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English dictionary: words starting with h - page 211

Meanings of Hyphens:

noun

The sign -, used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence (as in a pick-me-up, rock-forming minerals ), to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line, or to indicate a missing element (as in short- and long-term ).

Meanings of Hyping:

verb

Promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its benefits.

Usage examples:

An industry quick to hype its products
noun

Extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion.

Usage examples:

His first album hit the stores amid a storm of hype

Meanings of Hypnagogic:

adjective

Relating to the state immediately before falling asleep.

Usage examples:

These patients also reported and described hypnagogic images upon falling asleep.

Meanings of Hypnogogic:

adjective

Relating to the state immediately before falling asleep.

Usage examples:

These patients also reported and described hypnagogic images upon falling asleep.

Meanings of Hypnopaedia:

noun

Learning by hearing while asleep or under hypnosis.

Usage examples:

We may need to shock her into unconsciousness and reinstate hypnopaedia during this final month.

Meanings of Hypnophobia:

noun

Extreme or irrational fear of falling asleep.

Usage examples:

The vast majority of people who suffer from hypnophobia will find a course of psychotherapy helps e…

Meanings of Hypnophobias:

noun

Extreme or irrational fear of falling asleep.

Usage examples:

The vast majority of people who suffer from hypnophobia will find a course of psychotherapy helps e…

Meanings of Hypnophobic:

adjective

Having an extreme or irrational fear of falling asleep.

Usage examples:

I was hypnophobic for years

Meanings of Hypnopompic:

adjective

Relating to the state immediately preceding waking up.

Usage examples:

Also the state in-between sleeping and waking is not the hypnagogic state but the hypnopompic state.

Meanings of Hypnos:

proper noun

The god of sleep, son of nyx (night).

Meanings of Hypnosis:

noun

The induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modification of behaviour, has been revived but is still controversial.

Usage examples:

Others use hypnosis to recover repressed memories of sexual abuse or of past lives.

Meanings of Hypnotherapy:

noun

The use of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique.

Usage examples:

Other therapies include art and music therapy, hypnotherapy and acupuncture.

Meanings of Hypnotic:

adjective

Relating to or producing hypnosis.

Usage examples:

A hypnotic state
noun

A sleep-inducing drug.

Usage examples:

Hypnotics may be prescribed

Meanings of Hypnotically:

adverb

In a way that makes you feel as if you want to sleep or are in a trance (= a state of not being completely conscious or in control of yourself)

Usage examples:

The piano score is hypnotically beautiful., he watches as the flames dance and twirl hypnotically.,…

Meanings of Hypnotics:

noun

A sleep-inducing drug.

Usage examples:

Hypnotics may be prescribed
adjective

Relating to or producing hypnosis.

Usage examples:

A hypnotic state

Meanings of Hypnotise:

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

Meanings of Hypnotised:

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

Meanings of Hypnotising:

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

Meanings of Hypnotism:

noun

The study or practice of hypnosis.

Usage examples:

Another psychologist, e.m. thornton, extends the analogy between hypnotism, mesmerism, and exorcism.

Meanings of Hypnotist:

noun

A person who carries out hypnosis, either for medical reasons or for entertainment.

Usage examples:

A stage hypnotist

Meanings of Hypnotists:

noun

A person who carries out hypnosis, either for medical reasons or for entertainment.

Usage examples:

A stage hypnotist

Meanings of Hypnotize:

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

Meanings of Hypnotized:

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

Meanings of Hypnotizes:

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

Meanings of Hypnotizing:

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

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