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   head trip
         n 1: an exciting or stimulating experience [syn: {trip}, {head
               trip}]
         2: the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself
            pleasure [syn: {self-gratification}, {head trip}]

English Dictionary: heather bell by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heather bell
n
  1. common low European shrub with purple-red flowers [syn: bell heather, heather bell, fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heitor Villa-Lobos
n
  1. Brazilian composer (1887-1959) [syn: Villa-Lobos, {Heitor Villa-Lobos}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heterobasidiomycetes
n
  1. category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts
    Synonym(s): Heterobasidiomycetes, subclass Heterobasidiomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterophil antibody
n
  1. an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis
    Synonym(s): heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody, Forssman antibody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterophil test
n
  1. a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells; positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterophile antibody
n
  1. an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis
    Synonym(s): heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody, Forssman antibody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heteroploid
n
  1. (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heteroploidy
n
  1. the condition of being heteroploid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Heteroptera
n
  1. true bugs
    Synonym(s): Heteroptera, suborder Heteroptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heteropterous insect
n
  1. true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hit the roof
v
  1. get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
    Synonym(s): flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-air balloon
n
  1. balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hyderabad
n
  1. a city in southern Pakistan on the Indus River
  2. a city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrobates
n
  1. type genus of the Hydrobatidae [syn: Hydrobates, {genus Hydrobates}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrobates pelagicus
n
  1. sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
    Synonym(s): stormy petrel, northern storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrobatidae
n
  1. storm petrels
    Synonym(s): Hydrobatidae, family Hydrobatidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrobromic acid
n
  1. an aqueous solution of hydrogen bromide that is a strong liquid acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydroflumethiazide
n
  1. diuretic used to treat hypertension and edema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrofluoric acid
n
  1. a weak poisonous liquid acid; formed by solution of hydrogen fluoride in water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrofluorocarbon
n
  1. a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing
    Synonym(s): hydrofluorocarbon, HFC
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrofluosilicic acid
n
  1. an unstable poisonous corrosive acid known primarily in the form of its salts
    Synonym(s): fluosilicic acid, hydrofluosilicic acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrofoil
n
  1. a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
    Synonym(s): hydrofoil, foil
  2. a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds; "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record"
    Synonym(s): hydrofoil, hydroplane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydropathic
adj
  1. of or relating to hydropathy or its administration; "hydropathic treatments"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydropathy
n
  1. the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease
    Synonym(s): hydropathy, hydrotherapy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrophidae
n
  1. sea snakes
    Synonym(s): Hydrophidae, family Hydrophidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophilic
adj
  1. having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water
    Antonym(s): hydrophobic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophobia
n
  1. a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
  2. a morbid fear of water
  3. an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
    Synonym(s): rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophobic
adj
  1. lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water
    Antonym(s): hydrophilic
  2. abnormally afraid of water
    Synonym(s): hydrophobic, aquaphobic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophobicity
n
  1. the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrophyllaceae
n
  1. perennial woodland herbs [syn: Hydrophyllaceae, {family Hydrophyllaceae}, waterleaf family]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrophyllum
n
  1. waterleaf
    Synonym(s): Hydrophyllum, genus Hydrophyllum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hydrophyllum virginianum
n
  1. showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States
    Synonym(s): Virginia waterleaf, Shawnee salad, shawny, Indian salad, John's cabbage, Hydrophyllum virginianum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophyte
n
  1. a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
    Synonym(s): aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophytic
adj
  1. growing wholly or partially in water; "water lilies are hydrophytic"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophytic plant
n
  1. a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
    Synonym(s): aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydroplane
n
  1. an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane"
    Synonym(s): seaplane, hydroplane
  2. a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds; "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record"
    Synonym(s): hydrofoil, hydroplane
v
  1. glide on the water in a hydroplane [syn: hydroplane, seaplane]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydroplane racing
n
  1. racing in high-speed motor boats
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydroponic
adj
  1. of or relating to aquiculture; "aquacultural methods"; "hydroponic lettuce"
    Synonym(s): aquicultural, aquacultural, hydroponic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydroponics
n
  1. a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
    Synonym(s): hydroponics, aquiculture, tank farming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrops
n
  1. swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
    Synonym(s): edema, oedema, hydrops, dropsy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crabeater \Crab"eat`er\ (kr[acr]b"[emac]t`[etil]r), n.
      (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The cobia.
      (b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States
            ({Hadropterus nigrofasciatus}).
      (c) A small European heron ({Ardea minuta}, and other allied
            species).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headrope \Head"rope`\, n. (Naut.)
      That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or
      head of a sail.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heather \Heath"er\ (?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in
      Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.]
      Heath. [Scot.]
  
               Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass,
               The brighter seem.                                 --Longfellow.
  
      {Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
            of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and
            {E. cinerea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hederiferous \Hed`er*if"er*ous\, a. [L. hedera ivy + -ferous.]
      Producing ivy; ivy-bearing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteropathic \Het`er*o*path"ic\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?]
      suffering, fr. [?], [?], to suffer.]
      Of or pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteropathy \Het`er*op"a*thy\, n. [See {Heteropathic}.] (Med.)
      That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition
      is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to
      supplant it; allopathy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteropelmous \Het`er*o*pel"mous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] the
      sole of the foot.] (Anat.)
      Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the
      branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of
      the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in
      Append.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterophemist \Het`er*oph"e*mist\, n.
      One liable to the fault of heterophemy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterophemy \Het`er*oph"e*my\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] voice,
      speech, fr. [?] to speak.]
      The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that
      which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very
      reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterophony \Het`er*oph"o*ny\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] voice.]
      (Med.)
      An abnormal state of the voice. --Mayne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heterophyllous \Het`er*oph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. [?] other + [?]
      leaf: cf. F. h[82]t[82]rophylle.] (Bot.)
      Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteroplasm \Het"er*o*plasm\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] anything
      formed or molded.]
      An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of
      elements different from those are found in it in its normal
      condition. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteroplastic \Het`er*o*plas"tic\, a. [Hetero- + -plastic.]
      (Biol.)
      Producing a different type of organism; developing into a
      different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into
      bone. --Haeckel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteropod \Het`er*o*pod\, n. [Cf. F. h[82]t[82]ropode.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Heteropoda. -- a. Heteropodous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteropodous \Het`er*op"o*dous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteropter \Het`er*op"ter\, n.
      One of the Heteroptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteroptics \Het`er*op"tics\, n. [Hetero- + optics.]
      False optics. --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hittorf rays \Hit"torf rays\ (Elec.)
      Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric
      discharge in Hittorf tubes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hittorf tube \Hit"torf tube\ (Elec.)
      (a) A highly exhausted glass tube with metallic electrodes
            nearly in contact so as to exhibit the insulating effects
            of a vacuum. It was used by the German physicist W.
            Hittorf (b. 1824).
      (b) A Crookes tube.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydriform \Hy"dri*form\, a. [Hydra + -form.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the form or structure of a hydra.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobarometer \Hy`dro*ba*rom"e*ter\, n. [Hydro-, 1 +
      barometer.]
      An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by
      its pressure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stercobilin \Ster`co*bi"lin\, n. [L. stercus dung + E. bilin.]
      (Physiol. Chem.)
      A coloring matter found in the f[91]ces, a product of the
      alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, --
      identical with {hydrobilirubin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobilirubin \Hy`dro*bil`i*ru"bin\, n. [Hydro-, 2 +
      bilirubin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stercobilin \Ster`co*bi"lin\, n. [L. stercus dung + E. bilin.]
      (Physiol. Chem.)
      A coloring matter found in the f[91]ces, a product of the
      alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, --
      identical with {hydrobilirubin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobilirubin \Hy`dro*bil`i*ru"bin\, n. [Hydro-, 2 +
      bilirubin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobiplane \Hy"dro*bi"plane\, n.
      A hydro-a[89]roplane having two supporting planes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrobranchiata \[d8]Hy`dro*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr.
      Gr. "y`dwr water + [?] gills.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks,
      including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the
      Pulmonifera. -- {Hy`dro*bran"chi*ate}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobromate \Hy`dro*bro"mate\, n. (Chem.)
      Same as {Hydrobromide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobromic \Hy`dro*bro"mic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + bromic.] (Chem.)
      Composed of hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid.
  
      {Hydrobromic acid} (Chem.), a colorless, pungent, corrosive
            gas, {HBr}, usually collected as a solution in water. It
            resembles hydrochloric acid, but is weaker and less
            stable. Called also {hydrogen bromide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobromic \Hy`dro*bro"mic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + bromic.] (Chem.)
      Composed of hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid.
  
      {Hydrobromic acid} (Chem.), a colorless, pungent, corrosive
            gas, {HBr}, usually collected as a solution in water. It
            resembles hydrochloric acid, but is weaker and less
            stable. Called also {hydrogen bromide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrobromide \Hy`dro*bro"mide\, n. (Chem.)
      A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguished
      from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the
      base.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydroferricyanic \Hy`dro*fer`ri*cy*an"ic\, n. [Hydro-, 2 +
      ferricyanic.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen,
      ferric iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferricyanic acid. See
      {Ferricyanic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ferricyanic \Fer`ri*cy*an"ic\, a. [Ferri- + cyanic.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide.
  
