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have a fit

verb · get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

have a go

verb · make an attempt at something

Example: I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go

have a go at it

verb · have sexual intercourse with

Example: This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm

have a good time

verb · enjoy oneself greatly

Example: We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM

have a look

verb · look at with attention

Example: Have a look at this!

have down

verb · have (something) mastered

Example: She has the names of the fifty states down pat

have intercourse

verb · have sexual intercourse with

Example: This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm

have it coming

verb · deserve (either good or bad)

Example: It's too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming

have kittens

verb · get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

have sex

verb · have sexual intercourse with

Example: This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm

have-to doe with

verb · be relevant to

Example: There were lots of questions referring to her talk

hawk-eyed

adjective · having very keen vision

Example: quick-sighted as a cat

hawk's-beard

noun · any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere

hawkish

adjective · disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

Example: militant nations

hay-scented fern

noun · fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay

hazardia

noun · small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature

hazardously

adverb · in a dangerous manner

Example: he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge

hazily

adverb · in an indistinct way

Example: he remembered her only hazily

hazy

adjective · filled or abounding with fog or mist

Example: a brumous October morning

hdl

noun · a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis

he-man

noun · a man who is virile and sexually active

head and shoulders above

adverb · outstandingly superior to

Example: in intelligence he was head and shoulders above the others in his class

head for the hills

verb · flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Example: If you see this man, run!

head home

verb · return home

Example: After the movie, we went home

head over heels

adverb · in disorderly haste

Example: we ran head over heels toward the shelter

headbutt

verb · butt with the head

Example: The soccer player headbutted his oponent and was sent off the field

headshaking

noun · the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement

Example: I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me

heal

verb · provide a cure for, make healthy again

Example: The treatment cured the boy's acne

healthily

adverb · in a levelheaded manner

Example: the answers were healthily individual

heap up

verb · arrange into piles or stacks

Example: She piled up her books in my living room

heaps

adverb · very much

Example: thanks heaps

hear

verb · get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Example: I learned that she has two grown-up children

hearable

adjective · heard or perceptible by the ear

Example: he spoke in an audible whisper

heart and soul

adverb · with complete faith

Example: she was with him heart and soul

heart-whole

adjective · with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion

Example: heart-whole friendship

hearten

verb · give encouragement to

heartily

adverb · with gusto and without reservation

Example: the boy threw himself heartily into his work

heartless

adjective · lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

heartlessly

adverb · in a heartless manner

Example: she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers

heat exhaustion

noun · a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes

heat up

verb · make more intense

Example: Emotions were screwed up

heatedly

adverb · in a heated manner

Example: `To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly

heatless

adjective · without generating heat

Example: luminescent organisms emit heatless light

heavenward

adjective · directed toward heaven or the sky

Example: the soul in its heavenward flight

heavenwardly

adverb · toward heaven

Example: he pointed heavenward

heavenwards

adverb · toward heaven

Example: he pointed heavenward

heavily

adverb · to a considerable degree

Example: he relied heavily on others' data

heavy-laden

adjective · bearing a physically heavy weight or load

Example: tree limbs burdened with ice

hebdomadally

adverb · without missing a week

Example: she visited her aunt weekly

hebraism

noun · Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

hebrew

adjective · of or relating to the language of the Hebrews

Example: Hebrew vowels

hebrews

noun · a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him

hectic

adjective · marked by intense agitation or emotion

Example: worked at a feverish pace

hectically

adverb · in a frenzied manner

Example: we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere

hedeoma oil

noun · aromatic oil from American pennyroyal

hedge in

verb · enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

Example: hedge the property

hedgehop

verb · fly very close to the ground

heedfully

adverb · in a careful deliberate manner