<B>heavy-headed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>drowsy; sleepy. <BR> <I>Ex. With a heavy-headed glance he went back to sleep.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>dull; stupid. <DD><B> 3. </B>having the head heavy, as with weight. </DL>
<B>heavy industry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> industry that manufactures products, such as machinery or steel, for use by other industries. </DL>
<A NAME="heavyish">
<B>heavyish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat heavy; tending to heaviness. </DL>
<A NAME="heavylifting">
<B>heavy lifting,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a demanding task; difficult or hard work. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Milosevic still has a lot of heavy lifting to do to be convincing (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>serious or sustained effort; complete dedication. <BR> <I>Ex. It's sad to think that so much heavy lifting is now required to deliver a package as ordinary as this (Terence Rafferty).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the capacity for hard work. <BR> <I>Ex. She sent a message of both traditional femininity and career-woman heavy lifting (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="heavymeson">
<B>heavy meson,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a meson having a rest mass or weight about 967 times that of an electron, and decaying in various ways to produce light mesons; K-meson; K-particle. </DL>
<A NAME="heavymetal">
<B>heavy metal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Especially U.S.) rock music that has a heavy beat and harsh, amplified instrumental effects. <BR> <I>Ex. beating up punks and heavy metal rock fans, whom they despise (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a metal such as lead, copper, or cadmium that has a specific gravity higher than 5.0. <BR> <I>Ex. Because of pollution from ... heavy metals, the waters ... have been pronounced biologically dead (Rolling Stone).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="heavymetal">
<B>heavy-metal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Especially U.S.) of or having to do with rock music characterized by a heavy beat and sometimes amplified instrumental effects. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with heavy metal (def. 2). <BR> <I>Ex. The award-winning film, ... discusses heavy-metal contamination as well as the effects of acid rain and snow (Christian Science Monitor).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="heavymineral">
<B>heavy mineral,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, such as gold, platinum, or iron, having a specific gravity of more than 2.9, and occurring in small quantities in sediments. </DL>
<A NAME="heavyoil">
<B>heavy oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a product of the distillation of coal tar that is heavier than water. </DL>
<A NAME="heavyrail">
<B>heavy rail,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> of or belonging to a system of trains running as part of a conventional railroad system. </DL>
<A NAME="heavyset">
<B>heavy-set</B> or <B>heavyset, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> built heavily; broad; stocky. <BR> <I>Ex. a middle-aged, heavy-set man.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="heavyspar">
<B>heavy spar,</B> =barite.</DL>
<A NAME="heavywater">
<B>heavy water,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> water formed of oxygen and deuterium (heavy hydrogen). Heavy water is much like ordinarywater, but about 1.1 times as heavy and has a higher freezing point. It occurs in very small amounts in ordinary water. </DL>
<A NAME="heavyweather">
<B>heavy weather,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> problems; obstacles; difficulty. <BR> <I>Ex. The Geneva conference ran into heavy weather (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>make heavy weather of,</B> </I>(British.) to experience great difficulty with. <BR> <I>Ex. The feckless and muddle-headed, making heavy weather of the simplest tasks (Ian Hay).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="heavyweight">
<B>heavyweight, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person or thing of more than average weight. <DD><B> 2. </B>a boxer or wrestler who weighs 175 pounds or more (the heaviest weight class). <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) a person who has much intelligence or importance. <BR> <I>Ex. The heavyweights on the evening's program were the two guest speakers, one a famous scholar, the other a noted politician.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> particularly heavy of its kind. <BR> <I>Ex. heavyweight cotton.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="heb">
<B>Heb.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Hebrew (language). <DD><B> 2. </B>Hebrews (book of the New Testament). </DL>
<A NAME="hebdomad">
<B>hebdomad, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a week. <DD><B> 2. </B>the number seven. <DD><B> 3. </B>a group of seven. </DL>
<B>Hebe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) the goddess of youth and spring, daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hebe was the cupbearer of the gods before Ganymede was given the duty. </DL>
<A NAME="hebephrenia">
<B>hebephrenia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of schizophrenia often occurring at or near puberty, characterized primarily by a regression to extreme childishness. </DL>
<A NAME="hebephrenic">
<B>hebephrenic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with hebephrenia. <DD><B> 2. </B>like hebephrenia. <DD><B> 3. </B>having hebephrenia. <DD><I>noun </I> a person affected with hebephrenia. <BR> <I>Ex. Hebephrenics may fly into a rage over trifles or laugh uproariously at moments of pathos (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hebetate">
