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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>HEDONICC</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="hedoniccalculus"> hedonic calculus, =felicific calculus.</DL> <A NAME="hedonics"> hedonics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the branch of psychology dealing with the pleasant and unpleasant states of consciousness. <DD> 2. the branch of ethics dealing with pleasure. </DL> <A NAME="hedonism"> hedonism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good, or the proper end of action. <DD> 2. belief in or practice of living only for pleasure. noun hedonist. </DL> <A NAME="hedonistic"> hedonistic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with hedonists or hedonism. adv. hedonistically. </DL> <A NAME="heebiejeebies"> heebie-jeebies, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the jitters; fidgets. Ex. In spring you can get the heebie-jeebies Untangling chickadees from phoebes (E. B. White). </DL> <A NAME="heed"> heed, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to give careful attention to; take notice of; mind. Ex. Now heed what I say. They pass, and heed each other not (William Cullen Bryant). (SYN) note, consider, regard. <DD>v.i. to pay careful attention; notice. <DD>noun careful attention; notice; regard. Ex. She pays heed to her clothes. Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, with caution and good heed (William Cowper). noun heeder. </DL> <A NAME="heedful"> heedful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> careful; attentive. Ex. heedful of advice. (SYN) mindful, watchful. adv. heedfully. noun heedfulness. </DL> <A NAME="heedless"> heedless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> careless; thoughtless. Ex. Hobbling downstairs with heedless haste, I set my foot full in a pail of water (Sir Richard Steele). (SYN) mindless, inconsiderate. adv. heedlessly. noun heedlessness. </DL> <A NAME="heehaw"> heehaw, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the braying sound made by a donkey. Ex. asinine heehaws (Robert Browning). <DD> 2. a loud, coarse laugh. <DD>v.i. 1. to make the braying sound of a donkey. <DD> 2. to laugh loudly and coarsely. </DL> <A NAME="heel"> heel (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the back part of a person's foot, below the ankle. Ex. I have a blister on my heel from shoes that are too small. <DD> 2. the part of a stocking or shoe that covers the heel. Ex. I walked so much in my stocking feet that I have a hole in my heel. <DD> 3. the part of a shoe or boot that is under the heel or raises the heel. Ex. Mother's shoes have high heels. <DD> 4a. the part of the hind leg of an animal that corresponds to a person's heel. Ex. The horse kicked up his heels trying to throw the rider. <DD> b. the foot as a whole. Ex. Fauns with cloven heel (Milton). <DD> 5. anything shaped, used, or placed at an end like a heel, such as: <DD> a. the crust at the end of a loaf of bread. Ex. I couldn't eat that stale heel. <DD> b. the rind of a cheese or piece of cheese. Ex. We shredded the heel to make toasted cheese sandwiches. <DD> c(1). the lower end of a rudder, mast, or piece of timber. <DD> (2). the rear end of a ship's keel. <DD> d. the part of a knife blade, sword, or tool next to the handle. <DD> e. the small projecting part at the back of the bowl of a spoon. <DD> f. (Golf.) the crook in the head of a club, below the shaft. <DD> g. (Horticulture.) a projecting bit of older wood taken off with a cutting. <DD> 6. the latter part or end of a meeting or speech. <DD>v.t. 1. to follow closely; run at the heels of. <DD> 2. to put a heel or heels on. Ex. to heel a pair of shoes. <DD> 3. to perform (a dance) with the heels. <DD> 4. (Golf.) to strike (the ball) with the heel of the club. <DD> 5a. to arm (a gamecock) with a gaff or spur. <DD> b. (U.S. Informal.) to furnish or arm (a person) with something, especially with a weapon. <DD>v.i. 1. to follow closely at a person's heels. Ex. A well-trained dog heels at the command of his master. <DD> 2. to touch the ground or floor with the heel. expr. at heel, near the heels; close behind. Ex. Ruksh, his horse, followed him like a faithful hound at heel (Matthew Arnold). expr. at one's heels, close behind one. Ex. The Hollanders are at our heels, in the race of naval power (Sir William Petty). expr. cool one's heels, (Informal.) to be kept waiting a long time. Ex. passengers ... cooling their heels between delayed flights (Wall Street Journal). expr. dig in one's heels, to resist anything, especially change or pressure, by assuming a hard and fast attitude or policy. Ex. The American delegation has dug in its heels. ... It won't budge (New York Times). expr. down at the heel (or heels), <DD> a. with the heel of the shoes worn down. Ex. Her shoes went down at the heel (Richard Barham). <DD> b. (Figurative.) shabby; slovenly. Ex. Thus the