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HEAL - HELPLESS
HEAL - verbs
• BEET † to make good or better; to mend or repair things damaged; to heal wounds, sickness; to improve land ...c975 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALE † to make hale or whole; to heal ...c1200
• HEALD to heal ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LECHNE † to cure, to heal; to administer medicine ...c900
• LEECH * to cure, to heal ...c1200
• SALVE † to heal or remedy a disease; also, to heal sin, sorrow, etc. ...1411
• SANATE † to heal ...1623
• SANE † to cure, to heal ...c1386
• WARISH † to heal, to cure a person of a sickness or trouble ...c1250
• YEL to heal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEALED - adjectives
• SANABLE † that may be healed; curable ...1656
HEALING - adjectives
• AESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
• BALMY of healing virtue, medicinally soothing ...1746
• BALSAMIC soothing, healing, gently restorative ...1667
• ESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
• PANTO-IATRICAL † universally healing, all-healing ...1716
• SANABLE †* 1. that heals or is concerned with healing; curative ...1597
† 2. that may be healed; curable ...1656
• SANATIVE having the power to heal; promoting health; curative, healing ...a1400
• SANATORY conducive to healing; curative ...a1832
• SANITATING † health-giving; healing ...1656
HEALING - nouns
• BALSAM a healing, soothing agent ...1607
• HEAL † recovery from sickness, healing, cure ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALTH † healing, cure ...c1000
• LEECHCRAFT the art of healing; medical science ...c888 arch.
• LEECHERY * the art or practice of healing ...1892
• LEECHING healing, medical treatment ...c1000
• SANATION † the act of healing or the process of becoming healed ...c1440
• SANATIVENESS † healing quality ...a1661
HEALING - nouns, person
• LEECH a physician; one who practices the healing art ...c900
HEALTH - adjectives (also see HEALTHY)
• ABLE TO SET UP AN' EAT A FEW PORRIDGES convalescent, or in good health ..Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ABOVE PAR in excellent health or spirits ...1937 UK sl.
• ALL BROKE UP in poor health; injured ...1955 Amer. dial.
• ALL OAK AND IRON BOUND feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1969 Amer. dial.
• AT ONESELF in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BADLINS out of health; poorly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BADLY ill; in a state of ill health, ailing ...1787 Sc.
• BAGHLY in feeble health ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEST-FASHION in good health ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETTER-LIKE better-looking; looking better in health, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BETWIXT A BALK AND A BREAKDOWN of health; about average ...1884 Amer, dial.
• BOBBISH in good health and spirits; well ...1813 sl. & Eng. dial.
• BRASH indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRASHY indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments ...1895 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BROKE UP in poor health; injured ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BUNGED UP ill, out of health ...1909 Amer. dial.
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CALLER AS A TROUT of persons: in good health, rosy, plump ...1768 Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DAINTY † delicate in health or constitution ...1560
• DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DEFTLY well in health, hearty ...1834 Eng. dial.
• DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill ...1883 Eng. dial.
• FAILED of a person: impaired in health or vigour; infirm ...1490
• FAIRLY in good health, well ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FAIR TO MIDDLING about average; slightly better than average; frequently used to understate a feeling of good health ...1865
• FAR BACK in bad health ...1950 Sc.
• FAT AND FINE in good health and spirits ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND FUNKY in good health and spirits ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND RAGGED in good health and spirits ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND SASSY in good health and spirits ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND SAUCY in good health and spirits ...1843 Amer. dial.
• FAT, RAGGED, AND SASSY in good health and spirits ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FEATISH pretty good, tolerable, considerable; fairly well in health ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FINE AS A FIDDLE very fine; in excellent health or spirits ...1836 Amer. dial.
• FIT AS A FIDDLE in good health ...1882 sl.
• FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
• FROBLY-MOBLY † indifferently well ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FRUNTY having the appearance of health, healthy ...19C Sc.
• FULL OF THE OLD NICK feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GAILY of a person: well, in good health or spirits ...1903 Amer. dial.
• GAY in good health; well, convalescent ...1855 Eng. dial.
• HALF-MIDDLING in poor health. indifferent in health ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HEALFUL † fraught with health, well-being, safety, salvation; wholesome, salutary ...c1340
• HEALSOME † wholesome, salutary; healthful ...c1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• HINGUM-TRINGUM in weak health ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-FAVOURED not looking well in health ...1881 Sc.
• ILL-LIKE ugly; not looking well in health ...1892 Ireland
• IN RARE BLOW in good health or spirits ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN RARE FETTLE in good health, having a good appetite ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN THE PINK in good health ...1914 sl.
• JAM UP feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MALICEFUL sickly; in bad health ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MARCHANTABLE in good health ...1746 Eng. dial.
• MEAT-HALE having a good appetite; in good health ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEEVERLY fairly well in health ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• NESH delicate in health, weakly, sickly, susceptible to cold; effeminate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NICELY well, very well; in good health ...1815 Amer. dial.
• OFF-KEEL not in good health, slightly sick; off-colour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BAT out of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S ORDINARY not in one's usual state of health ...1891 Sc.
• ON THE BETTER END in fairly good health ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ON THE GO-DOWN in declining health ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ON THE MEND recovering health ...1802 sl.
• ON THE MENDING HAND improving, recovering health; recovering from sickness or injury; convalescent ...1675 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ON THE MENDING ROAD improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE MENDING SIDE improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE MENDING WAY improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PACHETTY weak, ailing, in bad health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALCH broken down in health; very frail and delicate in constitution; palsied ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PALCHED half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1891 Eng. dial.
• PALCHY half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PEAKED in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1864 Amer. dial.
• PEAKEDY peaked; in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEAKING sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PEAKISH sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill...1821
• PEART sprightly; lively; in good health; clever ...1828 Amer. dial.
• PEEKY sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PUNY not in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT AS A TRIVET in good health ...1837 sl.
• RIGHT AS NINEPENCE in good health ...1890 sl.
• RIGHT AS RAIN in good health ...1909 sl.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• ROCKY in poor health; ill, unwell ...L18
• RUSKIE healthy, stout, vigorous ...B1900 Sc.
• SAD-BAD ill in health; very bad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly ...1711 now Eng. dial.
• SALUBERRIME †* highly favourable to health ...1509
• SALUBRIOUS * favourable or conducive to health ...1547
• SALUTAIRE †* conducive to health ...c1450
• SALUTARY conducive to health ...1649
• SALUTIFERE †* promoting or conducive to health ...1549
• SALUTIFEROUS promoting or conducive to health ...1604
• SALUTIGEROUS †* bringing health; salubrious ...1656
• SAM-HOLE † 'half-whole', in poor health ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SANATIVE having the power to heal; promoting health; curative, healing ...a1400
• SANIFEROUS † health-bringing, conducive to health ...a1706
• SANITATING † health-giving; healing ...1656
• SANITIFEROUS † health-bringing, conducive to health ...1657
• SICK ABED IN THE WOOD-BOX in good health; a common answer to any inquiry after one's condition ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLIM in bad health; weak ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPLEENY complaining or fussing over health; lacking in stamina and courage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TARBLE corruption of tolerable; esp. used of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEWLY improving in health ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRIFTY thriving, flourishing, in good condition or health ...1811 Eng. dial.
• TIDY in good or tolerably good health; well; plump, in good condition; comely ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIDY-LIKE fairly well, in moderate health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT in good health, well; sound, whole ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIGHTISH well, in good health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOUGH AN' RUGGED in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TRIFLING of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one's health: poor ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TULY improving in health ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP ON TOP OF THE FENCE in the best of health and spirits ...1970 Amer. dial.
• UP ON YOUR SHOE TAPS feeling fit and fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UP TO SNUFF in good health or condition ...colloq.
• VALETUDINAIRE * not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid ...1682
• VALETUDINARIAN not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid ...1713
• VALETUDINARIOUS † having weak health ...1648
• VALETUDINARY not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid ...1581
• VALETUDINOUS † invalid, weakly; not in robust health ...1655
• VALID of persons: sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength ...1651
• VOGIE in fair health ...1882 Sc.
• WANTON † robust, overflowing with health ...1674
• WELK drooping, in poor health ...1887 Eng. dial.
• WELL-MENDED of an ill person: improved in health ...20C Ireland
HEALTH - adverbs
• ALL TO PIECES broken down in health or finances; exhausted, collapsed ...1811 Eng. dial.
• BRAVELY in good health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLIES in good health, fairly well ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLINS in good health, fairly well ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLY in good health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GAILY in good health and spirits; very well; satisfactorily, prosperously ...1778 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIDILY in moderately good health, fairly well; improving in health ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TOPPINGLY gallantly, splendidly; in excellent condition or health ...a1739
HEALTH - nouns
• BETTERNESS improvement in health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRANWAGON the drive toward healthier eating ...Bk1998 sl.
• CYBERCHONDRIA unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites ...21C
• DEFAILING † weakening, decline in health ...1580
• DOWN-GO a decline in health ...1913 Amer. dial.
• FEEBLESS † feebleness, infirmity; infirm health ...1297 obs. exc. arch.
• FEEBLISHING † a weakening, decline in health ...1580
• GLIMP a condition of poor health ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HAIL † health, safety, welfare ...a1400-50 chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200
• HEAL † 1. spiritual health, well-being, or healing; salvation ...901-9 obs.
† 2. sound bodily condition; freedom from sickness; health ...a1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALTHING †* the furthering or imparting of health ...1581
• HELE † health, welfare ...1768 Ireland
• KELTER good condition; good health or spirits ...1643
• KILTER good condition; good health or spirits ...1643
• OF-FALLING a falling off in health, excellence, or goodness ...1825 Sc.
• ORDINARY the usual state of health ...1880 Sc.
• QUARFULNESS † health, prosperity ...1483
• QUART † health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well ...a1300
• QUARTFULNESS † health, prosperity ...1483
• QUERT † health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well ...a1300
• SALUBRITY the quality of being healthful; a being conducive to health ...1432-50
• SANITUDE †* healthy condition ...1652
• SANITY healthy condition, health ...1432-50 arch.
• SELF-TENDERNESS † care of one's health ...1843 Sc.
• TENDERNESS † delicacy, esp. as regards health ...1709-31 Sc.
• VALETUDE †* good health; condition as to health ...a1560
• VALETUDINARIANISM tendency to be in weak health or to be much concerned about one's one health ...1859
• VALETUDINARINESS * weakness of health ...1742
HEALTH - nouns, person
• QUADDLE a grumbler, a complainer of ill health; a disagreeable person ...1891 Eng. dial.
• VALETUDINAIRE * a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments; an invalid ...1715
• VALETUDINARIAN a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments; an invalid ...1703
• VALETUDINARIST † a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments ...1651
• VALETUDINARY a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments; an invalid ...1785
• VALID a person in good health; opposed to 'invalid' ...1882
HEALTH - verbs
• ACOVER † to recover, to get back, to regain; to regain health, to recover from illness ...a1100
• BETTER to improve in health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAIL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAYL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ENJOY BAD HEALTH to endure or experience bad health ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIL UP to decline in health; to fall ill ...1914 Amer. dial.
• FALL AWAY to decline in health ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FALL OFF to decline in health ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FALSIFY to show signs of failing health ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALTER to fail in health; to show signs of old age; to break up in constitution ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEEL LIKE GOING to feel in good health and spirits ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FEEL ONE'S KEEP to be in good health and spirits; to feel confident, ambitious ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FEEL ONE'S KEEPING to be in good health and spirits; to feel confident, ambitious ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GATHER UP ONE'S CRUMBS † to 'pick up' or recover one's strength or health; to improve in condition ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KAILE to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KEEP MELL IN SHAFT to keep straight in any course; to keep in good health; to carry on one's business prosperously; to make both ends meet ...1824 Sc.
• KEEP SHAFT IN MELL to keep straight in any course; to keep in good health; to carry on one's business prosperously; to make both ends meet ...1824 Sc.
• KICK HIGH to feel in good health and spirits ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LANGUISH † of health: to fall off ...1729
• MAKE MICKLE OF to be in good health; to improve in health ...1895 Sc.
• PERUSE to be in tolerably good health ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PULL ROUND to recover health ...1891 sl.
• QUADDLE to grumble; to complain of ill health ...1897 Eng. dial.
• RAISE to restore one who is confined to bed to health ...1821 Amer. dial.
• SAG to decline in health; to begin to show signs of old age ...1784 Eng. dial.
• SALUBRIFY * to render favourable to health ...1842
• TAKE DOWN to reduce in health; to emaciate; to lay low in sickness ...1878 Sc.
• TAKE UP to improve in health or character ...1883 Sc.
• TORFLE to founder, to go lame; to decline in health, to pine away, to languish; to lose interest in or draw back from an undertaking ...1575-6 Eng. dial.
HEALTH - phrases
• AMONG THE MIDDLINGS said of a mediocre person or thing, one that is not above the average in capacity or health; a moderate condition of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEALTHINESS - nouns
• HALENESS the quality or state of being hale; healthiness, robustness ...1862
• HEALTH † healthiness, wholesomeness, salubrity ...1387
HEALTHY - adjectives (also see HEALTH)
• ABLE TO SET UP AN' EAT A FEW PORRIDGES convalescent, or in good health ..Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ABOVE PAR in excellent health or spirits ...1937 UK sl.
• ALL OAK AND IRON BOUND feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1969 Amer. dial.
• AT ONESELF in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BATTENING feeding to advantage, or with a relish; growing fat; thriving, healthy ...1593
• BOBBISH in good health and spirits; well ...1813 sl. & Eng. dial.
• BUFF strong, muscular, healthy ...1980s sl.
• CALLER healthy, vigorous ...1886 Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FAIRLY in good health, well ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FIT AS A FIDDLE in good health ...1882 sl.
• FIT AS A MALLEE BULL extremely fit and healthy ...1960 Aust. sl.
• FRESH UNION clean, healthy ...1980s US sl.
• FROBLY-MOBLY † indifferently well ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FRUNTY having the appearance of health, healthy ...19C Sc.
• GRUSHIE healthy, thriving ...Sc.
• HAIL † free from injury, infirmity, or disease; sound, unhurt, safe; healthy, robust; hale ...c1205
• HALE † free from disease, healthy, in good health, well; recovered from disease ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HALEFUL healthy, vigorous ...1862 Sc.
• HALESOME wholesome, healthy, sound ...c1200 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEALTHSOME † full of health; possessing good health; healthy ...1563 obs exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEALTHY AS TROUT perfectly healthy, in complete health ...1891 Eng. dial.
• HODDY in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful ...1664 Eng. dial.
• IN RARE BLOW in good health or spirits ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN RARE FETTLE in good health, having a good appetite ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN TABLE ORDER healthy and feeling good ...1972 Amer. dial.
• IN THE PINK in good health ...1914 sl.
• JOLLOCK jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy ...1824 Sc.
