Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
hypaxial |
adjective |
Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal. |
hyperion |
noun |
The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty. |
hyphened |
imp. & past participle |
of Hyphen |
hypnosis |
noun |
Supervention of sleep. |
hypnotic |
adjective |
Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific., Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition., Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic., A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism. |
hypoaria |
plural |
of Hypoarion |
hypobole |
noun |
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. |
hypocarp |
noun |
Alt. of Hypocarpium |
hypocist |
noun |
An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub. |
hypoderm |
noun |
Same as Hypoblast. |
hypogean |
adjective |
Hypogeous. |
hypogene |
adjective |
Formed or crystallized at depths the earth’s surface; — said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene. |
hypogeum |
noun |
The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs. |
hypohyal |
adjective |
Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal., One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages. |
hypothec |
noun |
A landlord’s right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent. |
hypozoic |
adjective |
Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains. |