Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
hévéa — [ evea ] n. m. • hévée 1808; hhévé 1751; mot quechua latinisé en hevea ♦ Arbre de grande taille (euphorbiacées), originaire de la Guyane, produisant un latex utilisé pour la fabrication du caoutchouc. Plantation d hévéas. Saigner les hévéas. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
hévéène — (é vé è n ) s. m. Terme de chimie. Matière découverte dans les produits de la distillation du caoutchouc. ÉTYMOLOGIE Hévée … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
heavy — /ˈhɛvi / (say hevee) adjective (heavier, heaviest) 1. of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load. 2. of great amount, force, intensity, etc.: a heavy vote. 3. bearing hard upon; burdensome; harsh; distressing: heavy taxes. 4. having… …
heavy cavalry — /ˈhɛvi kævəlri/ (say hevee kavuhlree) noun Military 1. heavily armed troops on horseback. 2. heavily armoured vehicles, as tanks. See light cavalry …
heavy earth — /hɛvi ˈɜθ/ (say hevee erth) noun → baryta …
heavy hydrogen — /hɛvi ˈhaɪdrədʒən/ (say hevee huydruhjuhn) noun 1. any of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium or tritium). 2. → deuterium …
heavy lifting — /hɛvi ˈlɪftɪŋ/ (say hevee lifting) noun the onerous work in terms of effort involved, public exposure, etc., in accomplishing a goal: *It just does illustrate yet again that America s fiercest critics over Iraq were always prepared … to allow the …
heavy metal — /hɛvi ˈmɛtl / (say hevee metl) noun 1. a metal with a density greater than five times that of water, particularly cadmium, chromium, cobalt, gold, lead, mercury, silver, thallium and vanadium; such metals can accumulate to toxic levels in animal… …
heavy mud — /hɛvi ˈmʌd/ (say hevee mud) noun a drilling mud having a high specific gravity, usually attained by adding powdered heavy minerals such as ground barytes to normal drilling mud …
heavy rock — /hɛvi ˈrɒk/ (say hevee rok) noun a form of rock music, usually loud and with a strong rhythmic beat, which places an emphasis on lyrics of a serious or intensely personal nature …
