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Webster Dictionary :: Hyosciama

HYOSCIA'MA, n. A new vegetable alkali, extracted from the Hyoscyamus nigra, or h...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyp

HYP, n. [a contraction of hypochondria.] A disease; depression of spirits. HYP ,...

Webster Dictionary :: Hypallage

HYPAL'LAGE, n. hypal'largy. [Gr. change, to change.] In grammar, a figure consis...

Webster Dictionary :: Hypaspist

HYPAS'PIST, n. [Gr. a shield.] A soldier in the armies of Greece, armed in a par...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyper

HYPER, Eng.over, is used in composition to denote excess, or something over or b...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperaspist

HYPERAS'PIST, n. [Gr. a shield.] A defender.

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperbate

HY'PERBATE, n. [Gr. to transgress, or go beyond. In grammar, a figurative constr...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperbaton

HYPER'BATON HYPER'BOLA, n. [Gr. over, beyond, and to throw.] In conic sections a...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperbole

HYPER'BOLE, n. hyper'boly. [Gr. excess, to throw beyond,to exceed.] In rhetoric,...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperbolic

HYPERBOL'IC HYPERBOL'ICAL, n. Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of t...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperbolically

HYPERBOL'ICALLY, adv. In the form of a hyperbola. 1. With exaggeration; in a man...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperboliform

HYPERBOL'IFORM, a. [hyperbola and form.] Having the form, or nearly the form of ...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperbolist

HYPER'BOLIST, n. One who uses hyperboles.

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperbolize

HYPER'BOLIZE, v.i. To speak or write with exaggeration. HYPER'BOLIZE , v.t. To e...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperboloid

HYPER'BOLOID, n. [hyperbola, and Gr. form.] A hyperbolic conoid; a solid formed ...

Webster Dictionary :: Hyperborean

HYPERBO'REAN, a. [L. hyperboreus; Gr. beyond, and the north.] 1. Northern; belon...

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