Webster's Dictionary 1913

3673

Hybodus

‖Hyb″o‐dus (?), n. [NL. See Hybodont.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth.

3674

Hybrid

Hy″brid (?), n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. � wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin to Gr. υπἕρ over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.] (Biol.) The ...

3675

Hybrid (2)

Hy″brid, a. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

3676

Hybrid (3)

Hy″brid (?), n.(Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.

3677

Hybridism

Hy″brid‐ism (?), n. The state or quality of being hybrid.

3678

Hybridist

Hy″brid‐ist, n. One who hybridizes.

3679

Hybridity

Hy‐brid″i‐ty (?), n. Hybridism.

3680

Hybridizable

Hy″brid‐i′za‐ble (?), a. Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock.Hybrid...

3681

Hybridization

Hy′brid‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.

3682

Hybridize

Hy″brid‐i′ze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hybridized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hybridizing (?).] To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.

3683

Hybridize (2)

Hy″brid‐ize (?), v. i.(Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross.

3684

Hybridizer

Hy″brid‐i′zer (?), n. One who hybridizes.

3685

Hybridous

Hy″brid‐ous (?), a. Same as Hybrid.

3686

Hydage

Hyd″age (?), n.(Law) A land tax. See Hidage.

3687

Hydantoic

Hy′dan‐to″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. See Glycoluric.

3688

Hydantoin

Hy‐dan″to‐in (?), n. [Hydrogen + allantion.] (Chem.) A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; — called ...

3689

Hydatid

Hy″da‐tid (?), n. [Gr. �, �, a watery vesicle under the upper eyelid, fr. ὕδωρ, ὕδατοσ, water: cf. F. hydatide.] (Zoöl.) A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid...

3690

Hydatiform

Hy‐dat″i‐form (?), a. [Hydatid + -form.] Resembling a hydatid.

3691

Hydatoid

Hy″da‐toid (?), a. [Gr. ὕδωρ, ὕδατοσ, water + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.

3692

Hydr-

Hy″dr– (?). See under Hydro-.

3693

Hydra

Hy″dra (?), n.; pl. E. Hydras (#), L. Hydræ (#). [L. hydra, Gr. ὕδρα; akin to ὕδωρ water. See Otter the animal, Water.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A serpent or monster in the lake or mar...

3694

Hydra-tainted

Hy″dra–taint′ed (?), a. Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly. Cowper.

3695

Hydrachnid

Hy‐drach″nid (?), n. [Hydr- + arachnid.] (Zoöl.) An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna. The hydrachnids, while young, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels.

3696

Hydracid

Hy‐drac″id (?), n. [Hydr- + acid: cf. F. hydracide.] (Chem.) An acid containing hydrogen; — sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like,...

3697

Hydracrylic

Hy′dra‐cryl″ic (?), a. [Hydr- + acrylic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lactic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water.

3698

Hydractinian

Hy′drac‐tin″i‐an (?), n. [See Hydra, and Actinia.] (Zoöl.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, ...

3699

Hydræmia

‖Hy‐dræ″mi‐a (hī̍‐drē″mĭ‐ȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ὕδωρ water + αἱ̑μα blood.] (Med.) An abnormally watery state of the blood; anæmia.