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Headshakingnounthe act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusementverified
Headspacenounthe volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealingverified
Headstandnounan acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)verified
Headstocknounthe stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)verified
Headwaiternouna dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customersverified
Heal AllnounMWEcommon woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruitsverified
Health Care ProvidernounMWEa person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disabilityverified
Health ClubnounMWEa place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitnessverified
Health CodenounMWEset of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etcverified
Health Information ExchangenounMWEA health information organization that brings together healthcare stakeholders within a defined geographic area and governs health information exchange among them for the purpose of improving health and care in that community.OrganizationRegulatedPHI
Health Maintenance OrganizationnounMWEgroup insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physiciansverified
Health ProfessionnounMWEthe body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clientsverified
Health ProfessionalnounMWEa person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disabilityverified
Health SpanounMWEa place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitnessverified
Healthcarenounthe preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health professionverified
Hearing AidnounMWEa conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired personverified
Hearing DognounMWEdog trained to assist the deaf by signaling the occurrence of certain soundsverified
Hearing ExaminernounMWEan official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powersverified
Hearing OfficernounMWEan official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powersverified
Hearsay EvidencenounMWEevidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledgeverified
Hearsay RulenounMWEa rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witnessverified
Heart and SoulnounMWEthe choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experienceverified
Heart AttacknounMWEa sudden and severe instance of abnormal heart function resulting from the lack of blood flow to a part of the heartverified
Heart BlocknounMWErecurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeatverified
Heart CherrynounMWEany of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruitsverified
Heart FailurenounMWEinability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functionsverified
Heart MassagenounMWEan emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrestverified
Heart MonitornounMWEa piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heartverified
Heart PeanounMWEwoody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloonsverified
Heart VentriclenounMWEa chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteriesverified
Heartbeatnounthe rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heartverified
Heartburnnouna painful burning sensation in the chest caused by backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagusverified
Heartleafnounevergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leavesverified
Heartleaf ManzanitanounMWEerect California shrub having leaves with heart-shaped lobes at the baseverified
Heartrotnounany plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees)verified
Heartsnouna form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spadesverified
Heartseasenounviolet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violetverified
Heat ContentnounMWE(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressureverified