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HHabit,n.wont,custom,practice,usage, habitude, addiction,way,routine.habitual,a.wonted,customary,regular,accustomed.habituate,v.accustom,addict, inure,familiarize.Antonyms: disaccustom,wean.hag,n.vixen, virago, termagant, harridan,fury,Jezebel, beldame.haggard,a.gaunt, emaciated, hollow-eyed.haggle,v.hack, hackle; chaffer, higgle.haggler,n.higgler, chafferer.hail,v.accost,salute,address,signal.hail-storm,n.Associated words: paragrandine, paragrêle.hair,n.bristle; pubescence; pubes; tentaculum, palpus;lock, tress; coiffure; chignon; forelock.Associated words: trichology, depilatory, depilitant, depilate, depilation,disheveled, bandeau, barrette, tonsure, pomade, follicle, sac, fillet, ecdysis, endysis, bandoline, piliferous, piliform, piligerous, coiffeur,tousled.hairiness,n.hirsuteness, hirsuties, pubescence, villosity, capillament, hypertrichosis.hairless,a.bald, glabrous, depilous.hairsplitting,a.subtle,fine.hair-worm,n.gordius.hairy,a.hirsute, shaggy, bristly, pubescent.half,adv.partially, imperfectly.half,n.moiety.half-blooded,a.hybrid,mongrel,degenerate, half-breed.half-hearted,a.indifferent,lukewarm, perfunctory.half-moon,n.crescent.Associated word: semilunar.halfway,adv.in themiddle, imperfectly, partially.--a.intermediate, midway.half-witted,a.imbecile, defective,silly, dull-witted, witless.half-yearly,a.semi-annual, bi-annual.hall,n.auditorium, lyceum;vestibule,entry,court; corridor,passage, lobby; manor-house; odeon.hallow,v.consecrate,venerate,reverence, sanctify, bless.hallowed,a.holy,sacred, consecrated, dedicated, blessed, sanctified.hallucination,n.aberration,chimera,fallacy, self-deception,delusion, phantasm,illusion.halo,n.nimbus,glory, aureola, aureole.haloed,a.glorified, aureoled.halve,v.bisect, dimidiate.halving,n.bisection, dichotomy, dimidiation.hammer,n.sledge, sledge-hammer,maul, mallet,beetle, gavel, kevel, crandall, marteline.Associated words: peen, hephestic, poll.hammer,v.beat,forge, malleate,beetle.hammer and tongs.vigorously, forcibly, energetically.hamper,v.fetter,shackle,impede,restrain,hinder, encumber,embarrass.hamper,n.hanaper;shackle,fetter,restraint,impediment.hamstring,n.hough.--v.disable,cripple,lame, hough.hand,n.paw, manus.Associated words: chirology, chiromancy, palmistry, chiropody, chiropodist, chirognomy, chirographer, chirographist, chirogymnast, chirologist, cheirosophy, manicure, chiromancer,manual, chirography, ambidextral, ambidextrous, ambidexterity, ambidexter, achirous, chiragra, fist,manacle, castanets,mount, discriminal, bimanual, bimanous.handbag,n.satchel, reticule.handbook,n.manual,guidebook,vade mecum, hornbook, enchiridion.handcuff,n.manacle,fetter,shackle.hand down.transmit (in succession).handle,n.bail; hilt, haft.handy,a.dexterous, adroit, ready;convenient.hang,v.suspend; dangle;execute;droop,drop; append,attach;depend,rest; hover, impend,threaten;lean,incline,slope; lynch.hang,n.(Colloq.)connection,arrangement,plan.hang back.hesitate,falter, bereluctant.hangdog,a.sneaking,ashamed,shamefaced,guilty.hanger-on,n.tagtail, satellite,parasite,sycophant,dependant,vassal, minion,sponger,toady, heeler, toadeater,fawner,votary.hanging,a.suspended, pendent, pendulous, pensile, dangling.hanging,n.suspension;execution; drapery, valance, tapestry, dorsal, lambrequin.Associated words: gallows gibbet.hanging on.persistence,tenacity, importunity.hangman,n.executioner.hangnail,n.agnail.hang out.project, protrude.hang over.impend, project.hang to.cling.hanker,v.long for,yearn,crave, covet,lust.hankering,n.longing,craving,yearning.haphazard,n.chance,accident,random.happen,v.occur,befall, betide; supervene, intervene.happiness,n.felicity, blessedness, delight,gladness,pleasure, ecstasy,bliss,rapture,merriment,mirth, elation, beatitude,joy.Antonyms:sorrow,grief.Associated words: