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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: helpless - hematocrit</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="helpless"> helpless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not able to help oneself; weak. Ex. a helpless cripple. A little baby is helpless. (SYN) dependent. <DD> 2. without help or protection; having no assistance from others. Ex. Though he was alone and helpless, he managed to keep the boat from sinking until help arrived. (SYN) defenseless. <DD> 3. affording no help; unavailing. Ex. All her efforts to comfort him were helpless. adv. helplessly. noun helplessness. </DL> <A NAME="helpmate"> helpmate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a companion and helper; wife or husband. </DL> <A NAME="helpmeet"> helpmeet, noun. =helpmate.</DL> <A NAME="helsingfors"> Helsingfors, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, from, or having to do with Helsinki, Finland. </DL> <A NAME="helterskelter"> helter-skelter, adverb, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adv. with headlong, disorderly haste; pell-mell. Ex. The children ran helter-skelter when the dog rushed at them. <DD>adj. carelessly hurried; disorderly; confused. Ex. This helter-skelter way of doing business is costly to the Government and burdensome to the tax payer (Wall Street Journal). (SYN) precipitate. <DD>noun 1. noisy and disorderly haste, confusion, etc. <DD> 2. a helter-skelter action or deed. Ex. such a helter-skelter of prayers and sins (Longfellow). <DD> 3. (Especially British.) a kind of spiral slide at an amusement park or fairground. </DL> <A NAME="helve"> helve, noun, verb, helved, helving.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a handle of a tool or weapon, such as an ax or hammer. <DD>v.t. to fit with a helve. expr. throw (fling or toss) the helve after the hatchet, to take further risk in a losing venture. Ex. Rather throw the helve after the hatchet, and leave your ruins to be repaired by your prince (Raphael Holinshed). </DL> <A NAME="helver"> helver, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a person or thing that helves. </DL> <A NAME="helvetian"> Helvetian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having to do with the ancient Helvetii. <DD> 2. =Swiss. <DD>noun 1. one of the ancient Helvetii. <DD> 2. a Swiss. </DL> <A NAME="helvetic"> Helvetic, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian. <DD>adj. Helvetian; Swiss. </DL> <A NAME="helvetica"> Helvetica, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a style of sans-serif printing face. </DL> <A NAME="helvetii"> Helvetii, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the time of Julius Caesar) the inhabitants of what is now western Switzerland. </DL> <A NAME="hem"> hem (1), noun, verb, hemmed, hemming.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the border or edge on a garment; edge made by folding over the cloth and sewing it down. Ex. and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment (Matthew 14:36). The triangle flare skirt is fully lined with [material] in pastel colors to give it a majestic sweep from a tiny waist to the billowed hem (New Yorker). <DD> 2. (Figurative:) Ex. The very hem o' the sea (Shakespeare). <DD>v.t. 1. to fold over and sew down the edge of (cloth). Ex. She hemmed six napkins. <DD> 2. to edge or border (a garment or a piece of cloth). Ex. All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe (Edmund Spenser). expr. hem in (around or about), <DD> a. to surround on all sides. Ex. Even the fence that hems them in by the river is a relic--a hand-me-down from the World's Fair (New York Times). <DD> b. (Figurative:) Ex. The angelic squadron ... began to hem him round With ported spears (Milton). adj. hemless. </DL> <A NAME="hem"> hem (2), interjection, noun, verb, hemmed, hemming.<DL COMPACT><DD>interj., noun a sound like clearing the throat, used to attract attention or show doubt or hesitation. Ex. Hem! I would like to say something (interj.). We ignored his hems since we didn't want to hear him speak (n.). <DD>v.i. 1. to make a sound like clearing the throat. Ex. If anyone is about, come to the foot of the stairs and hem (Charlotte Bronte). <DD> 2. to hesitate in speaking. expr. hem and haw, <DD> a. to hesitate in speaking. Ex. He hemmed and hawed a lot in his poorly prepared speech. <DD> b. to stall or put off; hedge. Ex. But ask the experts, "Who'll win?" and they'll hem and haw and say, "Well, on the one hand ..." (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="hem"> hem-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the form of hema- before vowels, as in hemangioma. </DL> <A NAME="hema"> hema-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) blood. Ex. Hemachrome = coloring matter of the blood. </DL> <A NAME="hemachrome"> hemachrome, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the red coloring matter of the blood; hemoglobin. Also, haemachrome. </DL> <A NAME="hemacytometer"> hemacytometer, noun. =hemocytometer.