Herpes simplex virus The herpes simplex virus is a virus that manifests itself in two common virus, each marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals. The disease is contagious, particularly during an outbreak, and is incurable with present technology.
	Herpes zoster Herpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles, is the reactivation of varicella zoster virus, leading to a crop of painful blisters over the area of a dermatomic area. In Italy and in Malta, it is sometimes referred to as Anthony the Great fire.
	Herrerasaur Herrerasaurs are among the oldest known dinosaurs, appearing in the fossil record about 228 million years ago. They became extinct by the end of the Triassic period. Herrerasaurs were small to medium-sized carnivores generally resembling theropods, which may be their closest relatives.
	Herrerasaurus Herrerasaurus was one of the earliest Carnivore dinosaurs. It lived in what is now Argentina, during the Late Triassic Period. Herrerasaurus was named by palaeontologist Paul Sereno after Victorio Herrera, the farmer who first noticed its fossils in outcrops near San Juan in 1959, although a complete skull was not found until 1988.
	Herring Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the temperate, shallow waters of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea. There are 15 species of herring, the most abundant of which is the Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus. Herrings move in vast
	Herring Gull The Herring Gull, Larus argentatus, is a large gull which breeds across North America, Europe and Asia. It bird migration further south in winter. Some are permanent residents on the lower Great Lakes and the east coast of North America. Herring Gulls are also abundant around inland garbage dumps, and some have even adapted to life in inland cities.
	Hershey bar Hershey bar is the flagship chocolate bar manufactured by the The Hershey Company. Hershey bars generally have lower cocoa contents and higher sugar contents than European chocolate bars. Hershey bars are available in six regular editions: Milk Chocolate, Milk Chocolate with Almonds, Special Dark Chocolate, Cookies 'N' Creme, Mr. Goodbar, and Krackel.
	Hertfordshire Hertfordshire is an inland Counties of England in England and is one of the Home Counties.
	Hesiod Hesiod , the early Greek language poet and rhapsode, presumably lived around 700 BCE. Historians have debated the priority of Hesiod or of Homer, and some authors have even brought them together in an imagined poetic contest. Modern scholars disagree as to which was earlier; their lives very likely overlapped.
	Hesperides In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far west corner of the world, located, according to various sources, in the Arcadian Mountains in Greece, near the Atlas mountains in Libya, or on a distant blessed island at the edge of the ocean.
	Hesse Hesse is one of Germany's sixteen federal states . It has an area of 21,110 square kilometre and just over six million inhabitants. The capital city of Hesse is Wiesbaden while its economic centre and largest city is nearby Frankfurt and the surrounding Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region.
	Hessian fly The hessian fly or barley midge, Mayetiola destructor, is a species of Diptera that is a significant pest of cereal crops including wheat, barley and rye. Though a native of Asia it was transported into Europe and later into North America, supposedly in the straw bedding of Hessian troops during the American Revolution.
	Hessonite Hessonite or Cinnamon Stone is a variety of garnet, belonging to the calcium aluminium grossularite type, Ca3Al2Si3O12. The name is from the Greek language hēssōn, inferior, in allusion to its lower hardness and density than most other garnets.
	Hestia In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia is the goddess of the hearth, of the right ordering of domesticity and the family, who received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain the hearth of the prytaneum or town hall functioned as her official sanctuary.
	Heterocyclic compound Heterocyclic compounds are organic Chemical compound that contain a ring structure containing atoms in addition to carbon, such as sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen, as part of the ring. They may be either simple aromatic rings or non-aromatic rings. Some examples are pyridine , pyrimidine and dioxane .
	Heterodon Heterodon is a genus of North American colubrid snakes commonly referred to as hognose snakes. There are four species in the genus.
	Heteromyidae The family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and Rock pocket mouse is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genus are also found in forests and extend down as far as northern South America.
	Heteroptera Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. The word "Heteroptera" is Greek for different wings: most species have forewings with both membranous and hardened portions; members of the primitive infraorder Enicocephalomorpha have wings that are completely membranous.
