English words starting with hy

Meanings of Hyacinth:

noun

A bulbous plant of the lily family, with straplike leaves and a compact spike of bell-shaped fragrant flowers. native to western asia, hyacinths are cultivated outdoors and as houseplants.

Usage examples:

The miracle of spring flowers such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies is even more astoundi…

Meanings of Hyacinthine:

adjective

Of the light purplish-blue colour typical of some hyacinth flowers.

Usage examples:

The delicate hyacinthine tints of the sky

Meanings of Hyacinths:

noun

A bulbous plant of the lily family, with straplike leaves and a compact spike of bell-shaped fragrant flowers. native to western asia, hyacinths are cultivated outdoors and as houseplants.

Usage examples:

The miracle of spring flowers such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies is even more astoundi…

Meanings of Hyacinthus:

proper noun

A beautiful boy whom the god apollo loved but killed accidentally with a discus. from his blood apollo caused the hyacinth to spring up.

Meanings of Hyades:

proper noun

An open star cluster in the constellation taurus, appearing to surround the bright star aldebaran.

Meanings of Hyaena:

noun

A doglike african mammal with forelimbs that are longer than the hindlimbs and an erect mane. hyenas are noted as scavengers but most are also effective hunters.

Usage examples:

Although similar in appearance to hyenas, african wild dogs are nevertheless true wild canidae.

Meanings of Hyaenodon:

noun

A large, heavily built carnivorous mammal of the oligocene epoch.

Usage examples:

It is likely that hyaenodons were opportunistic carnivores, meaning that they would eat whatever me…

Meanings of Hyaenodont:

noun

A large, heavily built carnivorous mammal of the oligocene epoch.

Usage examples:

It is likely that hyaenodons were opportunistic carnivores, meaning that they would eat whatever me…

Meanings of Hyalin:

noun

A clear substance produced especially by the degeneration of epithelial or connective tissues.

Usage examples:

On their outward-facing surface the cells are attached to an extracellular hyaline layer, which con…

Meanings of Hyaline:

adjective

(chiefly of cartilage) glassy and translucent in appearance.

Usage examples:

The lungs showed significant congestion, edema, and patchy, hyaline membranes in all lobes.

noun

A smooth sea or a clear sky.

Usage examples:

Through the clear hyaline the ship came sailing

Meanings of Hyalite:

noun

A translucent, colourless variety of opal.

Usage examples:

This hyalite fluoresces bright green in short wave u.v. likely indicating the presence of small amo…

Meanings of Hyaloid:

adjective

Glassy; transparent.

Usage examples:

The hyaloid artery lies in the hyaloid canal, or canal of cloquet, and is a branch of the central a…

Meanings of Hybrid:

noun

A thing made by combining two different elements.

Usage examples:

Jungle is a hybrid of reggae and house music

adjective

The offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule.

Usage examples:

The bird was a hybrid of a goose and a swan

Meanings of Hybridised:

verb

Cross-breed (individuals of two different species or varieties).

Usage examples:

A few gardeners hybridize their roses

Meanings of Hybridising:

verb

Cross-breed (individuals of two different species or varieties).

Usage examples:

A few gardeners hybridize their roses

Meanings of Hybridizations:

noun

The process of an animal or plant breeding with an individual of another species or variety.

Usage examples:

These irises are the products of hybridization carried out by a plant breeding firm

Meanings of Hybridize:

verb

Cross-breed (individuals of two different species or varieties).

Usage examples:

A few gardeners hybridize their roses

Meanings of Hybridized:

verb

Cross-breed (individuals of two different species or varieties).

Usage examples:

A few gardeners hybridize their roses

adjective

(of a plant or animal) formed from two different types of plant or animal

Usage examples:

Genetically speaking, thesehybridised creatures would not quite be full clones., many people are al…

Meanings of Hybridizes:

verb

Cross-breed (individuals of two different species or varieties).

Usage examples:

A few gardeners hybridize their roses

Meanings of Hybridizing:

verb

Cross-breed (individuals of two different species or varieties).

Usage examples:

A few gardeners hybridize their roses

Meanings of Hybrids:

noun

The offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule.

Usage examples:

The bird was a hybrid of a goose and a swan

adjective

Bred as a hybrid from different species or varieties.

Usage examples:

A hybrid variety

Meanings of Hydantoin:

noun

A crystalline compound present in sugar beet and used in the manufacture of some anticonvulsant drugs.

Usage examples:

Drugs that have been implicated include penicillin, aminopenicillins, sulfonamides, allopurinol, th…

Meanings of Hydathode:

noun

A modified pore, especially on a leaf, which exudes drops of water.

Usage examples:

Indeed, activity, although low, was detected in cotyledon veins and tips and also in leaf veins, tr…

Meanings of Hydatid:

noun

A cyst containing watery fluid, in particular one formed by and containing a tapeworm larva.

Usage examples:

A hydatid cyst

Meanings of Hydatids:

noun

A cyst containing watery fluid, in particular one formed by and containing a tapeworm larva.

Usage examples:

A hydatid cyst