(zoology) Able to live at different depths (of water)
eurythmics
eurythmics
noun
a rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements
eurythmies
eurythmies
noun
plural of eurythmy
eusynchite
euthycomic
euthytatic
everything
everything
noun
everything
pron
(colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
(colloquial) Considerable effort.
(colloquial) The most important thing.
(colloquial, hyperbolic) Many or most things.
(literally) All the things under discussion.
exhibitory
exhibitory
adj
exhibiting; publicly showing
faithfully
faithfully
adv
(US) A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.
In a faithful manner.
felichthys
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fightingly
fightingly
adv
So as to fight; pugnaciously.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
forsythias
forsythias
noun
plural of forsythia
geothlypis
glyptolith
gorgythion
gothically
gothically
adv
In a gothic way.
gynethusia
habilatory
habilatory
Adjective
Of or pertaining to clothing.
habitually
habitually
adv
By habit; in a habitual manner.
Occurring regularly or usually.
haemolytic
haemolytic
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemolytic
hagiolatry
hagiolatry
noun
The worship of saints.
hairstyles
hairstyles
noun
plural of hairstyle
halloysite
halloysite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic clay mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
halophytic
halophytic
adj
Growing well under salty conditions
handyfight
hauntingly
hauntingly
adv
In a haunting manner.
hautboyist
hautboyist
noun
Someone who plays the hautboy.
hectically
hectically
adv
In a hectic manner.
heliolatry
heliolatry
noun
(euphemistic) sunbathing
worship of the sun as an actual religion/mythos
heliometry
heliometry
noun
The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
heliophyte
heliophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that thrives in bright sunlight
heliotropy
heliotropy
noun
heliotropism
heliotyped
heliotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heliotype
heliotypic
heliotypic
adj
Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
hemidactyl
hemidactyl
noun
(zoology) Any species of Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko
hemielytra
hemizygote
hemizygote
noun
(biology) A hemizygous individual
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
heptagynia
heredipety
hereditary
hereditary
adj
(mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
noun
A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
herniotomy
herniotomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical repair of a hernia.
hesitantly
hesitantly
adv
With hesitation.
With reluctance.
hesitatory
hesitatory
adj
hesitating
hexastichy
hierolatry
hierolatry
noun
The worship of saints
hilarytide
himyaritic
himyaritic
Adjective
Himyaric
hinayanist
hippolytan
hippolytus
hippometry
histiocyte
histiocyte
noun
(biology) a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue
histiology
histiology
noun
(dated) Alternative form of histology
histolysis
histolysis
noun
breakdown of bodily tissues
histolytic
histolytic
adj
Related to, or causing, histolysis.
histophyly
holophytic
holophytic
adj
(biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food
holostylic
holyokeite
homeotypic
homeotypic
adj
(genetics) Relating to the second nuclear division in meiosis
homonymity
homonymity
noun
The condition of being a homonym
homostylic
hospitably
hospitably
adv
in a hospitable manner
humanitary
humanitary
adj
(archaic) humanitarian
hurtlingly
hurtlingly
adv
In a hurtling manner; very rapidly.
hyacinthia
hyacinthie
hyacinthin
hyacinthus
hyalopsite
hyattville
hydatiform
hydatiform
Adjective
Resembling a hydatid.
hydracetin
hydrastine
hydrastine
noun
(organic chemistry) A natural alkaloid present in goldenseal.
hydrations
hydrations
noun
plural of hydration
hydraulist
hydraulist
noun
One who works in the field of hydraulics.
hydriatric
hydriatric
adj
(dated) hydrotherapeutic
hydriodate
hydriodate
noun
(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) iodide
hydrolytic
hydrolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by hydrolysis.
hydromatic
hydrotaxis
hydrotaxis
noun
(biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water
hydrotical
hydruntine
hydurilate
hygiantics
hygiastics
hygienists
hygienists
noun
plural of hygienist
hylobatian
hylobatine
hylobatine
adj
Of or relating to gibbons.
hylotheism
hylotheism
noun
Doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe (see materialism).
Theory equating matter with God or merging one into the other (see pantheism).
hylotheist
hylotheist
noun
A proponent of hylotheism.
hylotropic
hyolithoid
hyotherium
hyothyroid
hypanthial
hypanthium
hypanthium
noun
(botany) The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
hyperbatic
hyperbatic
adj
Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.
hyperstoic
hypertelic
hypertelic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting hypertely
hypertonia
hypertonia
noun
(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
hypertypic
hyphantria
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotisms
hypnotisms
noun
plural of hypnotism
hypnotists
hypnotists
noun
plural of hypnotist
hypnotized
hypnotized
adj
Under hypnosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotize
hypnotizer
hypnotizer
noun
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
hypnotizes
hypnotizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize
hypnotoxin
hypnotoxin
noun
A hypothetical waste product of the brain proposed by Henri Piéron that causes fatigue and is cleansed by sleep.
A venom found in the nematocysts of some cnidarians that acts as a central nervous system depressant leading to inactivity, numbness, paralysis, and coma.
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
hypocistis
hypocrital
hypocrital
adj
(dated) hypocritical
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypocritic
hypocritic
adj
Synonym of hypocritical
noun
A hypocrite.
hypoditone
hypoiodite
hypoiodite
noun
(chemistry) any salt or ester of hypoiodous acid; they have fungicidal properties
hypolithic
hypolithic
adj
(of plants) Growing beneath rocks.
hyponastic
hyponastic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.
hyponitric
hyponoetic
hypoptilar
hypoptilum
hypoptilum
noun
(ornithology, rare) An aftershaft.
hypoptosis
hypostasis
hypostasis
noun
(genetics) The effect of one gene preventing another from expressing.
(linguistics) A relationship between a name and a known quantity, as a cultural personification (i.e. objectification with personality) of an entity or quality.
(medicine, now historical) A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine.
(philosophy) The underlying reality or substance of something.
(psychology) Referring to the hypostatic model of personality; i.e., asserting that humans present themselves in many different aspects or hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities they relate to, including different approaches to the study of personality.
(theology) The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his two ‘natures’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’).
Postmortem lividity; livor mortis; suggillation.
hypostatic
hypostatic
adj
(genetics) Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.
(medicine) Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.
(theology) Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
hypostigma
hypotactic
hypotactic
adj
Of or relating to hypotaxis.
hypothalli
hypothalli
noun
plural of hypothallus
hypothecia
hypothecia
noun
plural of hypothecium
hypothenic
hypotheria
hypothesis
hypothesis
noun
(general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
(grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
(sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
hypothetic
hypothetic
adj
based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical
existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality
hypotralia
hypotricha
hystazarin
hysteresis
hysteresis
noun
A property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input, but also incorporates some lag, delay, or history dependence, and in particular when the response for a decrease in the input variable is different from the response for an increase. For example, a thermostat with a nominal setpoint of 75° might switch the controlled heat source on when the temperature drops below 74°, and off when it rises above 76°.
Magnetic friction in dynamos, by which every reversal of magnetism in the iron causes dissipation of energy.
hysteretic
hysteretic
adj
Of or pertaining to hysteresis.
hysterical
hysterical
adj
Having, or prone to having hysterics.
Of, or arising from hysteria.
Provoking uncontrollable laughter.
hystericky
hystericky
adj
(informal) Hysterical; inclined to hysterics.
hystericus
hysterioid
hysterosis
hystricine
hystricine
adj
Like or pertaining to porcupines.
hystricism
hystricism
noun
A disease of the hair where the hairs stand erect.