	Heterotroph A heterotroph is an organism that requires organic compound substrates to get its carbon for growth and development. A heterotroph is known as a consumer in the food chain. Contrast with autotrophs which use inorganic carbon dioxide or bicarbonate as sole carbon source.
	Heuchera The genus Heuchera includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmately lobed leaves on long petioles, and a thick, woody rootstock.
	Heulandite Heulandite is the name of a series of Silicate minerals minerals of the zeolite group. Prior to 1997, heulandite was recognized as a mineral species, but a reclassification in 1997 by the International Mineralogical Association changed it to a series name, with the mineral species being named heulandite-Ca, heulandite-Na, heulandite-K, and heulandite-Sr.
	Hexachlorophene Hexachlorophene, also known as Nabac, is an antiseptic agent. The compound occurs as a white to light tan crystalline powder which is either odorless or produces a slightly phenolic odor. In medicine, hexachlorophene is very useful as a topical anti-infective, anti-bacterial agent, often used in soaps.
	Hexadecimal In mathematics and computer science, Base -, hexadecimal, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix or base of sixteen usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F or a–f. For example, the decimal numeral 79 whose binary numeral system representation is 01001111 can be written as 4F in hexadecimal .
	Hexagon In geometry, a hexagon is a polygon with six edges and six vertex. Its Schlfli symbol is . The internal angles of a regular hexagon are all 120degree . Like square s and equilateral triangle s, regular hexagons fit together without any gaps to tile the plane , and so are useful for constructing tessellations.
	Hexagram A hexagram is a six-pointed type of complex star polygon. It is usually symmetrical, formed from two overlapping equilateral triangles, of which the intersection is a regular hexagon. While generally recognized as a symbol of Jewish identity in the recent times, it was and still is used also in other historical, religious and cultural contexts, for example in #Use of the Star by Arabs and Muslims, in the #Occurrence in Eastern Religions as well as in Occultism.
	Hexagrammidae The family of marine fishes Hexagrammidae incorporates the greenlings. These fish are found on the continental shelf in the temperate or subarctic waters of the Pacific Ocean. They are a well-known family in the littoral from southern California north to the Aleutian Islands.
	Hexalectris Hexalectris is a genus of the family
	Hexanchus Hexanchus is a genus of deepwater sharks. These sharks are characterized by broad pointed heads, 6 pairs of gill slits, comb-like lower teeth, and a long tail.
	Hexane Hexane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)4CH3. The "hex" prefix refers to its six carbons, while the "ane" ending indicates that its carbons are connected by single bonds. Hexane isomers are largely unreactive, and are frequently used as an inert solvent in organic reactions because they are very non-polar.
	Hexanoic acid Hexanoic acid, also known as caproic acid, is the carboxylic acid derived from hexane with the formula C5H11COOH. It is a colorless oily liquid smelling of cheese. It is a fatty acid found naturally in various animal fats and oils. The salts are called hexanoates or caproates.
	Hexapoda The subphylum Hexapoda constitutes the largest grouping of arthropods and includes the insects as well as a few much smaller groups of wingless arthropods closely related to insects: Collembola, Protura, and Diplura. The Collembola are very abundant in terrestrial environments.
	Hexose In organic chemistry, a hexose is a monosaccharide with six carbon atoms having the chemical formula C6H12O6. Hexoses are classified by functional group, with aldohexoses having an aldehyde at position 1, and ketohexoses having a ketone at position 2.
	Hezbollah Hezbollah is a Shia Islamist organization in Lebanon. It follows a distinct version of Islamic Shia ideology developed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Iranian Revolution. The organization began to take shape during the 1982 Lebanon War; on February 16 1985 Sheik Ibrahim al-Amin publicly declared the group's manifesto, which included three goals: the eradication of Western world imperialism in Lebanon, the transformation of Lebanon's Confessionalism
	Hiawatha Hiawatha who lived around 1550, was variously a leader of the Onondaga and Mohawk nation nations of Native Americans in the United States. Hiawatha was a follower of The Great Peacemaker, a prophet and shaman who was credited as the founder of the Iroquois,.
