Definition of h

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H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch

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Trumpetweed :: Trumpetweed (n.) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads..
Vulgarity :: Vulgarity (n.) Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
Taint :: Taint (n.) An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner..
Echoed :: Echoed (imp. & p. p.) of Ech.
Portage :: Portage (n.) A sailor's wages when in port.
Lyerman :: Lyerman (n.) The cicada.
Potoroo :: Potoroo (n.) Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat..
Equitant :: Equitant (a.) Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback..
Incommunicative :: Incommunicative (a.) Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive..
Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..
Seaworthiness :: Seaworthiness (n.) The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather..
Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude..
Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..
Resent :: Resent (v. t.) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i..
Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..
Petal :: Petal (n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Humbles :: Humbles (n. pl.) Entrails of a deer.
Reshape :: Reshape (v. t.) To shape again.
Histogeny :: Histogeny (n.) Same as Histogenesis.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant..
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