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Heathland
- noun - a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
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.
Hectoring
- verb - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
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
Heehawing
- unknown - 1. The braying sound made by a donkey.
2. Informal A noisy laugh; a guffaw. intr.v. hee·hawed , hee·haw·ing ,
Heightens
- verb - become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
- increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
- increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
- make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
- make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
Hell-Bent
- adjective - recklessly determined; "hell-bent on winning"
Hellhound
- noun - (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
- a very evil man
Hendecane
- - A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.