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A perchlorate. [Obs.]

Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [Obs.]

Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural. Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W. Hamilton.

An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.

Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.

A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.

See Hyperæsthesia.

An imagined space having more than three dimensions.

An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.

Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.

Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.] Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. Chapman.

That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.

Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.

A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.

To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.

One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads. M. J. Berkley.