eudemonics, eudemonist, eudemonism, eudemonic, beatify, beatification, hedonics, hedonist, hedonic, hedonism, felicific,felicitate,felicitation.happy,a.joyous, light-hearted,gay,blissful,glad,delighted,elated,merry, ecstatic, buoyant,cheerful, gratified,joyful, beatific,rapturous, felicitous, blithe, halcyon, charmed,exultant,ravishing, gladdened;lucky, prosperous,successful;auspicious.Antonyms: Seeunhappy.happy-go-lucky,a.improvident,easy-going, unthrifty.harangue,n.declamation,ranting, effusion,screed,tirade.harangue,v.declaim,spout,rant.harass,v.fatigue,tire,weary;annoy,vex,torment,perplex,distress,persecute,worry,bother.harbinger,n.forerunner, precursor,herald,messenger.harbor,n.refuge,shelter,asylum,retreat;port,haven, destination.hard,a.firm,solid,compact,impenetrable,unimpressible,unyielding,rigid, adamantine, dense,insoluble,flinty, indurate, indurated, infrangible;arduous,laborious, wearisome,onerous, burdensome, toilsome,tiresome, exhausting,difficult,knotty,intricate,puzzling,incomprehensible; irresistible,uncontrollable;severe,rigorous,unendurable,oppressive,unjust,grievous,calamitous, incompliant;stern,unyielding, obdurate,unfeeling,exacting,insensible,hard-hearted,callous,implacable,inflexible; repelling,constrained, inelegant;severe, inclement,rigorous;excessive,immoderate; unprosperous,unfavorable,disastrous.hard case.(Colloq.) incorrigible,reprobate,derelict,outcast.hard coal.anthracite, glancecoal.harden,v.indurate, solidify;petrify, ossify,sear, brutalize, embitter; inure,season, fortify,steel,brace,accustom.hardened,a.indurated;callous,inexorable, ossified, petrified, obdurate, incorrigible, inveterate,case-hardened,seared, depraved,graceless,impenitent, confirmed; sclerosed, sclerotic.hardening,n.induration; habituation,confirmation; solidification,petrifaction, ossification; sclerosis (Med.).hard-headed,a.shrewd, astute,sagacious.hard-hearted,a.unsympathetic,inexorable,ruthless,unsparing,stern, obdurate, incompassionate.hardihood,n.boldness,bravery,courage, intrepidity, fortitude; audacity, effrontery,impudence.hard lines.hardship, difficulties,adversity.hardness,n.induration, compactness, impenetrability, solidity, firmness, adamant.Associated word: durometer.hardship,n.privation,adversity,affliction,reverse,calamity,disaster, visitation.hardware,n.ironmongery.hardy,a.courageous, intrepid,brave;hearty, hale,robust,lusty.hare-brained,a.heedless,reckless,rash,giddy,careless.harem,n.concubines, seraglio.harlot,n.prostitute,courtesan,whore.harlotry,n.prostitution,whoredom.harm,v.injure,hurt,damage, impair, scathe,mar,deface,abuse,misuse.harm,n.injury,damage, detriment, scath, mischief,misfortune.harmful,a.injurious,pernicious, detrimental, baneful,noxious, prejudicial,deleterious,ruinous,hurtful.harmless,a.innocuous, innoxious; inoffensive,peaceable; uninjured, unscathed.harmonious,a.symmetrical,correspondent, consistent, congruent, conformable;consonant, symphonious, melodiousamicable,peaceable.Antonyms: inharmonious,discordant,antagonistic, incompatible.harmonize,v.agree,chime,tally,correspond,accord; adjust,reconcile.harmony,n.concord,agreement, concurrence, consonancechime, unison,unanimity; concordance, congruity,adaptation, consistency.Antonyms:discord, antagonism,variance,contention, incongruity,inconsistency, dissension,opposition.harness,n.saddlery; accouterments,armor, array, gearing,equipment, tackling,gear; caparison,trappings,Associated words: saddler, saddlery.harness,v.equip, array, caparison,tackle.harp,n.lyre.Associated words: harpist, lyrist, lyrism, lyric, plectrum.harpy,n.extortioner,oppressor.harrow,v.wound,lacerate,tear,distress, torture,harass.harsh,a.inharmonious,rough,disagreeable,unpleasant, raucous; dissonant, strident,discordant, cacophonous: austere,morose,severe, ungracious, inurbane,discourteous,churlish,uncivil,blunt,bluff, brusque,acrimonious,caustic,acrid,repulsive.harum-scarum,a.