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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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HEMIPTERAL; HEMIPTEROUS a.
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.
HEMIPTERAN n.
One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.
HEMISECT v.
To divide along the mesial plane.
HEMISECTION n.
A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.
HEMISPHERE n. 3 definitions
A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.
HEMISPHERIC; HEMISPHERICAL a.
Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.
HEMISPHEROID n.
A half of a spheroid.
HEMISPHEROIDAL a.
Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.
HEMISPHERULE n.
A half spherule.
HEMISTICH n.
Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
HEMISTICHAL a.
Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.
HEMISYSTOLE n.
Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.
HEMITONE n.
See Semitone.
HEMITROPAL; HEMITROPOUS a. 2 definitions
Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.
HEMITROPE n. 2 definitions
That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
HEMITROPY n.
Twin composition in crystals.
HEMLOCK n. 3 definitions
The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
HEMMEL n.
A shed or hovel for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
HEMMER n. 3 definitions
One who, or that which, hems with a needle. Specifically:
HEMO- n.
Same as Hæma-, Hæmo-.
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