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Posted By: wwh hypaethral - 02/17/03 06:14 PM
hypaethral
adj.
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


Posted By: wwh Re: hypallage - 02/17/03 06:18 PM
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.

Posted By: wwh Re: hyperopia - 02/17/03 06:22 PM
hyperopia
n.
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
adj.

Myopia is the opposite = nearsightedness

Posted By: Faldage Re: hypaethral - 02/17/03 06:23 PM
nudo semper sub aere

Posted By: wwh Re: hypercaust - 02/17/03 06:28 PM
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.

Posted By: wwh Re: hypozeugma - 02/17/03 06:33 PM
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...


Posted By: wwh Re: hyson - 02/17/03 06:36 PM
hyson
n.
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


Posted By: Faldage Re: hypercaust - 02/17/03 06:37 PM
I thought that was hypocaust. So called from the location of the heating source, below the dwelling space.

Posted By: wwh Re:ianthine - 02/17/03 06:39 PM
Ianthine. The gel-like mucilage given off by boiling quince seeds in water is this lotions
basis, along with a lavender infusion, rich ...

Posted By: wwh Re: ichnography - 02/17/03 06:45 PM
ichnography

n. map; ground plan; making of maps and plans. ichnographic(al), a.

Posted By: wwh Re: ichor - 02/17/03 06:47 PM
ichor
n.
1 5Gr ichbr6 Gr. Myth. the ethereal fluid flowing instead of blood in the veins of the gods
2 5ModL < Gr6 a thin, acrid, watery discharge from a wound or sore
i$chor[ous 73k!r !s8
adj.


Posted By: Faldage Re: hypocaust - 02/17/03 06:49 PM
Hypocaust scores 2.2T; hypercaust 92mT. That's 92 millitsuwm.

Posted By: wwh Re:idgah - 02/17/03 06:53 PM
Iany people visit the Chor Minar at Hauz Khas Enclave, but none bothers to visit
Idgah. Not many people know that a structure called Idgah exists at a park close
by in the Haux Khas Enclave area in the south of Delhi. Chor Minar was built by
Allaudin Khilji to teach criminals a lesson by hanging their severed heads from the
openings in the monument that is so clearly visible in the Hauz Khas area of
south Delhi. The main purpose of the Khilji king was to display the severed heads
of the Mongols who had descended on Delhi and forced him to flee further south
to the Qutab complex which he made his stronghold. When there were no more
Mongols left, he turned to the thieves in the kingdom displaying their heads as a
severe deterrent to crimes of all sorts.

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