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 hesperiine Any skipper (butterfly) of the tribe Hesperiini hesperin The aglycone of hesperidin hesperinos Greek Orthodox Church vespers hesperium A rejected name for plutonium. (Esperium chemical symbol: Es) hesperocyonine Any of the extinct canids of the subfamily Hesperocyoninae. hesperomyine Of or relating to the Hesperomyinae. Hesperonesian Of or relating to the Western Malayo-Polynesian languages. hesperornithean Any ornithurine dinosaur of the group Hesperornithes. hesperornithid Any extinct avialan in the family Hesperornithidae. hesperornithiform Any of the clade †Hesperornithes of extinct toothed birds. hesperornithine Any avialan of the clade †Hesperornithes Hesperus The planet Venus when observed as an evening star. Hesquiaht A First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Hess A habitational surname from German of German and Ashkenazi origin, denoting a person from Hesse. Hessay A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5253). Hesse A state of modern Germany. Hessean Of or relating to Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Hessel A surname. Hesseltine A surname. Hesseman Synonym of Hessian. Hesser A surname. hessian Of, from or relating to the state of Hesse, Germany. Hession A surname from Irish. hessite A mineral form of disilver telluride. Hessle A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0326). Hessler A surname. Hessling A surname. Hesson A surname. hessonite An orange, cinnamon, or pinkish garnet. Hessville An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. hest Command, injunction. Hestand A surname. Hestenes A surname. Hester A female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage. Hesterman A surname. hestern Synonym of hesternal. hesternal Of or pertaining to yesterday. Hesther A female given name, variant of Hester. Hestia The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life. Heston A surname. Hestur An island of the central Faroe Islands. Heswall A town in Wirral borough, Merseyside, England, formerly in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ2781). hesychasm The religious practices of the Hesychasts. hesychast A monk of the Orthodox Catholic Church that engages in noetic prayer. hesychastic Of or relating to hesychasm. Hesychian Of or relating to Hesychius. Hesychius A Greek grammarian from the 5th century AD, known for compiling the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Ancient Greek words. het A heterosexual person. heta The Ancient Greek letter eta, or variants of it, when used in their original function of denoting the consonant /h/. hetacillin A beta-lactam that is converted by the body to ampicillin. hetaera A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them. hetaeric Of or relating to a hetaera. hetaerism A theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers. hetaerist A practitioner or advocate of hetaerism. hetaerocracy Rule by courtesans. hetaerolite A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing manganese, oxygen, and zinc. hetaireia A unit of the Byzantine emperor's bodyguard. hetairistic Relating to hetaerism. hetairos A companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry. hetarene any heteroarene hetaryl Synonym of heteroaryl. hetaryne Any heteroaryne. hetastarch hydroxyethyl starch, a non-ionic starch derivative. Hetauda A city in Bagmati, Nepal. hetcoal Synonym of hetslop. hetdar The ability to detect whether or not a person is straight by observing that person. hetegonic Relating to hetegony hetegony The study of the origin of the planets in the solar system. heter Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment. heteracanth Having spines of different sizes. heteradenia Any condition where a gland grows in an abnormal location or, more rarely, where the gland is abnormally formed. heterandrous Having stamens of differing sizes. heterandry The condition of being heterandrous. heteranthery The property of some flowering plants to have different types of stamen within the same flower. Research suggests the different stamens perform different functions in the plant's pollination strategy. heteranthrene Any heterocycle consisting of two benzene rings fused to a 1,4-diheterabenzene in which the heteroatoms are the same e.g. thianthrene heterarchical Of or pertaining to heterarchy heterarchically In a heterarchical manner heterarchy The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power. heterauxesis unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a being, originally plants; allometric growth heterauxetic Exhibiting or relating to heterauxesis. heterecious living on one host at one stage (or generation) and then upon another in the next heterenchelyid Any eel in the family Heterenchelyidae. heteric Involving idiosyncratic rules of spelling, rather than phonetic spelling. heterically In a