English words: heart-lung machine to heathclad

300 English words, part 28 of 108 of the words starting with H, A to Z. 41 have a page of their own.

English words heart-lung machine to heathclad

heart-lung machine noun: The machine used in cardiopulmonary bypass to take over the function of a patient's heart and lungs during surgery.
heart massage noun: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
heart murmur noun: A sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope and often (but not necessarily) indicative of a...
heart muscle noun: Synonym of cardiac muscle.
heart neckline noun: A heart-shaped style of neckline that accentuates décolletage.
heart note noun: Synonym of middle note.
heart of glass noun /ˌhɑːt ə ˈɡlɑːs/: A heart (or by extension, person) in a very fragile romantic state: one that is easily made broken-hearted.
heart of gold noun: A kind, compassionate, or caring attitude; kindheartedness; a person with those qualities.
heart of grace noun /ˌhɑːt‿əv ˈɡɹeɪs/: Chiefly preceded by get, give, take, etc.: courage or relief, especially when gained as a result of favour shown to one.
heart of hearts noun: One's innermost private feelings.
heart of oak noun: A brave, resolute heart.
heart of palm noun: A vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, especially the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), which is often grown for the...
heart of stone noun: A hardhearted character, stern or cruel nature.
heart pine noun: The heartwood of the pine tree.
heart-pounding adjective: Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.
heart-poundingly adverb: In a heart-pounding manner.
heart rate noun: The number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.
heart rate monitor noun: A wearable device that allows a user to measure their heart rate in real time, usually consisting of a chest strap transmitter and a wrist receiver.
heart-rending adjective: Alternative form of heartrending.
heart-rendingly adverb: In a heart-rending manner.
heart rot noun: Alternative form of heartrot.
heart's blood noun: Alternative form of heart-blood.
heart's desire noun: Something that a person strongly desires.
heart's ease noun: Alternative form of heartsease
heart sac noun: Synonym of pericardium.
heart-searching noun: Alternative form of heartsearching.
heart-service noun: Sincere devotion to a person or cause.
heart-shaped adjective: Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.
heart-shattering adjective: heart-breaking
heart smart adjective: Healthy for the heart
heart sound noun: Any of the noises that can be heard on auscultation over the heart, generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it.
heart-spent adjective: Alternative form of heartspent.
heart-splitting adjective: Synonym of heart-rending.
heart starter noun: A defibrillator.
heart-stirring adjective: Rousing the emotions; exhilarating.
heart-stopper noun: Alternative form of heartstopper.
heart-stopping adjective: Alternative spelling of heartstopping.
heart-stoppingly adverb: In a heart-stopping way.
heart strings noun: Alternative form of heartstrings.
heart surgeon noun: A surgeon of the heart.
heart sweetbread noun: Synonym of sweetbread (“of the pancreas”).
heart-throbbing adjective: With the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation; causing the heart to beat so.
heart-thumping adjective: thrilling, nerve-wracking, exhilarating
heart to heart adjective, noun: A sincere, serious, or personal conversation.
heart-touchin' adjective: Pronunciation spelling of heart-touching.
heart-touching adjective: Emotionally moving.
heart-tugging adjective /hɑːt ˈtʌɡɪŋ/: heart-wrenching
heart urchin noun: Any echinoderm of the class Spatangoida.
heart valve noun: Any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction.
heart-warmer noun: Something that is heart-warming.
heart-warming adjective: Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy.
heart wheel noun: A form of cam shaped like a heart, used to convert uniform rotary motion into uniform reciprocating motion.
heart-whole adjective: Alternative spelling of heartwhole.
heart-wrenching adjective: Alternative form of heartwrenching.
heart-wrenchingly adjective: Alternative form of heartwrenchingly.
heartache noun /ˈhɑːteɪk/: Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence.
heartachey adjective: Alternative spelling of heartachy.
heartaching adjective: Causing heartache.
heartachingly adverb: So as to cause heartache.
heartachy adjective: Causing, or afflicted with, heartache.
heartattack noun: Alternative form of heart attack.
heartbalm noun: Alternative spelling of heart balm.
heartbeat noun /ˈhɑːtˌbiːt/: One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
heartbeat bill noun: A form of abortion restriction legislation which makes abortion illegal as soon as the fetal heartbeat can be detected.
heartbeat law noun: A law that forbids abortions after the fetal heartbeat can be detected, typically around six weeks.
heartbeatlike adjective: Resembling a heartbeat.
