Humidity
Hu‐mid″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. humidité.] Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; — used especially of the atmosphere, or of any...
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Humidness
Hu″mid‐ness (?), n. Humidity.
Humifuse
Hu″mi‐fuse (?), a. [L. humus ground + fusus, p. p. of fundere to spread.] (Bot.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray.
Humiliant
Hu‐mil″i‐ant (?), a. [L. humilians, p. pr. of humiliare.] Humiliating; humbling. “Humiliant thoughts.” Mrs. Browning.
Humiliate
Hu‐mil″i‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Humiliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Humiliating.] [L. humiliatus, p. p. of humiliare. See Humble.] To reduce to a lower position in one's own eye...
Humiliation
Hu‐mil′i‐a″tion (?), n. [L. humiliatio: cf. F. humiliation.] 1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification. Bp. Hopkins.2. The state of being humiliat...
Humility
Hu‐mil″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Humilities (#). [OE. humilite, OF. humilité, humelité, F. humilité, fr. L. humiliatis. See Humble.] 1. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from...
Humin
Hu″min (?), n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.) A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on c...
Humiri
‖Hu‐mi″ri (?), n.(Bot.) A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.
Humite
Hum″ite (?), n. [Named after Sir A. Hume.] (Min.) A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia...
Hummel
Hum″mel (?), v. t. [Cf. Hamble.] To separate from the awns; — said of barley.
Hummel (2)
Hum″mel, a. Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow.
Hummeler
Hum″mel‐er (?), n. [Written also hummeller.] One who, or a machine which, hummels.
Hummer
Hum″mer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.2. (Zoöl.) A humming bird.
Humming
Hum″ming (?), a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
Humming (2)
Hum″ming, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. — Humming bird(Zoöl.), any bird of the family Trochilidæ, of...
Hummock
Hum″mock (?), n. [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.] 1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice ...
Hummocking
Hum″mock‐ing, n. The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.
Hummocky
Hum″mock‐y (?), a. Abounding in hummocks.
Hummum
Hum″mum (?), n. [Per. or Ar. hammān.] A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert.
Humor
Hu″mor (?), n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See Humid.] [Written also humour.] 1. Moisture, especial...
Humor (2)
Hu″mor (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Humored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Humoring.] 1. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of;...
Humoral
Hu″mor‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. humoral.] Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever.Humoral pathology(Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of disea...
Humoralism
Hu″mor‐al‐ism (?), n. 1. (Med.) The state or quality of being humoral.2. (Med.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism.
Humoralist
Hu″mor‐al‐ist, n. One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
Humorism
Hu″mor‐ism (?), n. 1. (Med.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.2. The manner or dispos...
Humorist
Hu″mor‐ist, n. [Cf. F. humoriste.] 1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulg...