Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H

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Hypercarbureted (a.) (Chem.) Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [Written also hypercarburetted.]

Hypercatalectic (a.) (Pros.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.

Hypercatalectic (a.) (Verse) Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot [ant: acatalectic, catalectic].

Hypercatalectic (n.) (Prosody) A line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot.

Hyperchloric (a.) (Chem.) See Perchloric.

Compare: Perchloric

Perchloric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid ({HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.

Hyperchromatism (n.) The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.

Hypercritic (n.) One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor. "Hypercritics in English poetry." -- Dryden.

Hypercritic (a.) Hypercritical.

Hypercritical (a.) Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious. "Hypercritical readers." -- Swift.

Hypercritical (a.) Excessively nice or exact. -- Evelyn.

Hypercritical (a.) Inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality" [syn: hypercritical, overcritical].

Hypercritically (adv.) In a hypercritical manner.

Hypercriticise (v. t.) To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.

Hypercriticism (n.) Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.

Hyperdicrotic (a.) (Physiol.) Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.

Hyperdicrotism (n.) (Physiol.) A hyperdicrotic condition.

Hyperdicrotous (a.) (Physiol.) Hyperdicrotic.

Hyperdulia (n.) (R. C. Ch.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. -- Addis & Arnold.

Hyperduly (n.) Hyperdulia. [Obs.]

Hyperesthesia (n.) Same as Hyperaesthesia.

Hypericum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.

Hypericum (n.) Large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers; cosmopolitan except tropical lowlands and Arctic or high altitudes and desert regions [syn: Hypericum, genus Hypericum].

Hyperinflation (n.) An unusually rapid rate of monetary inflation, as when prices rise more than 100 per cent per year.

Note: A famous example occurred in Germany after the first World War, reaching its peak in the period 1923. When the hyperinflation ended by 1924, the value of the mark had decreased by more than one trillion times compared to its value in 1914. Periods of lesser hyperinflation have occurred in many other countries, as in Russia in 1994.

Hyperinflation (n.) [Mass noun] 極度通貨膨脹，超通貨膨脹；惡性通貨膨脹 Monetary inflation occurring at a very high rate.

Hyperinosis (n.) (Med.) A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases.

Hyperion (n.) (Class Myth.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.

So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr. -- Shak.

Hyperion (n.) (Greek mythology) A Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.

Hyperion, () An MS-DOS personal computer that was manufactured in Kanata (near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) in the mid-1980s. It received considerable government subsidies and, while it was considered well-designed and manufactured and a real threat to the Compaq Portable, the Ottawa firm that designed it was unable to beat Compaq. (1997-07-21)

Hyperkinesis (n.) (Med.) Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.

Hyperkinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.

Hypermetamorphosis (n.) (Zool.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.

Hypermeter (n.) (Pros.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

Hypermeter (n.) Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.

When a man rises beyond six foot, he is an hypermeter. -- Addison.

Hypermetrical (a.) Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure.

Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), A verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure. Hypermetropia

Hypermetropia (n.) Alt. of Hypermetropy.

Hyperopia (n.) An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; -- called also hypermetropia. Cf. Emmetropia. -- Hy`per*op"tic, a.

Syn: hypermetropia, farsightedness, longsightedness.

Hypermetropia , Hypermetropy (n.) An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; -- now most commonly called hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia. [Obsolescent]

Syn: hyperopia, farsightedness, longsightedness.

Note: In hypermetropia, vision for distant objects, although not better absolutely, is better than that for near objects, and hence, the individual is said to be farsighted. It is corrected by the use of convex glasses. -- Hy`per*me*trop"ic, a.

Hypermetropia (n.) Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects [syn: hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness] [ant: myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness].

Hypermyriorama (n.) A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or views.

Hypernatremia (n.) 高鈉血症 Excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus [ant: {hyponatremia}].

Hypernatremia (n.) Excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus [ant: hyponatremia].

Hypernatremia (n.) Pathology. An abnormally high concentration of sodium in the blood. Also, Hypernatronemia. [Origin: hyper- + natr(ium) + -emia].

Hyperoartia (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.

Hyperoartia (n.) Lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes [syn: Petromyzoniformes, suborder Petromyzoniformes, Hyperoartia, suborder Hyperoartia].

Hyperopia (n.) Hypermetropia.

Syn: hypermetropia, farsightedness, longsightedness.

Hypermetropia, Hypermetropy (n.) An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; -- now most commonly called hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia. [Obsolescent]

Syn: hyperopia, farsightedness, longsightedness.

Ametropia, (n.) (Med.) A visual impairment resulting from faulty refraction of light rays in the eye. Subtypes include myopia astigmatism and hyperopia. -- Am`e*trop"ic ([a^]m`[-e]*tr[o^]p"[i^]k), a. AS

Hyperopia (n.) Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects [syn: hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness] [ant: myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness].

Hyperorganic (a.) Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic. -- Sir W. Hamilton.

Hyperorthodoxy (n.) Orthodoxy pushed to excess.

Syn: ultraorthodoxy.

Hyperotreta (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish. [Written also Hyperotreti.]

Hyperotreta (n.) Hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys [syn: Myxiniformes, suborder Myxiniformes, Hyperotreta, suborder Hyperotreta, Myxinoidei, Myxinoidea, suborder Myxinoidei].

Hyperoxide (n.) (Chem.) A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; a peroxide. [Obs.] Hyperoxygenated

Hyperoxygenated (a.) Alt. of Hyperoxygenized.

Hyperoxygenized (a.) (Chem.) Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides. [Obs.]

Hyperoxymuriate (n.) (Chem.) A perchlorate. [Obs.]

Hyperoxymuriatic (a.) (Chem.) Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [Obs.]

Hyperphysical (a.) Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural.

Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. -- Sir W. Hamilton.

Hyperplasia (n.) (Med. & Biol.) An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.

Note: Hyperplasia relates to the formation of new elements, hypertrophy being an increase in bulk of preexisting normal elements. -- Dunglison.

Hyperplasia (n.) Abnormal increase in number of cells.

Hyperplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.

Hyperplastic (a.) (Biol.) Tending to excess of formative action.

Hyperpnoea (n.) (Physiol.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See Eupnoea, and Dispnoea.

Hyperpyrexia (n.) (Med.) A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

Hyperpyrexia (n.) Extremely high fever (especially in children).

Hypersecretion (n.) (Med.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.

Hypersecretion (n.) Excessive secretion.

Hypersensibility (n.) See Hyperaesthesia.

Hypersensitive (a.) 感覺過敏的，過敏症的 Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised].

Hypersonic (n.) (Aeronautics) 超高音速 Pertaining to or moving at a speed greatly in excess of the speed of sound, usually meaning greater than mach 5. All speeds in excess of the speed of sound are supersonic, but to be hypersonic requires even higher speed.

Hyperspace (n.) (Geom.) A mathematical space having more than three dimensions. It is a mathematical construct and is not intended to represent the structure of the common physical space in which matter exists.

Hyperspace (n.) A memory location that is far away from where the program counter should be pointing, especially a place that is inaccessible because it is not even mapped in by the virtual-memory system. ?Another core dump ? looks like the program jumped off to hyperspace somehow.? (Compare jump off into never-never land.) This usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping into hyperspace, that is, taking a shortcut through higher-dimensional space ? in other words, bypassing this universe. The variant east hyperspace is recorded among CMU and Bliss hackers.

Hyperspace, () A memory location that is *far* away from where the program counter should be pointing, often inaccessible because it is not even mapped in. (Compare jump off into never-never land.)

This usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping "into hyperspace", that is, taking a shortcut through higher-dimensional space - in other words, bypassing this universe. The variant "east hyperspace" is recorded among CMU and Bliss hackers. [{Jargon File] (1994-11-23)

Hypersthene (n.) (Min.) An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.

Hypersthenic (a.) (Min.) Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.

Hypertension (n.) 高血壓；過度緊張；張力過度 Abnormally high blood pressure; especially, the chronic condition associated with persistent high blood pressure.

Hypertension (n.) A common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater) [syn: high blood pressure, hypertension] [ant: hypotension].

Hyperthetical (a.) Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.]

Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. -- Chapman.

Hyperthyrion (n.) (Arch.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

Hypertrophic (a.) Alt. of Hypertrophical.

Hypertrophical (a.) (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.

Hypertrophied (a.) (Med. & Biol.) Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.

Hypertrophied (a.) (Of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied myocardial fibers" [syn: hypertrophied, enlarged] [ant: atrophied, diminished, wasted].

Hypertrophy (n.) (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

Hypertrophy (n.) Abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ

Hypertrophy (v.) Undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids".

Hypha (n.; pl.) Hyphae. Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus. See hyphae.

Hypha (n.) Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.

Hyphae (n. pl.) (Bot.) The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.

Hyphen (n.) (Print.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.

Hyphened (imp. & p. p.) of Hyphen.

Hyphening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hyphen.

Hyphen (v. t.) To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

Hyphen (n.) A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text [syn: hyphen, dash].

