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heshvan
  • n  the second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November)
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hesiod
  • n  Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)
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hesitance
  • n  a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
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hesitancy
  • n  a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
  • n  a certain degree of unwillingness
    his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
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hesitation
  • n  indecision in speech or action
  • n  a certain degree of unwillingness
    after some hesitation he agreed
  • n  the act of pausing uncertainly
    there was a hesitation in his speech
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hesperides
  • n  (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
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hesperis
  • n  biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers
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hesperis matronalis
  • n  long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
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hesperus
  • n  a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
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hess
  • n  English pianist (1890-1965)
  • n  Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
  • n  Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)
  • n  United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
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hesse
  • n  Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
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