</DL> <A NAME="hemadsorption"> hemadsorption, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a laboratory method of identifying viruses by means of a test in which tissue cells containing the virus absorb red blood cells. </DL> <A NAME="hemadsorptionvirus"> hemadsorption virus,<DL COMPACT><DD> any virus identifiable by hemadsorption. </DL> <A NAME="hemagglutinate"> hemagglutinate, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -nated, -nating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to cause hemagglutination. </DL> <A NAME="hemagglutination"> hemagglutination, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the clumping of red blood cells by hemagglutinin, used to determine the presence of various diseases such as arthritis. </DL> <A NAME="hemagglutinin"> hemagglutinin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibody produced in the blood that causes red blood cells to clump together. </DL> <A NAME="hemal"> hemal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with the blood or blood vessels. <DD> 2. having to do with or on the side of the body containing the heart and great blood vessels; ventral. Also, haemal. </DL> <A NAME="heman"> he-man, noun, pl. -men, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>noun a virile, rugged man. Ex. The Maya field, to his mind, was an exclusive, he-men's club for a select group who could fight their way through tangled forests and bottomless mud (New Yorker). <DD>adj. rugged; tough; masculine. Ex. written in the hard-hitting, he-man manner you'd expect from this ex-Marine and ex-pro footballer (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="hemangioma"> hemangioma, noun, pl. -mas, -mata.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small benign tumor containing blood vessels. It may occur internally, as in the liver, but it appears most commonly on the skin as a birthmark. </DL> <A NAME="hemapheresis"> hemapheresis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a process for separating and removing part of the blood, while returning the remainder to the bloodstream. Hemapheresis is used in blood banks and in therapy. </DL> <A NAME="hemat"> hemat-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the form of hemato- before vowels, as in hematal. </DL> <A NAME="hematal"> hematal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with the blood or blood vessels. </DL> <A NAME="hematein"> hematein, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a reddish-brown, crystalline powder obtained from the coloring matter of logwood. </DL> <A NAME="hematemesis"> hematemesis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the vomiting of blood. </DL> <A NAME="hematemetic"> hematemetic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having to do with hematemesis. <DD> 2. suffering from hematemesis. </DL> <A NAME="hemathermal"> hemathermal, adjective. =hematothermal.</DL> <A NAME="hematic"> hematic, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun medicine that acts on the blood. <DD>adj. 1. of, having to do with, or containing blood; of the color of blood. <DD> 2. acting on the blood. Ex. a hematic remedy. </DL> <A NAME="hematimeter"> hematimeter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device for counting blood corpuscles in a given amount of blood, consisting of a microscope slide having a cell that contains a known amount of blood. </DL> <A NAME="hematin"> hematin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a bluish-black pigment containing iron, formed in the decomposition of hemoglobin. <DD> 2. =heme. </DL> <A NAME="hematinic"> hematinic, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a medicine, such as a compound of iron, that increases the number of red blood cells in the blood. <DD>adj. of or obtained from hematin. </DL> <A NAME="hematinometer"> hematinometer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device for determining the amount of hemoglobin in the blood. </DL> <A NAME="hematite"> hematite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an important iron ore that is usually reddish-brown when powdered; bloodstone. It is a widely distributed mineral, occurring in crystalline, massive, or granular form. </DL> <A NAME="hematitic"> hematitic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with hematite; like hematite. </DL> <A NAME="hemato"> hemato-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) blood. Ex. Hematology = study of blood. <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, hemat- before vowels. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="hematoblast"> hematoblast, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cell, as in bone marrow, from which a red corpuscle may develop. </DL> <A NAME="hematoblastic"> hematoblastic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with hematoblasts. </DL> <A NAME="hematocele"> hematocele, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tumor containing blood. </DL> <A NAME="hematocrit"> hematocrit, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a centrifuge used to determine the relative volume of plasma and blood cells in a given amount of blood. </DL> <A NAME="hematocryal"> hematocryal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> cold-blooded, as reptiles, fishes, and amphibians; poikilothermal. </DL> <A HREF="hematoge.dic">NEXT</A>