Index of English words, starting with "hy"

(1) - Hypospadias (n.) A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.

(1) - Hypostasis (n.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
(2) - Hypostasis (n.) Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.
(3) - Hypostasis (n.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(4) - Hypostasis (n.) That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

(1) - Hypostatically (adv.) In a hypostatic manner.

(1) - Hypostatize (v. t.) To attribute actual or personal existence to.
(2) - Hypostatize (v. t.) To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.