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59,147 words match “HE”

HELLWARD adv.
Toward hell. Pope.
HELLY a.
Hellish. Anderson (1573).
HELM n. 9 definitions
The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
HELMAGE n.
Guidance; direction. [R.]
HELMED a.
Covered with a helmet. The helmed cherubim Are seen in glittering ranks. Milton.
HELMET n. 4 definitions
A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.
HELMET-SHAPED a.
Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.
HELMETED a.
Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet- shaped part; galeate.
HELMINTH n.
An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
HELMINTHAGOGUE n.
A vermifuge.
HELMINTHES n.
One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha.
HELMINTHIASIS n.
A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
HELMINTHIC a. 2 definitions
Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms. -- n.
HELMINTHITE n.
One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.
HELMINTHOID a.
Wormlike; vermiform.
HELMINTHOLOGIC; HELMINTHOLOGICAL a.
Of or pertaining to helminthology.
HELMINTHOLOGIST n.
One versed in helminthology.
HELMINTHOLOGY n.
The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
HELMLESS a. 2 definitions
Destitute of a helmet.
HELMSMAN n.
The man at the helm; a steersman.
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