Cricothyroid :: Cricothyroid (a.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.

Delthyris :: Delthyris (n.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer.

Dithyramb :: Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain..

Dithyrambic :: Dithyrambic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous..

Dithyrambic :: Dithyrambic (n.) A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

Dithyrambus :: Dithyrambus (n.) See Dithyramb.

Ephyra :: Ephyra (n.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila..

Gephyrea :: Gephyrea (n. pl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae..

Gephyrean :: Gephyrean (a.) Belonging to the Gephyrea. -- n. One of the Gerphyrea.

Gephyreoid :: Gephyreoid (a. & n.) Gephyrean.

Haematoporphyrin :: Haematoporphyrin (n.) See Haematoin.

Hyperthyrion :: Hyperthyrion (n.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

Hyracoid :: Hyracoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hyracoidea.

Hyracoid :: Hyracoid (n.) One of the Hyracoidea.

Hyracoidea :: Hyracoidea (n. pl.) An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus Hyrax..

Hyrax :: Hyrax (n.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman..

Hyrcan :: Hyrcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea..

Hyrcanian :: Hyrcanian (a.) Alt. of Hyrca.

Hyrse :: Hyrse (n.) Millet.

Hyrst :: Hyrst (n.) A wood. See Hurst.

Melaphyre :: Melaphyre (n.) Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt..

Porphyraceous :: Porphyraceous (a.) Porphyritic.

Porphyre :: Porphyre (n.) Porphyry.

Porphyries :: Porphyries (pl. ) of Porphyr.

Porphyrite :: Porphyrite (n.) A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite..

Porphyritic :: Porphyritic (a.) Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline..

Porphyrization :: Porphyrization (n.) The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized..

Porphyrize :: Porphyrize (v. t.) To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition, like porphyry..

Porphyrogenitism :: Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born..

Porphyry :: Porphyry (n.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles..

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