Hut"ton*ing (?), n. [So named after two English bonesetters, Richard and Robert Hutton, who made it a part of their method.] (Med.) Forcible manipulation of a dislocated, stiff, or painful joint.
Hy"brid (?), n. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.
Hy"brid*ize (?), v. i. (Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross.
Hy"dro (?), n. A hydro- aëroplane.
Hy"dro-a"ër*o*plane`. (Aëronautics) An aëroplane with a boatlike or other understructure that enables it to travel on, or to rise from the surface of, a body of water by its own motive power.
Hy"dro*bi"plane, n. A hydro- aëroplane having two supporting planes.
Hy*drol"y*sis (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -lysis.] (Chem.) A chemical process involving the addition of the elements of water.
Hy"dro*plane (?), n. [Pref. hydro- , 1 + plane.] 1. A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or rise, after the manner of an aëroplane.
2. A projecting plane or fin on a gliding boat to lift the moving boat on top of the water; also, a gliding boat.
Hy"dro*plane, v. i. Of a boat, to plane (see Plane, below).
Hy`dro*pneu*mat"ic gun carriage. (Ordnance) A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position. It is used with some English and European heavy guns.
Hy"dro*sphere (?), n. [Pref. hydro- , 1 + sphere.] 1. (Meteor.) The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere.
2. (Phys. Geog.) The aqueous envelope of the earth, including the ocean, all lakes, streams, and underground waters, and the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere.
Hy"dro*stat, n. A device, usually electrical, for indicating or regulating the height of water in a reservoir or receptacle.
Hy`dro*ther`a*peu"tics (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + therapeutics.] (Med.) A system of treating disease by baths and mineral waters.
Hy*drot"ro*pism, n. (Bot.) In a broader sense, any curvature or turning induced in certain growing plant organs under the influence of moisture.
When the movement is toward the moisture, as is the case in most roots, the phenomenon is called positive hydrotropism; when away from the moisture, as in the case of hyphae of certain fungi, negative hydrotropism.
Hy`e*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; + rain -logy.] The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- Hy`e*to*log"ic*al (&?;), a.
Hyk"sos (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. Egypt. hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds.] A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is now considered that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100 years. It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites.
Hyp`al*le"lo*morph, n. See Allelomorph.
Hyp"no*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; + - scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument for ascertaining the susceptibility of a person to hypnotic influences.
||Hyp*no"sis, n. The condition of being hypnotized.
Hys`ter*et"ic (?), a. (Elec.) Of or pert. to hysteresis. -- Hysteretic constant, the hysteretic loss in ergs per cubic centimeter per cycle.