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  • English Word Hispid Definition Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
  • English Word Hispidulous Definition Minutely hispid.
  • English Word Hiss Definition To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
  • English Word Hiss Definition To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
  • English Word Hiss Definition To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
  • English Word Hiss Definition To utter with a hissing sound.
  • English Word Hiss Definition A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.
  • English Word Hiss Definition Any sound resembling that above described
  • English Word Hiss Definition The noise made by a serpent.
  • English Word Hiss Definition The note of a goose when irritated.
  • English Word Hiss Definition The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
  • English Word Hissed Definition of Hiss
  • English Word Hissing Definition of Hiss
  • English Word Hissing Definition The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
  • English Word Hissing Definition The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
  • English Word Hissingly Definition With a hissing sound.
  • English Word Hist Definition Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
  • English Word Histiology Definition Same as Histology.
  • English Word Histogenesis Definition The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.
  • English Word Histogenesis Definition Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
  • English Word Histogenetic Definition Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
  • English Word Histogeny Definition Same as Histogenesis.
  • English Word Histographer Definition One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.
  • English Word Histographical Definition Of or pertaining to histography.
  • English Word Histography Definition A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
  • English Word Histohaematin Definition One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
  • English Word Histoid Definition Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.
  • English Word Histologic Definition Alt. of Histological
  • English Word Histological Definition Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.
  • English Word Histologist Definition One versed in histology.