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hyponymy

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

Hypopharynx

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

Hypophosphoric

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

Hypophosphorous

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

Hypophyllous

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

Hypophysial

Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.

Hypoplastron

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

Hypoptilum

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.

Hyporadius

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

Hyposkeletal

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

Hypospadias

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

Hypostasis

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

Hypostasize

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

Hypostatize

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

Hypostrophe

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

Hypostyle

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

Hyposulphite

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

Hyposulphuric

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

Hyposulphurous

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

Hypotarsus

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

Hypothec

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

Hypotheca

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

Hypothecate

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.

Hypothecation

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.

Hypothecator

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

Hypothenar Hypothenal

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.

Hypothesis

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.

Hypothetical Hypothetic

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.

Hypotricha

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

Hypotrochoid

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.

Hypotyposis

A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.

Hypoxanthin

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.

Hypozoic

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

Hyppish

Affected with hypochondria; hypped.

Hypsiloid

Resembling the Greek letter / in form; hyoid.

Hypsometer

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.

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.

Hypural

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

Hyracoid

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

Hyracoidea

An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus Hyrax.

Hyracotherium

An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus Eohippus.

Hyrax

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.

Hyrcan Hyrcanian

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

Hyson

A fragrant kind of green tea.

Hyssop

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

Hyssopus

A Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.

Hysteranthous

Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened.

Hysteresis

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.

Hysteria

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.

Hysteroepilepsy

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.

Hysterogenic

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.

Hysterology

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

Hysterophyte

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

Hysterotomy

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

Hystricomorphous

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

Hystrix

A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.

Hythe

A small haven. See Hithe.

I

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

I.D. ID

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

I.Q. IQ

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).

I've

Colloquial contraction of I have.

IAA

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

Iamatology

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

Iamb

An iambus or iambic.

Iambic

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

Iambically

In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

Iambize

To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.

Iambus

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.

Ianthina

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

Iatraliptic

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

Iatrochemical

Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

Iatrochemist

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

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.

Iatromathematician

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.

Iberis

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

Ibero-mesornis

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.

Ibex

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

Ibidem

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

Ibis

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.

IBRD

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

Ibsen

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

Ibsenian

of or pertaining to Henrik Ibsen.

Ibsenism

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.

ibuprofen

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.

icaco

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

Icarian

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

ICBM

An intercontinental ballistic missile, a long-range ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another. Contrasted with IRBM.

Ice

Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4/ C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.

ice

To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.

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