Wordscapes Level 2319 Answers

HEM

the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing that has been turned under and sewn

HEN

a female bird, especially of a domestic fowl

HER

used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a female person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified

HERO

a priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos on the European shore of the Hellespont, whose lover Leander, a youth of Abydos on the opposite shore, swam the strait nightly to visit her. One stormy night he was drowned and Hero in grief threw herself into the sea

HERON

a large fish-eating wading bird with long legs, a long S-shaped neck, and a long pointed bill

HOE

use a hoe to dig (earth) or thin out or dig up (plants)

HOME

the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household

HOMER

a home run

HONE

smooth and sharpen (a blade)

HORMONE

a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action

HORN

a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin

MOO

make the characteristic deep resonant vocal sound of cattle

MOON

the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun

MOOR

a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather

NOR

used before the second or further of two or more alternatives (the first being introduced by a negative such as ‘neither’ or ‘not’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each do not happen

NORM

something that is usual, typical, or standard

OMEN

an event regarded as a portent of good or evil

OOH

used to express a range of emotions including surprise, delight, or pain

ORE

a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted profitably

REM

a unit of effective absorbed dose of ionizing radiation in human tissue, loosely equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays