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Hecdecane
- - A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.
Heckerism
- - The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-88), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people. (b) Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French translation of Elliott's Life of Hecker. They were condemned as Cardinal Gibbons, January 22, 1899.
Hedgeborn
- - Born under a hedge; of low birth.
Hedgefund
- noun - a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging
Hedgehogs
- noun - relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
- small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
Hedgehops
- verb - fly very close to the ground
Hedgerows
- noun - a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
Heidegger
- noun - German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (1889-1976)