<B>Hutsnuwa, </B>noun, pl. <B>-wa</B> or <B>-was.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a small tribe of American Indians living on the western and southern coasts of the Admiralty Island, Alaska. </DL>
<A NAME="hutterian">
<B>Hutterian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Hutterities. </DL>
<A NAME="hutterite">
<B>Hutterite, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a member of a religious sect dwelling in parts of Canada, Montana, and South Dakota, made up chiefly of communal farmers. <BR> <I>Ex. He said the basic principles of the Hutterites are community of goods and nonresistance; they refuse to fight, to hold public office, or to vote (Listener).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to the Hutterites. <BR> <I>Ex. In school Hutterite children start off with instruction in German, the sect's basic language, and religious training (Canada Month).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="huttonian">
<B>Huttonian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the geological theories of James Hutton (1726-1797), a Scottish physician, who formulated the theory of uniformitarianism and held that the earth's crust was continually changing due to natural agents. </DL>
<A NAME="hutu">
<B>Hutu, </B>noun. =Bahutu.</DL>
<A NAME="hutzpah">
<B>hutzpah</B> or <B>hutzpa, </B>noun. =chutzpah.</DL>
<A NAME="huxleyan">
<B>Huxleyan</B> or <B>Huxleian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or characteristic of the English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825-1895, or his works. <BR> <I>Ex. Huxleyan evolutionism.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or characteristic of the English novelist Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963, or his works. <BR> <I>Ex. a Huxleyan brave new world.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="huzza">
<B>huzza, </B>interjection, noun, pl. <B>-zas,</B> verb, <B>-zaed,</B> <B>-zaing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>interj. </I> a loud shout of joy, encouragement, or applause; hurrah. <DD><I>noun </I> the shout of "huzza"; hurrah. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to shout "huzza"; cheer. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to acclaim with huzzas. <BR> <I>Ex. Consider, for example, the much huzzaed British newspapers (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="huzzah">
<B>huzzah, </B>noun. =huzza.</DL>
<A NAME="huzzy">
<B>huzzy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-zies.</B> =hussy.</DL>
<A NAME="hv">
<B>HV</B> (no periods), <B>H.V.,</B> or <B>h.v.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> high voltage. </DL>
<A NAME="hvidgjetost">
<B>hvid gjetost</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of goat's milk cheese, made in Norway. </DL>
<A NAME="hwan">
<B>hwan, </B>noun, pl. <B>hwan.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a former unit of money of South Korea used from 1953 to 1962, replaced by the won. </DL>
<A NAME="hwy">
<B>hwy.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> highway. </DL>
<A NAME="hwyl">
<B>hwyl, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> great emotional fervor or eloquence, especially as a characteristic ascribed to the Welsh people. <BR> <I>Ex. Then, after a dramatic entrance, Richard Burton complete with hwyl ... read a short poem by Dylan Thomas (London Times).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> filled with or characterized by hwyl. </DL>
<A NAME="hyacinth">
<B>hyacinth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various spring plants that grow from bulbs and have spikes of small, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers. Hyacinths belong to the lily family. <DD><B> 2. </B>a flower or bulb of any of these plants. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Greek Mythology.) a plant said to have sprung from the blood of the slain youth Hyacinthus, variously identified by different authors as the Turk's-cap lily, the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur. <DD><B> 4. </B>a brownish or reddish-orange variety of zircon, used as a gem; jacinth. <DD><B> 5. </B>(in ancient times) a precious stone of a blue color, probably the sapphire. <DD><B> 6. </B>a purplish blue. </DL>
<A NAME="hyacinthbean">
<B>hyacinth bean,</B> =lablab.</DL>
<A NAME="hyacinthine">
<B>hyacinthine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or made of hyacinths. <DD><B> 2. </B>like hyacinths. <DD><B> 3. </B>adorned with hyacinths. <DD><B> 4. </B>having some resemblance to Hyacinthus. <BR> <I>Ex. hyacinthine locks.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="hyacinthus">
<B>Hyacinthus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a handsome youth, killed accidentally by Apollo because of the jealousy of Zephyrus, and from whose blood Apollo caused a flower to grow. </DL>
<A NAME="hyades">
<B>Hyades, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a group of stars in the shape of a V in the head of the constellation Taurus. When they rose with the sun, they were supposed by the ancients to be a sign of rain. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Greek Mythology.) the daughters of Atlas, nymphs who supplied the earth with moisture and who were placed in the sky by Zeus. </DL>
<A NAME="hyads">
<B>Hyads, </B>noun pl. =Hyades.</DL>
<A NAME="hyaena">
<B>hyaena, </B>noun. =hyena.</DL>
<A NAME="hyalin">