Hyphen (v.) Divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names" [syn: hyphenate, hyphen].

Hyphenated (a.) United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.

Hyphomycetes (n. pl.) (Bot.) One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads. -- M. J. Berkley.

Hypidiomorphic (a.) (Crystallog.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. -- Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.

Hypinosis (n.) (Med.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.

Hypnagogic (a.) 催眠的；入眠前的 Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

Hypnagogic (a.) Sleep inducing [syn: soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic].

Hypnobate (n.) A somnambulist. [R.]

Hypnocyst (n.) (Biol.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.

Hypnogenic (a.) (Physiol.) Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep. -- De Watteville.

Hypnologist (n.) One who is versed in hypnology.

Hypnology (n.) A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

Hypnosis (n.) (Med.) Supervention of sleep.

Hypnosis (n.) The condition of being hypnotized or the process of hypnotizing a person; hypnotism [1].

Hypnotism, (n.) A form of sleep or trance, in some respects resembling somnambulism, but brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others, especially a heightened susceptibility to suggestion. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, by causing the subject to gaze steadily at a very bright object held before the eyes, or on an oscillating object, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body, usually accompanied by the speaking of the hypnotist in quiet soothing tones. Called also hypnosis.

Hypnotism, (n.) The science which deals with the induction and properties of the hypnotic state.

Compare: Mesmerism

Mesmerism (n.) An earlier name for hypnosis or hypnotism, the art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. It is believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness, in which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when awake. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.

Hypnosis (n.) A state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion.

Hypnotic (a.) 催眠的 Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

Hypnotic (a.) Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

Hypnotic (n.) 安眠藥 Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

Hypnotic (n.) A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Hypnotic (a.) Of or relating to hypnosis.

Hypnotic (a.) Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" [syn: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding].

Hypnotic (n.) A drug that induces sleep [syn: soporific, hypnotic].

Hypnotism (n.) A form of sleep or trance, in some respects resembling somnambulism, but brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others, especially a heightened susceptibility to suggestion. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, by causing the subject to gaze steadily at a very bright object held before the eyes, or on an oscillating object, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body, usually accompanied by the speaking of the hypnotist in quiet soothing tones. Called also hypnosis.

Hypnotism (n.) The science which deals with the induction and properties of the hypnotic state.

Hypnotism (n.) The act of inducing hypnosis [syn: hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion].

Hypnotization (n.) The act or process of producing hypnotism.

Hypnotized (imp. & p. p.) of Hypnotize.

Hypnotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hypnotize.

Hypnotize (v. t.) To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

Hypnotize (v.) Induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise].

Hypnotize (v. ) Hypnotizability (n.) , Hypnotizable (adj.) , To put (a person) into a state of hypnosis.

Hypnotize (v. ) To hold the attention of (someone) : to attract (someone) in a powerful or mysterious way.

Hypnotize (v. t. ) To induce hypnosis in.

Hypnotize (v. t. ) To dazzle or overcome by or as if by suggestion <a voice that hypnotizes its hearers> <drivers hypnotized by speed>.

Hypnotizer (n.) One who hypnotizes.

Hypnotizer (n.) One who hypnotizes; a hypnotist.

Hypnotizer (n.) A person who induces hypnosis [syn: hypnotist, hypnotizer, hypnotiser, mesmerist, mesmerizer].

Hypnum (n.) (Bot.) The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.

Hypo- () A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath.

Hypo- () (Chem.) A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous acid.

Hypo (n.) Hypochondria. [Colloq.]

Hypo (n.) (Photog.) Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture. [Colloq.]

Hypo- , () A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath.

Hypo- , () (Chem.) A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous acid.

Hypoarian (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.

Hypoaria (n. pl. ) of Hypoarion.

Hypoarion (n.) (Anat.) An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes. -- Owen.

Hypoblast (n.) (Biol.) The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm.

Hypoblast (n.) The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems [syn: endoderm, entoderm, endoblast, entoblast, hypoblast].

Hypoblastic (a.) (Biol.) Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac.

Hypobole (n.) (Rhet.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order.

Hypobranchial (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch.

Hypobranchial (n.) A hypobranchial bone or cartilage. Hypocarp

Hypocarp (n.) Alt. of Hypocarpium.

Hypocarpium (n.) (Bot.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.

Hypocarpogean (a.) (Bot.) Producing fruit below the ground.

Hypocaust (n.) (Anc. Arch.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.

Hypochlorite (n.) (Chem.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.

Hypochlorite (n.) Any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.

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