8-letter words starting with hy
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypernym — superordinate (def 4).
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hyperope — A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
- hypester — a person or organization that gives an idea or product intense publicity in order to promote it
- hyphemia — bleeding inside the eye caused by ruptured blood vessels
- hyphened — Simple past tense and past participle of hyphen.
- hyphenic — relating to a hyphen
- hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- hypnotee — a person being hypnotized
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hypobole — the act of anticipating objection for the purpose of refutation
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogeum — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyponymy — the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”.
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hypopyon — an effusion of pus into the anterior chamber of the eye.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hypothec — Roman and Civil Law. a mortgage or security held by a creditor on the property of a debtor without possession of it, created either by agreement or by operation of law.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- hyrcania — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- hytelnet — (networking) A hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites created and maintained by Peter Scott <[email protected]>. Hytelnet currently lists over 1400 sites, including Libraries, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Gopher, WAIS, WWW and Freenets. Hytelnet software is available for the IBM PC, Macintosh, Unix and VMS systems. Mailing list: [email protected] (no subject, body: subscribe hytelnet FirstName LastName).