<B>hyalin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a horny, nitrogenous substance resembling and closely related to chitin, present in the walls of hydatid cysts. <DD><B> 2. </B>an almost transparent, homogeneous, glassy substance normally found in the matrix of cartilage, in the vitreous body, and elsewhere, and pathologically in the breakdown of connective tissue. </DL>
<A NAME="hyaline">
<B>hyaline, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> glassy or transparent. <BR> <I>Ex. fresh from the hyaline streams (Thomas H. Chivers).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something glassy or transparent. <BR> <I>Ex. the clear hyaline, the glassy sea (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=hyalin.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hyalinecartilage">
<B>hyaline cartilage,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a translucent bluish cartilage which forms most of the fetal skeleton and is present especially in joints, the nose, and the trachea in adults. </DL>
<A NAME="hyalinemembranedisease">
<B>hyaline membrane disease,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a respiratory disease of newborn babies, especially when born prematurely, characterized by the formation of glassy film over the air sacs of the lungs; respiratory distress syndrome. </DL>
<A NAME="hyalite">
<B>hyalite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) a colorless variety of opal, sometimes transparent like glass and sometimes whitish and translucent. </DL>
<A NAME="hyalogen">
<B>hyalogen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain insoluble substances, usually translucent, occurring in cartilage and the vitreous body. </DL>
<A NAME="hyaloid">
<B>hyaloid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> glassy or transparent; crystalline. <DD><I>noun </I> the hyaloid membrane of the eye. </DL>
<A NAME="hyaloidmembrane">
<B>hyaloid membrane,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the thin, transparent membrane around the vitreous humor of the eye, forming the suspensory ligament. </DL>
<A NAME="hyaloplasm">
<B>hyaloplasm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the clear, fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell, as distinguished from the granular and reticular portions. </DL>
<A NAME="hyaloplasmic">
<B>hyaloplasmic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or like hyaloplasm. </DL>
<A NAME="hyaluronicacid">
<B>hyaluronic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sticky, sugarlike, organic substance that is a constituent of connective tissues and serves to cement together certain cells in tissues. </DL>
<A NAME="hyaluronidase">
<B>hyaluronidase, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enzyme present in snake venom, sperm, and some germs, having the power to break down or disperse hyaluronic acid. It increases tissue permeability and has been used to prevent or check the formation of kidney stones and break up scar tissue. </DL>
<A NAME="hyblaean">
<B>Hyblaean, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the town of Hybla in ancient Sicily, famous for its honey. <DD><B> 2. </B>honeyed; mellifluous. </DL>
<A NAME="hybrid">
<B>hybrid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the offspring of two animals or plants of different races, varieties, or species. The loganberry is a hybrid because it is a cross between a raspberry and blackberry. The mule is a hybrid of a female horse and a male donkey. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Genetics.) the offspring of two individuals that differ in at least one gene. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything of mixed origin. A word formed of parts from different languages is a hybrid. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>bred from two different races, varieties, or species. <BR> <I>Ex. a hybrid rose. A mule is a hybrid animal.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) of mixed origin. <DD><B> 3. </B>(of a word) formed of parts from different languages. </DL>
<A NAME="hybridcomputer">
<B>hybrid computer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a computer that combines the features of both a digital and analog computer. </DL>
<B>hybridism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the production of hybrids; crossbreeding. <DD><B> 2. </B>hybrid character, nature, or condition. </DL>
<A NAME="hybridist">
<B>hybridist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who produces hybrids by crossing different species; hybridizer. </DL>
<A NAME="hybridity">
<B>hybridity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> hybrid character, nature, or condition. </DL>
<A NAME="hybridize">
<B>hybridize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause to produce hybrids. <BR> <I>Ex. Botanists hybridize different kinds of plants in order to get new varieties.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to form in a hybrid manner. <BR> <I>Ex. to hybridize words.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to produce a hybrid or hybrids; cross; interbreed. noun <B>hybridization.</B> noun <B>hybridizer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="hybridoma">
<B>hybridoma, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cell formed by the fusion of two different cells. <BR> <I>Ex. Tissue typing ... is the labour to which immunologists foresaw the end when they made the first antibody-secreting hybridoma: a hybrid between an ordinary mouse antibody-secreting cell, which has only a limited lifespan, and an immortal tumour cell from a mouse myeloma (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
