A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
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a remote and undeveloped area; originally, the land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.
In a hinting manner.
Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; -- same as hep.
Having a hip roof.
Either of two large flaring bones, each forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis.
To throw by means of a hipe.
A small portable flask, usually made of metal, used to hold liquor.
Lame in the hip.
having hips which are not prominent; seeming to have no hips; as, slim and hipless; -- of people. Opposite of broad-hipped
the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part.
An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.
A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
An amaryllis of tropical America (Hippeastrum puniceum) often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers.
having hips; or, having hips of a specified type; -- used in combination; as, wide-hipped.
Someone who rejects the established culture, dresses casually, and advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle. Used especially of those in the late 1960's, mostly in their late teens and early twenties, who conspicuously rejected traditional culture by dressing casually, if male wore their hair long, and wore folksy or used clothing adorned with beads, headbands, and often flowers; they emphasized the importance of love and direct personal relations rather than success-oriented businesslike behavior, strove for spontaneity, sometimes lived communally, and in some cases tried to expand their consciousness by various psychological techniques such as meditation, or through the use of consciousness-altering drugs such as marijuana or LSD. By the end of the Vietnam war in the 1970's, the numbers of people living a visibly hippie lifestyle had dramatically decreased, though some people continue to develop similar views and live with the same outlook.
Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Same as hippopotamus.
A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
A natural family of winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies.
See Hippocampus.
Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
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.
Same as Centaur.
A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 b. c.
Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.
A fountain on Mount Helicon in B/otia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactol/ma.
Shaped like a horseshoe.
A fabulous sea monster.
To arrange contests with predetermined winners.
A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin.
A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.
The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.
Eaters of horseflesh.
Hippophagy.
One who eats horseflesh.
Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.
One who loves horses.
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of tropical Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (Hippopotamus Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.
Anatomy of the horse.
See Hyp, n.
Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid.
A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.
Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.
A person who is hip{2}, a..
See Here, pron.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin.
Hircic acid. See Hircic.
Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.
The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.
performing work for pay; as, hired hands.
Without hire.
Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
One who hires.
The young of the sea trout.
Hers; theirs. See Here, pron.
Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
Hairiness.
Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.
Of or pertaining to the leeches.
An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.
Any of a number of carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
Like or pertaining to the swallows.
A natural family of birds including the swallows and martins.
A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.
A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.
To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.
of or pertaining to Haiti.
Minutely hispid.
A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.
The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
With a hissing sound.
Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
Same as Histology.
The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis. Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
Same as Histogenesis.
One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.
Of or pertaining to histography.
A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.
Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.
One versed in histology.
That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.
Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.
The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly.
Historical.
A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.
In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.
Related in history.
An historian.
Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.
To record in or as history.
An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.
The office of an historiographer.
The art of employment of an historiographer.
A discourse on history.
One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize.
To narrate or record.
The dissection of organic tissues.
A soluble enzyme occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.
A player.
Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical.
The histrionic art; stageplaying.
The histrionic art; stageplaying; acting.
Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
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