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Hydrostatics

The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.

Hydrosulphide

One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical; as, potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans.

Hydrosulphite

A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base.

Hydrosulphuric

Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as, hydrosulphuric acid, a designation applied to the solution of hydrogen sulphide in water.

Hydrosulphurous

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.

Hydrotellurate

A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base.

Hydrotelluric

Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or hydrogen telluride.

Hydrotheca

One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and Campanularian.

Hydrothermal

Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.

Hydrothorax

An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.

Hydrotic

Causing a discharge of water or phlegm. A hydrotic medicine.

Hydrotrope

A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a pulsometer.

Hydrotropic

Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.

Hydroxide

A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.

Hydroxyl

A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.

Hydroxylamine

A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.

hydroxymethyl

a methyl radical with a hydroxyl group replacing one of the hydrogen atoms.

hydroxyproline

A crystalline amino acid (C5H9NO3), a hydroxylated proline, obtained by hydrolysis of gelatin or collagen. Chemically it is 4-hydroxy-L-proline. It is classified as nonessential for growth in rats.

Hydrozoa

The Acaleph/; one of the classes of c/lenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.

Hydruret

A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride.

Hydrus

A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.

Hyemal

Belonging to winter; done in winter.

Hyemation

The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.

Hyena

Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy/nid/, doglike nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits.

Hyetal

Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.

Hyetograph

A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.

Hyetography

The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.

Hyetology

The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc.

Hygeia

The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.

Hygeian

Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation.

Hygeist

One skilled in hygiena; a hygienist.

Hygiene

That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

Hygienic

Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.

Hygiology

A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health.

Hygrine

An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste and odor.

Hygrodeik

A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.

Hygrograph

An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.

Hygrology

The science which treats of the fluids of the body.

Hygrometer

An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere.

Hygrometrical Hygrometric

Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.

Hygrometry

That branch of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose.

Hygrophanous

Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry.

Hygrophthalmic

Serving to moisten the eye; -- sometimes applied to the lachrymal ducts.

Hygroplasm

The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.

Hygroscope

An instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.

Hygroscopic

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.

Hygroscopicity

The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.

Hygrostatics

The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture.

Hyke

See Haik, and Huke.

Hyksos

A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is now considered that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100 years. It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites.

Hylaeosaurus Hylaeosaur

A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.

Hylic

Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.

Hylicist

A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.

Hylism

A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil.

Hylobate

Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.

Hylodes

The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.

Hylotheism

The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism.

Hylozoism

The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable.

Hymar

The wild ass of Persia.

Hymen

A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.

Hymenium

The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

Hymenogastrales

An order of fungi sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes.

Hymenogeny

The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.

Hymenomycetes

One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed.

Hymenophore

That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.

Hymenoptera

An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.

Hymn

To sing in praise or adoration.

Hymnal

A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

Hymnic

Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics.

Hymnody

Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.

Hymnologist

A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.

Hymnology

The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.

Hyne

A servant. See Hine.

Hyoganoidei

A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins.

Hyoglossal

Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane. Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.

Hyoglossus

A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.

Hyomandibular

Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes. The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.

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