(Colloq.)wild,giddy,reckless,volatile,indiscreet,hare-brained.harvest,n.ingathering;crop, produce,yield,fruit.hash,n.ragout, gallimaufry, potpourri, ollapodrida, olio,réchauffé(rehash).haste,n.celerity,swiftness,dispatch, expedition,speed,quickness;hurry,urgency, precipitance.Antonyms: slowness, dilatoriness.hasten,v.accelerate, expedite,quicken, precipitatepress,urge;hurry.hastiness,n.haste, precipitancy, precipitation, precipitance, speediness.hasty,a.swift,rapid,quick,fast; precipitate,rash, eager, precipitant; cursory,hurried, superficial.hatch,v.breed, incubate;concoct, excogitate,brew,scheme.hatcher,n.incubator.hatchet,n.smallax; tomahawk; machete; dolabra.hate,v.dislike,detest,abhor,despise, abominate,loathe, execrate.hateful,a.execrable,odious,detestable,abominable, malevolent,malicious.hatred,n.hate,aversion,detestation,animosity, malignity,antipathy,spite, feud,malice,grudge, malevolence,resentment,dislike,abhorrence.haughtiness,n.arrogance,hauteur, superciliousness,disdain, contumely.haughty,a.arrogant, supercilious,disdainful, cavalier, magisterial,assuming,lordly.haunt,n.resort.hauteur,n.arrogance, contumely, superciliousness,haughtiness,overweening.haven,n.harbor,port,retreat,asylum,refuge,shelter.havoc,n.destruction,devastation,waste,ruin, desolation, demolition,wreck.hawk,n.falcon; goshawk, kestrel.Associated words: accipitral, raptorial.haystack,n.rick.hazard,n.chance, contingency,casualty;risk,random,jeopardy,danger,peril,venture.Antonyms:safety,security,assurance,certainty,surety.hazard,v.venture,risk,jeopard,endanger.hazardous,a.perilous,precarious,risky,unsafe,dangerous.haze,n.obscurity, dimness,fog,vapor,mist,confusion.hazy,a.foggy,misty,vaporous;obscure, confused.head,n.poll, cephalon; costard (Contemptuous), noddle, pate.Associated words:phrenology,phrenologist, craniology, craniologist, cephalology, sinciput, occiput, cephalism,behead, decapitate, decapitation,capitation,vertex,crown,skull,cranium, fontanel, trepan, coronal, microcephaly, craniometry, macrocephaly, cephalic,per capita, scalp.head,n.chief,leader, commander, director;crisis, culmination; spike;section,department,category,class.head,a.principal,chief,leading,cardinal, foremost,main, premier.headache,n.megrim, cephalalgy, galea.headdress,n.coiffure.heading,n.title, caption.headland,n.cape, promontory, foreland.heading off.interception.headless,a.acephalous; beheaded, decapitated; leaderless, unorganized.headlong,adv.headforemost; precipitately, rashly; pell-mell,helter-skelter, confusedly.head off.intercept.headsman,n.executioner, Jack Ketch.headstrong,a.willful,perverse,stubborn, intractable,froward.heal,v.cure,repair; cicatrize.healing,a.curative, sanative, restorative, remedial, mollifying, sanatory, therapeutic, lenitive,medicinal, emollient, assuasive.health,n.Associated words: hygiene, Hygeia, hygienic, hygienics, eucrasy, sanitation, sanitarian, soteriology, eutrophic, hygienist, sanitary.healthful,a.healthy; salubrious,wholesome.healthy,a.hale,well,hearty; salubrious, salutary,wholesome.Antonyms:unhealthy,ill,sickly, morbid,delicate,diseased.heap,n.pile,mass,accumulation,lot,stack, cumulation.heap,v.amass, accumulate,pile,stack, cumulate.hearer,n.auditor.hearing,n.audition,listening; audience; earshot,sound, hearingdistance.Associated words: auditory, acoumeter, acoumetry, acoustic, audible, audibility, audiometer, deaf, deafness, microcoustic, microphonous, otacoustic, inaudible, inaudibility, clairaudient, clairaudience, audient, audiphone, sonometer, audile.hearsay,n.rumor,report,gossip,bruit,on dit.heart,n.cardia;conscience,character; essence, core,pith,kernel,marrow.Associated words: cardiology, carditis, cardiac,cordial, cardialgia, cardiometry, dexiocardia, systole, diastole, pericardium, endocardium, auricle, ventricle, valve, aneurism, stethoscope, peridiastole.

