| heartshaped | Having the shape of a heart; cordate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| heartsick | Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent. Origin: AS. Heoriseoc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartsome | Merry; cheerful; lively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartstricken | Shocked; dismayed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartstrike | To affect at heart; to shock. "The seek to heartstrike us." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartstring | A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. "Sobbing, as if a hearstring broke." (Moore) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartstruck | 1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." 2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartswelling | Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartwater | An acute febrile disease of cattle, sheep, and goats in sub-Saharan Africa and certain islands in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans and in the Caribbean, caused by the rickettsial organism Cowdria ruminantium and transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma; some species of African antelope and European and American deer also are susceptible. Synonym: cowdriosis, veldt disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heartwater disease | A tick-borne septicaemic disease of ruminants caused by cowdria ruminantium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heartwood | The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in colour from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartworm | A filarial parasite primarily of dogs but occurring also in foxes, wolves, and humans. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hearty | 1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. "Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss." (Marston) 2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber. 3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal. Synonym: Sincere, real, unfeigned, undissembled, cordial, earnest, warm, zealous, ardent, eager, active, vigorous. Hearty, Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings are expressed; sincere implies that this expression corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be hearty in his attachment to his friends, cordial in his reception of them to his house, and sincere in his offers to assist them. Origin: Heartier; Heartiest. Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartyhale | Good for the heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heat | <chemistry> Energy transferred between two objects because of a temperature difference, the thermal motion of atoms and molecules. For chemical systems the sign for heat flow into the system is positive, because this process increases the internal energy of the system. Heat flowing out of the system is defined to be negative, since this process decreases the internal energy of the system. (09 Jan 1998) |