Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z herringlike Resembling or characteristic of a herring. Herrington A surname. Herriot A surname transferred from the given name. Herriott A surname. Herrity A surname. Herrman A surname. Herrmann A surname. Herrnhuter A member of the Moravian Church. Herrod A surname. Herrold A surname. Herron A surname. herry To honour, praise or celebrate. hers That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. hersage The dragging of a harrow over a field. hersband the female spouse of another woman Herschberger A surname. Herschel A heptomino shaped like the lowercase letter h, critical as a methuselah. Herschelian Of or pertaining to William Herschel (1738–1822), German-born British astronomer and composer who discovered the planet Uranus. herse A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy. Hersee A surname. herself Her; the feminine object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. herselves Her; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self. hersen Herself. Hersey A surname. Hersh A surname. Hersham A large village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1164). Hershaw A surname. Hershberger A surname. Hershel A male given name from Yiddish. Hershey A confection produced by The Hershey Company. hership Pillaging, devastation, plunder. Hershkowi A surname. Hershkowitz A surname. Hershman A surname. Hersholt A surname. Hersi A surname from Somali. hersiliid Any spider in the family Hersiliidae. hersillon A herse. hersir A local leader in early mediaeval Norway. Herskovits A surname. Herskowitz A surname. Hersman A surname from Dutch. Hersom A surname. Herston A suburb of Swanage, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0178). herstorian One who writes or studies herstory. herstoric Pertaining to herstory. herstorical Pertaining to herstory. herstorically In a herstoric or herstorical way. herstory History that emphasizes the role of women, or that is told from a woman's (or from a feminist) point of view. herstrionics The histrionic behaviour of a woman. Hert A surname. Herta A surname. Hertel A surname. Hertenstein A surname from German. Herter A surname. Hertford A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212). Hertfordshire An inland county of south-east England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Essex, Greater London, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. Hertha A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from German around 1900. Hertingfordbury A small village in Hertford parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3012). Hertlein A surname from German. Herts British postal abbreviation of Hertfordshire. Hertsa A city in Chernivtsi Oblast, in western Ukraine. Hertsmere A local government district with borough status of Hertfordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Borehamwood. hertz In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Hertzberg A surname. hertzian Of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz and his work. Hertzler A surname. Hertzsprung A surname from Danish. Herule A member of the Heruli (an early Germanic people). Heruli An early Germanic people, mentioned by ancient Roman authors as one of several "Scythian" groups raiding Roman provinces in the Balkans and the Aegean Sea, attacking by land and sea. Herulian A member of the Heruli (an early Germanic people). Herve A Belgian cheese similar to Limburger. Hervey A surname. hervotype The DNA sequence of an insertion by a human endogenous retrovirus hervotyping The process of determining a hervotype Herward A male given name of historical usage. Herwarth A surname. Herwig A surname. herx To experience a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment. herxing Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment. herye To praise, to glorify, to honour. Herzberg A surname. Herzegovina A historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Herzegovinian A person from Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Herzel A surname from German. herzenbergite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing sulfur and tin. Herzer A surname from German. Herzig A surname. Herzl A surname from German. Herzlian Zionist. Herzlianism Zionism herzog A German duke. Herzogian Of or relating to Werner Herzog (born 1942), German screenwriter, film director and actor. hes The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied. Hesch A surname from German. heself himself Heseltine A surname. Heselton A surname. Heshan A county-level city and former county of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China. hesher A diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music. heshouwu The plant Reynoutria multiflora. Heshui A county of Qingyang, Gansu, China. Heshun A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China. Hesiod An ancient Greek epic poet and rhapsodist of the 8th century BCE, known as the first author of didactic verse. Hesiodean Synonym of Hesiodic (“relating to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod”). Hesiodian Synonym of Hesiodic (“relating to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod”). Hesiodic Relating to the Ancient Greek poet Hesiod, or characteristic of his didactic poetry style. Hesione Any of various women in Greek mythology, especially the Trojan princess who was the daughter of King Laomedon. hesionid Any polychaete worm of the family Hesionidae. hesitance The act or state of hesitating. hesitancy A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome. hesitant Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation. hesitantly With hesitation. hesitate To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. hesitater One who hesitates; a ditherer. hesitating hesitation hesitatingly In a hesitating manner. hesitatingness hesitancy hesitation An act of hesitating hesitational Relating to hesitation. hesitative Distinguished by hesitation; hesitating. hesitatively In a hesitative manner or fashion. hesitativeness The state or condition of being hesitative. hesitator A word, such as "er" or "um", expressing hesitation on the part of the speaker. hesitatory hesitating Hesket A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district. Hesketh A surname from Old Norse. Heskett A surname. Hesleden A village in Monk Hesleden parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4438). Heslep A surname. Hesler A surname. Heslin A surname from Irish. Heslington A suburban village and civil parish in the City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6250). Heslop A surname. hesp A measure of two hanks of linen thread. hesped A eulogy. Hesper Hesperus, the evening star Hespera A nymph, one of the Hesperides. hesperadin An organic compound that inhibits chromosome alignment and segregation. hesperetin A compound obtained from the decomposition of hesperidin, regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid. Hesperia Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa. hesperian Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western Hesperid any one of the Hesperides Hesperidean Of or relating to the Hesperides. hesperidene An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil. Hesperides A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus. Hesperidian Pertaining to the Hesperides or the garden that they tended. hesperidin A flavanone glycoside found in citrus fruit. hesperidium Any of several kinds of true berries, including citrus fruit such as the lemon and lime, which have pulpy interiors and leathery skins containing aromatic oils. hesperiid Any member of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper.