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Meanings of Hessian:

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

Meanings of Hessians:

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

Meanings of Hest:

noun

Archaic form of behest.

Meanings of Hests:

noun

Archaic form of behest.

Meanings of Hesychast:

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…

Meanings of Het:

adjective

Heterosexual.

Usage examples:

Bisexual or het women

noun

A heterosexual person.

Meanings of Hetaera:

noun

A courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient greece.

Usage examples:

The scene shows the birth of aphrodite from the sea, and a hetaera, piping

Meanings of Hetaerae:

noun

A courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient greece.

Usage examples:

The scene shows the birth of aphrodite from the sea, and a hetaera, piping

Meanings of Hetaeras:

noun

A courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient greece.

Usage examples:

The scene shows the birth of aphrodite from the sea, and a hetaera, piping

Meanings of Hetaira:

noun

A courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient greece.

Usage examples:

The scene shows the birth of aphrodite from the sea, and a hetaera, piping

Meanings of Hetairai:

noun

A courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient greece.

Usage examples:

The scene shows the birth of aphrodite from the sea, and a hetaera, piping

Meanings of Hetairas:

noun

A courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient greece.

Usage examples:

The scene shows the birth of aphrodite from the sea, and a hetaera, piping

Meanings of Hetero:

adjective

Heterosexual.

Usage examples:

Hetero and gay couples

noun

A heterosexual person.

combining form

Other; different.

Usage examples:

Heteropolar

Meanings of Heteroaromatic:

adjective

Denoting an organic compound with a ring structure which is both heterocyclic and aromatic.

Usage examples:

Yeast oye forms charge transfer complexes with a variety of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds c…

Meanings of Heterocercal:

adjective

(of a fish's tail) having unequal upper and lower lobes, usually with the vertebral column passing into the upper.

Usage examples:

The tail is heterocercal, with the upper lobe containing long, thread-like filaments.

Meanings of Heterocercality:

adjective

(of a fish's tail) having unequal upper and lower lobes, usually with the vertebral column passing into the upper.

Usage examples:

The tail is heterocercal, with the upper lobe containing long, thread-like filaments.

Meanings of Heterochromatic:

adjective

Of several different colours or (in physics) wavelengths.

Meanings of Heterochromatin:

noun

Chromosome material of different density from normal (usually greater), in which the activity of the genes is modified or suppressed.

Usage examples:

The organization of dna into euchromatin and heterochromatin is implicated in gene silencing.

Meanings of Heterochromia:

noun

A condition in which the eyes are different colours

Usage examples:

The actor has heterochromia: her left eye is blue and her right eye is green., heterochromia can be…

Meanings of Heteroclite:

adjective

Abnormal or irregular.

Usage examples:

The book suffers from the heteroclite and ill-fitting nature of its various elements

noun

An abnormal thing or person.

Usage examples:

The most monomaniacal and extreme of berlin dadaists, johannes baader is to dada what byron is to r…

Meanings of Heterocyclic:

adjective

Denoting a compound whose molecule contains a ring of atoms of at least two elements (one of which is generally carbon).

Usage examples:

The majority of photosensitive molecules have a heterocyclic ring structure similar to that of chlo…

Meanings of Heterodox:

adjective

Not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

Usage examples:

Heterodox views

Meanings of Heterodoxies:

noun

Deviation from accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

Usage examples:

His work was marked by elements of theological heterodoxy

Meanings of Heterodoxy:

noun

Deviation from accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

Usage examples:

His work was marked by elements of theological heterodoxy

Meanings of Heterodyne:

adjective

Relating to the production of a lower frequency from the combination of two almost equal high frequencies, as used in radio transmission.

Usage examples:

A heterodyne interferometer

verb

Combine (a high-frequency signal) with another to produce a lower frequency.

Usage examples:

Heterodyning converts incoming reference and test signals to 45 mhz