Habit,n.wont,custom,practice,usage, habitude, addiction,way,routine.

habitual,a.wonted,customary,regular,accustomed.

habituate,v.accustom,addict, inure,familiarize.Antonyms: disaccustom,wean.

hag,n.vixen, virago, termagant, harridan,fury,Jezebel, beldame.

haggard,a.gaunt, emaciated, hollow-eyed.

haggle,v.hack, hackle; chaffer, higgle.

haggler,n.higgler, chafferer.

hail,v.accost,salute,address,signal.

hail-storm,n.Associated words: paragrandine, paragrêle.

hair,n.bristle; pubescence; pubes; tentaculum, palpus;lock, tress; coiffure; chignon; forelock.Associated words: trichology, depilatory, depilitant, depilate, depilation,disheveled, bandeau, barrette, tonsure, pomade, follicle, sac, fillet, ecdysis, endysis, bandoline, piliferous, piliform, piligerous, coiffeur,tousled.

hairiness,n.hirsuteness, hirsuties, pubescence, villosity, capillament, hypertrichosis.

hairless,a.bald, glabrous, depilous.

hairsplitting,a.subtle,fine.

hair-worm,n.gordius.

hairy,a.hirsute, shaggy, bristly, pubescent.

half,adv.partially, imperfectly.

half,n.moiety.

half-blooded,a.hybrid,mongrel,degenerate, half-breed.

half-hearted,a.indifferent,lukewarm, perfunctory.

half-moon,n.crescent.Associated word: semilunar.

halfway,adv.in themiddle, imperfectly, partially.--a.intermediate, midway.

half-witted,a.imbecile, defective,silly, dull-witted, witless.

half-yearly,a.semi-annual, bi-annual.

hall,n.auditorium, lyceum;vestibule,entry,court; corridor,passage, lobby; manor-house; odeon.

hallow,v.consecrate,venerate,reverence, sanctify, bless.

hallowed,a.holy,sacred, consecrated, dedicated, blessed, sanctified.

hallucination,n.aberration,chimera,fallacy, self-deception,delusion, phantasm,illusion.

halo,n.nimbus,glory, aureola, aureole.

