This page gathers the 6,342 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Business”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 27 of 64: from “heart” to “howlround”.
- heart verb To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- heart bond noun A bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone…
- heartbond noun A bond in a stone wall in which two headers meet in the middle of a wall and another header covers the joint between them.
- heat shield noun A shield designed of a substance that absorbs excessive heat from an outside source by either dissipating, reflecting or simply absorbing…
- heather noun The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.
- heathered adj Having flecks produced by interwoven yarns of mixed colours.
- heating element noun A device used for the conversion of electric energy into heat, consisting of a heating resistor and accessories.
- heatshield noun A system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature due to atmospheric drag
- heave verb To displace (a vein, stratum).
- heavy noun A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- heavy equipment noun Any of a diverse class of large machines used in construction and mining for earthmoving tasks (e.g., digging, grading), logging, and other…
- heavy machinery noun Industrial machinery specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations.
- heck noun An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
- heckle verb To prepare (flax) for spinning, using special combs called hackles.
- Hedebo noun Any of various forms of whitework embroidery that originated in the heathland region of Zealand, Denmark, in the 1760s.
- hedera noun Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera
- hedge verb To offset the risk associated with.
- hedge fund noun Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in…
- hedgie noun A hedge fund trader.
- hedging noun the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or…
- heel noun The short side of an angled cut.
- heelpost noun The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
- heft noun A piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to.
- heijunka noun The smoothing of a production process so that intermediate goods are made available at a constant rate and inventory is always available…
- heijunka box noun A visual scheduling tool used in heijunka, divided into a grid of boxes or pigeonholes containing kanban cards that indicate the production…
- heirloom noun An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern…
- helmet noun A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
- helping hand noun A jig used to help solder wires and electronics, consisting of a weighted base, a pair of adjustable arms ending in crocodile clips (the…
- hem noun The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
- Henson trust noun A trust that protects the assets of a disabled person (typically an inheritance) and gives the trustee absolute discretion in how to use…
- herald noun A handbill consisting of an advertisement.
- herringbone noun Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines.
- hi-vis adj High-visibility.
- hibernation noun A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
- hickey noun An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
- hidden city noun A connecting city between the origin and destination of a passenger flight, where a passenger can save money on the airfare by disembarking…
- hierarchy of effects noun Any of various hierarchical models according to which customers progress through a series of stages, from first becoming aware of a brand…
- high time adj Having been in use for a (relatively) long time or a large number of operating cycles; nearing retirement or replacement age.
- high touch adj Involving human service.
- high yo-yo noun A dogfighting maneuver used by a rapidly-closing attacker to avoid an overshoot during a turn, involving pulling up into a climb to…
- high-level adj A summary that provides a general overview and omits nearly all details.
- high-level synthesis noun A design method that automatically transforms an algorithmic or behavioral description of a digital system, written in a high-level…
- high-lift device noun A mechanical device or control surface which, when deployed or activated, increases the lift generated by an aircraft, allowing it to fly…
- high-visibility adj Made of a reflective or fluorescent material that can be easily seen.
- higher intermediate point noun A place on an itinerary to which there is a higher fare than the destination or next fare break point.
- highflier noun A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.
- highpass adj Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies below a specified value while passing those above.
- hiplet noun A type of pantyhose with a waistband above the hip.
- historical cost noun The original nominal monetary value of an economic item; the value at which an item was acquired by a company and was entered in its books.
- hitch noun A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.
- hitcher noun An onsetter.
- hitchhike noun Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”).
- hitchhiker noun An advertisement at the end of a program.
- HIV noun Initialism of helium isolation valve.
- hive off noun Synonym of spin-off (“(formation of) subsidiary company”).
- hoarding noun A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
- Hohmann transfer noun An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis…
- Hohmann transfer orbit noun An elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane.
- hoistroom noun A space at the top of a mineshaft that holds the elevator to lift humans and equipment using a pulley and cable.
- hold noun A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- hold time noun The minimum amount of time for which the data input should be held steady after the clock event for reliable sampling.
- holdback noun Income that is set aside for eventualities such as customer returns, seasonal fluctuations, performance bonuses, unexpected costs, etc.
- holder-up noun A bucker; one who bucks rivets, typically holding a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet (heated if necessary till it is…
- holding company noun A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.
- holding pattern noun A path taken by an aircraft waiting to land.
- holding stack noun A vertical sequence of aircraft flying the same holding pattern at different altitudes, stacked above an airport or a navigational waypoint…
- holiday noun A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
- Hollywood accounting noun A form of creative accounting practiced by the entertainment industry that reduces reported profit in order to reduce owed royalties and…
- home base noun headquarters
- home run noun A connection from a central distribution point or circuit breaker to a destination.
- homeowner association noun A private association formed by a real estate developer for the purpose of marketing, managing, and selling homes and lots in a residential…
- honey plant noun Any plant from which bees usually collect nectar, pollen, or both for making honey.
- honeycomb noun Material manufactured with small hollow cells, sometimes sandwiched between two flat sheets, which is used to make light, stiff structural…
- honeycomb quilt noun A quilt made of many hexagonal pieces of fabric to create a design based on the structure of a bee's honeycomb.
- honeymoon period noun A relatively brief period when a new loan has a low introductory interest rate that features prominently in advertising.
- Hong Kong finish noun A technique for finishing a seam where the raw edges of the fabric are bound with another fabric, usually with bias tape or silk; a bound…
- hook noun A field sown two years in succession.
- hook maneuver noun An anti-G technique to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences, which involves powerful inhalation, and rapid exhalation…
- hopback noun A sealed chamber between the brewing kettle and counter-flow wort chiller, into which hops are added.
- horizontal adj Relating to horizontal markets
- horizontal divestiture noun The sale or disposal of a business unit or assets to a competing company that operates at the same level of the supply chain.
- horizontalize verb To adapt to a horizontal market.
- horizontally integrated adj Of a company, acquiring, merging with, or expanding alongside other companies operating at the same level in the value chain or industry.
- horn noun A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
- horse noun A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to…
- horseman noun A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
- hospitality noun The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants…
- hot and high adj Operating in hot climates and at high altitude.
- hot bed noun A garden bed using such a heat-generating mass; a hotbox.
- hot button noun The principal desire that a salesman needs to "hit" in order to make a sale.
- hot chassis noun A metal chassis, used as a base for electrical equipment, that is live because it lacks a transformer to isolate the equipment from the…
- hot microphone noun A microphone that is activated (but not powered) by the sound of the user's voice, allowing it to pick up speech without having to be…
- hot patch noun A repair for cracks and potholes in a paved surface involving filling them with hot, molten asphalt concrete.
- hot refuel verb To refuel an aircraft while one of its engines is running.
- hot spot noun A part of a forest fire which is burning actively.
- hot wallet noun A cryptocurrency wallet which has its private key stored on the network so that it can be used for frequent transactions.
- hot-natured adj Thriving in hotter environments; tropical or semitropical.
- hotel load noun The electrical load caused by all systems on a vehicle (especially a marine vessel or a truck) other than propulsion.
- hourly rating noun A measure of the maximum output, usually expressed in horsepower, that can be obtained from the motors of an electric locomotive for a…
- howlround noun A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers.