| harlequin reaction | Sudden blanching of the lower half of the body of an infant lying on its side, leaving the remaining half of the body the normal pink colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| harlot | 1. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth. "He was a gentle harlot and a kind." (Chaucer) 2. A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal. 3. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet. Origin: OE.harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF. Harlot, herlot, arlot; cf. Pr. Arlot, Sp. Arlote, It. Arlotto; of uncertain origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harlotry | 1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. 2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. 3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art. 4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. "He sups to-night with a harlotry." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harmaline | <chemistry> An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts. Origin: Cf. F. Harmaline See Harmel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harmel | <botany> A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. at Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation. Origin: Ar. Harmal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harmidine | <chemistry> An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts. Origin: Cf. F. Harmaline See Harmel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harmine | <chemistry> An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance. See: Harmaline. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harmonia | Synonym: plane suture. Origin: L. And G. A joining (05 Mar 2000) |
| harmonic | A component of complex sound whose frequency is a multiple of the fundamental frequency of the sound. This fundamental frequency is called the first harmonic; the second harmonic has twice the frequency of the fundamental, and so forth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| harmonic mean | The mean calculated as the number of values being averaged, divided by the sum of their reciprocals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| harmonic suture | A simple firm apposition of two smooth surfaces of bones, without overlap, as seen in the lacrimomaxillary suture. Synonym: sutura plana, harmonia, harmonic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| harmonical | 1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. "Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass." (Pope) 2. Relating to harmony, as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; especially, relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body. Harmonic interval, the distance between two notes of a chord, or two consonant notes. 3. <mathematics> Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. Motions, and the like. Harmonical mean, the chord of a note with its third and fifth; the common chord. See: harmony. Origin: L. Harmonicus, Gr.; cf. F. Harmonique. (06 Mar 1998) |
| harmonious correspondence | A type of anomalous retinal correspondence in which the angle of the visual direction of the two retinas is equal to the objective angle of strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| harmony | 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe. 2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony. 3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels. 4. A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. The science which treats of their construction and progression. "Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies." (Milton) Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain. 5. <anatomy> See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See Close, Dispersed, etc. Harmony of the spheres. Origin: F.harmonic, L. Harmonia, Gr. Joint, proportion, concord, fr. A fitting or joining. (06 Mar 1998) |
| harmost | A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them. Origin: Gr, fr. To join, arrange, command: cf. F. Harmoste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harmonia |
Harmonia was a 1970s Krautrock supergroup from Germany. They formed as a collaboration between Michael Rother of Neu! and Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius of Cluster. The collaboration only lasted for two complete albums, 1974's Musik von Harmonia and 1975's Deluxe. As two-thirds of the group were the entirety of Cluster, the albums leaned more towards that band's ambient-tinged rock than Neu's motorik rock. ...
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| hard water |
Hard water is water that has a high mineral content. This content usually consists of high levels of metal ions, mainly calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) in the form of carbonates, but may include several other metals as well as bicarbonates and sulfates. While it is not generally dangerous to safety or health, it does generally cause potentially costly nuisance problems in the home and in industry. ...
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| hardening of the arteries |
Atherosclerosis is a disease of arterial blood vessels. Veins are not involved unless surgically moved to function as an artery. Atherosclerosis is commonly referred to as a "hardening of blood vessels", but this is an over-simplification. Vascular lesions known as atheromatous plaques or atheromata (singular: atheroma) are formed in the vessel wall, and in late stages may reduce or restrict blood flow in the lumen. ...
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| harmony |
often used in Western music and other music forms, it is the practice of singing in parts, where each person has a part (often of different pitches) and sings or plays that part. The sounds become blended together though of different pitch to give a uniform, beautiful sound. Harmony usually has 4 sets of pitches: soprano (the highest), alto, tenor and bass (lowest). The highest voices are for female singers and the lowest for male singers, most often. ...
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| harlequin sign |
reddening of the lower half of the laterally recumbent body and blanching of the upper half, due to temporary vasomotor disturbance in newborn infants.
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| HAR | the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement |
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| HAR | money in the form of bills or coins |
| HAR | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
| HAR | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
| HAR | distilled rather than fermented |
| HAR | (computer science) computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
| HAR | a narcotic that is considered relatively strong |
| HAR | any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum |
| HAR | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
| HAR | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
| HAR | unrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains |
| HAR | a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony |