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heithr honor, Goth haidus manner, way akin to OE hdor
bright, clear, OHG heitar, ON heithr, and prob. to L caesius
bluish gray, caelum sky, heaven, Skt citra variegated, bright,
ketu brightness, light basic meaning: bright 1 :state : condition
: quality : character boyhood girlhood hardihood
unlikelihood 2 :an instance of a specified state, condition,
quality, or character falsehood 3 :individuals sharing a
specified state, condition, quality, or character brotherhood
hoplo- combining form NL, fr. Gk hopl-, hoplo- tool, weapon,
piece of armor, fr. hoplon : heavily armed : having powerful
offensive members used chiefly in zoological taxa Hoplonemertea
humero- combining form ISV, fr. NL humerus : humeral and
humerodorsal
hy- or hyo- combining form NL, fr. Gk hyo- upsilon , , fr.
y, hy upsilon 1 :connecting with the hyoid arch hyoglossus
2:hyoid and hyothyroid
hyal- or hyalo- combining form LL, glass, fr. Gk, fr. hyalos
transparent stone, glass 1 : glass : glassy hyalescent
hyalocrystalline 2 :transparent or translucent substance
hyalogen
hydat- or hydato- combining form prob. fr. NL, fr. Gk, fr.
hydat-, hydr : water Hydatina hydatogenesis
hydr- or hydro- combining form alter. influenced by L hydr-,
hydro- of ME ydr-, ydro-, fr. OF ydr- MF ydro-, fr. L hydr-,
hydro-, fr. Gk, fr. hydr 1 a : water hydrogel hydroelectricity
b :hydraulic hydropress 2 :water-loving organism
chiefly in generic names Hydracarina Hydrodictyon 3
a:hydrogen : containing hydrogen hydriodic acid hydroborate
b now usu hydro- : combined with hydrogen esp. in
names of organic compounds hydroquinidine c :combined
with water by hydration hydracrylic acid or by hydrolysis
hydrocellulose 4 : characterized by an accumulation of
fluid in a specified bodily part hydronephrosis 5 a : combined
with water in names of minerals hydrohetaerolite
b:characterized by addition of water or its constituents in
names of varieties of minerals hydromica 6 NL, fr. Hydra
genus of polyps : hydroid hydromedusa hydrorhiza
hydroxy- or hydrox- combining form ISV, fr. hydroxyl, fr. E
: hydroxyl : containing hydroxyl esp. in place of hydrogen
in names of chemical compounds or radicals hydroxyalkyl
hydroxamic acids
hyet- or hyeto- combining form Gk, fr. hyetos akin to Gk hyei
it is raining : rain hyetal hyetometer hyetography
hygr- also hygro- combining form Gk, fr. hygros moist, wet 1
: humidity : moisture : moist hygric hygrostat hygrophobia
hygrophyte 2 :moisture and : of or relating to moisture
and hygrothermal
hyl- or hylo- combining form Gk, wood, matter, fr. hyl wood,
forest, material, matter 1 :matter : material hylomorphism
hylomorphous 2 : wood hylophagous : forest Hylocichla
hyo- combining form L Gk L, fr. Gk, fr. hys swine : derived
from or related to swine hyodeoxycholic
hyper- prefix alter. influenced by L hyper- of ME iper-, fr. LL
hyper-, fr. L, fr. Gk, fr. hyper 1 : over : above : beyond
: - hyperbarbarous hyperemphasis 2 :overmuch
: excessively : - hypercritical hypersensitive 3 a
: excessive in extent or quality hyperesthesia hyperemesis
b:located above hyperapophysis 4 in ancient Greek music
a : being the upper octave in a disdiapason hyperlydian
b of an interval : measured upward hyperdiapason 5 :that
is or exists in a space of more than three dimensions hypercube
hyperspace 6 :bridging points within an entity as a
database or network non-sequentially hyperlink hypertext
hypho- combining form NL, fr. Gk hyph, hyphos web : web
: tissue hyphodrome
hypn- or hypno- combining form F hypn-, fr. LL, fr. Gk, fr.
hypnos sleep 1 :sleep hypnagogic 2 :hypnotism hypnogenesis
hypo- or hyp- prefix alter. influenced by LL hypo-, hyp- of
ME ypo-, fr. OF, fr. LL hypo-, hyp-, fr. Gk, fr. hypo 1 :under
: beneath : down hypoblast hypodermic 2 :less than normal
or normally hypocalcemia hypochromia hypochlorhydric
hyposensitive 3 :in a lower state of oxidation : in
a low usu. the lowest position in a series of compounds
hypovanadous hypoxanthine 4 a in ancient Greek music
1 : being the lower octave in a disdiapason hypolydian 2
of an interval : measured downward hypodiapason b in
medieval music : being in a plagal mode hypodorian
hyps- or hypsi- or hypso- combining form in sense 1, fr. Gk, fr.
hypsos in sense 2, fr. Gk, fr. hypsi Gk hypsos Gk hypsi
akin to Gk hypo under 1 :height hypsography 2 :on high
: aloft hypsicephalic hypsodont
hyster- or hystero- combining form F or L F hystér-, fr. MF,
fr. L hyster-, fr. Gk, fr. hystera womb 1 :womb hysterectomy
hysteromyoma 2 NL, fr. hysteria a :hysteria hysterogenic
b :hysteria and hysteroneurasthenia
-ia n suffix NL, fr. L Gk, suffix forming feminine abstract
nouns 1 - : pathological condition pneumonia hysteria
diphtheria 2 : genus of plants or animals Wistaria
Osmia
-ia n pl suffix NL, fr. L neut. pl. of -ius, adj. ending Gk,
neut. pl. of -ios, adj. ending 1 :taxonomic division as class,
order of plants or animals Cryptogamia Mammalia 2
: things belonging to or derived from or relating to something
specified Marylandia tabloidia
-ial adj suffix ME, fr. MF -iel, -ial, fr. L -ialis, fr. -i- + -alis -al
: - manorial
-iasis n suffix, pl -iases NL, fr. L, fr. Gk, suffix of action, fr.
verbs in -ian, -iazein fr. nouns in -ia -y + -sis : morbid state
or condition : disease having characteristics of something
specified elephantiasis satyriasis : disease produced by
something specified ancylostomiasis habronemiasis
-iatric also -iatrical adj combining form -iatric fr. NL -iatria
-iatry + E -ic -iatrical fr. -iatric + -al : of or relating to medical
treatment : of or relating to healing hydriatric psychiatric
-iatrist n combining form - -iatry + -ist : physician : healer
psychiatrist podiatrist
iatro- combining form NL, fr. Gk, fr. iatros physician 1
: physician : medicine : healing iatrology iatrogenic 2
: physician and iatrochemist : medicine or healing and
iatrophysics iatro-astrological
-iatry n combining form - F -iatrie, fr. NL -iatria, fr. Gk
iatreia art or action of healing, fr. iatros physician + -eia -y
: medical treatment : healing podiatry gyniatry psychiatry
ibero- combining form, usu cap L Iberus, Hiberus : Iberian
: Iberian and Ibero-American
-ic adj suffix ME -ik, -ic, fr. OF L OF -ique, fr. L -icus
more at - 1 : having the character or form of : being
panoramic rhombic Samoyedic : consisting of runic
2 a : of or relating to aldermanic daturic Koranic b
: related to, derived from, or containing alcoholic esp. in
names of acids and related compounds boric cinammic
oleic 3 :in the manner of : like that of : characteristic of
Byronic quixotic Puritanic 4 :associated or dealing
with Vedic : utilizing electronic atomic 5 :characterized
by : exhibiting nostalgic : affected with allergic
paraplegic 6 :caused by amoebic 7 :tending to produce
analgesic 8 :having the highest valence of a specified
element or a valence relatively higher than in compounds or
ions named with an adjective ending in -ous ferric iron sulfuric
acid compare - 2
-ic n suffix - ME -ik, -ic, fr. OF L OF -ique, fr. L -icus, fr.
-icus adj. suffix : one having the character or nature of
: one belonging to or associated with : one exhibiting or
affected by glyconic : one that produces ecbolic
-ical adj suffix ME, fr. LL -icalis as in clericalis clerical, grammaticalis
grammatical, radicalis radical : - cosmical
fantastical sometimes differing from -ic in that adjectives
formed with -ical have a wider or more transferred semantic