Helmet-shaped
(Hel"met-shaped`) a. Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.
Helminth
(Hel"minth) n. [Gr. a worm.] (Zoöl.) An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of
the Helminthes.
Helminthagogue
(Hel*min"tha*gogue) n. [Gr. a worm + to drive.] (Med.) A vermifuge.
Helminthes
(||Hel*min"thes) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a worm.] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions or branches
of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic.
Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha.
The following classes are included, with others of less importance: Cestoidea Trematodea Turbellaria
Acanthocephala Nematoidea Nemertina See Plathelminthes, and Nemathelminthes.
Helminthiasis
(||Hel`min*thi"a*sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. to suffer from worms, fr. a worm.] (Med.) A disease
in which worms are present in some part of the body.
Helminthic
(Hel*min"thic) a. [Cf. F. helminthique.] Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling
worms. — n. A vermifuge; an anthelmintic.
Helminthite
(Hel*min"thite) n. [Gr. a worm.] (Geol.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many
stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.
Helminthoid
(Hel*min"thoid) a. [Gr. a worm + -oid.] Wormlike; vermiform.
Helminthologic
(Hel*min`tho*log"ic Hel*min`tho*log"ic*al), a. [Cf. F. helminthologique.] Of or pertaining
to helminthology.
Helminthologist
(Hel`min*thol"o*gist) n. [Cf. F. helminthologiste.] One versed in helminthology.
Helminthology
(Hel`min*thol"o*gy) n. [Gr. a worm + -logy: cf. F. helminthologie.] The natural history,
or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
Helmless
(Helm"less) a.
1. Destitute of a helmet.
2. Without a helm or rudder. Carlyle.
Helmsman
(Helms"man) n.; pl. Helmsmen The man at the helm; a steersman.
Helmwind
(Helm"wind`) n. A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm. [Prov. Eng.]
Helot
(He"lot) n. [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E'e`lws and E'elw`ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so
named from 'Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to e`lei^n to take,
conquer, used as 2d aor. of .] A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in every community.
I. Taylor. Helotism
(He"lot*ism) n. The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.
Helotry
(He"lot*ry) n. The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. "The Helotry of Mammon." Macaulay.
Help
(Help) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helped (helpt) (Obs. imp. Holp p. p. Holpen (hol"p'n)); p. pr. & vb.
n. Helping.] [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hjalpa, Sw.
hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.]