• QUART † healthy; in good condition; whole and sound ...a1300
• QUARTFUL † sound, healthy; safe, prosperous ...c1460
• QUERT † healthy; in good condition; whole and sound ...a1300
• RAFFIE of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• RIGHT AS A TRIVET in good health ...1837 sl.
• RIGHT AS NAILS perfectly fine; in good condition; healthy ...1894
• RIGHT AS NINEPENCE in good health ...1890 sl.
• RIGHT AS RAIN in good health ...1909 sl.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• RUSKIE healthy, stout, vigorous ...B1900 Sc.
• SAMPSOUS looking healthy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANE * of the body, it's organs or functions: healthy, sound, not diseased ...1755
• SICK ABED IN THE WOOD-BOX in good health; a common answer to any inquiry after one's condition ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THRUNTY healthy, hardy; sturdy, robust, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TIFFY in good condition; well, healthy ...1867 Sc.
• TOUGH AN' RUGGED in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UP ON YOUR SHOE TAPS feeling fit and fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UP TO SNUFF in good health or condition ...colloq.
• VALID of persons: sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength ...1651
• VEGETE * healthy and active; flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1639
• VEGETOUS † vigorous, lively, sprightly, active, healthy, flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1609
• YALD active, sprightly, alert, vigorous, strong, healthy ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, alert, vigorous, strong, healthy ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HEALTHY - nouns
• SALUBRITY * healthy condition, health ...1654
HEALTHY - nouns, person
• OLD LAD a healthy old man; an old man who wears well ...1790 Eng. dial.
• OLD YOUTH a healthy old man; an old man who wears well ...1790 Eng. dial.
HEALTHY - phrases
• KYBO keep healthy (Keep Your Bowels Open) ...M20 US sl.
HEAP, HEAPED - adjectives
• ACERVAL † belonging to a heap ...1731
• ACERVATE * heaped, growing in heaps, or in closely compacted clusters ...1848
• ACERVOSE * full of heaps ...1731
• ACERVULINE of the form or appearance of little heaps ...1875
• HEAP-FULL † full and heaped up ...1530
• HEAPY full of or consisting of heaps ...1552
• REEKING heaped up ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
HEAP - adverbs
• HEAPLY †* in heaps ...1552
• HEAP-MEAL † in heaps; in large quantities or numbers...c897
• TAG-RAG † all to tags and rags; in a mingled crowd or heap ...1582
• WALLOP with a quick, fluttering motion; with a lurch or plunge; in a heap ...1885 Sc.
HEAP - nouns
• BARROW a mound or heap ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BENJEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BENZEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BING a heap, a pile; also, a crowd ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BINKART a heap of stones, clay, dirt, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BINKER a heap of stones or dirt ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CARNELL † a heap ...1536 Sc.
• DAIL a heap ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FARGIS a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKAGE a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKEL † a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FERKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• MALLY-MUCK-HEAP a confused heap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELDER a heap; a large quantity ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIDDEN a heap or large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILL a confused heap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEK a pile, a heap, esp. of snow; a drift ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE a tottering ruin; a loose heap ...1886 Sc.
• RICKLE a loose heap or pile; a stack...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAM a heap or small mound or hillock ...1906 Sc.
• TAPPIETOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
• TAPPY-TOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
• THURROCK a heap; esp. a heap of 'muck' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAD a heap ....1750 Eng. dial.
HEAP - verbs
• ACERVATE * to heap up, to raise up in heaps ...1612
• AGGERATE † to heap up (lit. and fig.) ...1553-87
• BING to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BINKER to pile up in a heap ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ETTLE to prepare, to make ready; to rake together into a heap ...1874 Eng. dial.
• LABE to heap on; to place upon in great quantities; to lay on a burden ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PANG to pile up, to make into a heap ...1929 Sc.
• RAMP UP to heap up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEK to heap or pile up ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICKLE to gather into a loose heap; to pile up loose matter ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HEAPED - adjectives
• ACERVATIVE pert. to heaping up; piled or heaped up ...1865
HEAPING - nouns
• ACERVATION * the act of heaping up, accumulation ...1676
HEAR - adjectives
• ALL EARS very eager to hear; acutely attentive ...1860s Amer. colloq.
HEAR - verbs
• GET AN EARFUL to listen, to hear ...1917 sl.
• HAKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HARK to listen to; to hear with active attention ...ME now arch. & poetic
• HARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HARKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HEARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HEAR TELL to hear, to be informed, to learn by word of mouth ...1834 Eng. dial.
• OFHEAR †* to hear or ?to overhear ...a1300
• UNDERSTAND to hear ...1884 Eng. dial.
HEAR - phrases
• NOT TO HEAR PEA-TURKEY not to hear a single word ...1984 Amer. dial.
HEARD - adjectives
• VEEVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
• VIEVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
HEARD - nouns
• EARFUL something heard or overheard ...colloq.
HEARING - adjectives
• THICK OF HEARING hard of hearing ...1692
HEARING - nouns
• HEARTH †* hearing ...1340
• SUBAUDITION †* a hearing a little ...1658
HEARING - nouns, person
• EAR-GUARD † one who prevents a person from hearing ...1647
HEARING - phrases
• WITHIN A BEAGLE'S GOWL within hearing distance ...1924 Ireland
HEARSAY - nouns
• MOUTHPRINTS hearsay evidence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HEARSAY - nouns, person
• HEAR-SO one who has heard so; one who knows by hearsay ...1639 nonce word
HEARSE - nouns
• BLACK BUGGY a hearse ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLACK MARIA a hearse ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WAGON a hearse ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BONE-YARD EXPRESS a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BURYIN' CART a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLD-MEAT CART a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1820 sl.
• COLD MEAT CRATE a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLD MEAT WAGON a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD CART a vehicle used for transporting the dead; a hearse ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DEADER a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD MAN'S WAGON a hearse ...1954 Amer. dial.
• DEAD WAGON a vehicle used for transporting the dead; a hearse; sometimes also an ambulance ...1894 Amer. dial.
• FINISH CAR a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD-BYE WAGON a hearse ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HACK a hearse ...L19 US sl.
• MEAT CART a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MEAT CRATE a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MEAT-WAGON a hearse ...1942 sl.
• OLD MR. GRIM'S CHARIOT a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAIL a hearse ...1825 Sc.
• PALL a cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb ...c1440
• PLANTING CART a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOWCASE a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STIFF WAGON a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YEARST a hearse ...1883 Eng. dial.
• YESS a hearse ...1883 Eng. dial.
• YEST a hearse ...1883 Eng. dial.
HEART - nouns
• BACKBEAT one's heartbeat ...1970s US Black sl.
• BUM TICKER a bad heart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLOCK the heart; the 'ticker' ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CORE the heart ...Bk1890 sl.
• GOOSEBERRY TART the heart ...L19 sl.
• LEAKY PUMP a bad heart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE BOX the heart ...1865 US jocular
• PANTER the heart ...a1700 sl.
• PUFF AND DART the heart ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• PUFFER the human heart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUMP the heart ...1946 sl.
• PUMPER the heart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RABBIT HEART tachycardia; a feeling that lasts for a short while, with difficult breathing and heart beating fast ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RASPBERRY TART n. the heart ...L19 rhyming sl.
• THUMPS, THE palpitations of the heart ...1878 Amer. dial.
• TICK a beat of the heart or of the pulse ...1823
• TICKER the heart ...1930 sl., orig. US
• WALLOP † a beat of the heart or pulse ...1786 Sc.
HEART - nouns, person
• CARDIOGNOST † one who knows the heart ...1652
• CARDIOGNOSTIC † one who knows the heart ...1640
HEART - verbs
• PAT of the heart: to throb, to palpitate ...1814 Sc. nonce use
• WALLOP of the heart, the blood: to pulsate (violently) ...1766 Sc.
HEARTBREAK - nouns
• BREAK-HEART heartbreak ...Bk1911 Sc.
HEART-BREAKING - adjectives
• HARD-HEARTED heart-breaking; distressing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HEART-BREAK † heartbreaking ...1586
HEARTBROKEN - adjectives
• IN SPLINTERS heartbroken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HEARTBURN - nouns
• HEART-SCALD heartburn ...1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWM heartburn; flushings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEARTFELT - adjectives
• HEARTY heartfelt, genuine, sincere ...1479
HEARTILY - adverbs
• DEARLY † from the heart, heartily, earnestly ...a1310
• HEARTLY † with the heart; earnestly, sincerely; cordially; heartily ...a1225
• SAVAGELY eagerly, heartily; copiously ...1897 Eng. dial.
• YERNE † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...a1200
• YERNLY † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...c725
HEARTINESS - nouns
• HEART * kindly feeling; cordiality, heartiness ...a1656
• HEARTLINESS †* cordiality, heartiness, sincerity, friendly feeling ...1435
HEARTLESS - adjectives
• STONY unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate
HEARTLESS - nouns, person
• ICEBERG SLIM a person who exploits others, i.e. a cold, heartless person ...20C US sl.
HEARTY - adjectives
• AFFECTUAL † earnest, ardent, eager, hearty ...1483
• AFFECTUOUS † earnest in feeling or desire; eager, ardent, hearty ...1494
• BOBBEROUS elated, in high spirits, hearty ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEFTLY well in health. hearty ...1834 Eng. dial.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• FULL-BLOODED vigorous, forceful, hearty, sensual
• JOLLOCK jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy ...1824 Sc.
• ODDY strong, vigorous, hearty; lively ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAFFIN roistering, merry, boisterously hearty ...1721 Sc.
• RAFFING * merry, hearty; noisy ...1719 Sc.
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HEARTY - nouns, person
• HEARTY a hearty fellow; a brave, vigorous, or energetic man ...1839
HEARTY - verbs
• HAVE NO DEAF NUTS TO CRACK to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
• NOT TO LIVE ON DEAF NUTS to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
HEAT - adjectives
• AESTUANT †* boiling; heaving with heat ...1633
• AESTUATING † boiling; heaving with heat ...1674
• CALEFACTIVE producing heat ...LME
• CALEFACTORY warming; serving to heat ...1530
• CALESCENT growing warm, increasing in heat ...1795
• CANDENT † at a white heat; glowing with heat ...1577 obs. or arch.
• CANDESCENT * glowing with heat ...1824
• FIREFANGED damaged by excessive heat ...1839 Amer. dial.
• GRAME † of heat: fierce ...c1000
• HEATFUL * full of heat or warmth ...1591
• RADIANT †* of heat: strong, fierce ...1508
HEAT - adverbs
• CALORICALLY * in the manner of heat, as heat ...1869
HEAT- nouns
• ADUSTNESS †* scorching heat, the state of being scorched ...1652
• BEEKING † exposure to genial warmth or heat ...1523 obs. exc. Sc.
• CALESCENCE increasing warmth or heat ...1846
• CALIDITY † warmth, heat ...1528
• CALOR † heat, warmth ...1599
• CALOUR † heat, warmth ...1599
• LEW † n. warmth, heat ...1591 obs. exc. Sc.
• MALT sweat; great heat ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• MASH heat, a condition of heat and perspiration ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MEETHNESS extreme heat; sultriness; soft, close weather ...1768 Sc.
• MONKEY a heat wave; heat prostration ...1918 Amer. dial.
• OLG † an oppressive heat; warm vapour rising from the ground ...1908 Sc.
• SCAM a sudden glow of heat or red in the sky ...1939 Sc.
• SIZZARD heat with high humidity
• VEEM † a close heat over the body, with redness of face, and some perspiration ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WITCH WATER a mirage on hot pavement; heat waves on the road ...1946 Amer. dial.
HEAT - verbs
• ACHAFE † to heat, to warm; fig. to kindle anyone's wrath; to heat with passion; to chafe ...c1325
• CALEFY † to make warm or hot; to warm, to heat ...1526
• FIREFANG to become damaged by excessive heat ...1839 Amer. dial.
• HEATEN † to heat, to make hot or warm ...1559
• HOT to heat ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLE to stifle, overcome with heat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SEE MONKEYS to be overcome by heat ...1918 Amer. dial.
HEAT - phrases
• BEAR GOT HIM, THE he was overcome by the heat; he had a sunstroke ...1950 Amer. dial.
HEATED - adjectives
• CALEFACTED † heated, warm ...1599
• HET heated ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HET UP heated ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTED UP heated ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALTED perspiring; heated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEATED - nouns
• EFFERVENCY † the condition of being overheated, of issuing forth in a heated state ...1670
HEATER - nouns
• CALEFACTOR a small stove; a heater
HEATH - nouns
• YAVILL a heath, a moor ...1876 Eng. dial.
HEATH - nouns, person
• HEATH-CROPPER a sheep or pony living on open heath or down; hence, a person who inhabits a heath ...1819
HEATHEN - adjectives
• HEATHENOUS †* heathen ...1613
• HEATHENY †* heathen, heathenish ...1580
• UNCIRCUMCISED not spiritually chastened or purified; irreligious; heathen ...a1400
HEATHEN, HEATHENDOM - nouns
• HEATHENESSE the quality or condition of being heathen; the belief and practice of the heathen ...c900 arch.
• HEATHENHEDE † the domain or realm of the heathen; heathen people collectively; the heathen world ...a1300
• HEATHENHOOD † the belief and practice of the heathen ...c1275
• HEATHENSHIP † heathenism, heathendom ...a1000
• PAGANDOM the pagan world; heathendom ...1853
HEATHEN, HEATHENISH - nouns, person
• HEATHENESS * a female heathen; a heathen woman ...1876
• PAGAN 1. one who does not worship the true God; a heathen; earlier, a non-Christian ...c1375
2. a person of heathenish character or habits ...1841
• SARACEN † a non-Christian, a heathen, a pagan; an unbeliever, an infidel ...c1250 obs.
HEATHENISH - adjectives
• DARK-SELVIDGED heathenish in appearance ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAGAN heathenish ...1550
• PAGANIC † characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish ...1676 obs.
• PAGANICAL † characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish ...1573
• SARACENIC barbaric, heathenish ...1837
HEATHENISH - adverbs
• SARACENLY † with heathenish violence; barbarously ...1596
HEATHER - nouns
• SCRAB a stunted or shrivelled tree or shrub; a root; a stump of heather ...1790 Sc.
HEATING - adjectives
• CALEFACIENT heating, warming ...1655
HEATING - nouns
• CALEFACTION the act of heating or making something warm; the state of being heated ...1540
• RISCALDATION † the act of warming or heating something ...1599
HEAT LAMP - nouns
• COOKER a heat lamp ...1980 Amer. medical usage
HEAVE - verbs
• ENDO to heave or pull an object ...1938 Amer. dial.
HEAVEN - nouns
• ABRAHAM'S BOSOM the Biblical 'heaven'
• BEULAH LAND heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BEULAH SHORE heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically ...1955 Amer. dial.
