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An adjective coined by some historians, referring to the period of Henry VIII.
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herdic
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5after P. Herdic (1824-88), U.S. inventor6 a low-hung public carriage of the late 19th-cent., with a back entrance and seats along the sides
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heresiarch
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5LL(Ec) haeresiarcha < Gr hairesiarchcs, leader of a school < hairesis (see HERESY) + 3archcs, leader < archein, to begin, lead6 the founder or head of a heresy or heretical sect
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Herrenvolk - Hitler's Master Race
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heterodyne
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5HETERO3 + DYNE6 designating or of the combination of two different radio frequencies to produce beats whose frequencies are equal to the sum or difference of the original frequencies
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3dyned#, 3dyn#ing to combine two different frequencies so as to produce beats
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Heterodont - having different types of teeth.
Homodont - having all teeth of the same type.
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iatal (or hiatus) hernia
a hernia of part of the stomach into the opening in the diaphragm through which the esophagus passes
One of the most famous medical cases of the twenties was that of Alice Jane McHenry - "the girl
with the uspide down stomach " who made the Truesdale Clinic in Fall River, MA, famous for a
short time. A large defect in the diaphragm allowed her stomach to be up between her l;ungs.
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hiddenite
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5after W. E. Hidden, U.S. mineralogist who discovered it (1879)6 a rare, yellowish to emerald-green variety of spodumene, a semiprecious stone
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hieroglyphic
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5Fr hi=roglyphique < LL hieroglyphicus < Gr hieroglyphikos < hieros, sacred (see HIERO3) + glyphein, to carve, hollow out: see GLYPH6
1 of, or having the nature of, hieroglyphics
2 written in hieroglyphics
3 hard to read or understand Also hi#er[o#glyph$i[cal
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1 a picture or symbol representing a word, syllable, or sound, used by the ancient Egyptians and others, instead of alphabetical letters
2 [usually pl.] a method of writing using hieroglyphics; picture writing
3 a symbol, sign, etc. hard to understand
4 [pl.] writing hard to decipher
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An adjective coined by some historians, referring to the period of Henry VIII.
Henrician! Ugh! They should have been shot to put us out of their misery.
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