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. |
helio- |
sun. |
heliocentric |
having the sun's center as an imagined vantage point or as a starting point for measurements. [2 definitions] |
heliograph |
a mirrored instrument that transmits signals by intermittently reflecting the sun's rays. [2 definitions] |
Helios |
in Greek mythology, the god personifying the sun; Sol. |
heliotaxis |
the movement of a freely moving organism toward or away from sunlight. |
heliotrope |
any of various plants whose apexes turn toward the sun, esp. a garden plant that bears fragrant purple blossoms. [2 definitions] |
heliotropism |
the tendency to turn toward or away from light, esp. sunlight, as in a sunflower. |
heliport |
a facility, often on a rooftop, where a helicopter may take off or land. |
helium |
a chemical element of the inert gas group that contains two protons in each nucleus and that occurs as a lighter-than-air gas often used for lifting power and in air-free atmospheres where an inert gas is required, as in welding. (symbol: He) |