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  • 71hel-shoes — ˈhelˌ ̷ ̷ noun plural Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: part translation of Old Norse helskōr, from hel heathen realm of the dead + skōr shoes more at hell Norse mythology : shoes placed on the dead before burial to aid them on the rough… …

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  • 72Hel´len|is´ti|cal|ly — Hel|len|is|tic «HEHL uh NIHS tihk», adjective. 1. of or having to do with Greek history, language, and culture after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., when foreign elements modified ancient Greek characteristics. 2. of or having to do …

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  • 73Hel´len|is´ti|cal — Hel|len|is|tic «HEHL uh NIHS tihk», adjective. 1. of or having to do with Greek history, language, and culture after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., when foreign elements modified ancient Greek characteristics. 2. of or having to do …

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  • 74Hel|len|is|tic — «HEHL uh NIHS tihk», adjective. 1. of or having to do with Greek history, language, and culture after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., when foreign elements modified ancient Greek characteristics. 2. of or having to do with the… …

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  • 75Hel´len|iz´er — Hel|len|ize «HEHL uh nyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make Greek in form or character: »The priests of the Temple…had become Hellenized and thus completely alienated from the ordinary people (Hans Küng). –v.i. to use or imitate the Greek… …

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  • 76Hel´len|i|za´tion — Hel|len|ize «HEHL uh nyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make Greek in form or character: »The priests of the Temple…had become Hellenized and thus completely alienated from the ordinary people (Hans Küng). –v.i. to use or imitate the Greek… …

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  • 77Hel|len|ize — «HEHL uh nyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make Greek in form or character: »The priests of the Temple…had become Hellenized and thus completely alienated from the ordinary people (Hans Küng). –v.i. to use or imitate the Greek language, ideals,… …

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  • 78hel´i|cal|ly — hel|i|cal «HEHL uh kuhl», adjective. having to do with, or having the form of, a helix; spiral: »At the end of a minute a dull splashing reverberated from the bottom of the well; the helical twist he had imparted to the rope had reached the… …

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  • 79hel|i|cal — «HEHL uh kuhl», adjective. having to do with, or having the form of, a helix; spiral: »At the end of a minute a dull splashing reverberated from the bottom of the well; the helical twist he had imparted to the rope had reached the grapnel below… …

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  • 80hel´i|coi´dal|ly — hel|i|coid «HEHL uh koyd», noun, adjective. Geometry. –n. a surface in the form of a coil or screw; a warped surface generated by a straight line moving so that it always passes through or touches a fixed helix and is parallel to a fixed plane.… …

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