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haberdasher noun A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter., A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
habituating present participle & vb. noun of Habituate
habituation noun The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
hadrosaurus noun An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
haemachrome noun Hematin.
haemacyanin noun A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
haemaphaein noun A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
haemapodous adjective Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; — opposed to neuropodous.
haematocrya noun pl. The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.
haematoidin noun Same as Hematoidin.
haematology noun The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.
haematozoon noun A parasite inhabiting the blood, Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc., The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.
haemochrome noun Same as Haemachrome.
haemocyanin noun Same as Haemacyanin.
haemoglobin noun Same as Hemoglobin.
haemolutein noun See Hematoidin.
haemostatic adjective Same as Hemostatic.
hagiographa noun pl. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles., The lives of the saints.
hagiography noun Same Hagiographa.
hagiologist noun One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
hail-fellow noun An intimate companion.
hairbrained adjective See Harebrained.
hairbreadth Alt. of Hair’sbreadth, Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
hairdresser noun One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
hake’s-dame noun See Forkbeard.
halfcocking present participle & vb. noun of Halfcock
half-decked adjective Partially decked.
half-hourly adjective Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
half-length adjective Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
half-sister noun A sister by one parent only.
half-tounue noun A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
half-witted adjective Weak in intellect; silly.
half-yearly adjective Two in a year; semiannual. — adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
haliography noun Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.
hallucinate verb i. To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; — used of mental processes.
halter-sack noun A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged.
hamadryades plural of Hamadryad
hammer-beam noun A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.
hammercloth noun The cloth which covers a coach box.
hammer-less adjective Without a visible hammer; — said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.
hand staves plural of Hand
handbreadth noun A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
handcuffing present participle & vb. noun of Handcuff
handfasting present participle & vb. noun of Handfast
handicapped imp. & past participle of Handicap
handicapper noun One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
handkercher noun A handkerchief.
handselling of Handsel
hand-winged adjective Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; — said of bats. See Cheiroptera.
handwriting noun The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography., That which is written by hand; manuscript.
handystroke noun A blow with the hand.
hangmanship noun The office or character of a hangman.
hankeringly adverb In a hankering manner.
harangueful adjective Full of harangue.
harbingered imp. & past participle of Harbinger
hard-fisted adjective Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer., Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
hard-fought adjective vigorously contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
hard-handed adjective Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
hard-headed adjective Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
hardwaremen plural of Hardwareman
hardwareman noun One who makes, or deals in, hardware.
harengiform adjective Herring-shaped.
hare’s-tail noun A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.
harioiation noun Prognostication; soothsaying.
harmoniphon noun An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.
harmonizing present participle & vb. noun of Harmonize
harpsichord noun A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.
hart-tongue noun A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America., A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida.
harvestless adjective Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
hatchelling of Hatchel
hatchettine noun Alt. of Hatchettite
hatchettite noun Mineral t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.
haughtiness noun The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
haustellata noun pl. An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.
haustellate adjective Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis., One of the Haustellata.
hawser-laid adjective Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.
headborough noun Alt. of Headborrow
head-cheese noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.
head-hunter noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.
head-lugged adjective Lugged or dragged by the head.
healthfully adverb In health; wholesomely.
healthiness noun The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.
hearsecloth noun A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
heartbroken adjective Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
heartburned adjective Having heartburn.
heartedness noun Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.
hearthstone noun Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.
heartshaped adjective Having the shape of a heart; cordate.
heart-spoon noun A part of the breastbone.
heartstrike verb t. To affect at heart; to shock.
heartstring noun A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart.
heartstruck adjective Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind., Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken.
heart-whole adjective Having the heart or affections free; not in love., With unbroken courage; undismayed., Of a single and sincere heart.
heathenesse noun Heathendom.
heathenized imp. & past participle of Heathenize
heathenness noun State of being heathen or like the heathen.
heavy-armed adjective Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.
heavy-haded adjective Clumsy; awkward.
hebdomadary adjective Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly., A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
hebraically adverb After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.
hectocotyli plural of Hectocotylus
hectogramme noun The same as Hectogram.
hederaceous adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.
heeltapping present participle & vb. noun of Heeltap
hegelianism noun Alt. of Hegelism
hegemonical adjective Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant.
heightening present participle & vb. noun of Heighten
helcoplasty noun The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.
