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- English Word Heracleonite Definition A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.
- English Word Herakline Definition A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.
- English Word Herald Definition An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
- English Word Herald Definition In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.
- English Word Herald Definition A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
- English Word Herald Definition A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
- English Word Herald Definition Any messenger.
- English Word Herald Definition To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
- English Word Heralded Definition of Herald
- English Word Heraldic Definition Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
- English Word Heraldically Definition In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
- English Word Heralding Definition of Herald
- English Word Heraldry Definition The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
- English Word Heraldship Definition The office of a herald.
- English Word Herapathite Definition The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
- English Word Heraud Definition A herald.
- English Word Herb Definition A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
- English Word Herb Definition Grass; herbage.
- English Word Herb-woman Definition A woman that sells herbs.
- English Word Herb-women Definition of Herb-woman