| height |
vertical extent or altitude; distance up. [5 definitions] |
| heighten |
to make higher. [5 definitions] |
| Heimlich maneuver |
an emergency technique used to stop a person from choking in which one wraps one's arms around the person's middle from behind and applies sharp pressure to force air from the lungs and eject the object. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| heir |
a person who receives or has the right to receive, upon another's death, that person's rank or property. [2 definitions] |
| heir apparent |
one whose right to inherit property or a title cannot be legally denied if the ancestor dies without having made a will. (See heir presumptive.) |
| heiress |
a female heir, esp. one who is entitled to or has inherited a large fortune. |
| heirless |
combined form of heir. |
| heirloom |
an object passed down to successive generations of a family. |
| heir presumptive |
one whose right to inherit property or a title may be legally set aside in favor of a closer relative born before the ancestor dies. (See heir apparent.) |
| heist |
(informal) a planned burglary, robbery, or holdup, esp. one in which art, jewelry, or a large sum of money is taken. |
| hejira |
hegira. |
| hekto- |
variant of hecto-. |
| held |
past tense and past participle of hold1. |
| Helena |
the capital of Montana. |
| Helen Keller |
deaf-blind pupil of Anne Sullivan who became a celebrated U.S. author, lecturer, and social activist (b.1880--d.1968). |
| Helen of Troy |
in Greek legend and The Iliad, the beautiful woman of Sparta whose abduction started the Trojan War. |
| helical |
pertaining to, having the form of, or similar to a helix; spiral. |
| helices |
a plural form of helix. |
| helicoid |
coiled or curving in the form of a spiral. [2 definitions] |
| helicopter |
a type of aircraft held aloft and propelled by horizontally rotating blades attached to its top side. |