helianthoid adjective Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.
helichrysum noun A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called “everlasting flowers.”
helicograph noun An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
helicotrema noun The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.
heliochrome noun A photograph in colors.
heliochromy noun The art of producing photographs in color.
heliography noun Photography.
heliometric adjective Alt. of Heliometrical
heliotroper noun The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
heliotropic adjective Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.
helispheric adjective Alt. of Helispherical
helleborein noun A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.
helleborism noun The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.
hellenistic adjective Alt. of Hellenistical
hellenotype noun See Ivorytype.
hellgramite noun The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.
helminthite noun One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.
helminthoid adjective Wormlike; vermiform.
hemastatics noun Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
hematemesis noun A vomiting of blood.
hemathermal adjective Warm-blooded; hematothermal.
hematoxylin noun Haematoxylin.
hemeralopia noun A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
hemialbumin noun Same as Hemialbumose.
hemibranchi noun pl. An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.
hemihedrism noun The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.
hemimorphic adjective Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; — said of a crystal.
hemipeptone noun A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
hemiprotein noun An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
hemipterous adjective Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.
hemisecting present participle & vb. noun of Hemisect
hemisection noun A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.
hemispheric adjective Alt. of Hemispherical
hemistichal adjective Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.
hemisystole noun Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.
hemitropous adjective Turned half round; half inverted., Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; — said of an ovule.
hemorrhagic adjective Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.
hemorrhoids noun pl. Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods.
hemoothorax noun An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
hemstitched imp. & past participle of Hemstitch, Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
hendecatoic adjective Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.
hen-hearted adjective Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.
hennotannic adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
henogenesis noun Same as Ontogeny.
hepatogenic adjective Alt. of Hepatogenous
hepatorenal adjective Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
hepatoscopy noun Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
heptagynian adjective Alt. of Heptagynous
heptagynous adjective Having seven pistils.
heptahedron noun A solid figure with seven sides.
heptamerous adjective Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens.
heptandrian adjective Alt. of Heptandrous
heptandrous adjective Having seven stamens.
heptangular adjective Having seven angles.
heptarchist noun A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
heptavalent adjective Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; — said of heptad elements or radicals.
herapathite noun The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
herbergeour noun A harbinger.
herbiferous adjective Bearing herbs or vegetation.
herbivorous adjective Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
herborizing present participle & vb. noun of Herborize
hercogamous adjective Not capable of self-fertilization; — said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
hereditable adjective Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable., Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
hereditably adverb By inheritance.
hereinafter adverb In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).
heremitical adjective Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.
heresiarchy noun A chief or great heresy.
heretically adverb In an heretical manner.
hermeneutic adjective Alt. of Hermeneutical
hermodactyl noun A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.
hermogenian noun A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter.
heroologist noun One who treats of heroes.
herpetology noun The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.
herpetotomy noun The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
herringbone adjective Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.
herschelian adjective Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope.
hesperidene noun An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
hesperidium noun A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
hesperornis noun A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.
heteracanth adjective Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
heterocercy noun Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
heteroclite adjective Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal., A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension., Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.
heterodoxal adjective Not orthodox.
heteropathy noun That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
heterophagi noun pl. Altrices.
heterophemy noun The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; — frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness.
heterophony noun An abnormal state of the voice.
heteroplasm noun An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition.
heteroptera noun pl. A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
heteroptics noun False optics.
heteroscian noun One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; — so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
hexagonally adverb In an hexagonal manner.
hexahedrons plural of Hexahedron
hexahemeron noun A term of six days., The history of the six day’s work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.
hexametrist noun One who writes in hexameters.
hex-androus adjective Having six stamens.
hexapterous adjective Having six processes.
hexastichon noun A poem consisting of six verses or lines.
hexeikosane noun A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; — so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.
hibernating present participle & vb. noun of Hibernate
hibernation noun The act or state of hibernating.
hibernicism noun Alt. of Hibernianism
hiccoughing present participle & vb. noun of Hiccough
hierarchism noun The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
hierarchies plural of Hierarchy
hierography noun Sacred writing.
hierologist noun One versed in, or whostudies, hierology.
hieromnemon noun The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister., A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.
hieronymite noun See Jeronymite.
high-church adjective Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
high-handed adjective Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
high-holder noun The flicker; — called also high-hole.
high-minded adjective Proud; arrogant., Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; — opposed to mean.
