| BRACHYDOME | • brachydome n. (Crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. • BRACHYDOME n. a dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. |
| DEMOGRAPHY | • demography n. The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations… • demography n. The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc. • demography n. The particular demographic makeup of a population. |
| ENDOMORPHY | • endomorphy n. The property of having the endomorph body type. • ENDOMORPHY n. the state of being an endomorph, a crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz. |
| ENDOTHERMY | • endothermy n. (Biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism’s metabolism. • ENDOTHERMY n. surgical introduction of electric needle or knife into tissues. |
| HEDYSARUMS | • hedysarums n. Plural of hedysarum. • HEDYSARUM n. a leguminous plant of the genus Hedysarum including both poisonous species and those with edible roots, e.g. licorice root. |
| HYDRAEMIAS | • hydraemias n. Plural of hydraemia. • HYDRAEMIA n. an abnormally watery state of the blood, also HYDREMIA. |
| HYDROMETER | • hydrometer n. An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale. • HYDROMETER n. an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. |
| HYDROMETRY | • hydrometry n. (Physics) The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers. • HYDROMETRY n. the art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc. |
| HYDROSOMES | • hydrosomes n. Plural of hydrosome. • HYDROSOME n. all the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, also HYDROSOMA. |
| HYPERMEDIA | • hypermedia n. (Computing) The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system… • HYPERMEDIA n. a system linking information stored as text, graphics, audio and video. |
| HYPODERMAL | • hypodermal adj. Of or pertaining to the hypodermis. • hypodermal adj. Below the epidermis. • HYPODERMAL adj. relating to the hypodermis, the layer of skin just below the epidermis. |
| HYPODERMAS | • HYPODERMA n. a layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. |
| HYPODERMIC | • hypodermic adj. Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis. • hypodermic n. A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection. • HYPODERMIC adj. of or pertaining to the parts under the skin. |
| HYPODERMIS | • hypodermis n. An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods. • hypodermis n. (Botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis. • hypodermis n. (Anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis. |
| MONORHYMED | • monorhymed adj. (Poetry) Employing a single rhyme. • MONORHYMED adj. rhymed on a single rhyme. |
| PACHYDERMS | • pachyderms n. Plural of pachyderm. • PACHYDERM n. a thick-skinned quadruped, esp. an elephant, a hippopotamus, or a rhinoceros. |
| RHYTHMISED | • rhythmised v. Simple past tense and past participle of rhythmise. • RHYTHMISE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMIZE. |
| RHYTHMIZED | • rhythmized v. Simple past tense and past participle of rhythmize. • RHYTHMIZE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMISE. |
| RHYTIDOMES | • rhytidomes n. Plural of rhytidome. • RHYTIDOME n. the bark external to the last formed periderm. |