humeral veil
— Noun
– English
~ a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
hypogastric vein
— Noun
– English
~ a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein
hepatic vein
— Noun
– English
~ a vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava
hemorrhoidal vein
— Noun
– English
~ any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum
hemizygous vein
— Noun
– English
~ a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
hepatic portal vein
— Noun
– English
~ a short vein that carries blood into the liver
hemizygos vein
— Noun
– English
~ a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
high-velocity
— Adjective
– English
~ operating at high speed; "a high-speed food processor"; "a high-velocity shell"
Hieracium venosum
— Noun
– English
~ a hawkweed with a rosette of purple-veined basal leaves; Canada to northern Georgia and Kentucky
heart ventricle
— Noun
– English
~ a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
Hamamelis vernalis
— Noun
– English
~ fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring
heroic verse
— Noun
– English
~ a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
haricot vert
— Noun
– English
~ very small and slender green bean
Hydrilla verticillata
— Noun
– English
~ submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
Hermannia verticillata
— Noun
– English
~ African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
haricots verts
— Noun
– English
~ very small and slender green bean
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
— Noun
– English
~ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966)
Hendrik Verwoerd
— Noun
– English
~ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966)