• GOOD PLACE Heaven ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GOOD PLACE, THE Heaven ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HEAVEN the abiding place of late lamented animal pets ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HEAVEN-BLISS † the bliss of heaven ...a1300
• HEAVENRIC † the kingdom of heaven; heaven as the place of the blessed ...971
• HEAVENRICH † the kingdom of heaven; heaven as the place of the blessed ...971
• HEAVENWARE † the inhabitants of heaven ...c1000
• KINGDOM COME the next life, either heaven or hell ...18C colloq.
• LAND OF SCOTS heaven ...L19 sl.
• LAND OF THE LEAL the realm of the blessed departed, heaven ...1798 Sc.
• NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY the future life; heaven ...1888 Aust. sl.
• PEARLY GATES the entrance to heaven ...colloq.
• SANCTUARY Heaven ...1382
• SKEW † the sky or heaven ...a1300
• SKEWS † the skies, heavens, or clouds ...c1320
HEAVENLINESS - nouns
• HEAVENHOOD * heavenly quality or character; heavenliness ...1878
HEAVENLY - adjectives
• HEAVENISH † pert. to heaven; celestial, heavenly ...c1374
HEAVENLY - verbs
• HEAVENIZE * to render heavenly ...a1656
HEAVENLY BODY - nouns
• ELEMENT †* one of the heavenly bodies ...a1300
• HEAVEN † a model showing the motions of the heavenly bodies; an orrery, a planetarium ...1600
• SKY-FIRE † that in the body of the sun, and other heavenly lights ...1710
HEAVENLY BODY - verbs
• EXORBITATE † of heavenly bodies: to deviate from the usual orbit; to follow an erratic course ...1693 obs. or arch.
• REIGN of heavenly bodies: to be visible ...1883 Eng. dial.
HEAVILY - adverbs
• DIRD with violence; heavily, sharply ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HAWY heavily ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
• HEAVYINGLY †* heavily, severely ...1434
• SCLATCH heavily, violently; with a heavy, lumbering step ...1866 Sc.
• SKLATCH heavily, violently; with a sharp smack or clashing sound; with a heavy footfall ...1866 Sc.
HEAVINESS - nouns
• SADNESS heaviness, solidity ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
HEAVY - adjectives
• BEEFY heavy and muscular; hardy ...1889
• BOWDEN swollen, heavy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIK heavy, beefy, fat, big, powerfully built ...1970 S. Afr.
• LOGGISH †* heavy, sluggish ...1642
• LOGY heavy, slow, lethargic, sluggish ...1848 Amer. dial.
• MAUL-HAULY heavy, troublesome, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEISANT † having great weight; heavy, ponderous ...1520
• RASPING large, heavy; fine, excellent ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERICAL † heavy or unwieldy as a rhinoceros ...1623
• SAPPY heavy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THIMBER † gross, heavy, cumbrous ...1861 Sc.
• THUNGEING big, heavy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMBERSOME very heavy, weighty; bulky; unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOO MUCH OF A MAN too heavy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFREELIE heavy, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALLIE of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
• WALLY of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
HEAVY - nouns
• BANGER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG BOY something that is a large, heavy, or impressive example of its kind ...1918 US sl.
• BRUTE something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUSHER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEFTY something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT STUFF something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACK-A-LUGE a heavy load not easily moved ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SLAPPER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMASHER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUMPH the sound of something heavy and limp falling ...1844
• SWAMPER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HEAVY - nouns, person
• B19 a hefty girl ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BARGE a fat, heavy person; anything large ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BIG BERTHA an overweight or heavy woman; often used as a derisive nickname ...1921 US sl.
• DILP a heavy, lumpish person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LOGEY a heavy, fat person ...20C Irish sl.
• LOMMIX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LOOBY a dull, clumsy person; an awkward, heavy person ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LUMMIX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOCK(S) a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOKIN a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMUX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• PANTY-STRETCHER a well-built young lady, a heavy woman ...1976 US sl.
• SAB † a stout, heavily-built person ...1826 Sc.
• SCLATCH a shuffling, ungainly walker; a heavy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
HEAVY - verbs
• HEAVY † to make heavy, burdensome, or oppressive ...c825
HEAVY - phrases
• NAME'S SIMPSON, NOT SAMSON, THE a reply when requested to do heavy work or lift something weighty ...Brit. sl.
HEAVYSET - adjectives
• BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP of a person: stocky, sturdy, heavyset, well-built ...1886 Amer. dial.
HEBREW - nouns
• LEFT-HAND TONGUE † a language written from right to left, as Hebrew or Arabic ...a1632
• TITTLE the dot over the letter 'i'; a punctuation mark; a diacritic point over a letter; any one of the Hebrew and Arabic vowel-points and accents; also, a pip on dice ...1538
HEBREW - nouns, person
• EBRITIAN †* a Hebraist; one versed in the Hebrew language ...1691
HECTOR, HECTORING - nouns, person
• CAPTAIN HACKUM a hectoring bully ...Bk1891 sl.
• HUFF-SNUFF † a conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offense; a braggart, a hector, a blustering person ...1583
HECTOR - verbs
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1955 US sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1967 US sl.
• COME THE OLD SOLDIER to hector someone; to domineer someone, by virtue of supposed greater knowledge ...1984 UK sl.
• PYRGOPOLINIZE † to swagger, to hector ...1605 nonce word
HECTORING - adjectives
• HUFF-SNUFF † arrogant, hectoring, blustering ...a1693 obs.
HEDGE - nouns
• CRACKMANS a hedge ...17C cant
• CRAGMANS a hedge ...17C cant
• DIKE a hedge, a fence ...1808 Eng. dial.
• EDDER a hedge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARTH †* a fence or hedge ...a1340
• HAG(G) a hedge or fence ...1879 Eng. dial.
• HAW † a hedge or encompassing fence; hence, a piece of ground enclosed or fenced in ...c825
• HAY a hedge, a fence ...c725 arch. or Eng. dial.
• LIVE FENCE a hedge ...1804 Amer. dial.
• LIVING FENCE a hedge ...1860 Amer. dial.
HEDGE - verbs
• HAY to enclose or fence in by a hedge ...a1050 obs.
• SLENCH to prune a hedge; to cut one side of it only ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TINE † to enclose with a hedge or fence; to fence, to hedge in ...688-95
HEDGEHOG - nouns
• ANIMATED CACTUS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAGHOG † a hedgehog ...1720 Eng. dial.
• HAIRY HUTCHIN a hedgehog ...1956 Sc.
• HEDGE-PIG a hedgehog
• IL(E) † a hedgehog ...c897
• ILESPIL † a spine of a hedgehog ...a1225
• JACK-SHARPNAILS a hedgehog ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-URCHIN † the hedgehog ...1601
• NERTCHARD a hedgehog, an 'urchin' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PROGGLES the spines of a hedgehog ...B1900 Sc.
• QUILL PIG a hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• QUILLS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THORNHOG † a hedgehog ...1340
HEDGEHOG - verbs
• ECHINATE to set up one's prickles like a hedgehog ...1788 nonce word
HEED - nouns
• ADVERTENCE the act of turning the attention to; observation, notice, heed, attention, consideration ...c1370
• ADVERTISEMENT † the turning of the mind to anything; attention, observation, heed ...1523
• CARK † care, heed, pains ...1482
• HEEDANCE heed, notice ...1931 Amer. dial.
• KEEP † care, attention, heed, notice ...c1250
• PERCEIVANCE heed, notice ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TAKE-HEED † the act of taking heed, caution; a warning to take heed, a caution ...1611
• TENT care, heed ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAUR care, heed ...1897 Sc.
• WARE † watchful care, heed; safe-keeping, defense, protection ...c893
• YEME † care, heed, attention ...c893
HEED - verbs
• ADVERT † to turn the attention to; to take note of; to observe, to note, to heed; to consider, to think of a thing ...1430
• ADVERTISE † to take note, to give heed, to consider ...c1430
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• ANCE to heed, to care for ...B1900 Sc.
• FAKE to give heed to; to believe, to credit ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FASH * to bother oneself about, to heed ...1786 Sc.
• HAKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HARKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HEARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• KEEP † to take care; to give heed ...a1300
• LAKE to give no heed to ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MIND to observe, to notice; to pay attention or heed to ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIM KEEP † to take or give heed, to take notice ...c1250
• PANSE † to think of, to consider, to heed ...1560
• RACK to heed, care, mind ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RECK to take heed of; to care for, to regard ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TENT to pay attention to; to heed; to listen to ...1789 Sc.
• UMSEE † to take heed ...a1400-50
• WARE † to give heed, to take care, to be one's guard ...c1250
• WARN † to take heed, to be on one's guard, to beware ...c1000
• YEME † to give heed or attention to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed ...c897
HEEDFUL - adjectives
• ADVERTENT attentive, heedful ...1671
• ADVISY † well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious ...c1300
• CAUTELOUS † cautious, wary, heedful, prudent ...1574 obs. or arch.
• HEEDY † heedful, careful, attentive, cautious, wary, watchful ...1548
• KEEPFUL †* careful, heedful ...1489
• OBSERVATIVE * pert. to observation; observant, attentive, heedful ...1611
• TENTY careful, heedful, attentive; watchful, cautious ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HEEDFUL - verbs
• TAKE TENT OF to take care of; to be careful or heedful; to beware ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HEEDFULLY - adverbs
• ADVERTENTLY * heedfully, attentively ...Bk1888
• TENTILY carefully, heedfully, cautiously ...1874 Sc.
HEEDFULNESS - nouns
• ADVERTENCY the quality of being attentive; attentiveness, heedfulness ...1646
HEEDLESS - adjectives
• GARE-BRAINED very heedless ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GARISH very heedless ...1674 Eng. dial.
• HAREBRAIN stupid and heedless ...M16
• HARE-BRAINED stupid and heedless, reckless; rash, wild, mad ...1548
• HAREM-SCAREM reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash ...1751
• HARE'UM- SCARE-'UM reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash ...1751
• HARUM-SCARUM. reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash ...1751
• HEADLESS thoughtless, heedless ...1526
• INCAUTELOUS † heedless, unwary, incautious ...1610
• MEEDLESS undecided, unable to make up one's mind; heedless, without thought or plan ...1703 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEGLIGENT * heedless, careless, indifferent ...c1440
• RACKLESS-HANDED apt to do things in a heedless, slapdash manner; reckless, headstrong ...1778 Sc.
• RAM-GAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, heedless, rash, unrestrained ...1929 Sc.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, rash, heedless, unrestrained ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR irresponsible, harebrained, heedless ...1825 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TABETLESS heedless, foolish, silly ...1786 Sc.
• TAPETLESS heedless, foolish, silly ...1786 Sc.
• TEMERARY † rash, reckless, heedless, careless, overbold, headstrong ...c1410
• TENTLESS careless, heedless ...1813 Sc.
• UNASPECTIVE † unregardful, careless, heedless ...1661
• UNBELIEVING of a child: disobedient, unruly, obstinate, heedless ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• UNCHARY careless, heedless ...1856
• UNHEEDY † heedless, careless, rash, precipitate, sudden ...1579
• VARLESS careless, heedless ...1898 Sc.
• YEMELES † careless, heedless, negligent ...c897
HEEDLESS - nouns, person
• RACKLE-PATE a rash, heedless fellow ...Bk19C Eng, dial.
• SCATTERLING † a heedless person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
HEEDLESS - verbs
• BLIND to go blindly or heedlessly ...1923 sl.
HEEDLESSLY - adverbs
• BALD-HEADEDLY heedlessly; hastily ...1920 colloq.
• HARUM-SCARUM recklessly, heedlessly, wildly ...1674-91
• HARUM-STARUM recklessly, heedlessly, wildly ...1674-91
HEEDLESSNESS - nouns
• UNBESEENNESS † heedlessness; want of care ...a1225
HEEL - nouns
• SCRAPERS the heels, the feet ...1824 Ireland
HEIGHT - adjectives
• ACROPHOBIC affected with acrophobia ...M20
• BASE low; of small height ...1393 arch.
HEIGHT - nouns
• ACROPHOBIA irrational fear of heights ...L19
• BANK † a high ground, height, hill ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• HAUT † height; a height ...1502
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
• HAUTEUR †* a height ...1711
• HEIGHTH height ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MICKLE size, measure, bulk, height; frequently in plural ...1864 Eng. dial.
• SUBLEVATION † the act of raising or lifting; elevation; also, a particular point of elevation or height ...1556
• SUBLIMITY † high or lofty position; height ...1563
• VAN a height or summit ...1871
HEIGHT - nouns, person
• ACROPHOBE a person affected with acrophobia ...M20
HEIGHTEN - verbs
• HAIN to raise, to heighten, to set up ...c1440 Eng. dial.
HEINOUS - adjectives
• HAYNESS horrible, dreadful, terrible, heinous ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HENIOUS heinous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HYENOUS heinous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• KEEN † bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous ...1297
• NEFANDOUS not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible ...1640
HEIR, HEIRESS - nouns, person
• HERITRIX a female heir, an heiress ...c1575
• PARCENER one who shares equally with another or others in the inheritance of an estate from a common ancestor; a coheir ...1574
HEIRSHIP - nouns
• PARCENARY joint heirship ...1544
HELICOPTER - nouns
• BABY HUEY a Bell UH-1 helicopter ...1969 US Military sl.
• BIG CHARLEY a Chinook helicopter ...1966 US military usage
• CHARLIE BIRD in the Vietnam war: a helicopter used by a tactical commander ...1974 US sl.
• CHOPPER a helicopter ...1951 Amer. sl., orig. military usage
• EGG-WHISK a helicopter ...c1948 Royal Navy sl.
• HORSECOLLAR a rescue sling lowered from a helicopter ...1969 US aviation usage
• LOG BIRD a logistical supply helicopter, used to bring fresh supplies and provisions to troops in the field ...1982 US sl.
• MEAT WAGON medical evacuation equipment, esp. a helicopter ...1991 US sl.
• MIXMASTER a helicopter ...1951 Amer. sl.
• SKY BEAR a police helicopter ...1975 Amer. sl.
• TADPOLE an OH-6 light observation military helicopter ...1991 US sl.
HELICOPTER - verbs
• CHOPPER to go or transport by helicopter ...1968 Amer. sl.
HELIUM - nouns
• BALLOON JUICE helium ...1943 Amer. sl.
HELL - adjectives
• PANDEMONIAC pert. to hell, infernal ...1849
• PANDEMONIACAL pert. to hell, infernal; disorderly, noisy ...1862
• PANDEMONIAN pert. to hell, infernal; disorderly, noisy ...1889
• PANDEMONIC pert. to hell ...1879
• SULPHUREOUS full of the 'sulphur' of hell ...1791
• SULPHURIOUS pert. to fire of hell ...1471
• TARTAREAL †* belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1602
• TARTAREAN belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1623
HELL - adverbs
• DOWNSTAIRS in hell ...a1845 Amer. jocular
HELL - nouns
• ABADDON a bottomless pit; abyss of hell ...c1382
• ABYSM the great deep, the bottomless gulf, believed in the old cosmogony to lie beneath the earth, and supposed to be, specifically: an imaginary subterraneous reservoir of waters; or, hell, or the infernal regions ...c1300
• ABYSS hell; the insides of the earth; also preceded with 'the' ...14C
• BAD PIECE Hell ...1880 Sc.
• BAD PLACE a child's name for hell ...1884 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BALAHACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...L19 sl.
• BALLWHACK Hell ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BALLYHACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...1844 sl.
• BALLYWACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...L19 sl.
• BALLYWRACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...L19 sl.
• BARATHRUM the abyss, hell ...1520
• BELHACK Hell ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BILLY HELL a desolate place; hell ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURNING MARL the torments of Hell ...1667
• DAISY BELL hell ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAMNATION hell ...17C
• DAMNATION BOW-WOWS hell ...M19 euphemism
• DEMNITION BOW-WOWS hell ...M19 euphemism
• DICKENS the devil; hell ...L16
• DICKINGS the devil; hell ...L16
• DING-DONG BELL hell ...1961 UK rhyming sl., orig. used by World War II Royal Air Force
• DOWNSTAIRS hell ...19C sl.
• ELFIN hell ...1909 Sc. euphemism
• ELL hell ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FIRE hell; the devil ...1917 Amer. dial.
• FIRE AND BRIMSTONE hell ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FIRE AND DAMNATION hell ...19C US colloq.
• GEHENNA the place of future torment; hell ...1623
• GEHENNE †* a place of torment; hell ...1481
• H hell ...1861 sl., orig. US
• HADES hell ...L16
• HAIL COLUMBIA hell ...M19 US euphemism
• HAITI hell ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HALIFAX hell ...17C euphemism, chiefly Brit.
• HALLELUJAH hell ...1950 Amer. euphemism
• HELENA hell ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELEN MARIA hell ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HELLFIRE hell ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HOBOKEN hell ...20C US sl.
• ILL BIT hell ...1890 Sc. euphemism
• ILL-PART hell ...1883 Sc.
• ILL PLACE hell ...1787 Sc.
• L hell ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MUCKLE-HELL hell itself ...1893 Sc.
• NETHER WORLD the infernal regions; hell ...1630
• OLD BAD PLACE Hell ...1954 Amer. dial.
• PAIN † the punishment or sufferings of hell or of purgatory ...1340-70
• PANDEMONIUM hell, or the infernal regions ...1667
• PLACE DOWN BELOW hell ...1966 Amer. dial.
• QUARE PLACE hell ...1960s Irish sl.
• SAM SCRATCH the devil; hell ...1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
• TAILOR'S THIMBLE one that has no tip; hence, the bottomless pit, Hell ...1827 Sc.
• TARNATION hell, damnation ...1790 Amer. dial.
• TARTAR † the infernal regions; hell ...1500-20
• TOPHET 1. the place of punishment for the wicked after death; the place of eternal fire; hell, Gehenna ...1388
2. a place likened to hell, a place of evil ...1618
• TORMENT hell ...1823 Amer. euphemism
• TUNKET Hell ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UJINCTUM hell ...1919 Amer. dial.
• UJINCTUM, THE hell ...1919 Amer. dial.
• UNDERWORLD hell; the region of departed souls ...E17 sl.
• VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE hell ...20C Brit. euphemism
• WHERE IT DOESN'T RAIN hell ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHERE IT DOESN'T SNOW hell ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WHERE THE WIND DON'T BLOW hell ...1965 Amer. dial.
HELL - nouns, person
• PANDEMONIAN an inhabitant of hell ...1795
HELL - verbs
• TOPHETIZE to make a hell of ...1698
HELL - interjections
• GORSH! hell! ...1930s Amer. dial.
HELLISH - adjectives
• HELL-BENDING hellish, arduous ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TARTAREAN adj. hellish, like hell ...1806
• TARTAREOUS † pert., to Tartarus; infernal, hellish, very wicked ...1619
HELLISH - nouns, person
• PANDEMONIAC a devilish or hellish person ...1923
HELLISHNESS - nouns
• TOPHETISM hellishness ...1859
HELLO - interjections/phrases
• BARN DOOR hello, good day; (French 'bonjour') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BONE JAR hello; (French 'bonjour') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BONE JAW hello; (French 'bonjour') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DAY! hello! good day! ...M19 colloq.
• G'DAY hello ...1928 Aust.
• GIDDAY hello ...1928 Aust.
• GOODAY hello ...1928 Aust.
• HOWDY DOODY! how do you do? hello ...1956 Amer. sl.
• WHADDYA KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU KNOW? a greeting, 'hello and how are you?', 'what have you been doing' ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? hello ...1970s US college sl.
• WHAT IT IS! a friendly greeting, hello, how are you? ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHAT'S HAPPENING? Hello ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WHAT'S SHAKING? Hello ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WOTCHA hello, 'what cheer?' ...1894 Brit.
• WOTCHER hello, 'what cheer?' ...1894 Brit.
HELL'S ANGELS - nouns, person
• DOUBLE PACKER a member of the Hell's Angels who is prone to take a girlfriend with him on excursions ...1966 US sl.
• MAMA a woman who rides with the Hell's Angels and is available for sex and allied indignities, but is distinguished from the 'old ladies' (the actual girlfriends of the riders ...1960s sl., orig. Hell's Angel usage
HELMET - nouns
• ARMOR the steel helmet ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BASIN † a helmet ...c1300
• BATTLE BOWLER a steel helmet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BONE DOME a protective helmet; a crash helmet ...1930s orig. aviators' usage, then used by motorcyclists (1950s), and cyclists (1980s)
• CASK † a head-piece or helmet ...1580
• CHAMBER POT a steel helmet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CRASH HAT a crash helmet ...Brit. sl.
• HEAD-PIECE a piece of armour for the head; a helmet ...1535
• LID a hat; often applied to a soldier's steel helmet or a motorcyclist's crash helmet ...1896 sl.
• SKID LID 1. a motorcycle helmet; a safety helmet or crash helmet ...1958 US sl.
2. a paratrooper's helmet ...1991 US sl.
• STACKHAT a crash helmet ...1985 Aust. sl.
• TIN DERBY a steel helmet ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TIN DIP a steel helmet ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TIN HAT a military steel helmet ...1903 sl.
• TRENCH DERBY a helmet ...World War I Amer. sl.
• UMBER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBREL † the visor of a helmet ...c1470
• UMBRERE † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIL a part of a helmet projecting above the eyes; a visor ...1824
HELMSLEY, LEONA
• QUEEN OF MEAN Leona Helmsley (1920-2007), American hotelier and prototype of greed during the Reagan era ...1997 US sl.
HELP - adjectives
• AUXILIANT † affording help or assistance ...a1631
• GAINLY † ready to help, kindly, gracious ...a1300
• OPIFEROUS †* bringing help or aid or assistance ...1656
• SUBVENTIVE * giving help or support ...1871
HELP - nouns
• ADJUMENT † help, assistance ...1607
• ADJUTORY † help, assistance ...c1505
• ADJUVANCY assistance, help ...1884
• ADMINICLE anything that aids, helps, or supports ...a1556
• ADMINICULARY † one who helps; a means of help ...1652
• ADMINICULATION † the process of giving help or support ...a1670
• AIDANCE assistance, aid, means of help, support ...1593
• ALL POINTS BULLETIN a plea for help, with work, emotions, and so on ...1960s US college sl.
• BACK support, help ...1989 US sl.
• BOTE help; advantage; compensation ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAST OF THE HAND † a helping turn ...1637 Sc.
• DIG OUT help getting out of a difficult situation ...1995 Ireland
• FASTNESS † support, help ...1382
• GAIN † advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help ...c1200
• HAND help; aid ...1960 Amer. sl.
• HAND'S TURN a helping hand; assistance ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MIGHTS † means, power, help ...1787 Sc.
• OPITULATION † the act of giving help or aid, assistance ...1597
• RATHE † counsel, advice; help ...c1200
• SISTENCE †* aid, help ...a1513
• SUBSIDIUM a help, aid, subsidy ...1640
• SUBSIDY † help, aid, assistance ...1387 obs. or arch.
• SUBVENTION † the provision of help, support, or relief; an instance of this ...1535
• SUCCURRANCE † succour, aid, help, assistance ...c1450
• SUFFRAGAN † of things: a help, aid ...1644
• SUFFRAGE † help, support, assistance, aid ...c1460
HELP - verbs
• AUXILIATE † to help, to aid, to assist ...1656
• BACK UP to be ready to help, chiefly in games ...c1860 colloq.
• BEET † to relieve, to help, to aid, to assist a person in need or trouble; to supply the wants of ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BESTEAD to help, to assist, to relieve ...1581
• BUNCH IN to help as a group ...1952 Amer. dial.
• CAP to stand by a friend; to take part in an undertaking; to lend a hand ...Bk1785 thieves' sl.
• CHANGE WORK to give and receive help reciprocally ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GAIN † to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice ...c1200
• GIVE ONE AN EASE UP to assist, to give a helping hand ...1895 Sc.
• HELP A LAME DOG OVER A STILE to assist a person in difficulty; to help, to lend a hand ...1546
• HELPMATE to help, to assist ...1931 Amer. dial.
• HOLD A CANDLE TO ANOTHER to assist him by holding the candle while he works; hence, to help in a subordinate position ...1550
• JUVATE †* to help, to aid ...1708
• MUCK IN to join in, to lend a hand, esp. in a dirty or unpleasant task ...L19 sl.
• OPITULATE † to aid, to assist, to help ...1597
• SAVE SOMEONE'S BACON to help or rescue someone from difficulties ...L17 sl.
• SCOTCH to assist one in an undertaking; to help out in a minor way ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH FOR ONE to help out ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKILL to avail, to help ...1528 arch.
• SUBVENT †* to come to the help of ...a1630
• VAIL † to be of use, advantage, or benefit to; to aid, assist, or help ...a1300 obs.
HELP - interjections
• HARRO! an exclamation of surprise; an outcry for help ...1882 Sc.
HELPED - adjectives
• SUCCOURABLE * capable of being helped or relieved ...1654 rare
HELPER - nouns, person
• ADJOINT † a helper, an aider; an addition ...1597
• ADJUMENT † a helper or assistant ...1641
• ADJUTANT * an assistant or helper ...1622
• ADJUTATOR a helper, an assistant ...1647
• ADJUTOR † a helper, an assistant ...1531
• ADJUTORY † a helper ...1552
• ADJUTRICE †* a female helper or assistant ...1609
• ADJUTRIX † a female helper or assistant ...1721
• ADJUVANT a helper, an assistant ...1609
• ADMINICULARY † one who helps; a means of help ...1652
• AIDANT * a helper, aide, assistant ...1475
• BEET-MASTER a person or thing helpful in emergency ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOSTER a helper; a confederate ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• HELPFELLOW † a companion who renders help; a helper; a colleague; a partner or associate ...1549
• MAINTAINER † one who gives aid, countenance, or support to another; a defender and helper ...c1330
• OFFSIDER an assistant, a helper; orig. and assistant/apprentice to a bullock-driver who worked on the 'off side' ...1903 Aust. sl.
• OPITULATOR † a helper ...1624
• SUCCOURESS †* a female helper ...1582
• SUFFRAGE † one who helps or aids ...c1480
HELPFUL - adjectives
• ADJUTORIOUS †* helpful, giving aid, assisting ...1657
• ADJUVABLE †* helpful, giving aid ...1599
• ADJUVANT. assisting, aiding, helpful ...a1614
• ADMINICULAR helpful, giving aid ...1676
• ADMINICULARY † helpful, giving aid ...1818
• AIDANT giving aid, helpful, helping, assisting ...1483
• BAINSOME obliging, helpful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HELPSOME helpful ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LASTFUL †* helpful, serviceable ...c1000
• SUCCOURABLE † affording succour; helpful ...c1400
• SUCCOURFUL † helpful ...1898
• TO THE VELVET helpful, to the good ...L19 sl.
HELPFUL - nouns, person
• BEET-MASTER a person or thing helpful in emergency ...Bk1911 Sc.
HELPING - adjectives
• ADJUTABLE † that may help, helping ...1721
• ADJUTANT helping, assistant ...1676
• ADJUTORY † helping, giving aid ...1612
• AIDANT giving aid, helpful, helping, assisting ...1483
HELPLESS - adjectives
• BABBISH weak, helpless, faint ....1876 Eng. dial.
• DAELESS helpless, feeble, useless ...1929 Sc.
• DAWKY helpless, idle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DEEDLESS helpless, spiritless, inefficient ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FECKLESS destitute of vigour, energy, or capacity; weak, helpless, useless ...1869
• HAVELESS without resources, shiftless, helpless; careless, slovenly ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELPLESS AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT AN ASS-KICKING completely helpless ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MATTERLESS incapable; incompetent; helpless; shiftless ...1794 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDERING listless; idle; helpless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON ONE'S ASS in financial or other ruin; helpless ...c1917 Amer. sl.
• PIGGED helpless, bound hand and foot ...1949 Amer. dial.
• REDELESS helpless, unwilling to take advice ...1880 Eng. dial. obs.
• SACKLESS weak in mind or body; feeble, helpless; wanting in energy ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SILLY † helpless, defenseless; esp. used of women and children ...1587
• SKY WEST AND CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKY WESTERN CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SUCCOURLESS †* without help, helpless; without resources or means of subsistence; destitute ...1412-20
• THRUMMOCKING helpless ...1891 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLY very small; small and helpless ...1885 Eng. dial.
• UNDEEDY helpless, incapable ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEPPEN out of place, unfitted for anything; helpless; unaided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HELPLESS - nouns, person
• ATICAST one who through physical unfitness and general incapacity is thrust aside, rejected, and possibly ill-treated; a silly, helpless, odd sort of person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATIE-BUMMIL † an inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler; a simpleton; a fool...a1550 Sc.
• BEDRAL a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDREL a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAITIFF † a cripple, one who is deformed and helpless ...1775 Eng. dial.
• CANDY-ASS a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• DA-DILLY a helpless, useless person ...1880 Sc.
• DAWK a helpless, idle woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWKY a helpless, silly woman ...1874 Eng. dial.
• LUMP OF BUTTER an easygoing, helpless person ...1844 Sc.
• SACKLESS a weak, senseless person; a helpless, clumsy fellow ...1778 Eng. dial.
HELPLESS - verbs
• MAUNDER to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one's way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner ...1819 Eng. dial.
