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heir-at-law
  • n  the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate
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heir apparent
  • n  an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
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heir presumptive
  • n  a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
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heirloom
  • n  (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
  • n  something that has been in a family for generations
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heisenberg
  • n  German mathematical physicist noted for stating the uncertainty principle (1901-1976)
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helicteres isora
  • n  East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers
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heist
  • n  the act of stealing
  • n  robbery at gunpoint
  • v  commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
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hejaz
  • n  a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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hejira
  • 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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hel
  • n  (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld
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