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Heros
Heros may refer to:*Hero **Heros, a hero of the Greek hero cult**Thracian Heros or "Thracian horseman"*Heros genus, a genus of fish*Heros, a play by Menander*Heros: The Sanguine Seven, a video game by Jeffrey Fullerton

Herpes zoster
Herpes zoster , commonly known as shingles and also known as zona, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe

Herpetology
Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles

Herr
-People:* John Knowles Herr, American general officer* Lois Herr, American politician* Traugott Herr , German general-Other:* Herr, Indiana, United States* H.E.R.R., a Dutch band* Herr's Snacks, a Pennsylvania-based snack food and potato chip maker

Herran
Herran is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*

Herrenvolk (The X-Files)
"Herrenvolk" is the season four premiere of The X-Files. While Mulder and Jeremiah Smith attempt to uncover the truth, the Syndicate realizes that they have a traitor in their midst. "Herrenvolk" means "Master Race" in German.-Plot:

Herring
Herring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of Clupea are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring and the Pacific herring may each be divided into subspecies

Herring (surname)
Herring is or was the family name of the following:*Aggie Herring , U.S. actress*Alfred Cecil Herring , Royal Army Service Corps officer*Annie Herring, U.S. Christian singer*Art Herring , U.S. baseball player

Herring Gull
The European Herring Gull is a large gull , and is the most abundant and best known of all gulls along the shores of western Europe. It breeds across Northern Europe, Western Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltic states

Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and

Hertfordshire (European Parliament constituency)
Hertfordshire was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom

Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Hertfordshire was a county constituency covering the county of Hertfordshire in England. It returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1290 until 1832

Hertz
The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications.

Herzig
- People with the surname Herzig :* Arno Herzig , German historian from Wambierzyce, Silesia* Denny Herzig , German footballer with Rot-Weiss Essen* Ernst Herzig , Austrian politician, mayor of Breitenfurt bei Wien

Herzog (name)
Herzog is a German hereditary title held by one who rules a territorial duchy, exercises feudal authority over an estate called a duchy, or possesses a right, by law or tradition, to be referred to by the ducal title. The word is usually translated by the English duke and the Latin Dux. Generally, a duke ranks below a king and above a count

Hesar
-References:Hesar is a village in Iran. It is 30 km far from west of Arak - External links :*

Hesiod
Hesiod was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs

Hesper (shipwreck)
The Hesper was a bulk-freighter steamship that was used to tow schooner-barges on the Great Lakes. The Hesper sank off the coast of Lake Superior at Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA, in a late spring snowstorm in 1905

Hesperian
The Hesperian is a geologic system and time period on the planet Mars characterized by widespread volcanic activity and catastrophic flooding that carved immense outflow channels across the surface. The Hesperian is an intermediate and transitional period of Martian history

Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state

Hessian
The Hessians were 18-century German regiments hired through their rulers by the British Empire. Despite their name, they were not all from Hesse. They were not mercenaries, although their German rulers profited from their use. Though used in several conflicts including in Ireland, they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War

Hest
Hest may refer to:* Ari Hest , American singer-songwriter* Greg van Hest , Dutch runner* Hest, album released by Norwegian band Kakkmaddafakka in 2011

Hestia
In Greek mythology Hestia , first daughter of Cronus and Rhea , is the virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and of the right ordering of domesticity and the family. She received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the prytaneum functioned as her official sanctuary

Het
Het or HET can refer to:Acronyms* Hall Effect Thruster, an electric propulsion device for space applications* Heavy Equipment Transporter, a military vehicle

Hét
Hét is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.-References:

Heterocodeine
Heterocodeine is an opiate derivative, the 6-methyl ether of morphine, and a structural isomer of codeine. Heterocodeine was first synthesised in 1932, and can be made from morphine by selective methylation. Codeine is the natural mono-methyl ester, so methylated where it must be metabolized to activate, and thus acting as a prodrug

Heterodoxy
Heterodoxy is generally defined as "any opinions or doctrines at variance with an official or orthodox position". As an adjective, heterodox is commonly used to describe a subject as "characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards"

Heterodyne
Heterodyning is a radio signal processing technique invented in 1901 by Canadian inventor-engineer Reginald Fessenden where high frequency signals are converted to lower frequencies by combining two frequencies. Heterodyning is useful for frequency shifting information of interest into a useful frequency range following modulation or prior to demodulation