haloed,a.glorified, aureoled.

halve,v.bisect, dimidiate.

halving,n.bisection, dichotomy, dimidiation.

hammer,n.sledge, sledge-hammer,maul, mallet,beetle, gavel, kevel, crandall, marteline.Associated words: peen, hephestic, poll.

hammer,v.beat,forge, malleate,beetle.

hammer and tongs.vigorously, forcibly, energetically.

hamper,v.fetter,shackle,impede,restrain,hinder, encumber,embarrass.

hamper,n.hanaper;shackle,fetter,restraint,impediment.

hamstring,n.hough.--v.disable,cripple,lame, hough.

hand,n.paw, manus.Associated words: chirology, chiromancy, palmistry, chiropody, chiropodist, chirognomy, chirographer, chirographist, chirogymnast, chirologist, cheirosophy, manicure, chiromancer,manual, chirography, ambidextral, ambidextrous, ambidexterity, ambidexter, achirous, chiragra, fist,manacle, castanets,mount, discriminal, bimanual, bimanous.

handbag,n.satchel, reticule.

handbook,n.manual,guidebook,vade mecum, hornbook, enchiridion.

handcuff,n.manacle,fetter,shackle.

hand down.transmit (in succession).

handle,n.bail; hilt, haft.

handy,a.dexterous, adroit, ready;convenient.

hang,v.suspend; dangle;execute;droop,drop; append,attach;depend,rest; hover, impend,threaten;lean,incline,slope; lynch.

hang,n.(Colloq.)connection,arrangement,plan.

hang back.hesitate,falter, bereluctant.

hangdog,a.sneaking,ashamed,shamefaced,guilty.

hanger-on,n.tagtail, satellite,parasite,sycophant,dependant,vassal, minion,sponger,toady, heeler, toadeater,fawner,votary.

hanging,a.suspended, pendent, pendulous, pensile, dangling.

hanging,n.suspension;execution; drapery, valance, tapestry, dorsal, lambrequin.Associated words: gallows gibbet.

hanging on.persistence,tenacity, importunity.

hangman,n.executioner.

hangnail,n.agnail.

hang out.project, protrude.

hang over.impend, project.

hang to.cling.

hanker,v.long for,yearn,crave, covet,lust.

hankering,n.longing,craving,yearning.

haphazard,n.chance,accident,random.

happen,v.occur,befall, betide; supervene, intervene.

happiness,n.felicity, blessedness, delight,gladness,pleasure, ecstasy,bliss,rapture,merriment,mirth, elation, beatitude,joy.Antonyms:sorrow,grief.Associated words: eudemonics, eudemonist, eudemonism, eudemonic, beatify, beatification, hedonics, hedonist, hedonic, hedonism, felicific,felicitate,felicitation.

happy,a.joyous, light-hearted,gay,blissful,glad,delighted,elated,merry, ecstatic, buoyant,cheerful, gratified,joyful, beatific,rapturous, felicitous, blithe, halcyon, charmed,exultant,ravishing, gladdened;lucky, prosperous,successful;auspicious.Antonyms: Seeunhappy.

happy-go-lucky,a.improvident,easy-going, unthrifty.

harangue,n.declamation,ranting, effusion,screed,tirade.

harangue,v.declaim,spout,rant.

harass,v.fatigue,tire,weary;annoy,vex,torment,perplex,distress,persecute,worry,bother.

harbinger,n.forerunner, precursor,herald,messenger.

harbor,n.refuge,shelter,asylum,retreat;port,haven, destination.

hard,a.firm,solid,compact,impenetrable,unimpressible,unyielding,rigid, adamantine, dense,insoluble,flinty, indurate, indurated, infrangible;arduous,laborious, wearisome,onerous, burdensome, toilsome,tiresome, exhausting,difficult,knotty,intricate,puzzling,incomprehensible; irresistible,uncontrollable;severe,rigorous,unendurable,oppressive,unjust,grievous,calamitous, incompliant;stern,unyielding, obdurate,unfeeling,exacting,insensible,hard-hearted,callous,implacable,inflexible; repelling,constrained, inelegant;severe, inclement,rigorous;excessive,immoderate; unprosperous,unfavorable,disastrous.