Heartbleed proper noun: A security bug in OpenSSL, where more data can be read than should be allowed, which was disclosed and fixed in April 2014.
heartblood noun: Alternative form of heart-blood.
heartbond noun: A union of hearts; a betrothal.
heartbreak noun /ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/: Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
heartbreak grass noun: A highly toxic herb (Gelsemium elegans), native to China, India, and southeast Asia, that yields poisons.
heartbreaker noun /ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪ.kə/: A person, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours another person, but does not reciprocate their love.
heartbreakin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of heartbreaking.
heartbreaking adjective, noun: That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
heartbreakingly adverb: In a heartbreaking manner
heartbreakingness noun: The state or quality of being heartbreaking (describes an agent, a heartbreaker).
heartbroke adjective: heartbroken
heartbroken adjective: Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heartbrokenly adverb: In a heartbroken manner.
heartbrokenness noun: The state or quality of being heartbroken.
heartburn noun /ˈhɑːtˌbɜːn/: A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.
heartburned adjective: Having heartburn.
heartburning noun: Secret enmity; discontent.
heartcare noun: The care of the heart.
heartcut adjective, noun: A portion of material separated by chromatography that is subjected to heartcutting
heartcutting noun: A technique in chromatography in which a portion of the material separated in a first column is passed through a second.
heartdeep adjective: Rooted in the heart.
heartease noun: Alternative form of heartsease (“wild pansy”).
hearted adjective, verb /ˈhɑːtɪd/: Having a specified kind or number of heart.
heartedly adverb /ˈhɑːɹ.təd.li/: In a hearted manner.
heartedness noun /ˈhɑːɹ.təd.nəs/: The state or quality of being hearted.
hearten verb /ˈhɑːtn̩/: To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
heartener noun: One who, or that which, heartens or animates.
heartening adjective, verb: Cheerfully encouraging.
hearteningly adverb: In a heartening way; cheeringly.
heartface noun: A term of endearment.
heartfelt adjective /ˈhɑːt.fɛlt/: Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.
heartfeltly adverb: In a heartfelt manner.
heartfeltness noun: The state or quality of being heartfelt.
heartful adjective, noun: An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
heartfully adverb: In a heartful manner.
heartfulness noun: The state or quality of being heartful.
heartgrief noun: heartache; sorrow
hearth noun /ˈhɑːθ/: The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often...
hearth and home noun: Traditional family values and home life.
hearth board noun: Synonym of fireboard.
hearth goddess noun: A deity who presides over the fireplace, home, and domestic life.
hearth-penny noun: Synonym of Peter's pence.
hearth-stone noun: Alternative form of hearthstone
hearth tax noun: Any of several taxes levied in medieval Europe based on the number of hearths (fireplaces) in a property or community.
hearthboard noun: Synonym of fireboard.
hearthflame noun: The fire that burns in a hearth.
hearthful adjective, noun: The amount a fireplace can hold.
hearthless adjective: Without a hearth.
hearthlessness noun: Absence of a hearth.
hearthlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a hearth.
hearthpenny noun: Alternative form of hearth-penny.
hearthplace noun: The area around a hearth; fireside.
hearthrug noun: A rug placed in front of a fireplace, on the hearth.
hearthside adjective, noun: The area around the fireplace in the living-room of a family house.
hearthstead noun: The area encompassing a hearth; fireplace.
hearthstone noun, verb /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/: A flat stone used to form a hearth.
