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heilong jiang
  • n  an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
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heel
  • n  the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
  • n  the back part of the human foot
  • n  someone who is morally reprehensible
  • n  one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
  • n  the lower end of a ship's mast
  • n  (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
  • v  tilt to one side
    The balloon heeled over
    the wind made the vessel heel
  • v  follow at the heels of a person
  • v  perform with the heels
    heel that dance
  • v  strike with the heel of the club
    heel a golf ball
  • v  put a new heel on
    heel shoes
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heel counter
  • n  a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
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heft
  • n  the property of being large in mass
  • v  lift or elevate
  • v  test the weight of something by lifting it
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heftiness
  • n  possessing muscular strength
  • n  the property of being large in mass
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hegari
  • n  Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States
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hegel
  • n  German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831)
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hegemony
  • n  the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
    the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation
    to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony
    the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system
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hegira
  • n  the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year
  • n  a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
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heidegger
  • n  German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (1889-1976)
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