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hellfire
  • n  a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
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hellgrammiate
  • n  large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
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hellhound
  • n  a very evil man
  • n  (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
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hellion
  • n  a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
    he chased the young hellions out of his yard
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hellman
  • n  United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984)
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hello
  • n  an expression of greeting
    every morning they exchanged polite hellos
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helm
  • n  steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
  • n  a position of leadership
    the President is at the helm of the Ship of State
  • v  be at or take the helm of
    helm the ship
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helmet
  • n  armor plate that protects the head
  • n  a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows
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helmet flower
  • n  a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
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helmet orchid
  • n  any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
  • n  any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
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helmetflower
  • n  a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
  • n  any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
  • n  a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
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