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hydropathy
  • n  the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease
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hydrophobia
  • n  a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
  • n  a morbid fear of water
  • n  an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
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hydrophobicity
  • n  the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water
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hydrophyllum virginianum
  • n  showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States
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hydrophyte
  • n  a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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hydrophytic plant
  • n  a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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hydroplane
  • n  an airplane that can land on or take off from water
    the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane
  • n  a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
    the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record
  • v  glide on the water in a hydroplane
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hydroponics
  • n  a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
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hydrops
  • n  swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
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hydrosphere
  • n  the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
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hydrostatic head
  • n  the pressure at a given point in a liquid measured in terms of the vertical height of a column of the liquid needed to produce the same pressure
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hydrostatics
  • n  study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion
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