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Heisenberg, Werner
Karl.proper
noun
1901-1976 German physicist and a founder of quantum
mechanics. He won a 1932 Nobel
prize for his uncertainty
principle. He is best known for this discovery; this principle states
that it is impossible to measure the exact position and the momentum of
a given body at the same time. Heisenberg was a leader in the emerging
field of quantum theory
high-spirited.adjective
having a proud or unbroken spirit (a high-spirited
horse)
vivacious;
lively (a high-spirited tune)
high-spiritedly.adverb
high-spiritedness.noun,.plural.high-spiritednesses
homage.noun,.plural.homages
special honor or respect
shown or expressed:.Psalms
134:2;
homage is respect shown towards someone
or something you admire (ancients
sincerely but ignorantly.gave
religious
homage to creations
of their own hands; to do homage as by a suzerain);
ceremonial.acknowledgment
by a vassal
of allegiance
to his lord under feudal
law
hallelujah.interjection
used to express praise
or joy
hallelujah.noun,.plural.hallelujahs
an exclamation
of hallelujah, meaning 'praise God'; you probably know the
words to the famous Hallelujah Chorus; the Hallelujah Chorus,
written 1742, is the most famous movement of the oratorio.Messiah
by the British composer, German born George Frederick Handel 1685-1759,
part of his Handel's Messiah, as it came to be known, which is sung
by large groups of people often at Christmas; this music composition
named Hallelujah means and expresses praise
for the true and only God of all good creation by revealing love to the
world (Jeremiah
31:34 "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every
man his brother, saying, Know the LOR? for they shall all know me, from
the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the Lord, for I forgive
iniquity and remember their sin no more."); Handel also wrote Water
Music, 1717
Handelian.adjective
harry, harried,
harrying,
harries.transitive
verbs
to disturb
or distress
by or as if by repeated attacks; harass
hardy,
hardier,
hardiest.adjectives
being in robust
and sturdy good health; healthy;
capable
of surviving unfavorable conditions,
such as cold weather or lack of moisture,
used especially of cultivated
plants
hardily.adverb
hardiness.noun
horrible.adjective
arousing
or tending
to arouse horror; dreadful;
unpleasant; sickening; very disagreeable
horribly.adverb
horribleness.noun,.plural.horriblenesses
horrid.adjective
causing horror; dreadful;
disagreeable;
offensive
horridly.adverb
horridness.noun,.plural.horridnesses
horrific.adjective
causing horror; tremble;
terrifying
horrifically.adverb
horrify, horrified,
horrifying,
horrifies.transitive
verbs
to cause to feel horror; dismay;
to cause unpleasant surprise to (shocked at government borrowing money
when it can create its own; shocked at the 10,000 miles of tunnels
and DUMBs {Deep Underground Military Bases} the cabal
built and used for their crimes against humanity)
horrifyingly.adverb
horrification.noun,.plural.horrifications
horror.noun,.plural.horrors
an intense,
painful feeling of repugnance
and fear; intense dislike;
abhorrence;
a cause
of horror; something unpleasant,
ugly or disagreeable
(that hat is a horror)
horrendous.adjective
perfectly horrid;
dreadful
(the tax rate was horrendous; the amount of children and young adults the
cabal had stolen from the surface to put in their tunnels
and DUMBs was horrendous); something that is horrendous is shocking
(she described it as the most horrendous experience of her life); horrendous
describes something that is so big or great that they find it extremely
unpleasant and/or difficult
to comprehend
(the horrendous complexity
of the world of the cell; the usually
horrendous traffic jams; many outings can now be horrendously expensive
for parents with a young family and why?)
horrendously.adverb
hectic.adjective
a hectic situation
is one that is very busy and involves a lot of rushed.activity;
characterized
by intense
activity with perhaps
some, confusion
or haste
hurry, hurried,
hurrying,
hurries.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to move or act with speed
or haste;
if you hurry somewhere, you go there as quickly and as safely
as is possible;
transitive verb use.to
cause to move or act with speed or haste (hurried the children to school);
to cause to move or act with undue haste; rush (was ready after a good
sleep to hurry if need be)l to speed the progress
or completion
of; expedite
hurry.noun,.plural.hurries
the act
or an instance
of hurrying; hastened
progress; activity or motion that is often unduly
hurried; haste; the need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency
(was in a hurry to leave before winter set in)
hurrier.noun,.plural.hurrier
one who hurries (these two
always hurry to school but are usually late because they don't allow themselves
extra time by leaving home earlier than they think they should)
hurried.adjective
moving or acting rapidly;
rushed;
done in haste
(a hurried day I had)
hurriedly.adverb
hurriedness.noun
headland.noun
a point of land, usually high and with a sheerdrop,
extending
out into a body of water; a promontory;
the unplowed land at the end of a plowed furrow
hyperlink,
hyperlinks,
hyperlinking,
hyperlinked.transitive
verbs
in an HTML document, a hyperlink
is a link to another part of the document or to another document; hyperlinks
are usually shown as words with a line under them; if a document or file
is hyperlinked, it contains hyperlinks
hyperlink.noun,.plural.hyperlinks
HTML
or Hypertext Markup Language is a system
of codes for producing documents
for the Internet. HTML is an
abbreviation
for hypertext markup language, a markup language (a written for computing
language used in documents one may create for placing on the Internet)
that is used to create documents on the World
Wide Web incorporating text, graphics, sound, video and hyperlinks
hypertext.noun
in computing, hypertext
is a way of connecting pieces so that you can go quickly and directly from
one to another by means of the linking
of words, phrases and pictures
household.noun,.plural.households
a domestic.unit.consisting
of the members of a family who live
together along with nonrelatives such as servants; the living spaces and
possessions belonging to such a unit; a person or group of people occupying
a single dwelling
household.adjective