hard case.(Colloq.) incorrigible,reprobate,derelict,outcast.

hard coal.anthracite, glancecoal.

harden,v.indurate, solidify;petrify, ossify,sear, brutalize, embitter; inure,season, fortify,steel,brace,accustom.

hardened,a.indurated;callous,inexorable, ossified, petrified, obdurate, incorrigible, inveterate,case-hardened,seared, depraved,graceless,impenitent, confirmed; sclerosed, sclerotic.

hardening,n.induration; habituation,confirmation; solidification,petrifaction, ossification; sclerosis (Med.).

hard-headed,a.shrewd, astute,sagacious.

hard-hearted,a.unsympathetic,inexorable,ruthless,unsparing,stern, obdurate, incompassionate.

hardihood,n.boldness,bravery,courage, intrepidity, fortitude; audacity, effrontery,impudence.

hard lines.hardship, difficulties,adversity.

hardness,n.induration, compactness, impenetrability, solidity, firmness, adamant.Associated word: durometer.

hardship,n.privation,adversity,affliction,reverse,calamity,disaster, visitation.

hardware,n.ironmongery.

hardy,a.courageous, intrepid,brave;hearty, hale,robust,lusty.

hare-brained,a.heedless,reckless,rash,giddy,careless.

harem,n.concubines, seraglio.

harlot,n.prostitute,courtesan,whore.

harlotry,n.prostitution,whoredom.

harm,v.injure,hurt,damage, impair, scathe,mar,deface,abuse,misuse.

harm,n.injury,damage, detriment, scath, mischief,misfortune.

harmful,a.injurious,pernicious, detrimental, baneful,noxious, prejudicial,deleterious,ruinous,hurtful.

harmless,a.innocuous, innoxious; inoffensive,peaceable; uninjured, unscathed.

harmonious,a.symmetrical,correspondent, consistent, congruent, conformable;consonant, symphonious, melodiousamicable,peaceable.Antonyms: inharmonious,discordant,antagonistic, incompatible.

harmonize,v.agree,chime,tally,correspond,accord; adjust,reconcile.

harmony,n.concord,agreement, concurrence, consonancechime, unison,unanimity; concordance, congruity,adaptation, consistency.Antonyms:discord, antagonism,variance,contention, incongruity,inconsistency, dissension,opposition.

harness,n.saddlery; accouterments,armor, array, gearing,equipment, tackling,gear; caparison,trappings,Associated words: saddler, saddlery.

harness,v.equip, array, caparison,tackle.

harp,n.lyre.Associated words: harpist, lyrist, lyrism, lyric, plectrum.

harpy,n.extortioner,oppressor.

harrow,v.wound,lacerate,tear,distress, torture,harass.

harsh,a.inharmonious,rough,disagreeable,unpleasant, raucous; dissonant, strident,discordant, cacophonous: austere,morose,severe, ungracious, inurbane,discourteous,churlish,uncivil,blunt,bluff, brusque,acrimonious,caustic,acrid,repulsive.

harum-scarum,a.(Colloq.)wild,giddy,reckless,volatile,indiscreet,hare-brained.

harvest,n.ingathering;crop, produce,yield,fruit.

hash,n.ragout, gallimaufry, potpourri, ollapodrida, olio,réchauffé(rehash).

haste,n.celerity,swiftness,dispatch, expedition,speed,quickness;hurry,urgency, precipitance.Antonyms: slowness, dilatoriness.

hasten,v.accelerate, expedite,quicken, precipitatepress,urge;hurry.

hastiness,n.haste, precipitancy, precipitation, precipitance, speediness.

hasty,a.swift,rapid,quick,fast; precipitate,rash, eager, precipitant; cursory,hurried, superficial.