Heterodyne (poetry)
In poetry, a heterodyne is a word in which the syllable receiving stress and/or pitch change is other than the syllable of longer quantity. This misalignment is considered by most people to be phonetically challenging to recite, and when applied sporadically to several words in succession, it usually attracts the listener's attention to a higher degree than the more natural-sounding

Heterologous
In medicine a heterologous transplant means 'between species' or 'from one species to another'.In cell biology and protein biochemistry, heterologous expression means that a protein is experimentally put into a cell that does not normally make that protein

Heteroneura
Heteroneura is a natural group in the insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and moths. This is the sister group of the infraorder Exoporia , and is characterised by wing venation which is not similar or homoneurous in both pairs of wings.

Heteronym
Heteronym may refer to:* Heteronym , one of a group of words with identical spellings but different meanings and pronunciations; though sometimes they have enough homophony to be considered a mondegreen

Heteronym (linguistics)
In linguistics, heteronyms are words that are written identically but have different pronunciations and meanings. In other words, they are homographs that are not homophones. Thus, row and row are heteronyms, but mean and mean are not

Heterosexism
Heterosexism is a system of attitudes, bias, and discrimination in favor of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships. It can include the presumption that everyone is heterosexual or that opposite-sex attractions and relationships are the only norm and therefore superior

Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, physical or romantic attractions to persons of the opposite sex"; it also refers to "an individual’s sense of personal and social identity based on those

Heterotroph
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth. This contrasts with autotrophs, such as plants and algae, which can use energy from sunlight or inorganic compounds to produce organic compounds such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins from inorganic carbon dioxide

Heth
-People:* Children of Heth, a Canaanite nation in the Hebrew Bible, purportedly named after Heth, son of Canaan, son of Ham, son of Noah* figures in the Book of Mormon:** Heth , an early Jaredite** Heth a later Jaredite

Hets
Hets may refer to:* A tribe in Argentina also known as the Querandíes or Pampas*Torment , a 1944 film by Alf Sjöberg and Ingmar BergmanHETS may refer to:*Heavy Equipment Transport System, a military logistics vehicle

Hettie
Hettie is a given name. It may refer to:*Hetty Green , American businesswoman*Hettie Jones , American poet and writer*Hettie MacDonald, a British television director*Alasdair and Hettie Tayler, British historical writers

Heuchler
Heuchler is the latest album by the German industrial metal band Megaherz. It was released on 25 July 2008. It is the first album by this band to feature Alexander "Lex" Wohnhaas on vocals.- Track listing :

Heuristic
Heuristic refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery. Heuristic methods are used to speed up the process of finding a satisfactory solution, where an exhaustive search is impractical

Heuristic (disambiguation)
A heuristic is a method for solving a problem.Heuristic may also refer to:* Heuristic , an experience-based method reducing use of calculations* Heuristic algorithm, a computer program for making a determination

Heuristic (engineering)
In engineering, heuristics are experience-based methods that are used to reduce the need for calculations pertaining to equipment size, performance, or operating conditions. Heuristics are fallible and they do not guarantee a correct solution. It is important to understand their limitations when applying them to different equipment and processes

Heute (newspaper)
heute was a free, ad-financed daily German language, tabloid format newspaper in Switzerland, launched on 15 May 2006, until its final edition on 30 May 2008. It was the second Pendlerzeitung in Switzerland, after the morning newspaper 20 Minuten, being distributed in the evenings, from approximately 3pm

Hew
Hew is a masculine given name, and may refer to the following:* Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick , Scottish judge and politician* Hew Dalrymple Ross , British soldier* Hew Fraser , British field hockey player

Hewar
Hewar is a jazz fusion band from Syria, formed in 2003.-History:Hewar is an all-Syrian lineup of talent: The band is made up of a clarinetist , a Oud soloist , a lyric Soprano ,Khaled Omran , Simon Mreach , Badi Rafea all of whom are alumni of the Syrian National Orchestra

Hewar (album)
Hewar is the first album by the Syrian jazz fusion band Hewar. Released in Damascus and Beirut in January 2005.-Track listing:#Departure#Evening#Project#Loquacity#Dance#Prayer #Rituals#Ink- References :**

Hex
A hex is a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse. The term is derived from the German word Hexe for a witch.Hexa– is a prefix from the Greek word for 'six', as in hexagon, a polygon with six corners.