unhappy notary ran gradually down at the heel (Longfellow). expr. drag one's heels, to act or move sluggishly or hesitantly; drag one's feet. Ex. The agency dragged its heels during the 1940's in enforcing an antitrust ... decree against major oil companies (Wall Street Journal). expr. heel in, to cover the roots of (a plant) temporarily with soil. Ex. To preserve the young plants during the winter they may be simply heeled in ... in the cellar (J. A. Warder). expr. kick one's heels, <DD> a. to be kept waiting for a very long time. Ex. ... to let your uncle kick his heels in your hall (Samuel Foote). <DD> b. to wait impatiently. Ex. I'll trouble him not to leave me here kicking my heels (Frederick Marryat). expr. kick up one's heels, to have a good time; celebrate. Ex. Kick up your heels in the nightclubs that spill irresistible ... music into the velvet darkness of every evening (New Yorker). expr. lay by the heels, to put in prison or in stocks. Ex. The lord chief justice ... will lay the undersheriff by the heels (Narcissus Luttrell). expr. on (or upon) one's heels, close behind. Ex. Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure (William Congreve). expr. out at (the) heels, <DD> a. with the heel of the stocking or shoe worn through. Ex. Some rich [men] ... go with their hose out at heels (Thomas Wilson). <DD> b. (Figurative.) worn down; shabby; down at the heel. Ex. ... my present situation being, as I may say, a little out at heels (William Horsley). expr. show a clean pair of heels, to run; run away. Ex. The thief showed a clean pair of heels. expr. take to one's heels, to run away. Ex. The rabble incontinently took to their heels (Washington Irving). expr. to heel, <DD> a. near the heels; close behind. Ex. ... the dogs, a spaniel and a retriever, keeping to heel (George Davies). <DD> b. (Figurative.) under control. Ex. The cadets at Polytechnique have been brought to heel with a sharp reimposition of military discipline (London Times). expr. turn on one's heel, to turn around quickly; turn away. Ex. The insult made him so mad he turned on his heel and walked out. expr. under the heel (or heels) of, under the control of; in subjection to. Ex. Nations must not perish under the heel or by the hand of those who refuse to honor their own agreements (Lyndon B. Johnson). adj. heelless. adj. heellike. </DL> <A NAME="heel"> heel (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i., v.t. to lean over to one side; tilt; tip. Ex. The sailboat heeled as it turned. (SYN) cant, careen, list. <DD>noun the act of heeling. Ex. The sudden heel of the boat jerked him overboard. </DL> <A NAME="heel"> heel (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a hateful person. </DL> <A NAME="heelandtoe"> heel-and-toe, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a pace used in walking contests) touching the ground with the heel of the forward foot before the toe of the rear foot leaves the ground. </DL> <A NAME="heelball"> heelball, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a mixture of wax and lampblack used especially by shoemakers for polishing the edges of soles and the like and in taking rubbings of brass surfaces. <DD> 2. the ball or underpart of the heel. </DL> <A NAME="heeldragging"> heel-dragging, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action of holding back; slowing up; reluctance; procrastination. Ex. The new policy is a result of the heel-dragging of our allies (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="heeled"> heeled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (U.S. Informal.) provided with money (usually preceded by a modifier). Ex. This Northern group, backed by wealthy Frederick Flick and others, is perhaps even better heeled than the southern one (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. having a heel or heellike projection. <DD> 3. with a revolver or other weapon. </DL> <A NAME="heeler"> heeler (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who puts heels on shoes. <DD> 2. (U.S. Informal.) a follower or hanger-on of a political boss. Ex. a ward heeler. <DD> 3. a person who follows at the heels. </DL> <A NAME="heeler"> heeler (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a lurch to one side. <DD> 2. a boat that tends to lurch. </DL> <A NAME="heelfly"> heel fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> a botfly whose larva is parasitic in animals such as cattle, goats, and deer; cattle warble. The grub burrows through the skin, causing great damage to the hide. </DL> <A NAME="heelpiece"> heelpiece, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the piece forming or covering the heel of a shoe. <DD> 2. a piece added to the heel of a shoe. <DD> 3. armor for the heel. <DD> 4. the iron bar connecting the soft iron cores in an electromagnet. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) an end piece or part. </DL> <A HREF="heelplat.dic">NEXT</A>