- HYU
- abbr.Heartland Youth University
Dictionary of abbreviations. 2012.
HYU
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hewettite — ˈhyüə̇ˌtīt noun ( s) Etymology: D. Foster Hewett died 1971 American geologist + English ite : a mineral CaV6O16.9H2O consisting of a hydrous calcium vanadate occurring in mahogany red silky aggregates (sp. gr. 2.5) … Useful english dictionary
hewgag — ˈhyüˌgag noun Etymology: origin unknown : a toy pipe of especially the latter part of the 19th century resembling a kazoo sound the bull roarers, and the hewgags W.A.White … Useful english dictionary
hubam clover — ˈhyüˌbam noun also hubam ( s) Usage: often capitalized H Etymology: Harold DeMott Hughes b1882 American agronomist, its discoverer + Alabama, state in the U.S., source of the seed for the experimental plot in which it was discovered … Useful english dictionary
humanics — hyüˈmaniks also yü noun plural but singular in construction : a subject that treats of human nature or human affairs … Useful english dictionary
humect — hyüˈmekt verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin humectare, umectare, from humectus, umectus moist, from humēre, umēre to be moist more at humor archaic : moisten … Useful english dictionary
humectation — ˌhyüˌmekˈtāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin humectation , humectatio, umectation , umectatio, from Latin humectatus, umectatus + ion , io ion 1. archaic : the action or process of moistening 2 … Useful english dictionary
humet — hyüˈmet noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown : a heraldic bar or a fess couped at its ends … Useful english dictionary
humiria — hyüˈmirēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, modification of Portuguese umirí umiri more at umiri : a genus (the type of the family Humiriaceae) of So. American balsam yielding trees with small cymose flowers … Useful english dictionary
humism — ˈhyüˌmizəm noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: David Hume + English ism more at humean : the philosophical system or methods of Hume; es … Useful english dictionary
humite — ˈhyüˌmīt noun ( s) Etymology: Sir Abraham Hume died 1838 English mineral collector + English ite : a white, yellow, brown, or red mineral Mg7Si3O12(F1OH)2 consisting of a basic magnesium silicate containing fluorine that is brittle and of… … Useful english dictionary
