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heart urchin
  • n  sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell
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heart
  • n  the locus of feelings and intuitions
    in your heart you know it is true
  • n  the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
    he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
  • n  the courage to carry on
    you haven't got the heart for baseball
  • n  an area that is approximately central within some larger region
    they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
  • n  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
    the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  • n  an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
    he had a change of heart
  • n  a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
    he drew a heart and called it a valentine
  • n  a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
    a five-pound beef heart will serve six
  • n  a positive feeling of liking
    the child won everyone's heart
  • n  a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
    he led the queen of hearts
    hearts were trumps
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heart-leaf
  • n  wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama
  • n  evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina
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heart-leaved aster
  • n  perennial wood aster of eastern North America
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heart-lung machine
  • n  a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery; diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body
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heart attack
  • n  a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
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heart block
  • n  recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
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heart cherry
  • n  any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
  • n  large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh
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heart failure
  • n  inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
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heart line
  • n  a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
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heart massage
  • n  an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest
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