      {Ferricyanic acid} (Chem.), a brown crystalline substance,
            {H6(CN)12Fe2}, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and
            regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; -- called also
            {hydro-ferricyanic acid}, {hydrogen ferricyanide}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydroferrocyanic \Hy`dro*fer`ro*cy*an"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 +
      ferrocyanic.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen,
      ferrous iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferrocyanic acid. See
      {Ferrocyanic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ferrocyanic \Fer`ro*cy*an"ic\, a. [Ferro- + cyanic: cf. F.
      ferrocyanique.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide.
  
      {ferrocyanic acid} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,
            {H4(CN)6Fe}, of strong acid properties, obtained from
            potassium ferrocyanide, and regarded as the type of the
            ferrocyanides; -- called also {hydro-ferrocyanic acid},
            {hydrogen ferrocyanide}. etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrofluate \Hy`dro*flu"ate\, n. (Chem.)
      A supposed compound of hydrofluoris acid and a base; a
      fluoride. [Archaic]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrofluoric \Hy`dro*flu*or"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + fluoric.]
      (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine;
      fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid.
  
      {Hydrofluoric acid} (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile
            liquid, {HF}, very corrosive in its action, and having a
            strong, pungent, suffocating odor. It is produced by the
            action of sulphuric acid on fluorite, and is usually
            collected as a solution in water. It attacks all
            silicates, as glass or porcelain, is the agent employed in
            etching glass, and is preserved only in vessels of
            platinum, lead, caoutchouc, or gutta-percha.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrofluoric \Hy`dro*flu*or"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + fluoric.]
      (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine;
      fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid.
  
      {Hydrofluoric acid} (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile
            liquid, {HF}, very corrosive in its action, and having a
            strong, pungent, suffocating odor. It is produced by the
            action of sulphuric acid on fluorite, and is usually
            collected as a solution in water. It attacks all
            silicates, as glass or porcelain, is the agent employed in
            etching glass, and is preserved only in vessels of
            platinum, lead, caoutchouc, or gutta-percha.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrofluosilicate \Hy`dro*flu`o*sil"i*cate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of hydrofluosilic acid; a silicofluoride. See
      {Silicofluoride}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrofluosilicic \Hy`dro*flu`o*si*lic"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 +
      fluorine + silicic.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or denoting, a compound consisting of a double
      fluoride of hydrogen and silicon; silicofluoric. See
      {Silicofluoric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fluosilicic \Flu`o*si*lic"ic\, a. [Fluo- + silicic: cf. F.
      fluosilicique.] (Chem.)
      Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine.
  
      {Fluosilicic acid}, a double fluoride of hydrogen and
            silicon, {H2F6Si}, obtained in solution in water as a sour
            fuming liquid, and regarded as the type of the
            fluosilicates; -- called also {silicofluoric acid}, and
            {hydrofluosilicic acid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropath \Hy"dro*path\, n. [Cf. F. hydropathe.]
      A hydropathist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropathic \Hy`dro*path"ic\, Hydropathical \Hy`dro*path"ic*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to hydropathy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropathic \Hy`dro*path"ic\, Hydropathical \Hy`dro*path"ic*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to hydropathy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropathist \Hy*drop"a*thist\, n.
      One who practices hydropathy; a water-cure doctor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropathy \Hy*drop"a*thy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. [?], [?], to
      suffer.]
      The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious
      and frequent use of pure water, both internally and
      externally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophane \Hy"dro*phane\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. [?] to show,
      appear: cf. F. hydrophane.] (Min.)
      A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or
      transparent on immersion in water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophanous \Hy*droph"a*nous\, a. (Min.)
      Made transparent by immersion in water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jacana \Jac"a*na`\, n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus {Jacana}
      and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the
      wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds
      by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also
      {surgeon bird}.
  
