Defn: A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.
HYPHEN
Hy"phen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hyphened; p. pr. & vb. n. Hyphening.]
Defn: To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.
HYPHENATED
Hy"phen*a`ted, a.
Defn: United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.
HYPHOMYCETES
Hy`pho*my*ce"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads. M. J. Berkley.
HYPIDIOMORPHIC
Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic, a. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + idiomorphic.]
(Crystallog.)
Defn: Partly idiomorphic; — said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. — Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.
HYPINOSIS
Hyp`i*no"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)