| APOPHONY | • apophony n. (Phonetics) Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional). • APOPHONY n. a change in root vowels of verb forms. |
| BABYHOOD | • babyhood n. The state or period of infancy. • BABYHOOD n. the state of being an infant. |
| BALLYHOO | • ballyhoo n. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity. • ballyhoo n. Noisy shouting or uproar. • ballyhoo v. To sensationalise or make grand claims. |
| CHANOYOS | • CHANOYO n. (Japanese) a Japanese tea ceremony, also CHADO, SADO, CHANOYU. |
| CHAOLOGY | • chaology n. (Physics, mathematics) The study of chaos and chaotic systems. • CHAOLOGY n. the study of chaos. |
| CHAYROOT | • chayroot n. Alternative form of chay root. • chay␣root n. The root of Oldenlandia umbellata, native to India, which yields a durable red dyestuff. • CHAYROOT n. the root of the chay, an Indian plant of the madder family. |
| HOLOGAMY | • hologamy n. (Biology) A form of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are approximately the same shape and size… • HOLOGAMY n. the state of having gametes like other cells. |
| HOMOGAMY | • homogamy n. (Botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant. • homogamy n. (Biology) Breeding between similar individuals. • homogamy n. (Sociology) Marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex. |
| HONORARY | • honorary adj. Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment. • honorary adj. Voluntary. • honorary adj. Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than… |
| HOORAYED | • hoorayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hooray. • HOORAY v. to shout hooray, also HOORAH, HURRA, HURRAH, HURRAY. |
| HYDROZOA | • hydrozoa n. A large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage. • Hydrozoa prop.n. A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – hydrozoas. • HYDROZOON n. any coelenterate of the class Hydrozoa, comprising organisms that are mostly marine and colonial with polyp and medusoid stages in the life cycle, also HYDROZOAN. |
| HYPONOIA | • hyponoia n. The thought or idea that underlies a myth. • HYPONOIA n. a dulled mental activity, also HYPONEA. |
| LADYHOOD | • ladyhood n. The quality or state of being a lady or ladylike. • LADYHOOD n. the state of being a lady. |
| OMOPHAGY | • omophagy n. The eating of raw flesh. • OMOPHAGY n. the eating of raw flesh. |
| SOOTHSAY | • soothsay v. (Intransitive) To foretell the future; make predictions. • soothsay n. Soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy. • soothsay n. A portent; an omen. |
| YAHOOISM | • yahooism n. The behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness. • YAHOOISM n. uncouth behaviour. |
| ZOOPATHY | • zoopathy n. A delusional condition in which the sufferer believes he/she is infested with animals. • zoopathy n. The purported ability to communicate with and, in some instances, control animals. • ZOOPATHY n. animal pathology. |
| ZOOPHAGY | • zoophagy n. (Rare) The feeding on animals. • zoöphagy n. Alternative spelling of zoophagy. • ZOOPHAGY n. the practice of feeding on animals. |