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6,934 words match “HEN”

DISTHENE n.
Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.
EARTHEN a.
Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.
EARTHEN-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell.
EARTHENWARE n.
Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.
EGHEN n.
Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENLENGTHEN v.
To lengthen. [Obs.]
ETHENE n.
Ethylene; olefiant gas.
ETHENIC a.
Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.
ETHENYL n. 2 definitions
A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C.
EVERYWHEN adv.
y or all times; every instant. [R.] "Eternal law is silently present everywhere and everywhen." Carlyle.
EYGHEN n.
Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FERRANTI PHENOMENON n.
ting current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.
FLUORANTHENE n.
A white crystalline hydrocarbon C
FOREHEND v.
See Forhend. [Obs.]
FORHEND v.
To seize upon. [Obs.]
FRESHEN v. 5 definitions
make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
GEHENNA n.
name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell. Milton.
GORHEN n.
The female of the gorcock.
GROSCHEN n.
A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worth about two cents. It is not included in the new monetary system of the empire.
HEATHEN n. 5 definitions
l discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. V. Knox. The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. Ps…
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