Index of English words, starting with "hy"

(1) - Hyacinth (n.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.
(2) - Hyacinth (n.) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
(3) - Hyacinth (n.) A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
(4) - Hyacinth (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.

(1) - Hyacinthine (a.) Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth.

(1) - Hyades (n.pl.) Alt. of Hyads

(1) - Hyaena (n.) Same as Hyena.

(1) - Hyaline (n.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation.
(2) - Hyaline (n.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
(3) - Hyaline (n.) A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.
(4) - Hyaline (a.) Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.