English Dictionary: hypophosphorous acid | by the DICT Development Group |
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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d8Hippobosca \[d8]Hip`po*bos"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "i`ppos horse + [?] to feed.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. -- {Hip`po*bos"can}, a. | |
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Hippophagi \Hip*poph"a*gi\, n. pl. [NL. See {Hippophagous}.] Eaters of horseflesh. | |
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Hippophagism \Hip*poph"a*gism\, n. Hippophagy. --Lowell. | |
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Hippophagist \Hip*poph"a*gist\, n. One who eats horseflesh. | |
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Hippophagous \Hip*poph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. "i`ppos horse + [?] to eat: cf. F. hippophage.] Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars. | |
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Hippophagy \Hip*poph"a*gy\, n. [Cf. F. hippophagie.] The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh. | |
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Bear's-paw \Bear's"-paw`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies ({Hippopus maculatus}), often used as an ornament. | |
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Jerker \Jerk"er\, n. 1. A beater. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 2. One who jerks or moves with a jerk. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A North American river chub ({Hybopsis biguttatus}). | |
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Hypophosphate \Hy`po*phos"phate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of hypophosphoric acid. | |
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Hypophosphite \Hy`po*phos"phite\, n. (Chem.) A salt of hypophosphorous acid. | |
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Hypophosphoric \Hy`po*phos*phor"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. {Hypophosphoric acid} (Chem.), an acid, {P2H4O6}, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration. | |
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Hypophosphoric \Hy`po*phos*phor"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. {Hypophosphoric acid} (Chem.), an acid, {P2H4O6}, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration. | |
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Hypophosphorous \Hy`po*phos"phor*ous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphorous.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid. {Hypophosphorous acid} (Chem.), an acid, {H3PO2}, whose salts are produced by the action of barium hygrate on phosphorus. It may be obtained from its water solution, by exaporation and freezing, as a white crystalline substance. It is a powerful reducing agent. | |
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Hypophosphorous \Hy`po*phos"phor*ous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphorous.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid. {Hypophosphorous acid} (Chem.), an acid, {H3PO2}, whose salts are produced by the action of barium hygrate on phosphorus. It may be obtained from its water solution, by exaporation and freezing, as a white crystalline substance. It is a powerful reducing agent. | |
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Hypophysial \Hy`po*phys"i*al\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary. |