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a hyperactive child

hy • phen / ' had^n / noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) a mark ( - ) that you use in writing. It joins words together (for example "left-handed") or shows that a word continues on the next line.

hyp • no • sis / hip ' nousэs / noun [ noncount ]

when someone's mind and actions can be controlled by another person because they are in a kind of deep sleep She spoke about the attack under hypnosis .

hyp • no • tize / ' hipmtaiz / verb ( hyp • no • tiz • es , hyp • no • tiz ing , hyp • no • tized )

to put someone into a kind of deep sleep in which their mind and actions can be controlled by another person

hyp • no • tist / ' hip^^st / noun [ count ] a person who hypnotizes other people

hy • poc • ri • sy / hi 'pakresi / noun [ noncount ]

behavior in which someone pretends to have moral beliefs that they do not really have

hyp • o • crite / ' hIpэkrIt / noun [ count ]

a person who pretends to have moral beliefs that they do not really have

hy • po • crit • i • cal / |Ьфэ ' kritikl / adjective

She's so hypocritical! She says she cares about the environment but she doesn't even recycle.

hy • poth • e • sis AWL / hai 'pa8эsэs / noun

[ count ] ( plural hy • poth .e • ses / hai 'pа8эsiz / ) ( general science ) an idea that is suggested as a way to explain something, but which has not yet been found to be true or correct

to test a scientific hypothesis (= to find out if it is true )

hy • po • thet • i •cal AWB / ' haIpэ 'елы/

adjective

based on situations that have not yet happened, not on facts a hypothetical situation

hys • ter • i • cal / hi ' sterikl / adjective

so excited or upset that you cannot control yourself hysterical laughter

Ii

I, i / ai / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural I's, i's / aiz / ) the ninth letter of the English alphabet "Island" begins with an "I."

Ф / ai / pronoun ( plural w< / wi / ) the person who is speaking I said I would call her later. I'll (= I will ) see you tomorrow. I'm not going to fall, am I?

ice © / ais / noun [ noncount ] water that has become hard because it is frozen Do you want ice in your drink? I slipped on a patch of ice.

ice • berg / ' aisbarg / noun [ count ]

( geography ) a very big piece of ice in the ocean

ice cream / ' ais krim / noun [ noncount ]

very cold, sweet food made from milk

Do you like chocolate ice cream?

an ice-cream cone (= a cone with ice cream in it )

ice cube / ' ais kyub / noun [ count ]

a small piece of ice that you put in a drink to make it cold

iced / aist / adjective

(used about drinks) served very cold, with ice iced tea

ice hock • ey / ' ais haki / ( also hock • ey ) noun

[noncount]

( sports ) a game that is played on ice by two teams, who try to hit a small flat rubber thing (called a puck ) into a goal with long wooden sticks

ice hockey

ice rink / ' ais rigk / ( also skat • ing rink

/ ' skeitig rigk / rink ) noun [ count ] a special place where you can ice skate

ice skate / ais skeit / verb

( ice skates, ice skat • ing , ice skat • ed ) ( also skate ) to move on ice in special boots (called ice skates ), which have long sharp pieces of metal on the bottom

—Look at the picture at skate .

► ice skat • ing / ' ais skeitig / ( also skat ing ) noun

[noncount]

We go ice skating every weekend in the winter. — Look at figure skating .

i • ci • cle / aisikl / noun [ count ]

a long piece of ice that hangs down from something

ic • ing / ' aisig / noun [ noncount ]

a sweet substance that you use for covering cakes a cake with pink icing

—Look at frosting .

i • con / aikan / noun [ count ]

1 a small picture on a computer screen that you can use to start a program or open a file Double-click on the icon.