<B>hebetate, </B>verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to make or become dull; blunt. <DD><I>adj. </I> (Botany.) having a blunt, soft point, as awns or spines. noun <B>hebetation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hebetic">
<B>hebetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with puberty. <DD><B> 2. </B>occurring at the time of puberty. </DL>
<A NAME="hebetude">
<B>hebetude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or state of being blunt or dull; obtuseness; lethargy. </DL>
<A NAME="hebetudinous">
<B>hebetudinous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by hebetude. <BR> <I>Ex. His person was heavy and hebetudinous (William H. Ainsworth).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hebr">
<B>Hebr.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Hebrews (book of the New Testament). <DD><B> 2. </B>Hebrides. </DL>
<A NAME="hebraic">
<B>Hebraic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Hebrews, their language, or their culture; Hebrew. (SYN) Judaic. </DL>
<A NAME="hebraically">
<B>Hebraically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> after the manner of the Hebrews or the Hebrew language, especially with reference to the fact that Hebrew is written from right to left. </DL>
<A NAME="hebraicist">
<B>Hebraicist, </B>noun. =Hebraist.</DL>
<A NAME="hebraicize">
<B>Hebraicize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cized,</B> <B>-cizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to change into Hebrew; make Hebrew in character; Hebraize. </DL>
<A NAME="hebraism">
<B>Hebraism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Hebrew usage or idiom. <DD><B> 2a. </B>Hebrew character, spirit, thought, or practice. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=Judaism.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hebraist">
<B>Hebraist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a scholar skilled in the Hebrew language and literature. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person imbued with the Hebraic spirit; person who has the qualities of the Hebrew people. <DD><I>adj. </I> Hebraistic; Hebraic. <BR> <I>Ex. Shaw, in spirit, is Hebraist; Murray is Hellenist (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hebraistic">
<B>Hebraistic, </B>adjective. =Hebraic.</DL>
<A NAME="hebraistical">
<B>Hebraistical, </B>adjective. =Hebraistic.</DL>
<A NAME="hebraize">
<B>Hebraize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to make Hebrew; give a Hebrew character to. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to use a Hebrew idiom or manner of speech. <DD><B> 2. </B>to follow Hebraism as an ideal of thought and conduct. </DL>
<A NAME="hebrew">
<B>Hebrew, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a descendant of one of the desert tribes led by Moses that settled in Palestine; person belonging to the Semitic tribe or nation descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; Israelite; Jew. <DD><B> 2. </B>the ancient Semitic language of the Jews, in which most of the Old Testament was recorded. <DD><B> 3. </B>the present-day language of Israel, a modern form of Hebrew. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B><B>=Jewish.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with ancient or modern Hebrew. </DL>
<A NAME="hebrewcalendar">
<B>Hebrew calendar,</B> =Jewish calendar.</DL>
<A NAME="hebrews">
<B>Hebrews, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a book of the New Testament, supposedly written by the Apostle Paul to Christians of Hebrew ancestry at Rome. Its full title is <I>The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews.</I> (Abbr:) Heb. </DL>
<A NAME="hebrewschool">
<B>Hebrew school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a school for the religious education of Jewish children from 6 to 13 years old, conducted by a synagogue or community after public school hours; Talmud Torah. </DL>
<A NAME="hebridean">
<B>Hebridean, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Hebrides, a group of Scottish islands off northwestern Scotland. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of the Hebrides. </DL>
<A NAME="hecate">
<B>Hecate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Greek goddess of the moon, earth, and infernal regions, later associated with magic and witchcraft. Also, <B>Hekate.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hecatomb">
<B>hecatomb, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a great public sacrifice in ancient Greece and Rome of 100 oxen at one time. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any great slaughter. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a great number. </DL>
<A NAME="hechima">
<B>hechima, </B>noun. =loofah.</DL>
<A NAME="heck">
<B>heck, </B>noun, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> hell (used mainly as a mild curse). <BR> <I>Ex. Our philosophy was "make a quick buck now and to heck with next year" (Sports Illustrated).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="heckle">
<B>heckle, </B>verb, <B>-led,</B> <B>-ling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to interrupt and annoy (as a speaker or performer) by asking bothersome questions, jeering, or making loud remarks. <BR> <I>Ex. [The] M.P. for the Exchange division of Liverpool ... after being rejected, was heckled when she addressed a May Day demonstration (London Times).</I> (SYN) badger. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=hackle</B> (comb flax). Also, <B>hatchel.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=hackle </B>(comb for dressing flax). noun <B>heckler.</B> </DL>