	Hibachi The hibachi is a traditional Japanese heating device. It consists of a round, cylindrical or a box-shaped open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal. In North America, the term "hibachi" is used to refer to small cooking stoves heated by charcoal, or an iron hot plate used in Teppanyaki restaurants.
	Hibbertia Hibbertia, or Guinea flower, is a genus of perennial shrubs, trailing shrubs and climbers of the family Dilleniaceae. The five-petalled flowers are of all species are varying shades of yellow, with the exception of Hibbertia stellaris, Hibbertia miniata and Hibbertia selkii , a recently named species from the Stirling Ranges, which all have orange flowers.
	Hibiscus Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, and woody shrubs and small trees.
	Hibiscus moscheutos Swamp-rose Mallow is a wetland plant that can grow in large colonies of up to 200 plants. The leaves are egg-shaped and have three lobes. It is common in southeastern United States and extends northwards to southern Ontario. In Canada it is listed as a species of special concern by the Species at Risk Act.
	Hibiscus syriacus Hibiscus syriacus, the common garden Hibiscus, is also confusingly called Rose of Sharon in some areas, a name originally applied to other plants. It is a flowering shrub in the plant family Malvaceae native to much of Asia. It is vase-shaped, reaching 2-4 m in height.
	Hickory Hickory is a tree of the genus Carya, including 17-19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaf and large nut. Of the 17-19 species, 12-13 are native to North America, and 5-6 species from China and Indochina. Another Asian species, Beaked Hickory, previously listed as Carya sinensis, is now treated in a separate genus Annamocarya, as Annamocarya sinensis.
	Hideyo Noguchi Hideyo Noguchi was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis disease in 1911. He was born in Inawashiro, Fukushima, Fukushima prefecture in 1876 under the name Seisaku Noguchi. When he was one and a half years old he fell down into a fireplace and suffered a burn injury on his left hand.
	Hieratic Hieratic is a cursive script of Egyptian hieroglyphs first used during the First dynasty of Egypt. Hieratic script was almost always written in ink with a reed pen on papyrus. After about 660 BC, the Demotic Egyptian script replaced hieratic in most secular writing, but hieratic continued to be used by priests for several more centuries.
	Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch, was a prolific Netherlands painter of the 15th and 16th centuries. Many of Hieronymus Bosch paintings depict sin and human morality failings. Bosch used images of demons, half-human animals and machines to evoke fear and confusion to portray the evil of man.
	High Commissioner High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment. The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.
	High jump The high jump is an athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights.
	High Noon High Noon is a 1952 in film western movie which tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang by himself. The movie was written by John W. Cunningham and Carl Foreman, based on a Pulp magazine short story, The Tin Star. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann, a controversial choice, since the producers were uncertain that an Austrian Jew would be able to direct the quintessential American genre: the Western.
	High Renaissance The High Renaissance is a rather subjective art term denoting the culmination of the Italian Renaissance art between 1500 and 1525. The High Renaissance painting is generally held to have been born in the late 1490s, when Leonardo da Vinci executed his The Last Supper in Milan.
	High school High school or secondary school is the name used for the last segment of compulsory secondary education in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Hong Kong, India, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, the South Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
	High Sierras High Sierras is the name for the alpine biome of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the United States.
	High Street High Street, or the High Street, is the generic street name of the primary business street of towns or city in the United Kingdom & Ireland. It is usually a focal point for Retailing#Shops and Storess and retailers in the city centre, and is most often used in reference to retailing.
	High-definition television High-definition television is a television broadcasting system with a significantly higher than traditional formats allow. Except for early analog formats in Europe and Japan, HDTV is broadcast digitally, and therefore its introduction sometimes coincides with the introduction of digital television : this technology was first introduced in the USA during the 1990s, by the Grand Alliance .
	High-pass filter A high-pass filter is a electronic filter that passes high frequency well, but attenuation frequencies lower than the cutoff frequency. The actual amount of attenuation for each frequency varies from filter to filter. It is sometimes called a low-cut filter; the terms bass-cut filter or rumble filter are also used in audio applications.
