heredity
- n the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
- n the total of inherited attributes
hereford
- n hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States
herero
- n a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
- n a Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
heresy
- n any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- n a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
heretic
- n a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
- n a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
heritage
- n practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
a heritage of freedom - n any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
the world's heritage of knowledge - n that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
- n hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
heritiera
- n small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
heritiera littoralis
- n small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath
heritiera macrophylla
- n large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath
heritor
- n a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another