Hypoxis
1: small plants that resemble Amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass [syn: {genus Hypoxis}]
Hypoxis hirsuta
1: perennial star grass of North America [syn: {American star grass}]
hypozeugma
1: use of a series of subjects with a single predicate
hypozeuxis
1: use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered')
Hypsiglena
1: night snakes [syn: {genus Hypsiglena}]
Hypsiglena torquata
1: nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico [syn: {night snake}]
hypsography
1: the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level) 2: measurement of the elevation of land above sea level [syn:...
hypsometer
1: an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
hypsometry
1: measurement of the elevation of land above sea level [syn: {hypsography}]
Hyracoidea
1: hyraxes and some extinct animals [syn: {order Hyracoidea}]
Hyracotherium
1: extinct horse genus; formerly called genus Eohippus [syn: {genus Hyracotherium}]
hyrax
1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: {coney}, {cony}, {dassie}, {das}] [also: {hyraces} (pl)]
hyson
1: a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves
hyssop
1: a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil [syn: {Hyssopus officinalis}] 2: bitter...
hyssop loosestrife
1: annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas [syn: {grass poly}, {Lythrum hyssopifolia}]
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Hyssopus
1: Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs [syn: {genus Hyssopus}]
Hyssopus officinalis
1: a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil [syn: {hyssop}]
hysteresis
1: the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field
hysteria
1: state of violent mental agitation [syn: {craze}, {delirium}, {frenzy}, {fury}] 2: excessive or uncontrollable fear 3: neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances...
hysteric
1: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia" [syn: {hysterical}...
hysterical
1: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia" [syn: {hysteric}] ...
hysterical neurosis
1: neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions [syn: {hysteria}]
hysterically
1: in a hysterical manner; "she screamed hysterically when she heard the news"
hysteron proteron
1: reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born') 2: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
hysterosalpingogram
1: X ray of the uterus and Fallopian tubes; usually done in diagnosing infertility (to see if there any blockages)
hysteroscopy
1: visual examination of the uterus and uterine lining using an endoscope inserted through the vagina
hysterotomy
1: surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)
Hystricidae
1: Old World porcupines [syn: {family Hystricidae}]
Hystricomorpha
1: an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc. [syn: {suborder Hystricomorpha}]
Hytrin
1: antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure [syn: {terazosin}]
Hz
1: the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second [syn: {Hertz}, {cycle per second}, {cycles/second}, {cps}, {cycle}]
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