[Scot.]
Hejira
(He*ji"ra) n. See Hegira.
Hektare
(Hek"tare`, Hek"to*gram, Hek"to*li`ter), &and Hektometer
(Hek"to*me`ter), n. Same as Hectare,
Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
Hektograph
(Hek"to*graph) n. See Hectograph.
Helamys
(||Hel*a*mys) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fawn + mouse.] (Zoöl.) See Jumping hare, under Hare.
Helcoplasty
(Hel"co*plas`ty) n. [Gr. a wound + -plasty.] (Med.) The act or process of repairing lesions
made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.
Held
(Held) imp. & p. p. of Hold.
Hele
(Hele) n. [See Heal, n.] Health; welfare. [Obs.] "In joy and perfyt hele." Chaucer.
Hele
(Hele), v. t. [AS. helan, akin to D. helen, OHG. helan, G. hehlen, L. celare. &radic17. See
Hell, and cf. Conceal.] To hide; to cover; to roof. [Obs.]
Hide and hele things.
Chaucer. Helena
(Hel"e*na) n. [L.: cf. Sp. helena.] See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint.
Helenin
(Hel"e*nin) n. (Chem.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane and
extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.
Heliac
(He"li*ac) a. Heliacal.
Heliacal
(He*li"a*cal) a. [Gr. belonging to the sun, fr. the sun: cf. F. héliaque.] (Astron.) Emerging from
the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun.
Sir T. Browne.
The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges
from the light so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the contrary, the heliacal setting of
a star is when the sun approaches conjunction so near as to render the star invisible.
Heliacally
(He*li"a*cal*ly), adv. In a heliacal manner. De Quincey.
Helianthin
(He`li*an"thin) n. [Prob. fr. L. helianthes, or NL. helianthus, sunflower, in allusion to its
color.] (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator
in alkalimetry; — called also methyl orange.
Helianthoid
(He`li*an"thoid) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.
Helianthoidea
(||He`li*an"thoi"de*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. helianthes sunflower + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An order of
Anthozoa; the Actinaria.
