helxine soleirolia
- n prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves
hem
- n the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
the hem of her dress was stained
let down the hem
he stitched weights into the curtain's hem
it seeped along the hem of his jacket - n the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- v fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
hem my skirt - v utter `hem' or `ahem'
hemachatus haemachatus
- n highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
hemal arch
- n a structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels
hemangioma
- n benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
hematin
- n a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
hematinic
- n a medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood; used to treat iron-deficiency anemia