| BRACHYDACTYLOUS | • brachydactylous adj. (Zoology) Having abnormally short digits. • BRACHYDACTYLOUS adj. having short or stubby fingers. |
| HYDRODYNAMICIST | • hydrodynamicist n. One who studies hydrodynamics. • HYDRODYNAMICIST n. a student of hydrodynamics. |
| HYDROMETALLURGY | • hydrometallurgy n. The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals… • HYDROMETALLURGY n. the treatment of ores by wet processes (as leaching). |
| HYDROMETRICALLY | • hydrometrically adv. By means of hydrometry. • HYDROMETRICAL adv. relating to measurement by hydrometer, also HYDROMETRIC. |
| HYDROPATHICALLY | • hydropathically adv. By means of hydropathy. • HYDROPATHICAL adv. relating to hydropathy, also HYDROPATHIC. |
| HYDROSTATICALLY | • hydrostatically adv. In a hydrostatic manner. • hydrostatically adv. With regard to hydrostatics. • HYDROSTATICAL adv. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATIC. |
| HYDROTROPICALLY | • hydrotropically adv. In a hydrotropic manner. • HYDROTROPIC adv. exhibiting hydrotropism, i.e. growth in the direction of water. |
| HYDROXYAPATITES | • hydroxyapatites n. Plural of hydroxyapatite. • HYDROXYAPATITE n. a complex phosphate of calcium that occurs as a mineral and is the chief structural element of vertebrate bone. |
| HYDROXYBUTYRATE | • hydroxybutyrate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. • HYDROXYBUTYRATE n. as in gamma hydroxybutyrate, a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac. |
| HYDROXYLAPATITE | • hydroxylapatite n. Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite. • HYDROXYLAPATITE n. a mineral of the apatite group that is rare in the ground but is the principal inorganic constituent of tooth enamel and bone. |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | • hyperthyroidism n. (Medicine) The excessive production of hormones by the thyroid. • hyperthyroidism n. (Pathology) The pathological condition resulting from these excess hormones. • HYPERTHYROIDISM n. excessive functional activity of the thyroid gland. |
| HYPOTHYROIDISMS | • hypothyroidisms n. Plural of hypothyroidism. • HYPOTHYROIDISM n. deficient activity of the thyroid gland. |
| ICHTHYODORYLITE | • ICHTHYODORYLITE n. a fossilised fish-spine, also ICHTHYODORULITE. |
| SYNARTHRODIALLY | • synarthrodially adv. By means of synarthrosis. • SYNARTHRODIAL adv. of, relating to, or being a synarthrosis. |