Vocabulary : Hyperaesthesia to Hyperbolical

Hyperaesthesia : A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it.
Hyperapophyses : of Hyperapophysis
Hyperapophysis : A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.
Hyperaspist : One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender.
Hyperbatic : Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.

Hyperbaton : A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."
Hyperbola : A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.
Hyperbole : A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.
Hyperbolic : Alt. of Hyperbolical
Hyperbolical : Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola. ;; Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression.

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