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hypaethral
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5< L hypaethrus, uncovered, in the open air ( < Gr hypaithros < hypo3, HYPO3 + aithcr, ether, clear sky: see ETHER + 3AL6 open to the sky; roofless: said of classical buildings and court
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hypallage - the interchange in syntactic relationship between two terms.
"You are become dead to the law" is hypallage for "the law has become dead for you".
That's what Scripps-Howard said, anyway.
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hyperopia
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5HYPER3 + 3OPIA6 abnormal vision in which the rays of light are focused behind the retina, so that distant objects are seen more clearly than near ones; farsightedness
hy#per[op$ic 739p4ik8
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Myopia is the opposite = nearsightedness
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hypercaust: a system of central heating in ancient Roman buildings An underground
furnace had an elongated chimney beneath a tile floor. Surprising that since the plan
was used in Roman Britain, that it was not used after the Romans left.
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From byu edu Silva Rhetoricae:
hypozeugma
from Gk. hypo, "slightly" and zeugma, "yoke"
rerewarder
Placing last, in a construction containing several words or
phrases of equal value, the word or words on which all of
them depend.
Examples
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...
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hyson
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5Chin hsi-tchun, lit., blooming spring, first crop6 a variety of Chinese green tea: the early crop is called young hyson, and the inferior leaves are called hyson skin
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I thought that was hypocaust. So called from the location of the heating source, below the dwelling space.
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Ianthine. The gel-like mucilage given off by boiling quince seeds in water is this lotions
basis, along with a lavender infusion, rich ...
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ichnography
n. map; ground plan; making of maps and plans. ichnographic(al), a.
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