Hearthstoner noun: A player of the digital collectible card game Hearthstone.
hearthward adjective, adverb: Toward a hearth.
hearthwards adverb: Towards a hearth.
heartical adjective: Whole-hearted; heartfelt; having integrity.
hearties noun: plural of hearty
heartikin noun: A little heart.
heartily adverb /ˈhɑːtɪli/: In a hearty manner.
heartiness noun: The quality of being hearty.
hearting noun, verb: Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.
heartistic adjective: from the heart; sincere and compassionate
heartland noun /ˈhɑːtlənd/: Synonym of heart (“the seat of the affections or love”).
heartlander noun: A person who lives in the heartland.
heartlang noun: A conlang created with the primary goal of being aesthetically pleasing to its creator.
heartleaf noun: Wild ginger (Asarum caudatum).
heartleaf milkweed noun: Asclepias cordifolia, native to the mountains of the west coast states of the United States.
heartless adjective /ˈhɑːt.lɪs/: Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
heartlessly adverb: In a heartless manner.
heartlessness noun /ˈhɑːtlɪsnəs/: the characteristic of being heartless
heartlet noun: A small heart.
heartlike adjective: Having the shape of a heart.
heartline noun: A line on the palm supposed to reflect a person's emotional state.
heartliness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being heartly; warmth
heartling noun: A term of endearment, similar to darling.
heartlings interjection: An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
heartly adjective, adverb /ˈhɑːtli/: Full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty
heartman noun: A witch doctor who kills people to steal their organs.
heartmate noun /ˈhɑːt.meɪt/: A sweetheart.
heartnut noun: The edible seed of a Japanese species of walnut, Juglans ailantifolia.
heartpea noun: heartseed (plant)
heartpiece noun: A centerpiece; a central part.
heartquake noun: Trembling of the heart or emotions; trepidation; fear.
heartrate noun: Alternative form of heart rate.
heartrending adjective: That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
heartrendingly adverb: In a heartrending manner.
heartrot noun: A disease producing decay in the hearts of trees, caused by the mycelia of various fungi.
hearts noun, verb /hɑːts/: One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
hearts and flowers noun: Ideal romance.
hearts and minds noun: People's private feelings and emotions, now especially those of a local population towards an invading or occupying military force.
hearts and rounds noun: cookies baked in the shapes of hearts and circles
hearts, not parts phrase: People's personalities as opposed to their biological sex.
hearts on sleeves noun: Transparent, open, or forthright emotions.
heartscape noun: A notional landscape of the human heart or emotions.
heartsearching noun: soul-searching
heartsease noun: A common European wild flower, Viola tricolor; the wild pansy.
heartseed noun: Any plant of the genus Cardiospermum, climbing plants with round seeds marked with a spot like a heart.
heartsette noun: An early variant of the game of hearts, having a set of cards called the widow that must be taken by the player winning the first trick.
heartshaped adjective: Alternative form of heart-shaped.
heartsick adjective: Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
heartsickening adjective: Making a person feel heartsick.
heartsickness noun: The condition of being heartsick
heartsome adjective: merry, cheery, pleasant, delightful, attractive.
heartsomely adverb: In a heartsome manner.
heartsomeness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being heartsome.
heartsong noun: A heartwarming song or poem.
heartsore adjective, noun: Heartsick.
heartspent adjective: Having experienced the strongest emotion possible.
heartstopper noun: Something highly exciting.
heartstopping adjective: Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
heartstoppingly adverb: In a heartstopping way.
heartstricken adjective: heartbroken; dismayed
heartstring noun: A tendon or other structure resembling a cord once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart.
heartstrings noun /ˈhɑːtstɹɪŋz/: The tendons or other structures resembling cords once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart; especially the aorta, pulmonary artery, and other...
heartstruck adjective: Having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.
heartswelling adjective /ˈhɑː(ɹ)tˌswɛlɪŋ/: heartwrenching
heartthrob noun /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/: A heartbeat.
heartthrobby adjective: Being or resembling a heartthrob (attractive male celebrity).
heartward adverb: Toward the heart.
heartware noun: A patriotic sense of community and fondness for one's country.
heartwarmer noun: Alternative spelling of heart-warmer.
