Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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. |