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Hectic
- adjective - marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"
Hector
- noun - (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
- be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
Hecuba
- unknown - Queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War
Heddle
- - One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
Hedera
- noun - Old World woody vines
Hedged
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
- evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
- minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
Hedger
- noun - a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges
- a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
- someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss
Hedges
- noun - a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
- minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
Hedjaz
- noun - a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Heeded
- verb - listened to
- pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"