| heartwarming |
causing a warm feeling of satisfaction or affection. |
| heartwood |
the center part or past growth of a tree, usu. darker and harder than recent outer growth or sapwood. |
| heartworm |
a parasitic worm (Dirofilaria immitis) transmitted by mosquitos that infects the pulmonary arteries and heart of mammals, esp. dogs. [2 definitions] |
| hearty |
warm-hearted and sincere; friendly. [6 definitions] |
| heat |
the form of energy that one feels as warmth, or the state of being warm; warmth; hotness. [13 definitions] |
| heatable |
combined form of heat. |
| heated |
passionate or angry; excited. [2 definitions] |
| heater |
a device that heats or provides heat, esp. for a water supply or air space in a building. [2 definitions] |
| heat exchanger |
a device, such as automobile radiator, for transferring heat from a fluid on one side of a barrier to a fluid on the other side. |
| heat exhaustion |
a condition caused by excessive heat and characterized by dizziness, nausea, profuse sweating, and often complete collapse; heat prostration. |
| heath |
an area of wild, relatively flat, uncultivated land tending to favor only the growth of low, shrubby plants. [2 definitions] |
| heath aster |
a North American wildflower that grows in dry fields and bears small white flowers. |
| heathen |
someone who is regarded as being outside a given religious orthodoxy, esp. one not converted to Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; unconverted person. [5 definitions] |
| heathenize |
to cause to become heathen or heathenish. |
| heather |
any of several common low, shrubby, evergreen plants bearing clusters of tiny, pinkish purple, bell-shaped flowers. |
| heathless |
combined form of heath. |
| heating pad |
a pad containing insulated electric heating elements in a soft fabric covering, used to apply heat, as to a sore muscle. |
| heatless |
combined form of heat. |
| heat lightning |
lightning without thunder, seen esp. on hot evenings and believed to be reflections of more distant lightning. |
| heat prostration |
see "heat exhaustion." |
| heat pump |
a device for heating or cooling a building by transferring heat from a low-temperature reservoir by means of a compressor and a heat exchanger. |