high-palmed adjective Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
high priest A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
high-raised adjective Elevated; raised aloft; upreared., Elated with great ideas or hopes.
high-souled adjective Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
high-strung adjective Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
hilary term Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; — so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.
hippocampal adjective Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
hippocampus noun A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), — seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune., A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; — called also sea horse., A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
hippocrates noun A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
hippocratic adjective Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
hippopotami plural of Hippopotamus
hirsuteness noun Hairiness.
hisingerite noun A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
hispanicism noun A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.
hispanicize verb t. To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.
hispidulous adjective Minutely hispid.
histography noun A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
histologist noun One versed in histology.
historicize verb t. To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.
historiette noun Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.
histrionism noun Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
histrionize verb t. To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
hobbledehoy noun Alt. of Hobbletehoy
hobbletehoy noun A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
hogger-pump noun The for pump in the pit.
hoity-toity adjective Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
holaspidean adjective Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; — said of certain birds.
holoblastic adjective Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; — opposed to meroblastic.
holocephali noun pl. An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimaeras; — called also Holocephala. See Chimaera; also Illustration in Appendix.
holocryptic adjective Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.
holographic adjective Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.
holostomata noun pl. An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.
holostomate adjective Same as Holostomatous.
holothurian adjective Belonging to the Holothurioidea., One of the Holothurioidea.
homatropine noun An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.
home-coming noun Return home.
home-driven adjective Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.
homeopathic adjective Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy.
homesteader noun One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner.
homiletical adjective Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable., Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
homocentric adjective Having the same center.
homodromous adjective Running in the same direction; — said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches., Moving in the same direction; — said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.
homodynamic adjective Homodynamous.
homoeomeria noun The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.
homoeomeric adjective Alt. of Homoeomerical
homoeopathy noun Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
homogeneity noun Same as Homogeneousness.
homogeneous adjective Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; — opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies., Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.
homogenesis noun That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; — opposed to heterogenesis.
homogenetic adjective Homogenous; — applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.
homographic adjective Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; — said of certain methods of spelling words., Possessing the property of homography.
homoiousian noun One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; — opposed to homoousian., Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.
homologated imp. & past participle of Homologate
homological adjective Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology.
homologinic adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.
homomallous adjective Uniformly bending or curving to one side; — said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
homomorphic adjective Alt. of Homomorphous
homophonous adjective Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic., Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody., Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.
homoplastic adjective Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.
homopterous adjective Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.
homothermic adjective Alt. of Homothermous
homotropous adjective Turned in the same direction with something else., Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.
homotypical adjective Same as Homotypal.
honestation noun The act of honesting; grace; adornment.
honeycombed adjective Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.
honeysucker noun See Honey eater, under Honey.
honeysuckle noun One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
honey-sweet adjective Sweet as honey.
hook-billed adjective Having a strongly curved bill.
hormogonium noun A chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated.
hornblendic adjective Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.
horological adjective Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
horoscopist noun One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
horrisonant adjective Horrisonous.
horrisonous adjective Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
horse-leech noun A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses., A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
horse power The power which a horse exerts., A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second, etc., A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor.
horticultor noun One who cultivates a garden.
hospitalism noun A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
hospitality noun The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.
hospitalize verb t. To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
hostilities plural of Hostility
hot-blooded adjective Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.
hot-brained adjective Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth.
hot-livered adjective Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.
hot-mouthed adjective Headstrong.
householder noun The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.
housekeeper noun One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family., One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs., One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household., One who keeps or stays much at home., A house dog.
housewifely adjective Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.
housewifery noun The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.
housewright noun A builder of houses.
huckleberry noun The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa., The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.
huckstering present participle & vb. noun of Huckster
hucksterage noun The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
hudibrastic adjective Similar to, or in the style of, the poem “Hudibras,” by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.
huguenotism noun The religion of the Huguenots in France.
humectation noun A moistening.
humiliating present participle & vb. noun of Humiliate
humiliation noun The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification., The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission.
humorsomely adverb Pleasantly; humorously.
hunchbacked adjective Having a humped back.
hundredfold noun A hundred times as much or as many.
hurdy-gurdy noun A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys., In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
hurly-burly noun Tumult; bustle; confusion.
hurricanoes plural of Hurricano
hurtleberry noun See Whortleberry.
husbandable adjective Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
husbandless adjective Destitute of a husband.
