| EPHORALTY | • ephoralty n. The rank or office of an ephor. • ephoralty n. The body of ephors collectively. • EPHORALTY n. the office of an ephor, or the body of ephors. |
| HARPYLIKE | • harpylike adj. Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish. • HARPYLIKE adj. like a harpy. |
| HORSEPLAY | • horseplay n. Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm. • horseplay v. To engage in horseplay. • horse-play n. (Rare) Alternative form of horseplay. |
| HYPERBOLA | • hyperbola n. (Geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base… • HYPERBOLA n. a type of mathematical curve. |
| HYPERBOLE | • hyperbole n. (Uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement. • hyperbole n. (Countable) An instance or example of such overstatement. • hyperbole n. (Countable, obsolete) A hyperbola. |
| HYPERGOLS | • hypergols n. Plural of hypergol. • HYPERGOL n. a rocket fuel. |
| HYPERLINK | • hyperlink n. Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or… • hyperlink n. (By extension) The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink’s target or function. • hyperlink v. (Of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink. |
| HYPERREAL | • hyperreal adj. Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal. • hyperreal adj. (Mathematics, of a number) Belonging to an extension of the real numbers containing those that cannot… • hyperreal n. A hyperreal number. |
| HYPETHRAL | • hypethral adj. Alternative form of hypaethral. • HYPETHRAL adj. roofless; open to the sky (usually intentionally, so as to see the stars), also HUPAITHRIC, HYPAETHRAL, UPAITHRIC. |
| MELAPHYRE | • melaphyre n. (Obsolete) Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions… • MELAPHYRE n. any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt. |
| NEPHRALGY | • nephralgy n. Archaic form of nephralgia. • NEPHRALGY n. pain in the kidneys, also NEPHRALGIA. |
| NYMPHLIER | • NYMPHLY adj. resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph. |
| PARCHEDLY | • parchedly adv. In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness. • PARCHED adv. PARCH, to make very dry. |
| PERILYMPH | • perilymph n. An extracellular fluid found in the scala tympani and scala vestibuli of the cochlea. • PERILYMPH n. the fluid surrounding the membranous labyrinth of the ear. |
| PHILAVERY | • PHILAVERY n. an idiosyncratic collection of uncommon and pleasing words. |
| POLYHEDRA | • polyhedra n. Plural of polyhedron. • POLYHEDRON n. a body or solid contained by many sides or planes. |
| PREACHILY | • preachily adv. In a preachy manner. • PREACHY adv. tending to preach. |
| PYORRHEAL | • pyorrheal adj. Relating to pyorrhea. • PYORRHEAL adj. relating to pyorrhea, suppuration in the sockets of the teeth, also PYORRHEIC, PYORRHOEAL, PYORRHOEIC. |
| XEROPHILY | • xerophily n. Quality of being xerophilic. • XEROPHILY n. adaptation to very dry conditions. |