he·red·i·ty 
(hə-rĕdĭ-tē)
(hə-rĕdĭ-tē)n. pl. he·red·i·ties
1. The genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring.
2. The sum of characteristics and associated potentialities transmitted genetically to an individual organism.
[French hérédité, from Old French heredite, inheritance, from Latin hērēditās, from hērēs, hērēd-, heir; see ghē- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- altazimuth
- altazimuth coordinate system
- Altdorf
- alter
- alterability
- alterable
- alterableness
- alterably
- alteration
- alterative
- altercate
- altercation
- alter ego
- alterity
- alternaria
- alternate
- alternate angle
- alternate host
- alternately
- alternating current
- alternating group
- alternation
- alternation of generations
- alternative
- alternatively