Vocabulary : Hydrophyte to Hydropsy
Hydrophyte : An aquatic plant; an alga.
Hydrophytology : The branch of botany which treats of water plants.
Hydropic : Alt. of Hydropical
Hydropical : Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
Hydropically : In a hydropical manner.
Hydropiper : A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.
Hydroplane : A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or rise, after the manner of an aeroplane. ;; A projecting plane or fin on a gliding boat to lift the moving boat on top of the water; also, a gliding boat. ;; Of a boat, to plane (see Plane, below).
Hydropneumatic : Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and gaseous substances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases over water or other liquids.
Hydropneumatic gun carriage : A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position. It is used with some English and European heavy guns.
Hydropsy : Same as Dropsy.
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