hyacinthian adjective Hyacinthine.
hyacinthine adjective Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth.
hyalescence noun The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.
hyalography noun Art of writing or engraving on glass.
hybernation See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.
hybridizing present participle & vb. noun of Hybridize
hydracrylic adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water.
hydrargyrum noun Quicksilver; mercury.
hydraulical adjective Hydraulic.
hydraulicon noun An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ.
hydrobromic adjective Composed of hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid.
hydrocarbon noun A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
hydrocaulus noun The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea.
hydrocyanic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen and cyanogen.
hydrofluate noun A supposed compound of hydrofluoris acid and a base; a fluoride.
hydrogenate verb t. To hydrogenize.
hydrogenide noun A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. [R.] See Hydride.
hydrogenium noun Hydrogen; — called also in view of its supposed metallic nature.
hydrogenize verb t. To combine with hydrogen; to treat with, or subject to the action of, hydrogen; to reduce; — contrasted with oxidize.
hydrogenous adjective Of or pertaining to hydrogen; containing hydrogen.
hydrography noun The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena., That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.
hydrologist noun One skilled in hydrology.
hydromantic adjective Of or pertaining to divination by water.
hydromedusa noun Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae.
hydrometeor noun A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; — in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.
hydrometric adjective Alt. of Hydrometrical
hydropathic adjective Alt. of Hydropathical
hydrophobia noun An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:, The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.
hydrophobic adjective Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.
hydrorhizae plural of Hydrorhiza
hydrorhizas plural of Hydrorhiza
hydrosorbic adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.
hydrostatic adjective Alt. of Hydrostatical
hydrothecae plural of Hydrotheca
hydrothecas plural of Hydrotheca
hydrothorax noun An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.
hydrotropic adjective Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.
hyetography noun The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.
hygrometric adjective Alt. of Hygrometrical
hygroscopic adjective Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture., Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.
hylarchical adjective Presiding over matter.
hylopathism noun The doctrine that matter is sentient.
hylopathist noun One who believes in hylopathism.
hylophagous adjective Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.
hymenophore noun That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.
hymenoptera noun pl. An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.
hymnography noun The art or act of composing hymns.
hymnologist noun A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
hyoganoidei noun pl. A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins.
hyoscyamine noun An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
hypanthiums plural of Hypanthium
hyparterial adjective Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
hyperaspist noun One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender.
hyperbolism noun The use of hyperbole.
hyperbolist noun One who uses hyperboles.
hyperbolize verb i. To speak or write with exaggeration., To state or represent hyperbolically.
hyperboloid noun A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface., Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.
hyperborean adjective Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants., Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere., One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine., An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
hypercritic noun One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor., Hypercritical.
hyperinosis noun A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases.
hyperoartia noun pl. 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.
hyperotreta noun pl. 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.
hyperplasia noun An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
hypersthene noun 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.
hypertrophy noun A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; — the opposite of atrophy.
hypnologist noun One who is versed in hypnology.
hypnotizing present participle & vb. noun of Hypnotize
hypoblastic adjective Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac.
hypocarpium noun A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.
hypochondry noun Hypochondriasis.
hypocrisies plural of Hypocrisy
hypocritely adverb Hypocritically.
hypocycloid noun A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
hypogastric adjective Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.
hypoglossal adjective Under the tongue; — applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue., One of the hypoglossal nerves.
hypognatous adjective Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.
hyponitrite noun A salt of hyponitrous acid.
hyponitrous adjective Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.
hypopharynx noun An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.
hypophysial adjective Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.
hypoplastra plural of Hypoplastron
hypoptilums plural of Hypoptilum
hyporhachis noun The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.
hypospadias noun A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.
hypostasize verb t. To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.
hypostatize verb t. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance., To attribute actual or personal existence to.
hyposternum noun See Hypoplastron.
hypostrophe noun The act of a patient turning himself., A relapse, or return of a disease.
hypothenuse noun The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle., Same as Hypotenuse.
hypothecate verb t. To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
hypothetist noun One who proposes or supports an hypothesis.
hypotyposis noun A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
hypoxanthin noun A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; — called also sarcin, sarkin.
hypsometric adjective Alt. of Hypsometrical
hysterology noun A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; — called also hysteron proteron.
hysterotomy noun The Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.