HYACINTHINE
HYACINTH'INE, adjective Made of hyacinth; consisting of hyacinth; resembling hyacinth.
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HYADS
HY'ADS, noun [Gr. to rain; rain.] In astronomy, a cluster of seven stars in the Bull's head, supposed by the ancients to bring rain.
HYALINE
HY'ALINE, adjective [Gr. glass.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass.
HYALITE
HY'ALITE, noun Muller's glass. It consists chiefly of silex, and is white, sometimes with a shade of yellow, blue or green.
HYBERNACLE
HYBERNACLEHYBERNATEHYBERNATION. See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.
HYBERNATE
HYBERNATE
HYBERNATION
HYBERNATION. See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.
HYBRID
HYB'RID, noun [Gr. injury, force, rape; Latin hybrida.]A mongrel or mule; an animal or plant, produced from the mixture of two species.HY'BRID
HYBRIDOUS
HYB'RIDOUS, adjective Mongrel; produced from the mixture of two species.
HYDAGE
HY'DAGE, noun In law, a tax on lands, at a certain rate by the hyde.
HYDATID
HY'DATIDHY'DATIS, noun [Gr. water.] A little transparent vesicle or bladder filled with water, on any part of the body, as in dropsy.Hydatids are certain spherical bodies, found...
HYDRA
HY'DRA, noun [Latin hydra Gr. water.]1. A water serpent. In fabulous history, a serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in Peloponnesus, represented as having many hea...
HYDRACID
HYDRAC'ID, adjective [Gr. water, and acid.] An acid formed by the union of hydrogen with a substance without oxygen.
HYDRAGOGUE
HY'DRAGOGUE, noun hy'dragog. [Gr. water, and a leading or drawing; to lead or drive.] A medicine that occasions a discharge of watery humors; a name that implies a supposition t...
HYDRANGEA
HYDRAN'GEA, noun [Gr. water, and a vessel.] A plant which grows in the water, and bears a beautiful flower. Its capsule has been compared to a cup.
HYDRANT
HY'DRANT, noun [Gr. to irrigate, from water.] A pipe or machine with suitable valves and a spout, by which water is raised and discharged from the main conduit of an aqueduct.
HYDRARGILLITE
HYDR'ARGILLITE, noun [Gr. water, and clay.] A mineral, called also Wavellite.
HYDRATE
HY'DRATE, noun [Gr. water.] In chimistry, a compound, indefinite proportions, of a metallic oxyd with water.A hydrate is a substance which has formed so intimate a union with wa...
HYDRAULIC
HYDRAUL'ICHYDRAUL'ICAL, adjective [Latin hydraulicus; Gr. an instrument of music played by water; a pipe.]1. Relating to the conveyance of water through pipes.2. Transmitting wa...
HYDRAULICS
HYDRAUL'ICS, noun The science of the motion and force of fluids, and of the construction of all kinds of instruments and machines by which the force of fluids is applied to prac...
HYDRENTEROCELE
HYDREN'TEROCELE, noun [Gr. water, intestine, and tumor.]A dropsy of the scrotum with rupture.
HYDRIODATE
HYD'RIODATE, noun A salt formed by the hydriodic acid, with a base.
HYDRO-OXYD
HYDRO-OXYD, noun [Gr. water, and oxyd.]A metallic oxyd combined with water; a metallic hydrate.
HYDROCARBONATE
HYDROC'ARBONATE, noun [Gr. water, or rather hydrogen, and Latin carbo, a coal.] Carbureted hydrogen gas, or heavy inflammable air.
HYDROCARBURET
HYDROC'ARBURET, noun Carbureted hydrogen.
HYDROCELE
HY'DROCELE, noun [Gr. water, and tumor.] Any hernia proceeding from water; a watery tumor, particularly one in the scrotum.A dropsy of the scrotum.
HYDROCEPHALUS
HYDROCEPH'ALUS, noun [Gr. water, and the head.] Dropsy of the head; a preternatural distension of the head by a stagnation andextravasation of the lymph, either within or withou...