Huxleian
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to Thomas Huxley
huxley
— Noun
– English
～ English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
Huxley
— Noun
– English
～ English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
Huxley
— Noun
– English
～ English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
Huxleyan
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to Thomas Huxley
huygens
— Noun
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～ Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)
Hwang Ho
— Noun
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～ a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
hyacinth bean
— Noun
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～ perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
hyacinth
— Noun
– English
～ any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
hyacinth
— Noun
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～ a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone
Hyacinthaceae
— Noun
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～ one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Hyacinthoides
— Noun
– English
～ small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
Hyacinthus candicans
— Noun
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～ southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
Hyades
— Noun
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～ (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
hyaena
— Noun
– English
～ doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion