Hyke
Hyke (?), n. See Haik, and Huke.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Hyksos
Hyk″sos (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. Egypt. hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds.] A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign origin, who, according t...
Hylæosaur
{ Hy″læ‐o‐saur′ (?), ‖Hy′læ‐o‐sau″rus (?), } n. [NL. hylaeosaurus, fr. Gr. � belonging to a forest (fr. � wood) + � a lizard.] (Paleon.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgat...
Hylarchical
Hy‐lar″chi‐cal (?), a. [Gr. � wood, matter + �: cf. F. hylarchique. See Archical.] Presiding over matter. Hallywell.
Hyleosaur
Hy″le‐o‐saur″ (?), n. Same as Hylæosaur.
Hylic
Hyl″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.
Hylicist
Hy″li‐cist (?), n. A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.
Hylism
Hy″lism (?), n.(Metaph.) A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil.
Hylobate
Hy″lo‐bate (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.
Hylodes
‖Hy‐lo″des (?), n.(Zoöl.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, b...
Hyloism
Hy″lo‐ism (?), n. Same as Hylotheism.
Hyloist
Hy″lo‐ist, n. Same as Hylotheist.
Hylopathism
Hy‐lop″a‐thism (?), n. The doctrine that matter is sentient. Krauth-Fleming.
Hylopathist
Hy‐lop″a‐thist (?), n. One who believes in hylopathism.
Hylophagous
Hy‐loph″a‐gous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.
Hylotheism
Hy″lo‐the‐ism (?), n. The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism.
Hylotheist
Hy″lo‐the‐ist, n. One who believes in hylotheism.
Hylozoic
Hy′lo‐zo″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to hylozoism.
Hylozoism
Hy′lo‐zo″ism (?), n. [Gr. � wood, matter + � life, fr. � to live: cf. F. hylozoïsme.] The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life...
Hylozoist
Hy′lo‐zo″ist, n. A believer in hylozoism. A. Tucker.
Hymar
Hy‐mar″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The wild ass of Persia.
Hymen
Hy″men (?), n.(Anat.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
Hymen (2)
Hy″men, n. 1. (Class Myth.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and preside...
Hymeneal
{ Hy′me‐ne″al (?), Hy′me‐ne″an (?), } a. [L. hymeneius, a., also Hymenaeus, n., Hymen, Gr. � the wedding song, also � Hymen: cf. F. hyménéal, hyménéen.] Of or pertaining to marr...
Hymeneal (2)
{ Hy′me‐ne″al, Hy′me‐ne″an, } n. A marriage song. Milton.
Hymenium
‖Hy‐me″ni‐um (?), n.; pl. L. Hymenia (#), E. Hymeniums (#). (Bot.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.
Hymenogeny
Hy′me‐nog″e‐ny (?), n. The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of ...