Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hispanic

His‐pan″ic (?), a. [L. Hispanicus.] Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.

2378

Hispanicism

His‐pan″i‐cism, n. A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.

2379

Hispanicize

His‐pan″i‐cize (?), v. t. To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.

2380

Hispid

His″pid (?), a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

2381

Hispidulous

His‐pid″u‐lous (?), a. [Dim. of hispid.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Minutely hispid.

2382

Hiss

Hiss (?). v. i. [imp. & p. p.Hissed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Hissing.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin�; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.] 1. To make with the mouth a prolonged s...

2383

Hiss (2)

Hiss, v. t. 1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. Shak.Malcolm. What...

2384

Hiss (3)

Hiss, n. 1. A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.“Hiss” implies audib...

2385

Hissing

Hiss″ing, n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8.

2386

Hissingly

Hiss″ing‐ly, adv. With a hissing sound.

2387

Hist

Hist (?), interj. [Cf. Dan. hys. �. Cf. Hush, Whist.] Hush; be silent; — a signal for silence. Milton.

2388

Histiology

His′ti‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + -logy.] Same as Histology.

2389

Histogenesis

His′to‐gen″e‐sis (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; — the opposite of histolysis. (b) Germ history...

2390

Histogenetic

His′to‐ge‐net″ic (?), a. [See Histogeny.] (Biol.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.

2391

Histogeny

His‐tog″e‐ny (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + root of � to be born.] (Biol.) Same as Histogenesis. Dunglison.

2392

Histographer

His‐tog″ra‐pher (?), n. One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.

2393

Histographical

His″to‐graph″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to histography.

2394

Histography

His‐tog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + -graphy.] A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.

2395

Histohæmatin

His′to‐hæm″a‐tin (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + E. hæmatin.] (Physiol.) One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation...

2396

Histoid

His″toid (?), a. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + -oid.] Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.

2397

Histologic

{ His′to‐log″ic (?), His′to‐log″ic‐al } a.(Biol.) Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms. — His′to‐log″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

2398

Histologist

His‐tol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in histology.

2399

Histology

His‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + -logy.] That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; — called ...

2400

Histolysis

‖His‐tol″y‐sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + � to loosen, dissolve.] (Biol.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

2401

Histolytic

His′to‐lyt″ic (?), a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.

2402

Histonomy

His‐ton″o‐my (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + � to distribute, regulate.] The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.

2403

Histophyly

His‐toph″y‐ly (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + Gr. � clan.] (Biol.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.