These 17 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Hylaeosaurus, Hyle, Hymans.
a gigantic fossil lizard discovered in the Wealden formation of Tilgate Forest. Its probable length was about 25 feet. It is one of the Ornithoscelida, the group which presents a structure intermediate between that of existing birds and reptiles.
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The name given by the Gnostics to one of the three degrees in the progress of spirits.
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PAUL, a Belgian statesman. He was born in Brussels in 1865 and was educated at Brussels University. Since 1900 has been member of the House of Representatives for Brussels, and of the Brussels Municipal Council since 1911; professor for some years at Brussels University and vice-president of the University's Board. In 1915 he became Belgian envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James, and in 1917 Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Belgian Government. His works include: "Histoire parlementaire de la Belgique"; "Brussels Moderne"; "Frère Orban"; "Portraits, Essais et Discours."
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. See Bee ; Wasp ; Ant ; Ichneumon ; Insect
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a mountain in Attica, Greece; now called Trelo Vouni, to the S. E. of Athens; was famous among the ancients for its honey and its bluish marble. The honey is still in repute.
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a collection of hymns; hymns collectively; the hymns used by any particular Church or body.
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HENRY MAYERS, an English socialist author; born in 1842. One of the founders of the Social Democratic Federation in 1881. Among his works which deal chiefly with socialism are: "The Indian Famine and the Crisis in India"; "Text-Book of Democracy"; "The Historical Basis of Socialism in England." He was co-author with. William Morris of "A Summary of the Principles of Socialism"; "Economics of Socialism" (1896), and wrote "Future of Democracy" (1915). He also published his volumes of autobiography, "Records of an Adventurous Life" (1911) and "Further Records" (1912).
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or HYOID ARCH, in anatomy, the second arch developed from the cranium, giving support to the tongue and attachment to numerous muscles of the neck.
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hi-per'bo-le, a rhetorical exaggeration. Hyperbole goes beyond the literal truth in order to make a statement more impressive or piquant. It must be used sparingly. The following examples will give a better idea of hyperbole than would be accomplished by an extended discussion. Tired to death. Swift as lightning. Waves running mountain high. A tongue that should move the stones of Rome. The rescued land. Sent up a shout of victory from the field, That rocked her ancient mountains. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. In '96 the apple crop of Central New York was so abundant that apples grew on scrub oaks and wire fences, is an instance of colloquial hyperbole.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) hi-per-bo're-an, in Greek mythology, one who lived beyond Boreas, or the North Wind. According to Greek legend, the Hyperboreans lived so far north that they were beyond the cold winds of winter and enjoyed a fruitful land of perpetual sunshine. They were free from care, disease, and war. Life lasted for 1,000 years, and was spent in constant enjoyment and the worship of Apollo. After the age of legend passed away the Greeks gave the name to the barbarians living north of them. In modern usage, the term is equivalent to Arctic. The Eskimos, for instance, are spoken of as a hyperborean race. See Elysium
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CINE (hi-per-e-kas'-ē-i), or a natural order of about 300 known species, trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, widely distributed over the world, and in very different climates, but particularly 4 in North America. The numerous species of Vismia yield a substance resembling gamboge. Many of the hypericaceæ belong to the genus Hypericum, or St. John's Wort.
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in astronomy, the name given to the 7th satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1848, at the Harvard Observatory by G. P. Bond. It is just outside the satellite Titan, and the considerable mass of the latter causes perturbations ions in the orbit of Hyperion, which have proved to be a difficult problem in celestial mechanics, and a unique case in the solar system. (hi-per-met-ro- HYPERMETROPIA pe-a), far-sightedness; it is the opposite of myopia, or near-sightedness, and differs from presbyopia in being congenital.
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Homer describes Helios as rising in the east from Oceanus, traversing the heaven, and descending in the evening into the darkness of the west and Oceanus. Later poets have marvelously embellished this simple notion.
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One of the Danaides , who were the fifty daughters of Danaüs. She was ordered by her father to murder her husband Lynceus on the night of their marriage, which she refused to do. Danaüs wished to punish her for her disobedience, but afterward forgave her, and left his kingdom at his death to Lynceus. 2026 Editor's Note: Hypermnestra was the only one of the 50 Danaids who refused her father's order to murder her husband on their wedding night. Her marriage to Lynceus began the Danaid Dynasty, which led to the hero Perseus, the legendary founder of Mycenae. (Ed: BR 2026-07-03)
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a more or less coarsely crystalline igneous neck allied to gabbro. It is an aggregate of labradorite (felspar) and hypersthene, and is of plutonic origin.
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a genus of mosses belonging to the order Bryineæ. Archegonia capsules are borne on special lateral and branches. The sexual organs are formed in August and September, and the capsules take from 10 months to a year to ripen. HYPOCHÆRIS (hip-ō-kē'-ris), a genus of plants of the natural order Compositæ, sub-order Cichoraceæ, of which one species, H. radicata, or long rooted cat's ear, is extremely common in meadows and pastures in Great Britain. Its leaves and flowers resemble the dandelion.
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HCIO, the acid contained in bleaching powder. It can only be obtained as a dilute solution, as in the concentrated state it is very liable to decomposition.
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