heartwarming adjective: Alternative form of heart-warming.
heartwarmingly adverb: In a heart-warming manner.
heartwater noun: ehrlichiosis
heartwhole adjective /ˈhɑːthəʊl/: Undismayed, not abashed or frightened; healthy.
heartwise adverb: In terms of the heart.
heartwood noun /ˈhɑɹtˌwʊd/: The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood.
heartworm noun: A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis of roundworms.
heartworthy adjective: Worthy of heart
heartwrenching adjective: Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
heartwrenchingly adverb: In a heartwrenching manner.
hearty adjective, noun /ˈhɑɹti/: Warm and cordial towards another person.
hearty as a buck adjective: Extremely healthy; extremely lively, high-spirited, or active.
Heasley proper noun: A surname.
heat noun, verb /ˈhiːt/: Thermal energy.
heat alarm noun: A device that gives an alarm upon detection of heat from a fire.
heat-and-eat adjective: Being a ready meal.
heat apoplexy noun: sunstroke
heat bank noun: A storage heater.
heat barrier noun: thermal insulation
heat burst noun: A sudden, localized increase in air temperature near the Earth's surface, sometimes with associated wind.
heat capacity noun: The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without...
heat capacity ratio noun: The ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure to the heat capacity at constant volume. It is typically denoted by γ or k.
heat check noun: A difficult or risky shot attempted by a player who has made several consecutive successful shots, aiming to test whether they can maintain their streak.
heat checker noun: A player who performs a heat check.
heat conductance noun: thermal conductance
heat conductivity noun: thermal conductivity
heat day noun: A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to a bad heat wave or exceedingly hot temperatures
heat death noun: The state of a thermodynamic system having reached a maximum entropy; temperature is uniform throughout, and no energy is available to do work.
heat detector noun: A device that detects heat and sounds an alarm.
heat dome noun: A condition of extreme heat caused when the atmosphere traps hot air as if bounded by a lid or cap.
heat dump noun: A structure or environment into which waste heat can be transferred
heat engine noun: Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.
heat exchange noun: The transfer of thermal energy from something hotter to something colder.
heat exchanger noun: Any device (such as a radiator) that transfers heat from one fluid to another via a separating wall.
heat exhaustion noun: An illness caused by overheating and excessive sweating, characterised by nausea, headache, thirst, weakness, and high body temperature; prognosis is good...
heat gun noun: A device used to emit a stream of hot air.
heat haze noun: A shimmering atmospheric disturbance caused by currents of warm air between the observer and the object observed.
heat index noun: A figure used by American meteorologists to describe the apparent heat felt by a person as the result of a combination of temperature and humidity.
heat intolerance noun: Inability to tolerate or to be comfortable in warm or hot environments.
heat island noun: Any area, populated or not, which is consistently hotter than the surrounding area.
heat labile adjective: Not heat stable; that breaks down at high temperatures.
heat lamp noun: An infrared lamp used to generate heat.
heat lightning noun: Lightning and/or thunder which the observer attributes to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is too distant to be seen, or because there...
heat map noun: A two-dimensional graphic representation of data in which different values are represented by different colours.
heat of fusion noun: The amount of heat absorbed by unit mass of a material, at its melting point, that causes a phase transition from solid to liquid
heat of passion noun: An outburst of anger that leads one to commit a criminal act, and is itself influenced by preceding events that might cause a reasonable person to lose self...
heat of reaction noun: The amount of heat evolved or absorbed in the production of one mole of a reaction product
heat of transformation noun: Synonym of latent heat.
heat of vaporization noun: The amount of heat needed to change a unit mass of material from a liquid to a gas at its boiling point
heat paste noun: Thermal grease.
heat plot noun: Synonym of heat map.
heat-proof adjective: Unable to be affected or damaged by heat.
heat pump noun: A device that transfers thermal energy between spaces using a refrigeration cycle, usually between an enclosed space and the outdoors.
heat rash noun /ˈhit ˌɹæʃ/: Any of various heat-related rashes, including some forms of miliaria and vasculitis.