	High-rise A high-rise is a tall building or structure. Normally, the function of the building is added, for example high-rise apartment building or high-rise office building. High-rise buildings first became possible due to the invention of the elevator and a cheap building material.
	Highbrow Highbrow is a colloquial synonym for intellectual or high culture, which draws its metonymy from the pseudoscience of phrenology. "Highbrow" can be applied to music, implying most of the european classical music tradition and much of post-bebop jazz; to literature, i.e.
	Higher education Higher education is education provided by university , vocational university and other collegial institutions that award academic degrees, such as career colleges. Post-secondary or tertiary education, also referred to as third-stage, third level education, or higher education, is the non-compulsory educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, or gymnasium
	HighLife HighLife is a cellular automaton similar to Conway's Game of Life. It was invented in 1994 by Nathan Thompson. It is a two-dimensional, two-state cellular automaton in the "Life-like cellular automaton" and is described by the rule 23/36; that is, a cell is born if it has 3 or 6 neighbors and survives if it has 2 or 3 neighbors.
	Highlighter A highlighter is a form of marker pen which is used to highlight sections of documents in a vivid colour, while leaving the content beneath the marking unobscured. As such, highlighter ink is translucent.
	Highly Strung Cured is the sixth solo album from former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. "Cell 151" was a minor hit from the album, and charted in Great Britain. Added to Hackett's band was drummer Ian Mosley, who would join Marillion in 1984.
	Highway Highway is a term commonly used to designate major roads intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as city. Highway designs vary widely. They can include some characteristics of freeways and motorways such as multiple lanes of traffic, a median between lanes of opposing traffic, and access control .
	Highway Code The Highway Code is the official road-traffic safety manual for the United Kingdom. It contains 278 numbered rules and 7 annexes covering pedestrians, animals, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers. As well as the rules and annexes, there is information on road signs in the United Kingdom, road surface marking and vehicle markings.
	Highwayman Highwayman was a term used particularly in Britain during the 17th century and 18th century to describe Crimes who robbed people travelling by stagecoach and other modes of transport along public highways. Such outlaws would use or threaten violence in order to seize money and other valuables from their victims.
	Hijab Hijab or hijab is the Arabic term for "barrier". In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western worldern countries, the word hijab primarily refers to a headscarf worn by Muslim women. The word used in the Qu'ran for a headscarf or veil is khimar.
	Hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. It usually takes place on trails in rural or wilderness areas. The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries, but there are differences in usage. In some places, off-trail hiking is often called cross-country hiking, bushwhacking, or bush-bashing.
	Hilaire Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre Ren Belloc was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early 20th century. His style and personality during later life complemented the nickname he received in childhood, "Old Thunder." One of Belloc's most famous statements was "the faith is Europe and Europe is the faith"; this sums up his strongly-held, orthodox Roman Catholic Church views, and the cultural conclusions he drew from them, which were expressed at length in many of his works from the
	Hill A hill is a landform which has a distinct summit that extends above the surrounding terrain, in a limited area.
	Hill Myna The Hill Myna, Gracula religiosa, is a member of the starling family. This myna is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and has been introduced to the USA. The races found in the Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka, G.
	Hillbilly Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas. In particular the term refers to residents of Appalachian Mountains and later the Ozarks in the United States. Usage of the term "Hillbilly" generally differs from other terms referring to rural people in the United States in that it can be used for mountain dwelling people anywhere but is generally not used to refer to rural people in non-mountainous areas.
	Hilt ---- The hilt of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard, grip and pommel. The guard may contain a crossguard or quillons. A tassel or sword knot may be attached to the guard or pommel.
	Himalayas The Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which includes the Himalaya proper, the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and a host of minor ranges extending from the Pamir Knot.
	Hinder Hinder is a hard rock/pop metal band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma signed under Universal Records. The band has toured with Theory of a Deadman as well as with Buckcherry. Recently, they have been touring with Nickelback. Hinder jumped on to the rock scene with the single, 'Get Stoned.' The band then toured in support of their debut album.