Index of English words, starting with "he"

(1) - Helium (n.) A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

(1) - Helix (n.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
(2) - Helix (n.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
(3) - Helix (n.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
(4) - Helix (n.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.

(1) - Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
(2) - Hell (v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
(3) - Hell (v. t.) A gambling house.
(4) - Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
(5) - Hell (v. t.) A place where outcast persons or things are gathered
(6) - Hell (v. t.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
(7) - Hell (v. t.) The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.