*hera*

n. 1. small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; distributed from Arabia to Africa.
Syn. -- Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality.
Syn. -- genus Antheraea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Botany) capable of fertilizing female organs.
Syn. -- staminate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. balneum bath + Gr. qerapey`ein to heal. ] The treatment of disease by baths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to chemotherapy; using chemotherapy; having properties beneficial for chemotherapy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness); -- also used especially in reference to the use of chemicals to treat cancer. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A joint herald. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + peripheral. ] (Physiol.) Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + peripheral. ] (Physiol.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Furtherance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your
furthersnce and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. [ R. ] Godwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; Hercules. ] A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut, herault, F. héraut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed) OHG. heriwalto, hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the army; hari, heri, army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten; akin to E. wield. See Harry, Wield. ] 1. (Antiq.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was the lark, the herald of the morn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any messenger. “My herald is returned.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heralds' College, in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heralding. ] [ Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder. ] To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. widely publicized; as, the royal couple's much heralded world tour. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. héraldique. ] Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to heraldry.
Syn. -- heraldic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coat of arms or some other heraldic device or collection of heraldic symbols. [ PJC ]

n. The office of a herald. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Dr. Herapath, the discoverer. ] (Chem.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A herald. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers.
Syn. -- genus Heuchera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + therapeutics. ] (Med.) A system of treating disease by baths and mineral waters. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + therapy. ] (Med.) See Hydropathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved. -- In`de*ci"pher*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Having the nature of an isothere; indicating the distribution of temperature by means of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart or line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + &unr_; to heal. ] (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solidary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus Bellis.
Syn. -- genus Lagenophera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of wildflowers of Western North America.
Syn. -- genus Machaeranthera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metallum metal + E. therapy. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The genus of large felines including the lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers.
Syn. -- genus Panthera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; on or near the surface; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to minor, unimportant, superficial, or irrelevant aspects of the matter in question; as, peripheral isssues are dealt with in the appendix. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) The application of light for therapeutic purposes, esp. for treating diseases of the skin. -- Pho`to*the*rap"ic Pho`to*ther`a*peu"tic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>n. Therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and so on.
Syn. -- physical therapy, physiatrics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; air + therapy. ] (Med.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Psycho- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) The treatment of disease by acting on the mind, as by suggestion; mind cure; psychotherapy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]