of, relating to or used
in a household (household appliances)
householder.noun,.plural.householders
one who occupies or owns
a house; the head of the household
house.noun,.plural.houses
a structure.serving
as a dwelling for one or more
persons, such as for a family;
something,
such as a burrow or shell, that
serves as a shelter or habitation
for a wild animal; a building that functions as the primary shelter or
location of something ( the lion house at the zoo; the house wine; house
paint)
house,
housed,
housing,
houses.verbs
transitive verb use.to
provide living quarters for; lodge
(he cottage housed ten students); to shelter, keep or store in or as if
in a house (a library housing rare books)
intransitive verb use.to
reside;
dwell
like a house on fire.or.like
a house afire.idiom
in an speedy manner (ran
away like a house on fire; tickets that sold like a house afire)
on the house.idiom
at the expense of the establishment;
free (food and drinks on the house)
put one's house in order.or.set
one's house in order
to organize
one's affairs in a sensible,
logical
way; from Old English hus
horizontal.adjective
of, relating to or near
the horizon; parallel to or in
the plane of the horizon; at right
angles to a vertical line;
occupying or restricted to the same level (a horizontal transfer for an
employee,
e.g. same job with usually
same income in a different city)
horizontal.noun
something,
such as a line, a plane or an object, that is horizontal (the perfectly
poured concrete for the garage floor was accurately
horizontal); something that is horizontal is flat and level with the ground,
rather than at an angle to it (a
board consists of vertical and
horizontal lines)
horizontally.adverb
horizon.noun
the apparent.intersection
of the Earth and sky as seen by an observer; the event
horizon; the range of one's knowledge,
experience or interest
holiday.noun,.plural.holidays
a day to oneself generally
used to commemorate or celebrate
a particular.event
such as Thanksgiving Day;
from holy day; a vacation.(holiday
cheer;
holiday travelers)
holiday,
holidayed,
holidaying,
holidays.intransitive
verbs
to be or go on a holiday
or vacation
highway.noun,.plural.highways
a main public road, especially
one connecting towns and cities; the highways and byways
of a city
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
1841-1935
former professor of law
at Harvard Law School
After 20 years on the Massachusetts
Supreme Court, Oliver Wendell Holmes became an associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court in 1902. Despite serving on a U.S.A. Supreme
Court characterized by its political conservativism and activism, Holmes
usually supported liberal laws and advocated "judicial restraint" in the
review of legislative decisions. His tendency to compose eloquent opinions
(1, 2,
3)
counter to the majority during his 30 years on the U.S.A. Supreme Court
earned him the nickname "the Great Dissenter".....Microsoft®
Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All
rights reserved.
horticulture.noun,.plural.horticultures
the cultivation of a garden;
the science or art
of cultivating fruits, vegetables,
flowers
or ornamental plants
horticultural.adjective
horticulturally.adverb
horticulturist.noun,.plural.horticulturists
hemagglutinin.noun,.plural.hemagglutinins
a substance,
such as an antibody, that causes
agglutination
of red blood cells
horse's ass
a stupid
or incompetent man or woman
horse.noun,.plural.horses
a beautiful animal of great
dignity,
having large hoofs (scientific name,
Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane
and a long tail, domesticated
since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads;
an adult male horse is called a stallion an an adult female horse is called
a mare; in sports, a piece of gymnastic equipment with an upholstered body
used especially for vaulting
horse,
horsed,
horsing,
horses.verbs
transitive verb use.to
provide with a horse
horse.adjective
of or relating to a horse
(a horse blanket; a horse saddle)
horse around.phrasal
verb
to be playful as young horses
are; horseplay (horsing around with each other)
a horse of another color
or a horse of a different color.idiom
another matter entirely;
something else
flogging a dead horse.idiom
to flog
a dead horse is to continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success
is like trying to wake the dead with the noise of a whistle; to dwell tiresomely
on a matter that has already been decided
be on one's high horse
or get on one's high horse
to be or become disdainful,
superior or conceited.idiom
hold your horses.idiom
to be patient;
don't be in too much of a rush; to restrain
oneself from being hasty
right from the horse's mouth.idiom
a source of information
regarded as original or unimpeachable
herd.noun,.plural.herds
a group
of cattle or other domestic.animals
of a single kind; a number
of wild animals of one species
that remain together as a group (a herd of elephants and a flock
of birds
roaming about); a large
number of people; a crowd (a herd
of stranded passengers due to the bus conking out)
herd,
herded,
herding,
herds.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
come together in a herd (the sheep herded for warmth)
transitive verb use.to
gather, keep or drive animals in a herd; to tend
sheep or cattle; to gather and place
into a group (herded the children into the auditorium)
herder.noun,.plural.herders
one who tends or drives
a herd; a herdsman
herdsman.noun,.plural.herdsmen
an owner or a breeder of
livestock
here.adverb
at.or.in
this place (let's stop here for a rest); at this time; now (we'll adjourn
the meeting here and discuss remaining matters
after lunch); hither (come here,
please)
here.adjective
used for emphasis after
a demonstrative.pronoun
(come and see this one here); used for emphasis
after a noun modified by a demonstrative pronoun (look at this word here)
here.interjection
used to respond to a roll
call, attract attention, command an animal or rebuke,
admonish
or concur
here.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
this place; the present
time or state (we that are living
in the here and now should also consider the hereafter)
hereby
hereby.adverb
by
virtue of this act, decree, bulletin or document; by
this means
neither here nor there.idiom
unimportant and irrelevant
herein.adverb
in or into this
.
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