hatch,v.breed, incubate;concoct, excogitate,brew,scheme.

hatcher,n.incubator.

hatchet,n.smallax; tomahawk; machete; dolabra.

hate,v.dislike,detest,abhor,despise, abominate,loathe, execrate.

hateful,a.execrable,odious,detestable,abominable, malevolent,malicious.

hatred,n.hate,aversion,detestation,animosity, malignity,antipathy,spite, feud,malice,grudge, malevolence,resentment,dislike,abhorrence.

haughtiness,n.arrogance,hauteur, superciliousness,disdain, contumely.

haughty,a.arrogant, supercilious,disdainful, cavalier, magisterial,assuming,lordly.

haunt,n.resort.

hauteur,n.arrogance, contumely, superciliousness,haughtiness,overweening.

haven,n.harbor,port,retreat,asylum,refuge,shelter.

havoc,n.destruction,devastation,waste,ruin, desolation, demolition,wreck.

hawk,n.falcon; goshawk, kestrel.Associated words: accipitral, raptorial.

haystack,n.rick.

hazard,n.chance, contingency,casualty;risk,random,jeopardy,danger,peril,venture.Antonyms:safety,security,assurance,certainty,surety.

hazard,v.venture,risk,jeopard,endanger.

hazardous,a.perilous,precarious,risky,unsafe,dangerous.

haze,n.obscurity, dimness,fog,vapor,mist,confusion.

hazy,a.foggy,misty,vaporous;obscure, confused.

head,n.poll, cephalon; costard (Contemptuous), noddle, pate.Associated words:phrenology,phrenologist, craniology, craniologist, cephalology, sinciput, occiput, cephalism,behead, decapitate, decapitation,capitation,vertex,crown,skull,cranium, fontanel, trepan, coronal, microcephaly, craniometry, macrocephaly, cephalic,per capita, scalp.

head,n.chief,leader, commander, director;crisis, culmination; spike;section,department,category,class.

head,a.principal,chief,leading,cardinal, foremost,main, premier.

headache,n.megrim, cephalalgy, galea.

headdress,n.coiffure.

heading,n.title, caption.

headland,n.cape, promontory, foreland.

heading off.interception.

headless,a.acephalous; beheaded, decapitated; leaderless, unorganized.

headlong,adv.headforemost; precipitately, rashly; pell-mell,helter-skelter, confusedly.

head off.intercept.

headsman,n.executioner, Jack Ketch.

headstrong,a.willful,perverse,stubborn, intractable,froward.

heal,v.cure,repair; cicatrize.

healing,a.curative, sanative, restorative, remedial, mollifying, sanatory, therapeutic, lenitive,medicinal, emollient, assuasive.

health,n.Associated words: hygiene, Hygeia, hygienic, hygienics, eucrasy, sanitation, sanitarian, soteriology, eutrophic, hygienist, sanitary.

healthful,a.healthy; salubrious,wholesome.

healthy,a.hale,well,hearty; salubrious, salutary,wholesome.Antonyms:unhealthy,ill,sickly, morbid,delicate,diseased.

heap,n.pile,mass,accumulation,lot,stack, cumulation.

heap,v.amass, accumulate,pile,stack, cumulate.

hearer,n.auditor.

hearing,n.audition,listening; audience; earshot,sound, hearingdistance.Associated words: auditory, acoumeter, acoumetry, acoustic, audible, audibility, audiometer, deaf, deafness, microcoustic, microphonous, otacoustic, inaudible, inaudibility, clairaudient, clairaudience, audient, audiphone, sonometer, audile.

hearsay,n.rumor,report,gossip,bruit,on dit.

heart,n.cardia;conscience,character; essence, core,pith,kernel,marrow.Associated words: cardiology, carditis, cardiac,cordial, cardialgia, cardiometry, dexiocardia, systole, diastole, pericardium, endocardium, auricle, ventricle, valve, aneurism, stethoscope, peridiastole.


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