*hya*

a. [ Basi- + Gr. υ (the letter “upsilon”); from the shape. ] (Anat.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to bathymetry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. ke`ras horn + the letter Υ. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch. -- n. A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak.

Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + the Greek letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the tongue + the letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

n. A hyacinth. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob. the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh. the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;: cf. F. hyacinthe. Cf. Jacinth. The hyacinth was fabled to have sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally slain by Apollo. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. Hyacinthus orientalis is a common variety. (b) A plant of the genus Camassia (Camassia Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth. (c) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hyacinth bean (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant (Dolichos Lablab), related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hyacinthine. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hyacinthinus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Belonging to the hyacinth; resembling the hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hyacinthine boy, for whom
Morn well might break and April bloom. Emerson.

n. (Greek mythology) The seven daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. pl. [ L. Hyades, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Astron.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vext the dim sea. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Hyena. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of canids comprising the hyenas.
Syn. -- family Hyaenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; glassy, fr. "y`alos glass.] (Zool.) A pteropod of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]

n. [ See Hyaline. ] The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions.
Syn. -- hyaline. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. hyalinus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. "y`alos glass: cf. F. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. “Hyaline spaces.” Carpenter. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. “The clear hyaline, the glassy sea.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleus originates. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. Gamgee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "y`alos glass: cf. F. hyalite.] (Min.) A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Müller's glass. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "y`alos glass + graph.] An instrument for tracing designs on glass. [1913 Webster]

n. Art of writing or engraving on glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; glassy, transparent; "y`alos glass + &unr_; appearance: cf. F. hyaloïde.] (Anat.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + &unr_; a thread.] (Zool.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (Hyalonema Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "y`alos glass + &unr_; to appear.] (Min.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + &unr_; a sponge.] (Zool.) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinæ. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "y`alos glass + -type.] A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency. R. Hunt.

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Greek letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal. -- n. One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Inter- + the Greek letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. -- n. An interhyal ligament or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prothyalosomata [ NL., fr. Gr. prw^tos first + "y`alos glass + &unr_;, &unr_;, body.] (Biol.) The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle. [1913 Webster]

n. (Biol.) Same as Prothyalosoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A Hindu system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness. Whitworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stylo- + the Gr. letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the hyaliod membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch. -- n. The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 2d uro- + the Gr. letter Υ. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes. -- n. A urohyal bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed. [ 1913 Webster ]