• PALSY to render powerless, helpless, or inert ...1615
HELPLESS - phrases
• ALL-A-LIVING-ALONE of a sick person: left in a helpless situation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEET † to make good or better; to mend or repair things damaged; to heal wounds, sickness; to improve land ...c975 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALE † to make hale or whole; to heal ...c1200
• HEALD to heal ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LECHNE † to cure, to heal; to administer medicine ...c900
• LEECH * to cure, to heal ...c1200
• SALVE † to heal or remedy a disease; also, to heal sin, sorrow, etc. ...1411
• SANATE † to heal ...1623
• SANE † to cure, to heal ...c1386
• WARISH † to heal, to cure a person of a sickness or trouble ...c1250
• YEL to heal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEALED - adjectives
• SANABLE † that may be healed; curable ...1656
HEALING - adjectives
• AESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
• BALMY of healing virtue, medicinally soothing ...1746
• BALSAMIC soothing, healing, gently restorative ...1667
• ESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
• PANTO-IATRICAL † universally healing, all-healing ...1716
• SANABLE †* 1. that heals or is concerned with healing; curative ...1597
† 2. that may be healed; curable ...1656
• SANATIVE having the power to heal; promoting health; curative, healing ...a1400
• SANATORY conducive to healing; curative ...a1832
• SANITATING † health-giving; healing ...1656
HEALING - nouns
• BALSAM a healing, soothing agent ...1607
• HEAL † recovery from sickness, healing, cure ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALTH † healing, cure ...c1000
• LEECHCRAFT the art of healing; medical science ...c888 arch.
• LEECHERY * the art or practice of healing ...1892
• LEECHING healing, medical treatment ...c1000
• SANATION † the act of healing or the process of becoming healed ...c1440
• SANATIVENESS † healing quality ...a1661
HEALING - nouns, person
• LEECH a physician; one who practices the healing art ...c900
HEALTH - adjectives (also see HEALTHY)
• ABLE TO SET UP AN' EAT A FEW PORRIDGES convalescent, or in good health ..Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ABOVE PAR in excellent health or spirits ...1937 UK sl.
• ALL BROKE UP in poor health; injured ...1955 Amer. dial.
• ALL OAK AND IRON BOUND feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1969 Amer. dial.
• AT ONESELF in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BADLINS out of health; poorly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BADLY ill; in a state of ill health, ailing ...1787 Sc.
• BAGHLY in feeble health ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEST-FASHION in good health ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETTER-LIKE better-looking; looking better in health, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BETWIXT A BALK AND A BREAKDOWN of health; about average ...1884 Amer, dial.
• BOBBISH in good health and spirits; well ...1813 sl. & Eng. dial.
• BRASH indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRASHY indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments ...1895 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BROKE UP in poor health; injured ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BUNGED UP ill, out of health ...1909 Amer. dial.
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CALLER AS A TROUT of persons: in good health, rosy, plump ...1768 Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DAINTY † delicate in health or constitution ...1560
• DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DEFTLY well in health, hearty ...1834 Eng. dial.
• DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill ...1883 Eng. dial.
• FAILED of a person: impaired in health or vigour; infirm ...1490
• FAIRLY in good health, well ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FAIR TO MIDDLING about average; slightly better than average; frequently used to understate a feeling of good health ...1865
• FAR BACK in bad health ...1950 Sc.
• FAT AND FINE in good health and spirits ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND FUNKY in good health and spirits ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND RAGGED in good health and spirits ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND SASSY in good health and spirits ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND SAUCY in good health and spirits ...1843 Amer. dial.
• FAT, RAGGED, AND SASSY in good health and spirits ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FEATISH pretty good, tolerable, considerable; fairly well in health ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FINE AS A FIDDLE very fine; in excellent health or spirits ...1836 Amer. dial.
• FIT AS A FIDDLE in good health ...1882 sl.
• FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
• FROBLY-MOBLY † indifferently well ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FRUNTY having the appearance of health, healthy ...19C Sc.
• FULL OF THE OLD NICK feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GAILY of a person: well, in good health or spirits ...1903 Amer. dial.
• GAY in good health; well, convalescent ...1855 Eng. dial.
• HALF-MIDDLING in poor health. indifferent in health ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HEALFUL † fraught with health, well-being, safety, salvation; wholesome, salutary ...c1340
• HEALSOME † wholesome, salutary; healthful ...c1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• HINGUM-TRINGUM in weak health ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-FAVOURED not looking well in health ...1881 Sc.
• ILL-LIKE ugly; not looking well in health ...1892 Ireland
• IN RARE BLOW in good health or spirits ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN RARE FETTLE in good health, having a good appetite ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN THE PINK in good health ...1914 sl.
• JAM UP feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MALICEFUL sickly; in bad health ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MARCHANTABLE in good health ...1746 Eng. dial.
• MEAT-HALE having a good appetite; in good health ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEEVERLY fairly well in health ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• NESH delicate in health, weakly, sickly, susceptible to cold; effeminate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NICELY well, very well; in good health ...1815 Amer. dial.
• OFF-KEEL not in good health, slightly sick; off-colour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BAT out of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S ORDINARY not in one's usual state of health ...1891 Sc.
• ON THE BETTER END in fairly good health ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ON THE GO-DOWN in declining health ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ON THE MEND recovering health ...1802 sl.
• ON THE MENDING HAND improving, recovering health; recovering from sickness or injury; convalescent ...1675 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ON THE MENDING ROAD improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE MENDING SIDE improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE MENDING WAY improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PACHETTY weak, ailing, in bad health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALCH broken down in health; very frail and delicate in constitution; palsied ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PALCHED half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1891 Eng. dial.
• PALCHY half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PEAKED in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1864 Amer. dial.
• PEAKEDY peaked; in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEAKING sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PEAKISH sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill...1821
• PEART sprightly; lively; in good health; clever ...1828 Amer. dial.
• PEEKY sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PUNY not in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT AS A TRIVET in good health ...1837 sl.
• RIGHT AS NINEPENCE in good health ...1890 sl.
• RIGHT AS RAIN in good health ...1909 sl.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• ROCKY in poor health; ill, unwell ...L18
• RUSKIE healthy, stout, vigorous ...B1900 Sc.
• SAD-BAD ill in health; very bad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly ...1711 now Eng. dial.
• SALUBERRIME †* highly favourable to health ...1509
• SALUBRIOUS * favourable or conducive to health ...1547
• SALUTAIRE †* conducive to health ...c1450
• SALUTARY conducive to health ...1649
• SALUTIFERE †* promoting or conducive to health ...1549
• SALUTIFEROUS promoting or conducive to health ...1604
• SALUTIGEROUS †* bringing health; salubrious ...1656
• SAM-HOLE † 'half-whole', in poor health ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SANATIVE having the power to heal; promoting health; curative, healing ...a1400
• SANIFEROUS † health-bringing, conducive to health ...a1706
• SANITATING † health-giving; healing ...1656
• SANITIFEROUS † health-bringing, conducive to health ...1657
• SICK ABED IN THE WOOD-BOX in good health; a common answer to any inquiry after one's condition ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLIM in bad health; weak ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPLEENY complaining or fussing over health; lacking in stamina and courage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TARBLE corruption of tolerable; esp. used of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEWLY improving in health ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRIFTY thriving, flourishing, in good condition or health ...1811 Eng. dial.
• TIDY in good or tolerably good health; well; plump, in good condition; comely ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIDY-LIKE fairly well, in moderate health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT in good health, well; sound, whole ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIGHTISH well, in good health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOUGH AN' RUGGED in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TRIFLING of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one's health: poor ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TULY improving in health ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP ON TOP OF THE FENCE in the best of health and spirits ...1970 Amer. dial.
• UP ON YOUR SHOE TAPS feeling fit and fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UP TO SNUFF in good health or condition ...colloq.
• VALETUDINAIRE * not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid ...1682
• VALETUDINARIAN not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid ...1713
• VALETUDINARIOUS † having weak health ...1648
• VALETUDINARY not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid ...1581
• VALETUDINOUS † invalid, weakly; not in robust health ...1655
• VALID of persons: sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength ...1651
• VOGIE in fair health ...1882 Sc.
• WANTON † robust, overflowing with health ...1674
• WELK drooping, in poor health ...1887 Eng. dial.
• WELL-MENDED of an ill person: improved in health ...20C Ireland
HEALTH - adverbs
• ALL TO PIECES broken down in health or finances; exhausted, collapsed ...1811 Eng. dial.
• BRAVELY in good health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLIES in good health, fairly well ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLINS in good health, fairly well ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLY in good health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GAILY in good health and spirits; very well; satisfactorily, prosperously ...1778 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIDILY in moderately good health, fairly well; improving in health ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TOPPINGLY gallantly, splendidly; in excellent condition or health ...a1739
HEALTH - nouns
• BETTERNESS improvement in health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRANWAGON the drive toward healthier eating ...Bk1998 sl.
• CYBERCHONDRIA unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites ...21C
• DEFAILING † weakening, decline in health ...1580
• DOWN-GO a decline in health ...1913 Amer. dial.
• FEEBLESS † feebleness, infirmity; infirm health ...1297 obs. exc. arch.
• FEEBLISHING † a weakening, decline in health ...1580
• GLIMP a condition of poor health ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HAIL † health, safety, welfare ...a1400-50 chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200
• HEAL † 1. spiritual health, well-being, or healing; salvation ...901-9 obs.
† 2. sound bodily condition; freedom from sickness; health ...a1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALTHING †* the furthering or imparting of health ...1581
• HELE † health, welfare ...1768 Ireland
• KELTER good condition; good health or spirits ...1643
• KILTER good condition; good health or spirits ...1643
• OF-FALLING a falling off in health, excellence, or goodness ...1825 Sc.
• ORDINARY the usual state of health ...1880 Sc.
• QUARFULNESS † health, prosperity ...1483
• QUART † health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well ...a1300
• QUARTFULNESS † health, prosperity ...1483
• QUERT † health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well ...a1300
• SALUBRITY the quality of being healthful; a being conducive to health ...1432-50
• SANITUDE †* healthy condition ...1652
• SANITY healthy condition, health ...1432-50 arch.
• SELF-TENDERNESS † care of one's health ...1843 Sc.
• TENDERNESS † delicacy, esp. as regards health ...1709-31 Sc.
• VALETUDE †* good health; condition as to health ...a1560
• VALETUDINARIANISM tendency to be in weak health or to be much concerned about one's one health ...1859
• VALETUDINARINESS * weakness of health ...1742
HEALTH - nouns, person
• QUADDLE a grumbler, a complainer of ill health; a disagreeable person ...1891 Eng. dial.
• VALETUDINAIRE * a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments; an invalid ...1715
• VALETUDINARIAN a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments; an invalid ...1703
• VALETUDINARIST † a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments ...1651
• VALETUDINARY a person in weak health, esp. one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments; an invalid ...1785
• VALID a person in good health; opposed to 'invalid' ...1882
HEALTH - verbs
• ACOVER † to recover, to get back, to regain; to regain health, to recover from illness ...a1100
• BETTER to improve in health ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAIL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAYL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ENJOY BAD HEALTH to endure or experience bad health ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIL UP to decline in health; to fall ill ...1914 Amer. dial.
• FALL AWAY to decline in health ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FALL OFF to decline in health ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FALSIFY to show signs of failing health ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALTER to fail in health; to show signs of old age; to break up in constitution ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEEL LIKE GOING to feel in good health and spirits ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FEEL ONE'S KEEP to be in good health and spirits; to feel confident, ambitious ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FEEL ONE'S KEEPING to be in good health and spirits; to feel confident, ambitious ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GATHER UP ONE'S CRUMBS † to 'pick up' or recover one's strength or health; to improve in condition ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KAILE to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KEEP MELL IN SHAFT to keep straight in any course; to keep in good health; to carry on one's business prosperously; to make both ends meet ...1824 Sc.
• KEEP SHAFT IN MELL to keep straight in any course; to keep in good health; to carry on one's business prosperously; to make both ends meet ...1824 Sc.
• KICK HIGH to feel in good health and spirits ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LANGUISH † of health: to fall off ...1729
• MAKE MICKLE OF to be in good health; to improve in health ...1895 Sc.
• PERUSE to be in tolerably good health ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PULL ROUND to recover health ...1891 sl.
• QUADDLE to grumble; to complain of ill health ...1897 Eng. dial.
• RAISE to restore one who is confined to bed to health ...1821 Amer. dial.
• SAG to decline in health; to begin to show signs of old age ...1784 Eng. dial.
• SALUBRIFY * to render favourable to health ...1842
• TAKE DOWN to reduce in health; to emaciate; to lay low in sickness ...1878 Sc.
• TAKE UP to improve in health or character ...1883 Sc.
• TORFLE to founder, to go lame; to decline in health, to pine away, to languish; to lose interest in or draw back from an undertaking ...1575-6 Eng. dial.
HEALTH - phrases
• AMONG THE MIDDLINGS said of a mediocre person or thing, one that is not above the average in capacity or health; a moderate condition of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEALTHINESS - nouns
• HALENESS the quality or state of being hale; healthiness, robustness ...1862
• HEALTH † healthiness, wholesomeness, salubrity ...1387
HEALTHY - adjectives (also see HEALTH)
• ABLE TO SET UP AN' EAT A FEW PORRIDGES convalescent, or in good health ..Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ABOVE PAR in excellent health or spirits ...1937 UK sl.
• ALL OAK AND IRON BOUND feeling in the best of health and spirits ...1969 Amer. dial.
• AT ONESELF in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BATTENING feeding to advantage, or with a relish; growing fat; thriving, healthy ...1593
• BOBBISH in good health and spirits; well ...1813 sl. & Eng. dial.
• BUFF strong, muscular, healthy ...1980s sl.
• CALLER healthy, vigorous ...1886 Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FAIRLY in good health, well ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FIT AS A FIDDLE in good health ...1882 sl.
• FIT AS A MALLEE BULL extremely fit and healthy ...1960 Aust. sl.
• FRESH UNION clean, healthy ...1980s US sl.
• FROBLY-MOBLY † indifferently well ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FRUNTY having the appearance of health, healthy ...19C Sc.
• GRUSHIE healthy, thriving ...Sc.
• HAIL † free from injury, infirmity, or disease; sound, unhurt, safe; healthy, robust; hale ...c1205
• HALE † free from disease, healthy, in good health, well; recovered from disease ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HALEFUL healthy, vigorous ...1862 Sc.
• HALESOME wholesome, healthy, sound ...c1200 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEALTHSOME † full of health; possessing good health; healthy ...1563 obs exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEALTHY AS TROUT perfectly healthy, in complete health ...1891 Eng. dial.
• HODDY in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful ...1664 Eng. dial.
• IN RARE BLOW in good health or spirits ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN RARE FETTLE in good health, having a good appetite ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IN TABLE ORDER healthy and feeling good ...1972 Amer. dial.
• IN THE PINK in good health ...1914 sl.
• JOLLOCK jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy ...1824 Sc.
