HYPOPHOSPHOROUS
HYPOPHOS'PHOROUS, noun [Gr. phosphorus.] The hypophosphorous acid contains less oxygen than the phosphorous, and is obtained from the phosphuret of baryte. It is a liquid which ...
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HYPOSTASIS
HYPOS'TASISHYPOS'TASY, noun [Latin hypostasis; Gr. to stand.] Properly, subsistence or substance. Hence it is used to denote distinct substance, or subsistence of the Father, So...
HYPOSTATIC
HYPOSTAT'ICHYPOSTAT'ICAL, adjective Relating to hypostasis; constitutive.Let our Carneades warn men not to subscribe to the grand doctrine of the chimists, touching their three ...
HYPOSTATICAL
HYPOSTAT'ICAL, a. Relating to hypostasis; constitutive.Let our Carneades warn men not to subscribe to the grand doctrine of the chimists, touching their three hypostatical princ...
HYPOSULPHATE
HYPOSUL'PHATE, noun A compound of hyposulphuric acid and a base.
HYPOSULPHITE
HYPOSUL'PHITE, noun A compound of hyposulphurous acid and a salifiable base.
HYPOSULPHURIC
HYPOSUL'PHURIC, adjectivehyposulphuric acid, is an acid combination of sulphur and oxygen, intermediate between sulphurous and sulphuric acid.
HYPOSULPHUROUS
HYPOSUL'PHUROUS, adjectivehyposulphurous acid is an acid containing less oxygen than sulphurous acid. This acid is known only in combination with salifiable bases.
HYPOTENUSE
HYPOT'ENUSE, noun [Gr. to subtend.] In geometry, the subtense or longest side of a right-angled triangle, or the line that subtends the right angle.
HYPOTHECATE
HYPOTH'ECATE, verb transitive [Latin hypotheca, a pledge; Gr. to put under, to suppose.]1. To pledge, and properly to pledge the keel of a ship, that is, the ship itself, as sec...
HYPOTHECATED
HYPOTH'ECATED, participle passive Pledged, as security for money borrowed.
HYPOTHECATING
HYPOTH'ECATING, participle present tense Pledging as security.
HYPOTHECATION
HYPOTHECA'TION, noun The act of pledging, as a ship or goods, for the repayment of money borrowed to carry on a voyage; otherwise called bottomry.
HYPOTHECATOR
HYPOTH'ECATOR, noun One who pledges a ship or other property, as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
HYPOTHESIS
HYPOTH'ESIS, noun [Latin from Gr. a supposition; to suppose.]1. A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion o...
HYPOTHETIC
HYPOTHET'ICHYPOTHET'ICAL, adjective Including a supposition; conditional; assumed without proof for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof.
HYPOTHETICALLY
HYPOTHET'ICALLY, adverb By way of supposition; conditionally.
HYRSE
HYRSE, noun hirs. Millet.
HYRST
HYRST, noun A wood. [See Hurst.]
HYSON
HY'SON, noun A species of green tea from China.
HYSOP
HY'SOPHYSSOP, noun hy'sop. [Latin hyssopus; Gr. It would be well to write this word hysop] A plant or genus of plants, one species of which is cultivated for use. The leaves hav...
HYSSOP
HYSSOP, n. hy'sop. [L. hyssopus; Gr. It would be well to write this word hysop.] A plant or genus of plants, one species of which is cultivated for use. The leaves have an aroma...
HYSTERIC
HYSTER'ICHYSTER'ICAL, adjective [Gr. from the womb.] Disordered in the region of the womb; troubled with fits or nervous affections.
HYSTERICS
HYSTER'ICS, noun A disease of women, proceeding from the womb, and characterized by fits or spasmodic affections of the nervous system.A spasmodic disease of the primae viae, at...
HYSTEROCELE
HYS'TEROCELE, noun [Gr. the womb, and a tumor.] A species of hernia, caused by a displacement of the womb. A rupture containing the uterus.HYS'TERON PROT'ERON, noun [Gr. last, a...
HYSTEROTOMY
HYSTEROT'OMY, noun [Gr. the uterus, and a cutting.] In surgery, the Cesarean section; the operation of cutting into the uterus for taking out a fetus, which cannot be excluded b...
HYTHE
HYTHE, noun A port. [See Hithe.]