      Note: The most common South American species is {Jacana
               spinosa}. The East Indian or pheasant jacana
               ({Hydrophasianus chirurgus}) is remarkable for having
               four very long, curved, middle tail feathers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophid \Hy"dro*phid\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. [?] a small
      serpent.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any sea snake of the genus {Hydrophys} and allied genera.
      These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a
      flattened tail for swimming.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water devil \Wa"ter dev"il\ (Zo[94]l.)
      The rapacious larva of a large water beetle ({Hydrophilus
      piceus}), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water
      beetle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophlorone \Hy`dro*phlo"rone\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + phlorone.]
      (Chem.)
      A white, crystalline benzene derivative, {C8H10O2}, obtained
      by the reduction of phlorone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophobia \Hy`dro*pho"bi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; "y`dwr water
      + [?] fear: cf. F. hydrophobie.] (Med.)
      (a) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of
            canine madness; hence:
      (b) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with
            the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief
            symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the
            throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked
            heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions
            whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed
            in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies;
            canine madness. [Written also {hydrophoby}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophobic \Hy`dro*phob"ic\, a. [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. [?]: cf.
      F. hydrophobique.]
      Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by
      rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophoby \Hy"dro*pho`by\, n.
      See {Hydrophobia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophobia \Hy`dro*pho"bi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; "y`dwr water
      + [?] fear: cf. F. hydrophobie.] (Med.)
      (a) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of
            canine madness; hence:
      (b) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with
            the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief
            symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the
            throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked
            heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions
            whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed
            in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies;
            canine madness. [Written also {hydrophoby}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophoby \Hy"dro*pho`by\, n.
      See {Hydrophobia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophobia \Hy`dro*pho"bi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; "y`dwr water
      + [?] fear: cf. F. hydrophobie.] (Med.)
      (a) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of
            canine madness; hence:
      (b) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with
            the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief
            symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the
            throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked
            heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions
            whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed
            in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies;
            canine madness. [Written also {hydrophoby}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophore \Hy"dro*phore\, n. [Gr. "y`dwr water + [?] to bear.]
      An instrument used for the purpose of obtaining specimens of
      water from any desired depth, as in a river, a lake, or the
      ocean.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrophyllium \[d8]Hy`dro*phyl"li*um\, n.; pl. L.
      {Hydrophyllia}, E. {Hydrophylliums}. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr
      water + [?] a leaf.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other
      zooids of certain Siphonophora.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrophyllium \[d8]Hy`dro*phyl"li*um\, n.; pl. L.
      {Hydrophyllia}, E. {Hydrophylliums}. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr
      water + [?] a leaf.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other
      zooids of certain Siphonophora.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophyte \Hy"dro*phyte\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?] plant: cf. F.
      hydrophyte.]
      An aquatic plant; an alga.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrophytology \Hy*droph`y*tol"o*gy\, n. [Hydro- + phyte +
      -logy.]
      The branch of botany which treats of water plants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropic \Hy*drop"ic\, Hydropical \Hy*drop"ic*al\, a. [L.
      hydropicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. hydropique. See {Dropsy}.]
      Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
  
               Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the
               more we drink the more we shall thirst.   --Tillotson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropic \Hy*drop"ic\, Hydropical \Hy*drop"ic*al\, a. [L.
      hydropicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. hydropique. See {Dropsy}.]
      Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
  
               Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the
               more we drink the more we shall thirst.   --Tillotson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropically \Hy*drop"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In a hydropical manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydroplane \Hy"dro*plane\, n. [Pref. hydro-, 1 + plane.]
      1. A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the
            hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or
            depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or
            rise, after the manner of an a[89]roplane.
  
      2. A projecting plane or fin on a gliding boat to lift the
            moving boat on top of the water; also, a gliding boat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydroplane \Hy"dro*plane\, v. i.
      Of a boat, to plane (see {Plane}, below).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropneumatic \Hy`dro*pneu*mat"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + pneumatic:
      cf. F. hydropneumatique.]
      Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and gaseous
      substances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases
      over water or other liquids.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropneumatic gun carriage \Hy`dro*pneu*mat"ic gun carriage\
      (Ordnance)
      A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by
      cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed
      furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing
      position. It is used with some English and European heavy
      guns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water deer \Wa"ter deer`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small Chinese deer ({Hydropotes inermis}). Both sexes
            are destitute of antlers, but the male has large,
            descending canine tusks.
      (b) The water chevrotain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropsy \Hy"drop`sy\, n.
      Same as {Dropsy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydropult \Hy"dro*pult\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. [?] to hurl.]
      A machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden
      engine, a fire extinguisher, etc.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hood River, OR (city, FIPS 34900)
      Location: 45.70984 N, 121.52193 W
      Population (1990): 4632 (2272 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97031

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hood River County, OR (county, FIPS 27)
      Location: 45.52262 N, 121.63972 W
      Population (1990): 16903 (7569 housing units)
      Area: 1353.0 sq km (land), 29.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   hydrofluorocarbon
  
      (HFC) A suggested replacement for the
      chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) coolant gas used in chillers and air
      conditioners.
  
      (1996-11-05)
  
  
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