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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.
Hectoring
- verb - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
Hectorism
- - The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying.
Hickories
- noun - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
- valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
Huck Finn
- noun - a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain
Incaution
- noun - the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger
Incensing
- verb - make furious
- perfume especially with a censer
Incension
- - The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire.
Incensive
- - Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.