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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Hydroxyadjectivebeing or containing a hydroxyl groupcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hygienicadjectivetending to promote or preserve healthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hygienicaladjectivetending to promote or preserve healthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hygrophyticadjectiverequiring an abundance of moisturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hygroscopicadjectiveabsorbing moisture (as from the air)candidateMay 18, 2026
Hymenaladjectiveof or relating to the hymencandidateMay 18, 2026
Hymenealadjectiveof or relating to a wedding or marriagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hymenopterousadjectiveof or relating to insects of the order HymenopteracandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyoidadjectiveof or relating to the hyoid bonecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypaethraladjectivepartly or entirely open to the skycandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyperactiveadjectivemore active than normalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyperbolicadjectiveenlarged beyond truth or reasonablenesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyperboloidaladjectivehaving the shape of a hyperboloidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypercatalecticadjective(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical footcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypercriticaladjectiveinclined to judge too severelycandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyperemicadjectiverelating to or caused by hyperemiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyperfineadjectiveextremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more componentscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypermetropicadjectiveabnormal ability to focus of distant objectscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyperopicadjectiveabnormal ability to focus of distant objectscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypersensitisedadjectivehaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility, especially to a specific factorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypersensitiveadjectivehaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)candidateMay 18, 2026
Hypersensitizedadjectivehaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility, especially to a specific factorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypertensiveadjectivehaving abnormally high blood pressurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hyperthermaladjectiveof or relating to or affected by hyperthermiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypertonicadjective(of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solutioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypertrophiedadjective(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cellscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypethraladjectivepartly or entirely open to the skycandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypnagogicadjectivesleep inducingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypnogogicadjectivesleep inducingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypnoidadjectiveof or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypnoticadjectiveattracting and holding interest as if by a spellcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypnotisedadjectivehaving your attention fixated as though by a spellcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypnotizedadjectivehaving your attention fixated as though by a spellcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypoactiveadjectiveabnormally inactivecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypochondriacadjectivesuffering from hypochondriacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypochondriacaladjectivesuffering from hypochondriacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypocriticaladjectiveprofessing feelings or virtues one does not havecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypodermaladjectiveof or relating to the hypodermiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypodermicadjectiverelating to or located below the epidermiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypoglycaemicadjectiveof or relating to hypoglycemiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypoglycemicadjectiveof or relating to hypoglycemiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypognathousadjectivehaving a projecting lower jawcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypophysealadjectiveof or relating to the hypophysiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypophysectomisedadjectivehaving the pituitary gland removed by surgerycandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypophysectomizedadjectivehaving the pituitary gland removed by surgerycandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypophysialadjectiveof or relating to the hypophysiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypotensiveadjectivehaving abnormally low blood pressurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypothalamicadjectiveof or relating to the hypothalamuscandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypothermicadjectiveof or relating to or affected by hypothermiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypotheticadjectivebased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypotheticaladjectivebased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypotonicadjective(of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solutioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypovolaemicadjectiveof or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hypovolemicadjectiveof or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Hystericadjectivecharacterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteriacandidateMay 18, 2026
Hystericaladjectivecharacterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteriacandidateMay 18, 2026