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Halon
- noun - a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer
Halse
- - To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
Halts
- noun -
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
- cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
- stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
- the event of something ending;
- the state of inactivity following an interruption;
Halva
- unknown - (Cookery) an Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Indian sweetmeat made of honey and containing sesame seeds, nuts, rose water, saffron, etc
- Mediterranean/Asian sweetmeat
Halve
- verb - divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"
Helen
- noun - (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
Helia
- noun - a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
HELIO
- unknown - The sun. Combined form. Greek origin
Helix
- noun - a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
- Outer rim of the ear
- type genus of the family Helicidae