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Hieromnemon
() The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
Hieromnemon
() A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.
Hieron
() A consecrated place; esp., a temple.
Hieronymite
() See Jeronymite.
Hierophant
() The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.
Hierophantic
() Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.
Hieroscopy
() Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
Hierotheca
() A receptacle for sacred objects.
Hierourgy
() A sacred or holy work or worship.
Hifalutin
() See Highfaluting.
Higgled
() of Higgle
Higgling
() of Higgle
Higgle
() To hawk or peddle provisions.
Higgle
() To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
Higgledy-piggledy
() In confusion; topsy-turvy.
Higgler
() One who higgles.
High
() To hie.
High
() Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
High
() Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection
High
() Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.
High
() Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
High
() Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
High
() Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.
High
() Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
High
() Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
High
() Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
High
() Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
High
() Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
High
() Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
High
() Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
High
() In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
High
() An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
High
() People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
High
() The highest card dealt or drawn.
High
() To rise; as, the sun higheth.
Highbinder
() A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.
High-blown
() Inflated, as with conceit.
Highborn
() Of noble birth.
High-bred
() Bred in high life; of pure blood.
High-built
() Of lofty structure; tall.
High-church
() Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
High-churchism
() The principles of the high-church party.
High-churchman
() One who holds high-church principles.
High-churchman-ship
() The state of being a high-churchman.
High-colored
() Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
High-colored
() Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.
High-embowed
() Having lofty arches.
Highering
() Rising higher; ascending.
Highfaluting
() High-flown, bombastic language.
High-fed
() Pampered; fed luxuriously.