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Webster Dictionary :: Hemi

HEM'I, in composition, from Gr. which signifies half, like demi and semi.

Webster Dictionary :: Hemicrany

HEM'ICRANY, n. [Gr. half and the skull.] A pain that affects only one side of th...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemicycle

HEM'ICYCLE, n. [Gr.] A half circle; more generally called a semicircle.

Webster Dictionary :: Hemiditone

HEMID'ITONE, n. In Greek music, the lesser third.

Webster Dictionary :: Hemina

HEM'INA, n. [L.] In Roman antiquity, a measure containing half a sextary, and ac...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemiplegy

HEM'IPLEGY, n. [Gr. half, and a stroke, to strike.] A palsy that affects one hal...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemipter

HEMIP'TER HEMIP'TERA, n. [Gr. half, and a wing.] The hemipters form an order of ...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemipteral

HEMIP'TERAL, a. Having the upper wings half crustaceous and half membranaceous.

Webster Dictionary :: Hemisphere

HEM'ISPHERE, n. [Gr.] A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemisphericical

HEMISPHER'IC'ICAL, a. Containing half a sphere or globe; as a hemispheric figure...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemistich

HEM'ISTICH, n. [Gr.] Half a poetic verse, or a verse not completed.

Webster Dictionary :: Hemistichal

HEMIS'TICHAL, a. Pertaining to a hemistich; denoting a division of the verse.

Webster Dictionary :: Hemitone

HEM'ITONE, n. [Gr.] A half tone in music; now called a semitone.

Webster Dictionary :: Hemitrope

HEM'ITROPE, a. [Gr. half, and to turn.] Half-turned; a hemitrope crystal is one ...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemlock

HEM'LOCK, n. 1. A plant of the genus Conium, whose leaves and root are poisonous...

Webster Dictionary :: Hemoptoe

HEMOP'TOE, a. [Gr. blood, and a spitting.] A spitting of blood.

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