heteric manner. hetericism Heteric spelling. hetero Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person. heteroactivate To cause, or to undergo heteroactivation heteroactivation activation of a drug or hormone by a different class of substance heteroaddition Any addition reaction that introduces a heteroatom heteroadditive Relating to heteroaddition heteroadditivity The condition of being heteroadditive heteroadministered administered by a clinician on behalf of a patient heteroagglomerate An agglomerate of two or more different materials heteroagglomeration An agglomeration of two or more different materials heteroaggregate An aggregate of two or more different materials heteroaggregation The aggregation of particles in a suspension composed of dissimilar monodisperse colloidal particles. heteroaldehyde An analogue of an aldehyde R-CH=X where X is any atom other than oxygen heteroalkene Any analogue of an alkene in which a doubly bonded carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom. heteroalkyl Having two or more different alkyl substituents heteroallele Any of several alternative forms of a gene that differ at different mutation sites. heteroallelic Of or pertaining to heteroalleles heteroallelism The condition of being heteroallelic heteroallene Any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene). heteroamnesis The medical history of a patient as told by another person (typically a parent) heteroamnestic Relating to heteroamnesis heteroamorous Characterized by love with another of the opposite sex; heteroromantic. heteroanalogue Any compound, related to an existing one, in which one or more carbon atoms have been replaced by a heteroatom heteroanamnesis medical history (of a patient) heteroanhydride An acid anhydride formed from molecules of two different carboxylic acids heteroantagonism Antagonism between different species in a shared environment. heteroantagonistic Relating to, or exhibiting heteroantagonism heteroantibody Any antibody that is active against an antigen from another species than itself heteroarene Any heterocyclic compound formally derived from an arene by replacement of one or more methine and/or vinylene groups by trivalent or divalent heteroatoms respectively in such a way as to retain its aromaticity. heteroaromatic having the characteristics of an aromatic compound whilst having at least one non-carbon atom in the ring heteroarotinoid Any heterocyclic arotinoid heteroarthrocarpic Laterally divided into two different segments heteroaryl Both heterocyclic and aromatic; heteroaromatic heteroarylation Any reaction in which a heteroaryl group is introduced to a molecule heteroarylboronate heteroaryl boronate heteroarylether heteroaryl ether heteroarylidene Any heteroaryl derivative of a methylene radical heteroarylsilane heteroaryl silane heteroaryne Any compound formally derived from a heteroarene by replacing a double bond with a triple bond, and the loss of two hydrogen atoms. heteroassociate Any of two or more compounds that form a heteroassociation heteroassociation A complex (association) formed from two or more different compounds heteroassociative Relating to association with different categories of information heteroassociativity The condition of being heteroassociative heteroatom Any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen. heteroatomic Of, pertaining to or containing a heteroatom. heteroauxin A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants. heteroazeotrope A heterogeneous (not completely miscible) azeotrope heteroazeotropic Pertaining to a heteroazeotrope heterobactin Any of a class of tripeptide siderophore present in a bacterium of the genus Rhodococcus heteroband A band of a chromosome that has differential thickness to the surrounding ones heterobaric Of a leaf: having gas partial pressures that are heterogeneous. heterobasidiomycete Any fungus of the class Heterobasidiomycetes heterobasidiomycetous Relating to basidiomycetes of the taxon Heterobasidiomycetes heterobasionym A heterotypic synonym which is also a basionym. heterobathmiid Any moth in the family Heterobathmiidae. heterobeltiosis A form of heterosis in which the resulting hybrid has superior characteristics to its parents heterobenzylic Any heteroaryl analogue of the benzylic radical heterobicycle Any bicyclic heterocycle heterobicyclic Of or pertaining to a heterobicycle heterobifunctional Having two different functional groups or binding sites heterobifunctionality The condition of being heterobifunctional heterobimetallic Describing any metal complex having two different metal atoms. heterobinuclear Describing an organometallic compound that has two different metals each surrounded by a group of ligands heterobiography biography written by another person, as opposed to an autobiography heterobiont A heterobiotic community heterobiotic Relating to two or more different organisms