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Helots
- noun - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
Heroes
- noun - (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
- (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese
- a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
- Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- someone who fights for a cause
- the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
Heroic
- adjective - a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
- having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"
- of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"
- relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age"
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"
- very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
Heroin
- noun - a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush
Herons
- noun - Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
Hexoic
- - Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.
Hexone
- - A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
Hexose
- noun - a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule
Jerome
- noun - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
- Saint Jerome, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus was born at Stridon around 342–347 AD.
He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate).
Jevons
- noun - English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)