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   hoity-toity
         adj 1: affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin},
                  {highfalutin}, {highfaluting}, {hoity-toity}, {la-di-da}]

English Dictionary: hotheaded by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotheaded
adj
  1. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered]
  2. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
    Synonym(s): hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydathode
n
  1. a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
    Synonym(s): hydathode, water pore, water stoma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydatid
n
  1. cyst filled with liquid; forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydatid disease
n
  1. infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) [syn: echinococcosis, hydatid disease, hydatidosis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydatid mole
n
  1. an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetus
    Synonym(s): hydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydatidiform mole
n
  1. an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetus
    Synonym(s): hydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydatidosis
n
  1. infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) [syn: echinococcosis, hydatid disease, hydatidosis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. {Wallabies}. [From a native name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
      genus {Halmaturus}, native of Australia and Tasmania,
      especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ({H.
      Bennettii}) and the pademelon ({H. thetidis}). The wallabies
      chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
      [Written also {wallabee}, and {whallabee}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoddydoddy \Hod"dy*dod`dy\, n. [Prob. E. also hoddypeke,
      hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.]
      An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoity-toity \Hoi"ty-toi`ty\, a. [From {Hoit}.]
      Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as,
      to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs;
      used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or
      disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
  
               Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? --Congreve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hot-headed \Hot"-head`ed\, a.
      Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydatid \Hy"da*tid\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a watery vesicle under
      the upper eyelid, fr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water: cf. F.
      hydatide.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid,
      found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but
      unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by
      parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus
      and C[d2]nurus. See these words in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Hydatid of Morgagni} (Anat.), one of the small pedunculated
            bodies found between the testicle and the head of the
            epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the
            M[81]llerian duct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
   \Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr.
      [?][?][?][?] bladder + [?][?][?][?] tail: cf. F.
      cysticerque.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
      tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
      called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork
      measle).
  
      Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living
               animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
               animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
               See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydatid \Hy"da*tid\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a watery vesicle under
      the upper eyelid, fr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water: cf. F.
      hydatide.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid,
      found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but
      unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by
      parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus
      and C[d2]nurus. See these words in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Hydatid of Morgagni} (Anat.), one of the small pedunculated
            bodies found between the testicle and the head of the
            epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the
            M[81]llerian duct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
   \Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr.
      [?][?][?][?] bladder + [?][?][?][?] tail: cf. F.
      cysticerque.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
      tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
      called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork
      measle).
  
      Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living
               animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
               animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
               See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydatid \Hy"da*tid\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a watery vesicle under
      the upper eyelid, fr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water: cf. F.
      hydatide.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid,
      found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but
      unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by
      parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus
      and C[d2]nurus. See these words in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Hydatid of Morgagni} (Anat.), one of the small pedunculated
            bodies found between the testicle and the head of the
            epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the
            M[81]llerian duct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydatoid \Hy"da*toid\, a. [Gr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water + -oid.]
      (Anat.)
      Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.
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