A salt of hyponitrous acid.

Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.

a word that is more specific (less abstract) than a given word; a term designating a class which is a subtype of the given word; a subcategory; a subtype. Inverse of hypernym; as, /dog/ is a hyponym of /mammal/, and /mammal/ is a hyponym of /vertebrate/.

The state or quality of being a hyponym; as, hyponymy is symbolized by the tag /hypon/.

An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.

A salt of hypophosphoric acid.

A salt of hypophosphorous acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid.

Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid.

Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.

Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.

See Pituitary body, under Pituitary.

The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.

An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.

One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather.

The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.

Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to episkeletal.

A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.

That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.

Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.

In a hypostatic manner.

To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.

See Hypoplastron.

The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.

The act of a patient turning himself. A relapse, or return of a disease.

Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.

A salt of hyposulphuric acid.

A salt of what was formerly called hyposulphurous acid; a thiosulphate. A salt of hyposulphurous acid proper.

Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid.

Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation.

A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.

An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.

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.

The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re.

One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

The hypothenar eminence.

Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.

Of or pertaining to hypothenuse.

Same as Hypotenuse.

The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.

Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon.

One who proposes or supports an hypothesis.

Same as Gorgerin.

A division of ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover only the under side of the body.

A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid.

A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.

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.

Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains.

Affected with hypochondria; hypped.

See Hyppogriff.

Resembling the Greek letter / in form; hyoid.

A genus of marsupials comprising the musk kangaroos.

An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.

Of or pertaining to hypsometry.

That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively.

Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes.

Of or pertaining to the Hyracoidea. One of the Hyracoidea.

An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus Eohippus.

Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (Hyrax Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (Hyrax capensis) of South Africa. Other species are Hyrax arboreus and Hyrax Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.

Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea.

Millet.

A wood. See Hurst.

A fragrant kind of green tea.

A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste.

A Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.

Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened.

A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.

Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.

Extremely funny.

Of or pertaining to hysteria.

Hysteria.

A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body.

Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria.

A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.

A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter.

The act of cutting into the uterus, as in C/sarean section. See under C/sarean.

Like or pertaining to the porcupines.

Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group (Hystricomorpha) of rodents.

A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.

A small haven. See Hithe.

The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

See Y-.

any document testifying to the identity of the bearer, especially a card or badge.

a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100).

Colloquial contraction of I have.

Indoleacetic acid, a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

An iambus or iambic.

An iambic foot; an iambus. A verse composed of iambic feet.

Iambic.

In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.

A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /m/ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.

Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.

Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.

Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.

Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.

Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.

One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.

Of or pertaining to Iberia.

A genus of Old World herbs and subshrubs including the candytuft.

A sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Lower Cretaceous having a strutlike pectoral bone and vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds.

One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.

Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibid/, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist.

of or pertaining to Henrik Ibsen.

The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.

a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic; Advil and Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets.

A small tropical American tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) bearing edible plumlike fruit.

Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.

Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.