| HYPERESTHESIA | • hyperesthesia n. Unusual or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense. • HYPERESTHESIA n. excessive sensitivity, also HYPERAESTHESIA. |
| HYPERESTHETIC | • hyperesthetic adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperesthesia. • hyperesthetic adj. Excessively esthetic. • HYPERESTHETIC adj. relating to hyperesthesia. |
| HYPEREUTECTIC | • hypereutectic adj. Having a composition that lies to the right of the eutectic point in a phase diagram. • HYPEREUTECTIC adj. of a compound, containing more of the minor component than a eutectic compound. |
| HYPEREXTENDED | • hyperextended adj. Extremely long; extended greatly. • hyperextended v. Simple past tense and past participle of hyperextend. • HYPEREXTEND v. to extend so that the angle between bones of a joint is greater than normal. |
| HYPERREACTIVE | • hyperreactive adj. Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus. • HYPERREACTIVE adj. excessively reactive. |
| HYPERSTHENITE | • hypersthenite n. (Mineralogy) A more or less coarsely crystalline igneous rock, allied to gabbro; an aggregate of labradorite… • HYPERSTHENITE n. a pyroxenite composed almost wholly of hypersthene. |
| HYPERSTRESSES | • hyperstresses n. Plural of hyperstress. • HYPERSTRESS n. excessive stress. |
| HYPERTENSIVES | • hypertensives n. Plural of hypertensive. • HYPERTENSIVE n. someone suffering from hypertension. |
| HYPERTHERMIES | • HYPERTHERMY n. an extremely high fever, with a temperature of 41 degrees Centigrade or above, also HYPERPYREXIA. |
| OPENHEARTEDLY | • openheartedly adv. Alternative form of open-heartedly. • open-heartedly adv. Frankly, honestly and sincerely. • open-heartedly adv. Kindly and generously. |
| POLYETHYLENES | • polyethylenes n. Plural of polyethylene. • POLYETHYLENE n. a generic name for certain thermoplastics, polymers of ethylene, also POLYTHENE. |
| PYRHELIOMETER | • pyrheliometer n. A device that measures the intensity of solar radiation received on the surface of the earth. • PYRHELIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the heating effect of the sun. |
| SPELEOTHERAPY | • speleotherapy n. The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma. • SPELEOTHERAPY n. an alternative or complementary method of therapy for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases, involving periods spent underground in a salt mine. |