heat-ray noun: A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature.
heat resistant adjective: Resistant to the effects of fire or intense heat.
heat rub noun: A cream, gel, etc. intended to relieve the pain of fibrositis, lumbago, or muscular aches and strains, by producing a feeling of warmth within the muscle of...
heat-seal verb: To enclose (something) in plastic wrapping and make an airtight seal by applying heat to fuse the edges of the wrapping together.
heat-seeking adjective: Of a missile or rocket, able to detect and follow the heat emitted by an aircraft engine or rocket.
heat shield noun: A shield designed of a substance that absorbs excessive heat from an outside source by either dissipating, reflecting or simply absorbing the heat.
heat shock noun: The response of an organism to a rapid rise in temperature
heat shock protein noun: A class of proteins produced when an organism undergoes heat stress or stress, which is then used to bind to heat intolerant proteins to stabilize their...
heat shrink noun: A plastic tube that shrinks when heated, used as a mantle for wiring. The heating is typically with a heat gun or, sometimes, a lighter.
heat sink noun: An object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.
heat spreader noun: A device that transfers energy as heat from a hotter source to a colder heat sink or heat exchanger.
heat stable adjective: That does not break down at high temperatures.
heat storm noun: An extended heat wave, defined as high temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit over a large area for three consecutive days.
heat stroke noun: An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.
heat through verb: To become hot throughout.
heat thunder noun: Thunder that is heard without lightning being seen by the observer, and/or that is attributed to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is...
heat time noun: The duration of a heat treatment.
heat transfer noun: The transmission of thermal energy via conduction, convection or radiation.
heat-treat verb: To apply a heat treatment to (some material).
heat treater noun: One who heat-treats.
heat-treating noun, verb: An act or process by which one heat-treats a piece of material (usually metal).
heat treatment noun: The process of modifying the physical or chemical properties of a material (especially a metal) via either heating or cooling.
heat up verb: To heat, to cause to become hotter.
heat vision noun: The fictional ability to burn objects with one's gaze.
heat wave noun /ˈhit weɪv/: A period of exceptionally hot weather.
heatability noun: The quality of being heatable.
heatable adjective: Capable of being heated.
heatage noun: The surrealist technique of heating an exposed but unfixed photographic negative, resulting in a distorted image.
heatbank noun: Alternative form of heat bank.
heated adjective, verb /ˈhiːtɪd/: Very agitated, angry or impassioned.
heated gamer moment noun: Alternative form of heated gaming moment.
heated tobacco noun: Tobacco heated at a lower temperature than conventional cigarettes.
heatedly adverb: In a heated manner.
heatedness noun: The quality of being heated.
heaten verb /ˈhiːtən/: To increase in heat; make or become hotter
heater noun /ˈhitɚ/: A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
heaterless adjective: Without a heater.
heatful adjective: Hot.
heath noun /hiːθ/: A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
heath-blue noun: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Neolucia.
heath cock noun: A male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).
heath fritillary noun: A very small, orange and brown chequered butterfly (Melitaea athalia), of the family Nymphalidae.
heath hen noun: A female black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).
heath pea noun: Lathyrus linifolius, a species of pea, whose tubers were once used as an appetite suppressant.
Heath Robinson noun: Anything ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.
Heath Robinsonesque adjective: Ingenious, and often complex, but absurdly impractical or even useless.
Heath Robinsonian adjective /hiːθɹɒbɪnˈsəʊnɪən/: Elaborate and impractical.
heath rush noun: Juncus squarrosus, a rush in the family Juncaceae.
heath spotted orchid noun: An orchid of species Dactylorhiza maculata, growing on hills and lowlands across Europe and northern Africa.
heath star moss noun: A moss of species Campylopus introflexus.
heath-stone noun: Alternative form of heathstone
heath woodrush noun: Synonym of common woodrush (Luzula multiflora)
heath-wren noun: Alternative form of heathwren.
heathberry noun: mossberry
heathclad adjective: Covered with heath.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under H: 32,288 words, in 108 parts.