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hernaria
  • n  low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves
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hernaria glabra
  • n  common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
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hernia
  • n  rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
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herniated disc
  • n  a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
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herniation
  • n  rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
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hero
  • n  a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
    RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
  • n  the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
  • n  someone who fights for a cause
  • n  Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
  • n  (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
  • n  (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
  • n  a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
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hero of alexandria
  • n  Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
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hero sandwich
  • n  a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
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herod
  • n  king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
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herod the great
  • n  king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
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herodotus
  • n  the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)
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