Headway (noun)
forward movement
Remarkably, the Salmon fish makes significant headway against the swift
currents of a
river.
Heaps (noun)
a disordered pile of something
Many insects are known to lay their eggs in garbage heaps.
Hearing (noun)
a chance to be heard; preliminary appearance in a court, a chance
to state someone’s case
Adams's innate conservatism made him determined in 1770 that the
British soldiers
accused of the Boston Massacre be given a fair hearing.
Heartland (noun)
a central geographical region especially of the U.S. in which main
stream or traditional
values predominate
His story dramatizes the profound changes taking place in America’s
heartland.
Hemisphere (noun)
half of the earth as divided by the equator
Badwater is the lowest point in the hemisphere at 282 feet below sea
level.
Herald (verb)
to make known the presence or arrival of
With ominous dark clouds quickly approaching from the horizon, the
storm heralded
trouble for the city of Tupelo.
Heredity (noun)
the sum of the qualities and potentialities genetically derived
from one’s ancestors
Heredity may sometimes be a deciding factor in why some people become
clinically
obese.
Heresy (noun)
an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally
accepted beliefs
Vigorously opposing this teaching, the First Council of Constantinople
reasserted the
Nicene condemnation of Arianism as heresy in 381, and Arianism soon
disappeared
from the Roman Empire.
Heretofore (adverb)
up to this time; hitherto
Satellites, combined with state-of-the-art imaging techniques, offer
ordinary humans
something heretofore found only among comic-book superheroes: the gift
of super
sight.
Heyday (noun)
the period of one's greatest strength, vigor, or prosperity
After all, you don't have to be a wizard to realize that overloading on
real estate today
makes about as much sense as overloading on tech funds did during their
heyday in the
late '90s.
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