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- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- hexastyle — having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
- high mass — a Mass celebrated according to the complete rite, in which the liturgy is sung by the celebrant.
- high seas — the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
- himalayas — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- home base — Baseball. home plate.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- huascaran — a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6768 meters).
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hyperbase — (database) An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- hyponasty — increased growth along the lower surface of a plant or plant part, causing it to bend upward.
- hypopneas — Plural form of hypopnea.
- i ask you — If you say 'I ask you', you are emphasizing how much you disapprove of someone or something.
- ideal gas — a gas composed of molecules on which no forces act except upon collision with one another and with the walls of the container in which the gas is enclosed; a gas that obeys the ideal gas law.
- idioblast — a cell that differs greatly from the surrounding cells or tissue.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- iliopsoas — (anatomy) A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
- impassion — to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- impasting — Present participle of impaste.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- in reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- in season — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- in-basket — in-box.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- increaser — a person or thing that increases.
- increases — Plural form of increase.
- inelastic — not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- inert gas — noble gas.
- insignias — Plural form of insignia.
- insomnias — Plural form of insomnia.
- intarsias — Plural form of intarsia.
- integrase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that integrates viral DNA into that of an infected cell.
- interbase — A commercial active DBMS.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- intertask — Between tasks.
- invasible — (biology) Capable of being invaded by invasive species.