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  • hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  • hyperbase — (database)   An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
  • hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
  • hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
  • hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
  • hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
  • hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
  • hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
  • hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
  • hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
  • hyperpnea — abnormally deep or rapid respiration.
  • hyperreal — Exaggerated in comparison to reality.
  • hypertalk — A verbose semicompiled language by Bill Atkinson and Dan Winkler, with loose syntax and high readability. HyperTalk uses HyperCard as an object management system, development environment and interface builder. Programs are organised into "stacks" of "cards", each of which may have "buttons" and "fields". All data storage is in zero-terminated strings in fields, local, or global variables; all data references are through "chunk expressions" of the form: 'last item of background field "Name List" of card ID 34217'. Flow of control is event-driven and uses message-passing among scripts that are attached to stack, background, card, field and button objects.
  • hyperware — (hypertext)   Software that implements or uses hypertext.
  • hypethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
  • hypoderma — hypodermis.
  • interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
  • karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
  • keg party — a beer bust.
  • keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
  • layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
  • leap year — (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
  • md-player — a machine on which you can play minidiscs
  • melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
  • merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
  • nonplayer — a person that is not playing
  • operantly — In an operant manner.
  • operatory — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
  • overapply — To apply to excess.
  • overhappy — too happy
  • pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • pack-year — a measure of the amount of cigarettes a person has smoked over an extended period, equal to one packet of 20 every day for one year
  • paediatry — the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases
  • pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
  • painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
  • panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
  • paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
  • paralyses — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
  • paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • pararhyme — a part-rhyme in which the consonants are the same but the vowels are different
  • parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
  • parchedly — in a parched manner
  • pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
  • parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
  • parleyvoo — to speak French
  • parlyaree — Polari.
  • parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
  • parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
  • partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
  • passer-by — a person passing by.
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