HEX (disambiguation)
HEX could refer to:* Hypersonic Flight Experiment * Helsinki Stock Exchange* Hexham railway station, England; National Rail station code HEX.* High energy X-rays* Intel HEX* Hex * Hex * Hex

Hex (film)
Hex is a 1973 US horror film starring Keith Carradine, Dan Haggerty, Gary Busey, Hillarie Thompson and Tina Herazo that, according to Phil Hardy's The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies "crosses elements of the bike film with those of the post-western and the supernatural tale." Hardy's book also states "The film scarcely succeeds in welding its disparate elements together, but still

Hex key
A hex key, Allen key, or Allen wrench is a tool of hexagonal cross-section used to drive bolts and screws that have a hexagonal socket in the head .- Nomenclature :

Hexadecimal
In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal is a positional numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F to represent values ten to fifteen

Hexagon (comedy show)
Hexagon is a non-profit organization that produces an annual musical political satire show performed at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. Started in 1955, it parodies many political and social issues relevant to both the United States as a whole and the local metropolitan area

Hexagon (software)
Hexagon is a subdivision modeler owned by DAZ 3D. It was originally developed and published by Eovia and was acquired shortly before the release of version 2.0 by DAZ in 2006. The software drew heavily on Eovia's other modeler, Amapi , though it omitted the NURBs and precision measuring tools

Hexahedron
A hexahedron is any polyhedron with six faces, although usually implies the cube as a regular hexahedron with all its faces square, and three squares around each vertex.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear

Hexameter
Hexameter is a metrical line of verse consisting of six feet. It was the standard epic metre in classical Greek and Latin literature, such as in the Iliad and Aeneid. Its use in other genres of composition include Horace's satires, and Ovid's Metamorphoses. According to Greek mythology, hexameter was invented by the god Hermes

Hexane
Hexane is a hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C6H14; that is, an alkane with six carbon atoms.The term may refer to any of four other structural isomers with that formula, or to a mixture of them. In the IUPAC nomenclature, however, hexane is the unbranched isomer ; the other four structures are named as methylated derivatives of pentane and butane

Hexane (data page)
- Material Safety Data Sheet : The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.***.

Hexapoda
The subphylum Hexapoda constitutes the largest grouping of arthropods and includes the insects as well as three much smaller groups of wingless arthropods: Collembola, Protura, and Diplura . The Collembola are very abundant in terrestrial environments

Hexe
The Hexe was a German automobile manufactured in Hamburg from 1905 until 1907. Patterned on the Nagant, fours of 18/20 hp, 24/30 hp, and 40/45 hp were available, as was a 35/40 hp six.Hexe also means Witch in German.

Hexed
Hexed is a 1993 comedy film, starring Arye Gross, Claudia Christian, Adrienne Shelly, and R. Lee Ermey, and written and directed by Alan Spencer, best known as the creator of the satirical TV series Sledge Hammer!. The dark-humored plot centers on a nebbishy clerk who gets picked up by a supermodel, unaware that she's a psychotic murderess

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.

Heyday
Heyday was a horse that competed in the sport of eventing, ridden by American Bruce Davidson. He was one of the Top Ten All American High Point Horses of the Century in eventing.*Born: 1987*Color: Bay *Markings: Star, off fore sock

Heyday (Fairport Convention album)
Heyday: the BBC Radio Sessions 1968–69 is an album by English folk rock band Fairport Convention first released in 1987. As its title suggests, it consists of live versions of songs recorded for John Peel's Top Gear radio programmes.-Side one:

Heyday (novel)
Heyday, by Kurt Andersen, is an historical novel. It was published in early 2007 by Random House.The protagonist, Ben Knowles, is from a London manufacturing family. In 1848 he experiences the disorders in Paris and then resolves to move to the United States, the 'New World,' "craving vulgarity and strangeness"

HF
- Chemistry :* Hafnium, a chemical element* Hartree–Fock method, a calculation scheme in the field of computational chemistry* Hydrogen fluoride, a diatomic compound which can dissolve in water to form hydrofluoric acid, a highly corrosive solution- Computing :