| BATHYSPHERES | • bathyspheres n. Plural of bathysphere. • BATHYSPHERE n. a submersible observation chamber. |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | • chemotherapy n. (Medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. • chemotherapy n. (Oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous… • CHEMOTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of chemicals. |
| HEAVYHEARTED | • heavyhearted adj. Alternative form of heavy-hearted. • heavy-hearted adj. (Idiomatic) sad, melancholic. • HEAVYHEARTED adj. despondent, saddened. |
| HELIOTHERAPY | • heliotherapy n. Any medical therapy by exposure to light. • HELIOTHERAPY n. medical treatment by exposure to the sun's rays. |
| HEMIHYDRATED | • hemihydrated adj. (Chemistry) In the form of a hemihydrate. • HEMIHYDRATED adj. in the form of a hemihydrate. |
| HEMIHYDRATES | • hemihydrates n. Plural of hemihydrate. • HEMIHYDRATE n. a hydrate, such as plaster of paris, containing half a mole of water to one mole of the compound forming the hydrate. |
| HETEROGRAPHY | • heterography n. (Countable) An incorrect spelling; a spelling different from accepted spelling. • heterography n. (Uncountable) Spelling in which a particular letter represents more than one possible sound. • HETEROGRAPHY n. incorrect spelling. |
| HETEROTHALLY | • heterothally n. Heterothallism. • HETEROTHALLY n. the state of being heterothallic, also HETEROTHALLISM. |
| HEXAHYDRATED | • hexahydrated adj. Converted to a hexahydrate. • HEXAHYDRATED adj. like a hexahydrate, a chemical compound with six molecules of water. |
| HEXAHYDRATES | • hexahydrates n. Plural of hexahydrate. • HEXAHYDRATE n. a chemical compound with six molecules of water. |
| HYPERSTHENIA | • hypersthenia n. (Pathology, archaic) A morbid condition marked by excessive excitement of all the vital phenomena. • HYPERSTHENIA n. a morbid condition marked by excessive excitement of all the vital phenomena. |
| HYPERTHERMAL | • hyperthermal adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing hyperthermia. • hyperthermal n. (Geology) Any of several brief geological periods of global warming. • HYPERTHERMAL adj. suffering from hyperthermia. |
| HYPERTHERMIA | • hyperthermia n. (Pathology) The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating… • hyperthermia n. (Medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer. • HYPERTHERMIA n. exceptionally high fever esp. when induced artificially for therapeutic purposes. |
| NYCHTHEMERAL | • nychthemeral adj. Lasting a nychthemeron (24 hours). • NYCHTHEMERAL adj. (Greek) of or relating to a nychthemeron or 24-hour period. |
| PHANEROPHYTE | • phanerophyte n. (Biology) Any woody plant that carries its dormant buds openly on branches above the ground. • PHANEROPHYTE n. a perennial plant that bears its perennating buds well above the surface of the ground. |
| PHREATOPHYTE | • phreatophyte n. (Biology) Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach… • PHREATOPHYTE n. a plant with a deep root system that draws its water supply from near the water table. |
| TRACHEOPHYTE | • tracheophyte n. (Botany): Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. • TRACHEOPHYTE n. any member of the clade of plants possessing vascular tissue; a vascular plant. |