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<hw>Hy*drot"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hydrotic.</def>

<h1>Hydrotrope</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy"dro*trope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hydro-</ets>, 1 + Gr. <?/ to turn, direct.]</ety> <def>A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a pulsometer.</def>

<h1>Hydrotropic</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy`dro*trop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hydrotrope</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.</def>

<h1>Hydrotropism</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy*drot"ro*pism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tendency towards moisture.</def>

<h1>Hydrous</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy"drous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"y`dwr</grk> water.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Containing water; watery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Containing water of hydration or crystallization.</def>

<h1>Hydroxanthane</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy`dro*xan"thane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A persulphocyanate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hydroxanthic</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy`dro*xan"thic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hydro-</ets>, 2 + <ets>xanthic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Persulphocyanic.</def>

<h1>Hydroxide</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy*drox"ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hydro-</ets>, 2 + <ets>oxide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; <as>as, calcium <ex>hydroxide</ex> ethyl <ex>hydroxide</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Hydroxy-</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy*drox"y-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combining form, also used adjectively, indicating <i>hydroxyl</i> as an ingredient.</def>

<cs><col>Hydroxy acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an organic acid, having (besides the hydroxyl group of the carboxyl radical) an alcoholic hydroxyl group, and thus having the qualities of an alcohol in addition to its acid properties; as, lactic and tartaric acids are <i>hydroxy<i> acids.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hydroxyl</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy*drox"yl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hydro-</ets>, 2 + <ets>ox</ets>ygen + -<ets>yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound radical, or unsaturated group, <chform>HO</chform>, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.</def>

<h1>Hydroxylamine</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy*drox`yl*am"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hydroxyl</ets> + <ets>amine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous, organic base, <chform>NH2.OH</chform>, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.</def>

<h1>Hydrozoa</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy`dro*zo"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. E. <ets>hydra</ets> + Gr. <?/ an animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Acaleph\'91; one of the classes of c\'d2lenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.</def>

<h1>Hydrozoal</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy`dro*zo"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.</def>

<h1>Hydrozo\'94n</h1> <Xpage=718>

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