• QUART † healthy; in good condition; whole and sound ...a1300
• QUARTFUL † sound, healthy; safe, prosperous ...c1460
• QUERT † healthy; in good condition; whole and sound ...a1300
• RAFFIE of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• RIGHT AS A TRIVET in good health ...1837 sl.
• RIGHT AS NAILS perfectly fine; in good condition; healthy ...1894
• RIGHT AS NINEPENCE in good health ...1890 sl.
• RIGHT AS RAIN in good health ...1909 sl.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• RUSKIE healthy, stout, vigorous ...B1900 Sc.
• SAMPSOUS looking healthy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANE * of the body, it's organs or functions: healthy, sound, not diseased ...1755
• SICK ABED IN THE WOOD-BOX in good health; a common answer to any inquiry after one's condition ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THRUNTY healthy, hardy; sturdy, robust, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TIFFY in good condition; well, healthy ...1867 Sc.
• TOUGH AN' RUGGED in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UP ON YOUR SHOE TAPS feeling fit and fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UP TO SNUFF in good health or condition ...colloq.
• VALID of persons: sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength ...1651
• VEGETE * healthy and active; flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1639
• VEGETOUS † vigorous, lively, sprightly, active, healthy, flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1609
• YALD active, sprightly, alert, vigorous, strong, healthy ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, alert, vigorous, strong, healthy ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HEALTHY - nouns
• SALUBRITY * healthy condition, health ...1654
HEALTHY - nouns, person
• OLD LAD a healthy old man; an old man who wears well ...1790 Eng. dial.
• OLD YOUTH a healthy old man; an old man who wears well ...1790 Eng. dial.
HEALTHY - phrases
• KYBO keep healthy (Keep Your Bowels Open) ...M20 US sl.
HEAP, HEAPED - adjectives
• ACERVAL † belonging to a heap ...1731
• ACERVATE * heaped, growing in heaps, or in closely compacted clusters ...1848
• ACERVOSE * full of heaps ...1731
• ACERVULINE of the form or appearance of little heaps ...1875
• HEAP-FULL † full and heaped up ...1530
• HEAPY full of or consisting of heaps ...1552
• REEKING heaped up ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
HEAP - adverbs
• HEAPLY †* in heaps ...1552
• HEAP-MEAL † in heaps; in large quantities or numbers...c897
• TAG-RAG † all to tags and rags; in a mingled crowd or heap ...1582
• WALLOP with a quick, fluttering motion; with a lurch or plunge; in a heap ...1885 Sc.
HEAP - nouns
• BARROW a mound or heap ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BENJEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BENZEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BING a heap, a pile; also, a crowd ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BINKART a heap of stones, clay, dirt, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BINKER a heap of stones or dirt ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CARNELL † a heap ...1536 Sc.
• DAIL a heap ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FARGIS a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKAGE a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKEL † a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FERKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• MALLY-MUCK-HEAP a confused heap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELDER a heap; a large quantity ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIDDEN a heap or large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILL a confused heap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEK a pile, a heap, esp. of snow; a drift ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE a tottering ruin; a loose heap ...1886 Sc.
• RICKLE a loose heap or pile; a stack...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAM a heap or small mound or hillock ...1906 Sc.
• TAPPIETOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
• TAPPY-TOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
• THURROCK a heap; esp. a heap of 'muck' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAD a heap ....1750 Eng. dial.
HEAP - verbs
• ACERVATE * to heap up, to raise up in heaps ...1612
• AGGERATE † to heap up (lit. and fig.) ...1553-87
• BING to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BINKER to pile up in a heap ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ETTLE to prepare, to make ready; to rake together into a heap ...1874 Eng. dial.
• LABE to heap on; to place upon in great quantities; to lay on a burden ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PANG to pile up, to make into a heap ...1929 Sc.
• RAMP UP to heap up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEK to heap or pile up ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICKLE to gather into a loose heap; to pile up loose matter ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HEAPED - adjectives
• ACERVATIVE pert. to heaping up; piled or heaped up ...1865
HEAPING - nouns
• ACERVATION * the act of heaping up, accumulation ...1676
HEAR - adjectives
• ALL EARS very eager to hear; acutely attentive ...1860s Amer. colloq.
HEAR - verbs
• GET AN EARFUL to listen, to hear ...1917 sl.
• HAKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HARK to listen to; to hear with active attention ...ME now arch. & poetic
• HARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HARKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HEARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HEAR TELL to hear, to be informed, to learn by word of mouth ...1834 Eng. dial.
• OFHEAR †* to hear or ?to overhear ...a1300
• UNDERSTAND to hear ...1884 Eng. dial.
HEAR - phrases
• NOT TO HEAR PEA-TURKEY not to hear a single word ...1984 Amer. dial.
HEARD - adjectives
• VEEVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
• VIEVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
HEARD - nouns
• EARFUL something heard or overheard ...colloq.
HEARING - adjectives
• THICK OF HEARING hard of hearing ...1692
HEARING - nouns
• HEARTH †* hearing ...1340
• SUBAUDITION †* a hearing a little ...1658
HEARING - nouns, person
• EAR-GUARD † one who prevents a person from hearing ...1647
HEARING - phrases
• WITHIN A BEAGLE'S GOWL within hearing distance ...1924 Ireland
HEARSAY - nouns
• MOUTHPRINTS hearsay evidence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HEARSAY - nouns, person
• HEAR-SO one who has heard so; one who knows by hearsay ...1639 nonce word
HEARSE - nouns
• BLACK BUGGY a hearse ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLACK MARIA a hearse ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WAGON a hearse ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BONE-YARD EXPRESS a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BURYIN' CART a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLD-MEAT CART a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1820 sl.
• COLD MEAT CRATE a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLD MEAT WAGON a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD CART a vehicle used for transporting the dead; a hearse ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DEADER a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD MAN'S WAGON a hearse ...1954 Amer. dial.
• DEAD WAGON a vehicle used for transporting the dead; a hearse; sometimes also an ambulance ...1894 Amer. dial.
• FINISH CAR a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD-BYE WAGON a hearse ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HACK a hearse ...L19 US sl.
• MEAT CART a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MEAT CRATE a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MEAT-WAGON a hearse ...1942 sl.
• OLD MR. GRIM'S CHARIOT a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAIL a hearse ...1825 Sc.
• PALL a cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb ...c1440
• PLANTING CART a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOWCASE a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STIFF WAGON a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YEARST a hearse ...1883 Eng. dial.
• YESS a hearse ...1883 Eng. dial.
• YEST a hearse ...1883 Eng. dial.
HEART - nouns
• BACKBEAT one's heartbeat ...1970s US Black sl.
• BUM TICKER a bad heart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLOCK the heart; the 'ticker' ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CORE the heart ...Bk1890 sl.
• GOOSEBERRY TART the heart ...L19 sl.
• LEAKY PUMP a bad heart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE BOX the heart ...1865 US jocular
• PANTER the heart ...a1700 sl.
• PUFF AND DART the heart ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• PUFFER the human heart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUMP the heart ...1946 sl.
• PUMPER the heart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RABBIT HEART tachycardia; a feeling that lasts for a short while, with difficult breathing and heart beating fast ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RASPBERRY TART n. the heart ...L19 rhyming sl.
• THUMPS, THE palpitations of the heart ...1878 Amer. dial.
• TICK a beat of the heart or of the pulse ...1823
• TICKER the heart ...1930 sl., orig. US
• WALLOP † a beat of the heart or pulse ...1786 Sc.
HEART - nouns, person
• CARDIOGNOST † one who knows the heart ...1652
• CARDIOGNOSTIC † one who knows the heart ...1640
HEART - verbs
• PAT of the heart: to throb, to palpitate ...1814 Sc. nonce use
• WALLOP of the heart, the blood: to pulsate (violently) ...1766 Sc.
HEARTBREAK - nouns
• BREAK-HEART heartbreak ...Bk1911 Sc.
HEART-BREAKING - adjectives
• HARD-HEARTED heart-breaking; distressing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HEART-BREAK † heartbreaking ...1586
HEARTBROKEN - adjectives
• IN SPLINTERS heartbroken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HEARTBURN - nouns
• HEART-SCALD heartburn ...1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWM heartburn; flushings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEARTFELT - adjectives
• HEARTY heartfelt, genuine, sincere ...1479
HEARTILY - adverbs
• DEARLY † from the heart, heartily, earnestly ...a1310
• HEARTLY † with the heart; earnestly, sincerely; cordially; heartily ...a1225
• SAVAGELY eagerly, heartily; copiously ...1897 Eng. dial.
• YERNE † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...a1200
• YERNLY † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...c725
HEARTINESS - nouns
• HEART * kindly feeling; cordiality, heartiness ...a1656
• HEARTLINESS †* cordiality, heartiness, sincerity, friendly feeling ...1435
HEARTLESS - adjectives
• STONY unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate
HEARTLESS - nouns, person
• ICEBERG SLIM a person who exploits others, i.e. a cold, heartless person ...20C US sl.
HEARTY - adjectives
• AFFECTUAL † earnest, ardent, eager, hearty ...1483
• AFFECTUOUS † earnest in feeling or desire; eager, ardent, hearty ...1494
• BOBBEROUS elated, in high spirits, hearty ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEFTLY well in health. hearty ...1834 Eng. dial.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• FULL-BLOODED vigorous, forceful, hearty, sensual
• JOLLOCK jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy ...1824 Sc.
• ODDY strong, vigorous, hearty; lively ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAFFIN roistering, merry, boisterously hearty ...1721 Sc.
• RAFFING * merry, hearty; noisy ...1719 Sc.
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HEARTY - nouns, person
• HEARTY a hearty fellow; a brave, vigorous, or energetic man ...1839
HEARTY - verbs
• HAVE NO DEAF NUTS TO CRACK to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
• NOT TO LIVE ON DEAF NUTS to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
HEAT - adjectives
• AESTUANT †* boiling; heaving with heat ...1633
• AESTUATING † boiling; heaving with heat ...1674
• CALEFACTIVE producing heat ...LME
• CALEFACTORY warming; serving to heat ...1530
• CALESCENT growing warm, increasing in heat ...1795
• CANDENT † at a white heat; glowing with heat ...1577 obs. or arch.
• CANDESCENT * glowing with heat ...1824
• FIREFANGED damaged by excessive heat ...1839 Amer. dial.
• GRAME † of heat: fierce ...c1000
• HEATFUL * full of heat or warmth ...1591
• RADIANT †* of heat: strong, fierce ...1508
HEAT - adverbs
• CALORICALLY * in the manner of heat, as heat ...1869
HEAT- nouns
• ADUSTNESS †* scorching heat, the state of being scorched ...1652
• BEEKING † exposure to genial warmth or heat ...1523 obs. exc. Sc.
• CALESCENCE increasing warmth or heat ...1846
• CALIDITY † warmth, heat ...1528
• CALOR † heat, warmth ...1599
• CALOUR † heat, warmth ...1599
• LEW † n. warmth, heat ...1591 obs. exc. Sc.
• MALT sweat; great heat ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• MASH heat, a condition of heat and perspiration ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MEETHNESS extreme heat; sultriness; soft, close weather ...1768 Sc.
• MONKEY a heat wave; heat prostration ...1918 Amer. dial.
• OLG † an oppressive heat; warm vapour rising from the ground ...1908 Sc.
• SCAM a sudden glow of heat or red in the sky ...1939 Sc.
• SIZZARD heat with high humidity
• VEEM † a close heat over the body, with redness of face, and some perspiration ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WITCH WATER a mirage on hot pavement; heat waves on the road ...1946 Amer. dial.
HEAT - verbs
• ACHAFE † to heat, to warm; fig. to kindle anyone's wrath; to heat with passion; to chafe ...c1325
• CALEFY † to make warm or hot; to warm, to heat ...1526
• FIREFANG to become damaged by excessive heat ...1839 Amer. dial.
• HEATEN † to heat, to make hot or warm ...1559
• HOT to heat ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLE to stifle, overcome with heat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SEE MONKEYS to be overcome by heat ...1918 Amer. dial.
HEAT - phrases
• BEAR GOT HIM, THE he was overcome by the heat; he had a sunstroke ...1950 Amer. dial.
HEATED - adjectives
• CALEFACTED † heated, warm ...1599
• HET heated ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HET UP heated ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTED UP heated ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALTED perspiring; heated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HEATED - nouns
• EFFERVENCY † the condition of being overheated, of issuing forth in a heated state ...1670
HEATER - nouns
• CALEFACTOR a small stove; a heater
HEATH - nouns
• YAVILL a heath, a moor ...1876 Eng. dial.
HEATH - nouns, person
• HEATH-CROPPER a sheep or pony living on open heath or down; hence, a person who inhabits a heath ...1819
HEATHEN - adjectives
• HEATHENOUS †* heathen ...1613
• HEATHENY †* heathen, heathenish ...1580
• UNCIRCUMCISED not spiritually chastened or purified; irreligious; heathen ...a1400
HEATHEN, HEATHENDOM - nouns
• HEATHENESSE the quality or condition of being heathen; the belief and practice of the heathen ...c900 arch.
• HEATHENHEDE † the domain or realm of the heathen; heathen people collectively; the heathen world ...a1300
• HEATHENHOOD † the belief and practice of the heathen ...c1275
• HEATHENSHIP † heathenism, heathendom ...a1000
• PAGANDOM the pagan world; heathendom ...1853
HEATHEN, HEATHENISH - nouns, person
• HEATHENESS * a female heathen; a heathen woman ...1876
• PAGAN 1. one who does not worship the true God; a heathen; earlier, a non-Christian ...c1375
2. a person of heathenish character or habits ...1841
• SARACEN † a non-Christian, a heathen, a pagan; an unbeliever, an infidel ...c1250 obs.
HEATHENISH - adjectives
• DARK-SELVIDGED heathenish in appearance ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAGAN heathenish ...1550
• PAGANIC † characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish ...1676 obs.
• PAGANICAL † characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish ...1573
• SARACENIC barbaric, heathenish ...1837
HEATHENISH - adverbs
• SARACENLY † with heathenish violence; barbarously ...1596
HEATHER - nouns
• SCRAB a stunted or shrivelled tree or shrub; a root; a stump of heather ...1790 Sc.
HEATING - adjectives
• CALEFACIENT heating, warming ...1655
HEATING - nouns
• CALEFACTION the act of heating or making something warm; the state of being heated ...1540
• RISCALDATION † the act of warming or heating something ...1599
HEAT LAMP - nouns
• COOKER a heat lamp ...1980 Amer. medical usage
HEAVE - verbs
• ENDO to heave or pull an object ...1938 Amer. dial.
HEAVEN - nouns
• ABRAHAM'S BOSOM the Biblical 'heaven'
• BEULAH LAND heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BEULAH SHORE heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically ...1955 Amer. dial.
