6-letter words starting with hy
- hyades — Astronomy. a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun.
- hyaena — a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hyalin — Also, hyalin, H04/H0454500 hahy-uh-lin, ˈhaɪ ə lɪn. Biochemistry. a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin. a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
- hyalo- — of, relating to, or resembling glass
- hybrid — the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, especially as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
- hybris — hubris.
- hydras — Plural form of hydra.
- hydria — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a large water jar
- hydric — of, relating to, or adapted to a wet or moist environment.
- hydro- — indicating or denoting water, liquid, or fluid
- hydroa — any skin condition characterized by red vesicular areas.
- hydron — (chemistry) any hydrogen cation.
- hydros — Plural form of hydro.
- hydrus — a constellation near the S celestial pole lying close to Eridanus and Tucana and containing part of the Small Magellanic cloud
- hydyne — a type of fuel for launching rockets
- hyenas — Plural form of hyena.
- hyenic — a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hyeres — a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- hyetal — of or relating to rain or rainfall.
- hyeto- — indicating rain
- hygeia — the Greek goddess of health
- hygric — of or relating to moisture.
- hygro- — indicating moisture
- hyksos — a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.
- hymens — Plural form of hymen.
- hymies — Plural form of hymie.
- hymnal — Also called hymnbook [him-boo k] /ˈhɪmˌbʊk/ (Show IPA). a book of hymns for use in a religious service.
- hymned — Simple past tense and past participle of hymn.
- hymnic — Of, or relating to hymns.
- hyoids — Plural form of hyoid.
- hypate — (on the ancient Greek lyre) the highest placed string, producing the lowest tone
- hyper- — Hyper- is used to form adjectives that describe someone as having a lot or too much of a particular quality.
- hyphae — (in a fungus) one of the threadlike elements of the mycelium.
- hyphal — Of or pertaining to hyphae.
- hyphen — a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
- hyping — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- hypnic — relating to or inducing sleep
- hypno- — indicating sleep
- hypnos — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnum — any of various plants of the genus Hypnum, the largest genus of moss
- hypnus — Hypnos
- hypoid — A bevel wheel with teeth engaging with a spiral pinion mounted at right angles to the wheel’s axis, used to connect nonintersecting shafts in vehicle transmissions and other mechanisms.
- hypped — (dated) Affected with hypochondria.
- hypso- — indicating height
- hyssop — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Hyssopus, of the mint family, especially H. officinalis, native to Europe, having clusters of small blue flowers.
- hytime — Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language: an emerging ANSI/ISO Standard from the SGML Users' Group's Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia (SIGhyper). A hypermedia extension of SGML.
- hyzone — triatomic hydrogen, H 3 .
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