.

abbreviation

High explosive.

noun

(in the jewish calendar) the second month of the civil and eighth of the religious year, usually coinciding with parts of october and november.

Usage examples:

In ethiopia, on the 29th of the hebrew month of heshvan, members of the jewish community fasted.
proper noun

(c.700 bc), greek poet. one of the earliest known greek poets, he wrote the theogony, a hexametric poem on the genealogies of the gods, and works and days, which gave moral and practical advice and was the chief model for later ancient didactic poetry.

noun

The quality or state of being tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

Usage examples:

They agreed to go along after initial hesitance
noun

The quality or state of being hesitant.

Usage examples:

Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot
noun

The quality or state of being hesitant.

Usage examples:

Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot
adjective

Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

Usage examples:

Clients are hesitant about buying
adverb

In a tentative or unsure manner.

Usage examples:

He speaks hesitantly and his voice is shaky
verb

Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.

Usage examples:

She hesitated, unsure of what to say
verb

Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.

Usage examples:

She hesitated, unsure of what to say
verb

Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.

Usage examples:

She hesitated, unsure of what to say
adjective

Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

Usage examples:

His hesitating delivery
verb

Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.

Usage examples:

She hesitated, unsure of what to say

Hesitatingly

ˈhez.ɪ.teɪ.tɪŋ.li
adverb

In a way that involves pausing before doing or saying something usually because you are uncertain or nervous about it

Usage examples:

When they asked if there were any volunteers in the audience who were willing to be hypnotized, a f…
noun

The action of pausing before saying or doing something.

Usage examples:

She answered without hesitation
noun

The action of pausing before saying or doing something.

Usage examples:

She answered without hesitation
adjective

Of or concerning the hesperides.

proper noun

A group of nymphs who were guardians, with the aid of a watchful dragon, of a tree of golden apples in a garden located beyond the atlas mountains at the western border of oceanus, the river encircling the world. one of the labours of hercules was to fetch the golden apples.

noun

A fruit with sectioned pulp inside a separable rind, e.g. an orange or grapefruit.

Usage examples:

It includes notes of hesperidia with undertones of jasmine and chamomile blossom over a soft musk b…
noun

A fruit with sectioned pulp inside a separable rind, e.g. an orange or grapefruit.

Usage examples:

It includes notes of hesperidia with undertones of jasmine and chamomile blossom over a soft musk b…
noun

The planet venus.

Usage examples:

An old greek poet whispered in her mind: hesperus, evening star, golden lamp of the daughter of the…
noun

A strong, coarse fabric made from hemp or jute, used for sacks and upholstery.

Usage examples:

Hessian sacks
adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the german state of hesse.

Usage examples:

The hessian nobility
noun

A native or inhabitant of the german state of hesse.

Usage examples:

A rising young hessian
adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the german state of hesse.

Usage examples:

The hessian nobility
noun

Archaic form of behest.

noun

Archaic form of behest.

noun

A member of a movement dedicated to interior prayer, originating among the orthodox monks of mount athos in the 14th century.

Usage examples:

Symbolic actions are crucial to eastern christian liturgy and private prayer, most evident in the s…

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