• GOOD PLACE Heaven ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GOOD PLACE, THE Heaven ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HEAVEN the abiding place of late lamented animal pets ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HEAVEN-BLISS † the bliss of heaven ...a1300
• HEAVENRIC † the kingdom of heaven; heaven as the place of the blessed ...971
• HEAVENRICH † the kingdom of heaven; heaven as the place of the blessed ...971
• HEAVENWARE † the inhabitants of heaven ...c1000
• KINGDOM COME the next life, either heaven or hell ...18C colloq.
• LAND OF SCOTS heaven ...L19 sl.
• LAND OF THE LEAL the realm of the blessed departed, heaven ...1798 Sc.
• NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY the future life; heaven ...1888 Aust. sl.
• PEARLY GATES the entrance to heaven ...colloq.
• SANCTUARY Heaven ...1382
• SKEW † the sky or heaven ...a1300
• SKEWS † the skies, heavens, or clouds ...c1320
HEAVENLINESS - nouns
• HEAVENHOOD * heavenly quality or character; heavenliness ...1878
HEAVENLY - adjectives
• HEAVENISH † pert. to heaven; celestial, heavenly ...c1374
HEAVENLY - verbs
• HEAVENIZE * to render heavenly ...a1656
HEAVENLY BODY - nouns
• ELEMENT †* one of the heavenly bodies ...a1300
• HEAVEN † a model showing the motions of the heavenly bodies; an orrery, a planetarium ...1600
• SKY-FIRE † that in the body of the sun, and other heavenly lights ...1710
HEAVENLY BODY - verbs
• EXORBITATE † of heavenly bodies: to deviate from the usual orbit; to follow an erratic course ...1693 obs. or arch.
• REIGN of heavenly bodies: to be visible ...1883 Eng. dial.
HEAVILY - adverbs
• DIRD with violence; heavily, sharply ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HAWY heavily ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
• HEAVYINGLY †* heavily, severely ...1434
• SCLATCH heavily, violently; with a heavy, lumbering step ...1866 Sc.
• SKLATCH heavily, violently; with a sharp smack or clashing sound; with a heavy footfall ...1866 Sc.
HEAVINESS - nouns
• SADNESS heaviness, solidity ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
HEAVY - adjectives
• BEEFY heavy and muscular; hardy ...1889
• BOWDEN swollen, heavy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIK heavy, beefy, fat, big, powerfully built ...1970 S. Afr.
• LOGGISH †* heavy, sluggish ...1642
• LOGY heavy, slow, lethargic, sluggish ...1848 Amer. dial.
• MAUL-HAULY heavy, troublesome, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEISANT † having great weight; heavy, ponderous ...1520
• RASPING large, heavy; fine, excellent ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERICAL † heavy or unwieldy as a rhinoceros ...1623
• SAPPY heavy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THIMBER † gross, heavy, cumbrous ...1861 Sc.
• THUNGEING big, heavy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMBERSOME very heavy, weighty; bulky; unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOO MUCH OF A MAN too heavy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFREELIE heavy, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALLIE of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
• WALLY of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
HEAVY - nouns
• BANGER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG BOY something that is a large, heavy, or impressive example of its kind ...1918 US sl.
• BRUTE something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUSHER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEFTY something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT STUFF something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACK-A-LUGE a heavy load not easily moved ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SLAPPER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMASHER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUMPH the sound of something heavy and limp falling ...1844
• SWAMPER something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HEAVY - nouns, person
• B19 a hefty girl ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BARGE a fat, heavy person; anything large ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BIG BERTHA an overweight or heavy woman; often used as a derisive nickname ...1921 US sl.
• DILP a heavy, lumpish person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LOGEY a heavy, fat person ...20C Irish sl.
• LOMMIX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LOOBY a dull, clumsy person; an awkward, heavy person ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LUMMIX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOCK(S) a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOKIN a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMUX a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool ...M19 sl.
• PANTY-STRETCHER a well-built young lady, a heavy woman ...1976 US sl.
• SAB † a stout, heavily-built person ...1826 Sc.
• SCLATCH a shuffling, ungainly walker; a heavy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
HEAVY - verbs
• HEAVY † to make heavy, burdensome, or oppressive ...c825
HEAVY - phrases
• NAME'S SIMPSON, NOT SAMSON, THE a reply when requested to do heavy work or lift something weighty ...Brit. sl.
HEAVYSET - adjectives
• BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP of a person: stocky, sturdy, heavyset, well-built ...1886 Amer. dial.
HEBREW - nouns
• LEFT-HAND TONGUE † a language written from right to left, as Hebrew or Arabic ...a1632
• TITTLE the dot over the letter 'i'; a punctuation mark; a diacritic point over a letter; any one of the Hebrew and Arabic vowel-points and accents; also, a pip on dice ...1538
HEBREW - nouns, person
• EBRITIAN †* a Hebraist; one versed in the Hebrew language ...1691
HECTOR, HECTORING - nouns, person
• CAPTAIN HACKUM a hectoring bully ...Bk1891 sl.
• HUFF-SNUFF † a conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offense; a braggart, a hector, a blustering person ...1583
HECTOR - verbs
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1955 US sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1967 US sl.
• COME THE OLD SOLDIER to hector someone; to domineer someone, by virtue of supposed greater knowledge ...1984 UK sl.
• PYRGOPOLINIZE † to swagger, to hector ...1605 nonce word
HECTORING - adjectives
• HUFF-SNUFF † arrogant, hectoring, blustering ...a1693 obs.
HEDGE - nouns
• CRACKMANS a hedge ...17C cant
• CRAGMANS a hedge ...17C cant
• DIKE a hedge, a fence ...1808 Eng. dial.
• EDDER a hedge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARTH †* a fence or hedge ...a1340
• HAG(G) a hedge or fence ...1879 Eng. dial.
• HAW † a hedge or encompassing fence; hence, a piece of ground enclosed or fenced in ...c825
• HAY a hedge, a fence ...c725 arch. or Eng. dial.
• LIVE FENCE a hedge ...1804 Amer. dial.
• LIVING FENCE a hedge ...1860 Amer. dial.
HEDGE - verbs
• HAY to enclose or fence in by a hedge ...a1050 obs.
• SLENCH to prune a hedge; to cut one side of it only ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TINE † to enclose with a hedge or fence; to fence, to hedge in ...688-95
HEDGEHOG - nouns
• ANIMATED CACTUS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAGHOG † a hedgehog ...1720 Eng. dial.
• HAIRY HUTCHIN a hedgehog ...1956 Sc.
• HEDGE-PIG a hedgehog
• IL(E) † a hedgehog ...c897
• ILESPIL † a spine of a hedgehog ...a1225
• JACK-SHARPNAILS a hedgehog ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-URCHIN † the hedgehog ...1601
• NERTCHARD a hedgehog, an 'urchin' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PROGGLES the spines of a hedgehog ...B1900 Sc.
• QUILL PIG a hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• QUILLS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THORNHOG † a hedgehog ...1340
HEDGEHOG - verbs
• ECHINATE to set up one's prickles like a hedgehog ...1788 nonce word
HEED - nouns
• ADVERTENCE the act of turning the attention to; observation, notice, heed, attention, consideration ...c1370
• ADVERTISEMENT † the turning of the mind to anything; attention, observation, heed ...1523
• CARK † care, heed, pains ...1482
• HEEDANCE heed, notice ...1931 Amer. dial.
• KEEP † care, attention, heed, notice ...c1250
• PERCEIVANCE heed, notice ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TAKE-HEED † the act of taking heed, caution; a warning to take heed, a caution ...1611
• TENT care, heed ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAUR care, heed ...1897 Sc.
• WARE † watchful care, heed; safe-keeping, defense, protection ...c893
• YEME † care, heed, attention ...c893
HEED - verbs
• ADVERT † to turn the attention to; to take note of; to observe, to note, to heed; to consider, to think of a thing ...1430
• ADVERTISE † to take note, to give heed, to consider ...c1430
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• ANCE to heed, to care for ...B1900 Sc.
• FAKE to give heed to; to believe, to credit ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FASH * to bother oneself about, to heed ...1786 Sc.
• HAKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HARKY to hear, to give heed ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HEARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• KEEP † to take care; to give heed ...a1300
• LAKE to give no heed to ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MIND to observe, to notice; to pay attention or heed to ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIM KEEP † to take or give heed, to take notice ...c1250
• PANSE † to think of, to consider, to heed ...1560
• RACK to heed, care, mind ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RECK to take heed of; to care for, to regard ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TENT to pay attention to; to heed; to listen to ...1789 Sc.
• UMSEE † to take heed ...a1400-50
• WARE † to give heed, to take care, to be one's guard ...c1250
• WARN † to take heed, to be on one's guard, to beware ...c1000
• YEME † to give heed or attention to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed ...c897
HEEDFUL - adjectives
• ADVERTENT attentive, heedful ...1671
• ADVISY † well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious ...c1300
• CAUTELOUS † cautious, wary, heedful, prudent ...1574 obs. or arch.
• HEEDY † heedful, careful, attentive, cautious, wary, watchful ...1548
• KEEPFUL †* careful, heedful ...1489
• OBSERVATIVE * pert. to observation; observant, attentive, heedful ...1611
• TENTY careful, heedful, attentive; watchful, cautious ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HEEDFUL - verbs
• TAKE TENT OF to take care of; to be careful or heedful; to beware ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HEEDFULLY - adverbs
• ADVERTENTLY * heedfully, attentively ...Bk1888
• TENTILY carefully, heedfully, cautiously ...1874 Sc.
HEEDFULNESS - nouns
• ADVERTENCY the quality of being attentive; attentiveness, heedfulness ...1646
HEEDLESS - adjectives
• GARE-BRAINED very heedless ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GARISH very heedless ...1674 Eng. dial.
• HAREBRAIN stupid and heedless ...M16
• HARE-BRAINED stupid and heedless, reckless; rash, wild, mad ...1548
• HAREM-SCAREM reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash ...1751
• HARE'UM- SCARE-'UM reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash ...1751
• HARUM-SCARUM. reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash ...1751
• HEADLESS thoughtless, heedless ...1526
• INCAUTELOUS † heedless, unwary, incautious ...1610
• MEEDLESS undecided, unable to make up one's mind; heedless, without thought or plan ...1703 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEGLIGENT * heedless, careless, indifferent ...c1440
• RACKLESS-HANDED apt to do things in a heedless, slapdash manner; reckless, headstrong ...1778 Sc.
• RAM-GAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, heedless, rash, unrestrained ...1929 Sc.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, rash, heedless, unrestrained ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR irresponsible, harebrained, heedless ...1825 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TABETLESS heedless, foolish, silly ...1786 Sc.
• TAPETLESS heedless, foolish, silly ...1786 Sc.
• TEMERARY † rash, reckless, heedless, careless, overbold, headstrong ...c1410
• TENTLESS careless, heedless ...1813 Sc.
• UNASPECTIVE † unregardful, careless, heedless ...1661
• UNBELIEVING of a child: disobedient, unruly, obstinate, heedless ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• UNCHARY careless, heedless ...1856
• UNHEEDY † heedless, careless, rash, precipitate, sudden ...1579
• VARLESS careless, heedless ...1898 Sc.
• YEMELES † careless, heedless, negligent ...c897
HEEDLESS - nouns, person
• RACKLE-PATE a rash, heedless fellow ...Bk19C Eng, dial.
• SCATTERLING † a heedless person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
HEEDLESS - verbs
• BLIND to go blindly or heedlessly ...1923 sl.
HEEDLESSLY - adverbs
• BALD-HEADEDLY heedlessly; hastily ...1920 colloq.
• HARUM-SCARUM recklessly, heedlessly, wildly ...1674-91
• HARUM-STARUM recklessly, heedlessly, wildly ...1674-91
HEEDLESSNESS - nouns
• UNBESEENNESS † heedlessness; want of care ...a1225
HEEL - nouns
• SCRAPERS the heels, the feet ...1824 Ireland
HEIGHT - adjectives
• ACROPHOBIC affected with acrophobia ...M20
• BASE low; of small height ...1393 arch.
HEIGHT - nouns
• ACROPHOBIA irrational fear of heights ...L19
• BANK † a high ground, height, hill ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• HAUT † height; a height ...1502
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
• HAUTEUR †* a height ...1711
• HEIGHTH height ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MICKLE size, measure, bulk, height; frequently in plural ...1864 Eng. dial.
• SUBLEVATION † the act of raising or lifting; elevation; also, a particular point of elevation or height ...1556
• SUBLIMITY † high or lofty position; height ...1563
• VAN a height or summit ...1871
HEIGHT - nouns, person
• ACROPHOBE a person affected with acrophobia ...M20
HEIGHTEN - verbs
• HAIN to raise, to heighten, to set up ...c1440 Eng. dial.
HEINOUS - adjectives
• HAYNESS horrible, dreadful, terrible, heinous ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HENIOUS heinous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HYENOUS heinous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• KEEN † bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous ...1297
• NEFANDOUS not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible ...1640
HEIR, HEIRESS - nouns, person
• HERITRIX a female heir, an heiress ...c1575
• PARCENER one who shares equally with another or others in the inheritance of an estate from a common ancestor; a coheir ...1574
HEIRSHIP - nouns
• PARCENARY joint heirship ...1544
HELICOPTER - nouns
• BABY HUEY a Bell UH-1 helicopter ...1969 US Military sl.
• BIG CHARLEY a Chinook helicopter ...1966 US military usage
• CHARLIE BIRD in the Vietnam war: a helicopter used by a tactical commander ...1974 US sl.
• CHOPPER a helicopter ...1951 Amer. sl., orig. military usage
• EGG-WHISK a helicopter ...c1948 Royal Navy sl.
• HORSECOLLAR a rescue sling lowered from a helicopter ...1969 US aviation usage
• LOG BIRD a logistical supply helicopter, used to bring fresh supplies and provisions to troops in the field ...1982 US sl.
• MEAT WAGON medical evacuation equipment, esp. a helicopter ...1991 US sl.
• MIXMASTER a helicopter ...1951 Amer. sl.
• SKY BEAR a police helicopter ...1975 Amer. sl.
• TADPOLE an OH-6 light observation military helicopter ...1991 US sl.
HELICOPTER - verbs
• CHOPPER to go or transport by helicopter ...1968 Amer. sl.
HELIUM - nouns
• BALLOON JUICE helium ...1943 Amer. sl.
HELL - adjectives
• PANDEMONIAC pert. to hell, infernal ...1849
• PANDEMONIACAL pert. to hell, infernal; disorderly, noisy ...1862
• PANDEMONIAN pert. to hell, infernal; disorderly, noisy ...1889
• PANDEMONIC pert. to hell ...1879
• SULPHUREOUS full of the 'sulphur' of hell ...1791
• SULPHURIOUS pert. to fire of hell ...1471
• TARTAREAL †* belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1602
• TARTAREAN belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1623
HELL - adverbs
• DOWNSTAIRS in hell ...a1845 Amer. jocular
HELL - nouns
• ABADDON a bottomless pit; abyss of hell ...c1382
• ABYSM the great deep, the bottomless gulf, believed in the old cosmogony to lie beneath the earth, and supposed to be, specifically: an imaginary subterraneous reservoir of waters; or, hell, or the infernal regions ...c1300
• ABYSS hell; the insides of the earth; also preceded with 'the' ...14C
• BAD PIECE Hell ...1880 Sc.
• BAD PLACE a child's name for hell ...1884 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BALAHACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...L19 sl.
• BALLWHACK Hell ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BALLYHACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...1844 sl.
• BALLYWACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...L19 sl.
• BALLYWRACK euphemism for 'Hell' ...L19 sl.
• BARATHRUM the abyss, hell ...1520
• BELHACK Hell ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BILLY HELL a desolate place; hell ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURNING MARL the torments of Hell ...1667
• DAISY BELL hell ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAMNATION hell ...17C
• DAMNATION BOW-WOWS hell ...M19 euphemism
• DEMNITION BOW-WOWS hell ...M19 euphemism
• DICKENS the devil; hell ...L16
• DICKINGS the devil; hell ...L16
• DING-DONG BELL hell ...1961 UK rhyming sl., orig. used by World War II Royal Air Force
• DOWNSTAIRS hell ...19C sl.
• ELFIN hell ...1909 Sc. euphemism
• ELL hell ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FIRE hell; the devil ...1917 Amer. dial.
• FIRE AND BRIMSTONE hell ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FIRE AND DAMNATION hell ...19C US colloq.
• GEHENNA the place of future torment; hell ...1623
• GEHENNE †* a place of torment; hell ...1481
• H hell ...1861 sl., orig. US
• HADES hell ...L16
• HAIL COLUMBIA hell ...M19 US euphemism
• HAITI hell ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HALIFAX hell ...17C euphemism, chiefly Brit.
• HALLELUJAH hell ...1950 Amer. euphemism
• HELENA hell ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELEN MARIA hell ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HELLFIRE hell ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HOBOKEN hell ...20C US sl.
• ILL BIT hell ...1890 Sc. euphemism
• ILL-PART hell ...1883 Sc.
• ILL PLACE hell ...1787 Sc.
• L hell ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MUCKLE-HELL hell itself ...1893 Sc.
• NETHER WORLD the infernal regions; hell ...1630
• OLD BAD PLACE Hell ...1954 Amer. dial.
• PAIN † the punishment or sufferings of hell or of purgatory ...1340-70
• PANDEMONIUM hell, or the infernal regions ...1667
• PLACE DOWN BELOW hell ...1966 Amer. dial.
• QUARE PLACE hell ...1960s Irish sl.
• SAM SCRATCH the devil; hell ...1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
• TAILOR'S THIMBLE one that has no tip; hence, the bottomless pit, Hell ...1827 Sc.
• TARNATION hell, damnation ...1790 Amer. dial.
• TARTAR † the infernal regions; hell ...1500-20
• TOPHET 1. the place of punishment for the wicked after death; the place of eternal fire; hell, Gehenna ...1388
2. a place likened to hell, a place of evil ...1618
• TORMENT hell ...1823 Amer. euphemism
• TUNKET Hell ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UJINCTUM hell ...1919 Amer. dial.
• UJINCTUM, THE hell ...1919 Amer. dial.
• UNDERWORLD hell; the region of departed souls ...E17 sl.
• VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE hell ...20C Brit. euphemism
• WHERE IT DOESN'T RAIN hell ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHERE IT DOESN'T SNOW hell ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WHERE THE WIND DON'T BLOW hell ...1965 Amer. dial.
HELL - nouns, person
• PANDEMONIAN an inhabitant of hell ...1795
HELL - verbs
• TOPHETIZE to make a hell of ...1698
HELL - interjections
• GORSH! hell! ...1930s Amer. dial.
HELLISH - adjectives
• HELL-BENDING hellish, arduous ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TARTAREAN adj. hellish, like hell ...1806
• TARTAREOUS † pert., to Tartarus; infernal, hellish, very wicked ...1619
HELLISH - nouns, person
• PANDEMONIAC a devilish or hellish person ...1923
HELLISHNESS - nouns
• TOPHETISM hellishness ...1859
HELLO - interjections/phrases
• BARN DOOR hello, good day; (French 'bonjour') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BONE JAR hello; (French 'bonjour') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BONE JAW hello; (French 'bonjour') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DAY! hello! good day! ...M19 colloq.
• G'DAY hello ...1928 Aust.
• GIDDAY hello ...1928 Aust.
• GOODAY hello ...1928 Aust.
• HOWDY DOODY! how do you do? hello ...1956 Amer. sl.
• WHADDYA KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU KNOW? a greeting, 'hello and how are you?', 'what have you been doing' ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? hello ...1970s US college sl.
• WHAT IT IS! a friendly greeting, hello, how are you? ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHAT'S HAPPENING? Hello ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WHAT'S SHAKING? Hello ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WOTCHA hello, 'what cheer?' ...1894 Brit.
• WOTCHER hello, 'what cheer?' ...1894 Brit.
HELL'S ANGELS - nouns, person
• DOUBLE PACKER a member of the Hell's Angels who is prone to take a girlfriend with him on excursions ...1966 US sl.
• MAMA a woman who rides with the Hell's Angels and is available for sex and allied indignities, but is distinguished from the 'old ladies' (the actual girlfriends of the riders ...1960s sl., orig. Hell's Angel usage
HELMET - nouns
• ARMOR the steel helmet ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BASIN † a helmet ...c1300
• BATTLE BOWLER a steel helmet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BONE DOME a protective helmet; a crash helmet ...1930s orig. aviators' usage, then used by motorcyclists (1950s), and cyclists (1980s)
• CASK † a head-piece or helmet ...1580
• CHAMBER POT a steel helmet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CRASH HAT a crash helmet ...Brit. sl.
• HEAD-PIECE a piece of armour for the head; a helmet ...1535
• LID a hat; often applied to a soldier's steel helmet or a motorcyclist's crash helmet ...1896 sl.
• SKID LID 1. a motorcycle helmet; a safety helmet or crash helmet ...1958 US sl.
2. a paratrooper's helmet ...1991 US sl.
• STACKHAT a crash helmet ...1985 Aust. sl.
• TIN DERBY a steel helmet ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TIN DIP a steel helmet ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TIN HAT a military steel helmet ...1903 sl.
• TRENCH DERBY a helmet ...World War I Amer. sl.
• UMBER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBREL † the visor of a helmet ...c1470
• UMBRERE † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIL a part of a helmet projecting above the eyes; a visor ...1824
HELMSLEY, LEONA
• QUEEN OF MEAN Leona Helmsley (1920-2007), American hotelier and prototype of greed during the Reagan era ...1997 US sl.
HELP - adjectives
• AUXILIANT † affording help or assistance ...a1631
• GAINLY † ready to help, kindly, gracious ...a1300
• OPIFEROUS †* bringing help or aid or assistance ...1656
• SUBVENTIVE * giving help or support ...1871
HELP - nouns
• ADJUMENT † help, assistance ...1607
• ADJUTORY † help, assistance ...c1505
• ADJUVANCY assistance, help ...1884
• ADMINICLE anything that aids, helps, or supports ...a1556
• ADMINICULARY † one who helps; a means of help ...1652
• ADMINICULATION † the process of giving help or support ...a1670
• AIDANCE assistance, aid, means of help, support ...1593
• ALL POINTS BULLETIN a plea for help, with work, emotions, and so on ...1960s US college sl.
• BACK support, help ...1989 US sl.
• BOTE help; advantage; compensation ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAST OF THE HAND † a helping turn ...1637 Sc.
• DIG OUT help getting out of a difficult situation ...1995 Ireland
• FASTNESS † support, help ...1382
• GAIN † advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help ...c1200
• HAND help; aid ...1960 Amer. sl.
• HAND'S TURN a helping hand; assistance ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MIGHTS † means, power, help ...1787 Sc.
• OPITULATION † the act of giving help or aid, assistance ...1597
• RATHE † counsel, advice; help ...c1200
• SISTENCE †* aid, help ...a1513
• SUBSIDIUM a help, aid, subsidy ...1640
• SUBSIDY † help, aid, assistance ...1387 obs. or arch.
• SUBVENTION † the provision of help, support, or relief; an instance of this ...1535
• SUCCURRANCE † succour, aid, help, assistance ...c1450
• SUFFRAGAN † of things: a help, aid ...1644
• SUFFRAGE † help, support, assistance, aid ...c1460
HELP - verbs
• AUXILIATE † to help, to aid, to assist ...1656
• BACK UP to be ready to help, chiefly in games ...c1860 colloq.
• BEET † to relieve, to help, to aid, to assist a person in need or trouble; to supply the wants of ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BESTEAD to help, to assist, to relieve ...1581
• BUNCH IN to help as a group ...1952 Amer. dial.
• CAP to stand by a friend; to take part in an undertaking; to lend a hand ...Bk1785 thieves' sl.
• CHANGE WORK to give and receive help reciprocally ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GAIN † to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice ...c1200
• GIVE ONE AN EASE UP to assist, to give a helping hand ...1895 Sc.
• HELP A LAME DOG OVER A STILE to assist a person in difficulty; to help, to lend a hand ...1546
• HELPMATE to help, to assist ...1931 Amer. dial.
• HOLD A CANDLE TO ANOTHER to assist him by holding the candle while he works; hence, to help in a subordinate position ...1550
• JUVATE †* to help, to aid ...1708
• MUCK IN to join in, to lend a hand, esp. in a dirty or unpleasant task ...L19 sl.
• OPITULATE † to aid, to assist, to help ...1597
• SAVE SOMEONE'S BACON to help or rescue someone from difficulties ...L17 sl.
• SCOTCH to assist one in an undertaking; to help out in a minor way ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH FOR ONE to help out ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKILL to avail, to help ...1528 arch.
• SUBVENT †* to come to the help of ...a1630
• VAIL † to be of use, advantage, or benefit to; to aid, assist, or help ...a1300 obs.
HELP - interjections
• HARRO! an exclamation of surprise; an outcry for help ...1882 Sc.
HELPED - adjectives
• SUCCOURABLE * capable of being helped or relieved ...1654 rare
HELPER - nouns, person
• ADJOINT † a helper, an aider; an addition ...1597
• ADJUMENT † a helper or assistant ...1641
• ADJUTANT * an assistant or helper ...1622
• ADJUTATOR a helper, an assistant ...1647
• ADJUTOR † a helper, an assistant ...1531
• ADJUTORY † a helper ...1552
• ADJUTRICE †* a female helper or assistant ...1609
• ADJUTRIX † a female helper or assistant ...1721
• ADJUVANT a helper, an assistant ...1609
• ADMINICULARY † one who helps; a means of help ...1652
• AIDANT * a helper, aide, assistant ...1475
• BEET-MASTER a person or thing helpful in emergency ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOSTER a helper; a confederate ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• HELPFELLOW † a companion who renders help; a helper; a colleague; a partner or associate ...1549
• MAINTAINER † one who gives aid, countenance, or support to another; a defender and helper ...c1330
• OFFSIDER an assistant, a helper; orig. and assistant/apprentice to a bullock-driver who worked on the 'off side' ...1903 Aust. sl.
• OPITULATOR † a helper ...1624
• SUCCOURESS †* a female helper ...1582
• SUFFRAGE † one who helps or aids ...c1480
HELPFUL - adjectives
• ADJUTORIOUS †* helpful, giving aid, assisting ...1657
• ADJUVABLE †* helpful, giving aid ...1599
• ADJUVANT. assisting, aiding, helpful ...a1614
• ADMINICULAR helpful, giving aid ...1676
• ADMINICULARY † helpful, giving aid ...1818
• AIDANT giving aid, helpful, helping, assisting ...1483
• BAINSOME obliging, helpful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HELPSOME helpful ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LASTFUL †* helpful, serviceable ...c1000
• SUCCOURABLE † affording succour; helpful ...c1400
• SUCCOURFUL † helpful ...1898
• TO THE VELVET helpful, to the good ...L19 sl.
HELPFUL - nouns, person
• BEET-MASTER a person or thing helpful in emergency ...Bk1911 Sc.
HELPING - adjectives
• ADJUTABLE † that may help, helping ...1721
• ADJUTANT helping, assistant ...1676
• ADJUTORY † helping, giving aid ...1612
• AIDANT giving aid, helpful, helping, assisting ...1483
HELPLESS - adjectives
• BABBISH weak, helpless, faint ....1876 Eng. dial.
• DAELESS helpless, feeble, useless ...1929 Sc.
• DAWKY helpless, idle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DEEDLESS helpless, spiritless, inefficient ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FECKLESS destitute of vigour, energy, or capacity; weak, helpless, useless ...1869
• HAVELESS without resources, shiftless, helpless; careless, slovenly ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELPLESS AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT AN ASS-KICKING completely helpless ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MATTERLESS incapable; incompetent; helpless; shiftless ...1794 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDERING listless; idle; helpless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON ONE'S ASS in financial or other ruin; helpless ...c1917 Amer. sl.
• PIGGED helpless, bound hand and foot ...1949 Amer. dial.
• REDELESS helpless, unwilling to take advice ...1880 Eng. dial. obs.
• SACKLESS weak in mind or body; feeble, helpless; wanting in energy ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SILLY † helpless, defenseless; esp. used of women and children ...1587
• SKY WEST AND CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKY WESTERN CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SUCCOURLESS †* without help, helpless; without resources or means of subsistence; destitute ...1412-20
• THRUMMOCKING helpless ...1891 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLY very small; small and helpless ...1885 Eng. dial.
• UNDEEDY helpless, incapable ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEPPEN out of place, unfitted for anything; helpless; unaided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HELPLESS - nouns, person
• ATICAST one who through physical unfitness and general incapacity is thrust aside, rejected, and possibly ill-treated; a silly, helpless, odd sort of person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATIE-BUMMIL † an inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler; a simpleton; a fool...a1550 Sc.
• BEDRAL a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDREL a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAITIFF † a cripple, one who is deformed and helpless ...1775 Eng. dial.
• CANDY-ASS a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• DA-DILLY a helpless, useless person ...1880 Sc.
• DAWK a helpless, idle woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWKY a helpless, silly woman ...1874 Eng. dial.
• LUMP OF BUTTER an easygoing, helpless person ...1844 Sc.
• SACKLESS a weak, senseless person; a helpless, clumsy fellow ...1778 Eng. dial.
HELPLESS - verbs
• MAUNDER to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one's way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner ...1819 Eng. dial.
• PALSY to render powerless, helpless, or inert ...1615
HELPLESS - phrases
• ALL-A-LIVING-ALONE of a sick person: left in a helpless situation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.